Clear Light Living Meditation – Here, the practitioners learn to see the light both all around them and with the eyes closed, or almost closed, or in the dark. They come to recognize the presence of light while moving around with eyes open and how light is constantly present in every thing, every action, every person, every image. They become adept at looking for and seeing the light throughout the day, noticing light and shadow, being aware of contrasts, noting the shine of light off objects and persons. At night, they fall asleep that way—looking at the light.

Journey – The Observer’s life is revamped into a giving and receiving mode, whereby one’s entire life viewpoint is corrected to a stance of giving without ulterior motive or hidden agendas, with no expectations or attachments. Thus, one acts in service from the divine perspective of ‘for the good of the whole.’ It is from this life-stance that giving becomes receiving to eliminate worry and frustration, which are aspects of poverty consciousness.

Frame of Study – The 6 Paramitas (Perfections) as related in

Transcendental Awareness Formulas 1-25

Clear Light Living Meditation – As the practitioners start to master quieting the mind and become more acquainted with the light, they being to notice a mottled, black and white screen on the inside of the eyelids, little dots of light and dark mixed together. This is called the mesh, a place where light reflects and mental imagery is born. Here, the practitioners develop the discipline to maintain their awareness of this mental screen. As they concentrate on the mesh, it gradually moves away from the inside of their eyelids and sinks deeper and deeper inside of them. Blotches of light begin to appear, but the practitioners just let them come and go, gazing quietly at the mesh without expectations. Eventually, the light forms into pictures and scenes from the past that are displayed against the screen. The practitioners learn to observe the images without trying to direct them or getting caught up in the stories they present. The practitioners begin to explore the mesh with the awareness that comes from a quiet mind.

Journey – At this level, the Dreamer & Visionary gains insight into the impermanent, transient nature of existence. He does this through observation and relationship with people, things and situations, and develops virtuous patience in enduring difficulties while assisting other sentient beings. This is accomplished through his own self-refinement, which has cut off the three roots of unwholesomeness: the roots of desire, hatred, and delusion.

The attainment of this level is made possible through determination and satiety with worldly life and obsessiveness. As a result, the Dreamer & Visionary acquires the five supernatural powers: 1) the ability to transmute energy; 2) to hear divinely (to discern the energy within sounds); 3) to perceive the thoughts and energies of other human beings; 4) to recollect some previous existences; and 5) to see with the divine eyes, which means he contains knowledge of the impermanence of life and the consequential cycles of birth and death.

In the final development of this stage, one attains the ability to always abide in the principles concordant with enlightenment by being able to make corrections that return one’s mind to its dispassionate center or to reclaim a state of equanimity.

Frame Of Study – The 6 Paramitas (Perfections) as related in Transcendental Awareness Formulas 41-55

Clear Light Living Meditation – Eventually, once the practitioners have learned to observe the parade of imagery without mental chatter and to maintain their attention on the mesh, the mental screen will grow dark again. There will be an incredibly loud popping sound and a burst of yellow light, which appears to have shot out from the practitioner. This experience may happen once, twice, or more, but afterwards, the seal is broken, the channel is clear, and one is never the same again. Sitting meditation and post-meditation become inseparable, and every action and non-action is used to explore its never-ending depths.

Journey – The radiance of the Self-Liberator’s state of consciousness blazes to purify his remaining false conceptions to make way for wisdom. He dedicates his attention to joyfully persevere to perfect the demands of enlightenment: being mindful of body, feelings, mind, and mental objects—in that order. These, in their most exacting state, form the roads to power, which is extracted from the inner silence. Such inner silence brings about concentration, or the basis for the activation of so-called magical power. Concentration here means over-all joyful perseverance within one’s mental imagery that is both inquisitive and daring or bold. Such concentration or focus also provides an acute awareness of the sense organs, including the masculine and feminine potentialities that distinguish the genders; the vital faculty of mind that determines all physiological phenomena; the faculties of pleasure, pain, joy, sadness, and indifference; as well as the root of faith, and the faculty of perfect knowledge. In addition, they gradually acquire the ability to cultivate principles and methods that are concordant with enlightenment that will take them to the next level.

Frame Of Study – The 6 Paramitas (Perfections) as related in Transcendental Awareness Formulas 56-70

Clear Light Living Meditation – As the practitioners begin to delve deeper into Clear Light Living Meditation, they come to realize they must let go of mental constructs. Thus, through a heightened body-mind-spirit connection, the practitioners use Super-Cognizance* to dissolve the illusion of trivia and limitations, and instead, begin to create free from mental constructs.

