5/28/2021 How to Meditate with God (AUA Live | Denny K Miu) https://youtu.be/GXmKLsyAq8w

1. How to Meditate
with “God”?

2. ● (in Abrahamic religions) “God” is the “Almighty”, the creator, the sole
ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority
○ “God” is our “destiny”, i.e., we are not our own master
● Genesis 1:27 - God created mankind in his own “image”
○ Is “God” human?
○ Are we “God”?
● Are “God”, Allah and Brahma the same? or different?
● In “12 Steps of AA”, “God” is “God As You Understand Him (Her)”
Who is “God”?

3. Three Dimensions of Existence
Mind (Citta)
Energy (Qi)
Body (Kaya) Particle (Material)
Wave (Energy)
Quantum Information
Duality
Is “God” particle, wave or information?

4. Only Speed of Light (Speed of Causality) is absolute

5. No space, no time and no particle

6. Professor Kip Throne
● Born June 1, 1940
● Ph.D., Princeton - 1965
● Professor, Caltech - 1967
● Retired from Caltech - 2009
● World renowned expert in
gravitational physics & astrophysics
● In 2017, received Nobel Prize for
contribution in Gravitational Waves

7. Miller is the first planet orbiting
Gargantua (a black hole 100 million
times the mass of our sun)
1 Hour on Miller = 7 years on Earth

8. Kama-Loka
(The Sense-Desire Realm)
Rupa-Loka
(The Form Realm)
Arupa-Loka
(Formless Realm)
Saṃsāra
Hot
Cinder
Hot
“Girl”

9. kāmavacara-devā (六欲天) 1 day (year on earth)
Four Heavenly Kings (四王天) 50
Tāvatiṃsa (忉利天) 100
Yaamaah (夜摩天) 200
Tushita (兜率天) 400
Nirmāṇarati (化樂天) 800
Parinirmita-vaśavartin (他化自在天) 1,600
1 hr on Miller's planet = 7 years on Earth
(24 hours = 168 years)

10. Physicist
Yogi
Taoist
Buddhist
Christian
“Meditator”

11. Yoga = Yuj = Yoke = Union of Body and Mind (Brahma)

12. Taoist Practice
Yogic Practice

13. ● A North Indian Yogi who renounced at the age of 29
● 1st teacher: Ārāda Kālāma (reached Ākiṃcanyāyatana, 7th stage
of Samādhi, “State of Nothingness’, 無所有處定)
● 2nd teacher: Rudraka Rāmaputra (reached
Naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatana, 8th stage, “State of Neither
Perception nor Non-Perception”, 非想非非想處定)
● To escape “Samsara”, rediscovered one of 112 Chakras of Shiva
● Achieved 9th stage of Samādhi by forgoing the “Thinking Mind”
Who is Siddhattha Gotama?

14. Taoist Practice
Yogic Practice
Saṃsāra
Buddist Practice
(Enlightenment)

15. “No Thinking Mind” (Spiral Cord instead of Cerebral Cortex)
Sensation Without Perception or Attention Without Intention

17. What is “Knowledge”?
1. Facts, information, and skills acquired by a person
through experience or education; the theoretical or
practical understanding of a subject
2. Awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a
fact or situation.
“Knowledge” is our brain, our “Thinking Mind”. It is the
basis for “ego”, “self”, identity, exclusiveness, hate,
prejudice, discrimination, etc. (what Jesus is not)

18. Meditate with God means
“Meditate on God's Word”
Psalm 1:2-3

19. Five Stages of Mindfulness Practice
Knowing
知
Quieting
止
Contemplating
觀
Deconstructing
破
Emancipating
捨
Mindfulness of Body
(Kāyagatāsati)
Mindfulness of Mind?

20. Eight “Touches” 八觸 (Journey vs Destination)
1. Movement (動) : interaction of all four elements, earth, water, fire and wind
causing either regular or irregular movement or gyration of body
2. Itchiness (癢)
3. Cold or Coolness (冷)
4. Hot or Warm (暖)
5. Weightlessness (輕) : exaggeration of the wind element, body feels light, like
cloud or dust, as if flying
6. Heaviness (重)
7. Smoothness (滑) : body feels smooth as butter or milk, can sense bright light
8. Roughness (澀) : body feels rough, like sandpaper

21. “Destination defines the Journey”

22. If “God” is your destination, then begin your journey
with “Knowing” and “Quieting” to open your mind