Deepen Your Practice 26 - Understanding SoHam

by Mark Griffin, Evelyn Jacob (Editor), Mindy Rosenblatt (Editor)

About the Deepen Your Practice SeriesTo study with an enlightened being is a truly rare and special opportunity. It is not a destiny that falls to many people. If it is your great good fortune to have come across the teachings of Mark Griffin, you may find yourself wondering “How do I study with him? How can I put my time to best use?”Mark’s teaching style is so deep and encompassing that people often wonder where to begin or how to engage in the spiritual training he offers. Is there an order to what you should study, or are there lessons you could turn to? Yes - That’s exactly what the Deepen Your Practice course is – it is a sequential curriculum of study with this profound Meditation Master.Mark is here to guide us on our spiritual path and illuminate the way, but if you work with him – while he’s working with you – you’ll be amazed at how fast you can progress. How can you do that? Study his teachings. Use the mind, and let the understanding and insights you gain bolster and enrich your sadhana – your spiritual practices.Each volume of the series can stand on its own as a teaching, or you can approach them in sequence, starting with Volume One and progressing one-by-one through the entire Deepen Your Practice program. You may choose to focus on one volume each month or at whatever pace and tempo seems right to you.About this Volume of Deepen Your PracticeUnderstanding SoHamIn volume twenty-five we focused on the ebb and flow nature of the breath, and the space between the breaths. We continue our study in this volume with a detailed look at the ebb and flow of Hamsa itself, which is the spontaneous sound of the breath, and how it comes into the silence that is SoHam. This volume also goes into the deep mystical understanding of how Hamsa becomes SoHam.About the AuthorYogic Mystic and Meditation Master, Mark Griffin, the founder of Hard Light Center of Awakening, was a student of Swami Muktananda of the Siddha Yoga Lineage who, in turn, was a disciple of Swami Nityananda. Griffin, who teaches in Malibu, CA, exists in states of Nirvikalpa Samadhi and identifies meditation as the core of his teaching. He presents ancient knowledge of the various strands of Yoga dating back to the Vedas in contemporary terms, both mystical and scientific. As such, his work complements and agrees with many esoteric practices including Taoism, Tantra, Yoga, Shamanism and theoretical physics.Mark Griffin is a Westerner who was born in the '50s in the Pacific Northwest. His childhood encompassed a usual American middle-class scenario, followed by tumultuous teen and early adult years spent in a very aggressive pursuit of higher knowledge and purpose. Mark's studies in art and music brought him to the San Francisco Bay area where he met his Guru, Swami Muktananda, in 1976. After six years of full-time immersion in the study of meditation, Mark encountered a milestone of extreme spiritual significance-entrance into an advanced state of consciousness known as Nirvakalpa Samadhi. Very shortly thereafter, Muktananda died. Great teachers of the Kagyu tradition came to Mark's assistance, and he received continued instruction in maturing and stabilizing his abilities in meditation from Kalu Rinpoche and Chogyam Trungpa.Mark Griffin founded the Hard Light center of Awakening in 1989, and continues to teach in Los Angeles, California.

123 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 28, 2011