Full Description
Embodied mindfulness in daily life
• Explores the culminating instruction of the Buddha in the Satipatthana Sutta to breathe through the whole body
• Teaches you how to alter your physiology to move beyond the static consciousness of mindfulness to a natural, spontaneous state of embodied awareness
• Provides instruction and somatic koans for practicing the core principles of radiant mindfulness—awakening the body, liberating the breath, and opening up to vision and sound
Drawing on the Buddha's teachings, Will Johnson provides a daily practice that moves beyond the static consciousness of mindfulness to a natural, spontaneous state of embodied awareness. Acknowledging the foundational importance and structural limitations of mindfulness practice, he explores the often overlooked culminating instruction of the Buddha in the Satipatthana Sutta to breathe through the whole body.
Through somatic reflections and meditations, Johnson shows you how to alter your physiology to change consciousness. He explains how to move through levels of conscious awareness, from the passive observation of the breath and the reality of this present moment to radiant mindfulness—an awakening of the body, liberation of breath, and opening up to vision and sound. In this state, the "I" disappears but awareness becomes heightened and unfiltered, allowing a direct experience of unity with the world and within oneself.
This book offers ways to spontaneously achieve the enlightened state beyond the mind that the Buddha taught as the true goal of meditation. The simple yet profound practice of radiant mindfulness can transform everyday life into a path of spiritual awakening.
Contents
Introduction: Back to the Future
• PART 1 •
Foundations of Radiance
You Are How You Breathe
The Path of the Dropping of Prefixes:
From Unconsciousness to Sciousness
• PART 2 •
The Practice of
Radiant Mindfulness
The Two Prerequisites
The First Prerequisite
The Second Prerequisite
Rising and Falling
Rising and Falling of the Belly
Rising and Falling through the
Whole Body
Freeing Your Neck
Radiant Vision, Radiant Sound
Removing the Virtual Virtual-Reality Headset
Softening Vision
Adding Sound to Vision
Walking on the Earth
Walking with Grace
Moving through Life
The Radiant Glow of Loving-Kindness
Loving Yourself
Kiss of Love
Reverse Engineering Enlightenment
Recipe for Radiant Mindfulness
Instructions on Breathing from the
Satipatthana Sutta
Radiant Breathing through the
Whole Body
Rocketing to Inner Space and Back
Ten Breaths of Radiance
Afterword: The Birthing of Western Dharma
Author's Note
The Song of Radiant Mindfulness
