Why I Teach Meditation Through the Anatomy of the Brain

For about 30 years I have studied meditation, the brain, and the words of the spiritual teachers who came before me. Rumi. Howard Thurman. Krishnamurti. Teilhard de Chardin. The Vedic tradition. Again and again they pointed inward. What I wanted to know was simple: inward to where?

The answer I found was anatomy. At the center of every brain is a system of chambers called the ventricles, filled with cerebrospinal fluid that moves through them day and night without asking anything of us. That living system became the map for my practice and the heart of my book, The Universal Principle Made Visible.

Start With the Exhale

Every session begins with gratitude. Breathe in slowly. Hold the breath for 15 to 20 seconds and silently say, "I am grateful for the exhale." Then let it go, slowly. Do this three times. It sounds small, but it changes where the mind is standing before the practice even starts.

Climb Jacob's Ladder

From there, carry that awareness up the spine, one vertebra at a time, with a slow count. Stay grateful for the spaces in between. Pause at the heart space in the middle of the back and love it for a moment. Then keep rising until you reach the place where the spine meets the skull.

Into the Cave

Now follow the fluid. Feel it moving from the fourth ventricle down into the spine. Travel up through the cerebral aqueduct the way a swimmer moves through a cave into a cenote. Choose your own landing point in the third ventricle, the place the ancients called the Cave of Brahma, and rest there for about three minutes. This is your home base. This is the route home.

Healing the Split

The lateral ventricles sit on either side of the brain. I teach that much of our sense of right and wrong comes from the brain believing its two halves are separate. Stroke shows us that each side of the brain affects the opposite side of the body. So try this: rub your left thumb and index finger together while focusing on the right side of your brain for a minute or two, then switch sides. Hold that peace for about three minutes, return through the foramina to the third ventricle, and close in gratitude.

A Shepherd, Not a Guru

I am not here to tell anyone what to believe. I see myself as a shepherd, pointing you back home to a place you have never really left. The mission of my work is to take our consciousness home to itself.

If this speaks to you, the full practice is in The Universal Principle Made Visible, available now as an instant PDF download: https://whop.com/ydmm/products/the-universal-principle-made-visible-ebook/

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