Journey - This level is called the ‘Conquistador,’ one who conquers the unconquerable. At this stage, the conquistador absorbs himself in meditation in order to achieve an intuitive grasp of the truth. Now, doubt and uncertainty of what is wanted has already been cleared away, and the Conquistador knows that through attainment of necessary wisdom, the correct way, as well as the incorrect way, will be recognized. The Conquistador has realized that he is at one with the whole, and gradually, he attains the ability to always abide in mental attention, and to see the signs of mental slippage from attention, which allows him entrance into the next level.

Frame Of Study – The 6 Paramitas (Perfections) as related in Transcendental Awareness Formulas 71-84

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* Super-Cognizance, overlapping awareness, being aware of being aware.

Clear Light Living Meditation – Thus, as the practitioners continue to strive to live from Super-Cognizance, a basic knowledge appears and they are able to comprehend the illusion of time, realizing that time is merely a part of the planetary gravitational force (an open, pulling sensation from existence within environments) plus mental sensations. The practitioners also come to realize that light and its fluctuations create motion, and that motion creates life and life forms. They also see that there are parallel energies playing counterpoint to each other to create harmonics that invent situations.

Journey – This is a level where wisdom can be ‘viewed.’ Here, the Manifestor recognizes that all primordial Teachings are free from characteristics, forms, and dualities. As a result, he also attains insight into conditioned mental arising and transcends discriminating thought about the perfection of wisdom; and instead, comprehends nothingness.

Before passing to the next level, the Manifestor develops the ability to continuously abide in mental attention without any sign of mental slippage.

Frame Of Study – The 6 Paramitas (Perfections) as related in Transcendental Awareness Formulas 85-90

Clear Light Living Meditation – The practitioners’ absorption in the meditative experience has brought them to this point. But now, to take the next step, to realize the rootless essence of mind, the practitioners must cut their attachments to the meditative experience itself. All the rules of the first six levels drop away, the training wheels are removed.

Journey – The Distant Thunder has attained Self-Realization, and now sees himself manifest in any conceivable form. After passing through this level, falling back into lower levels of existence is no longer possible. This level, therefore, marks the ‘irreversible way.’ Before the Distant Thunder can move on to the next level, however, he will have to attain mastery over signs by developing an overview of all life situations.

Frame Of Study – The 6 Paramitas (Perfections) as related in Transcendental Awareness Formulas 91-100

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The practitioners come to realize that the act of observing affects the thing observed, and to interact with it, they must not try to avoid the opposing force. Therefore, at this stage, they must let go of their fears of being hurt by what is discovered as they continue to expand into the unknown.

Journey – In this stage, the Immovable can no longer be disturbed by anything since he/she has received the prophecy of when and where Buddhahood will be attained. He gains the ability to transfer his merit to other beings and renounces the accumulation of further karmic treasures.

Reasons, being based on premises, which by their nature are limiting and confining, disappear. The practitioners realize that who they have identified themselves as, their personalities, do not exist. There are no individuals. There is only light.

Journey – The wisdom is complete. The adept possesses the 10 powers of a perfectly enlightened being: 1) Knowing the possibilities of any situation; 2) Knowledge of the ripening of deeds; 3) Knowledge of the superior/inferior abilities of other beings; 4) Knowledge of tendencies; 5) Knowing how the world is formed; 6) Knowing the paths that lead to various realms of existence; 7) Knowing how purity and impurity come into being; 8) Knowledge of meditative states; 9) Knowledge of deaths and rebirths; 10) Knowledge of exhaustion of all impurities. In addition, the bodhisattva now also possesses the six supernatural powers: 1) Omnipresence; 2) Divine hearing; 3) Perception of thoughts of other beings; 4) Memory of past lives; 5) Knowledge of cycles of birth and death of all beings; 6) Knowledge of the extinction of one’s own impurities. Also, one has attained the insight into all rhythms of all mantras, and knows the nature of all primordial Teachings and expounds them freely.　

The dualistic ideas have been purged, and the non-dual has appeared in their place; purification has taken place. Super-Cognizance is complete. There is no distinction between dreams and the waking state. Perfect meditation is realized.

Journey – The summit is now reached, all understanding and immeasurable virtue are realized. The transcendental body is fully developed. He or she is surrounded by countless bodhisattvas,* which confirms his or her enlightened status by all the enlightened beings of the Transhistorical Consciousness; thus, perfect enlightenment is confirmed.