What is Meditation

Meditation Techniques

Spiritual Inspirators

 

Western  Mystics


CONSCIOUSNESS VS AWARENESS

Consiousness & Evolution

Defining Awareness & Consciousness
The Mystery of Awareness

Consciousness as Nothing
Consciousness as Something

THE OUROBOIC BIRTH
Atman, Job & the Son of Shame

Ouroboros Consciousness
The Embodiment of Ouroboros
Intelligent Not-knowing
 
FIELDS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Meditative Pixelation
Spatialization of the inner Body
The Spheric Eversion of the Soul
Fields of Consciousness

 

 
ADVERSITY AND SPIRITUALITY
Integral Suffering and Happiness
Trauma and Transcendence


LOVE AND SPIRITUALITY
The Glue of Love
God wants to be Human


The Super-Awake Flow

 
CIVILIZATION & CONSCIOUSNESS
The inner and the outer Person
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Eastern versus Western Consciousness
The liberation from or of the Body
Modern Forms of Suffering
 
Civilization and Consciousness 
Civilization and Consciousness Part II



 


 
Any reference to and use of the word 'GOD' on Meditation.dk is understood as humanity's personalized projection of the most unfathomable aspects of our own consciousness.

The psychologist C.G. Jung argued that everything transcending our conceptual world and reaching toward infinity is, in a psychological sense, religious. This perspective reframes the idea of GOD not as an external being but as a symbolic representation of the infinite mysteries within us.

I frequently incorporate quotes from Meister Eckhart because his formulations resonate on both levels—bridging the personal and the infinite, the conceptual and the transcendent.

"He is so quiet,
so free of any kind
of knowledge, that no idea
of God is alive in him."
—Meister Eckhart

Eckhart’s words highlight a profound insight: that true engagement with the infinite does not rely on fixed concepts of GOD, but instead arises in the quiet, unknowing presence where the boundaries of our understanding dissolve.



Doctor Ecstaticus


 
Years ago, I had
a high school colleague
who also worked as
an astrophysicist at
the university. The man
was a declared atheist,
but nevertheless said
the following:

'When I look up at the sky
on a starry night,
I shudder in awe.'

Maybe the
colleague had read
the following
quote by Einstein:

'The most beautiful thing
we can experience is
the mysterious. It is
the source of all true
art and all science.
He to whom this
emotion is a stranger,
who can no longer
pause to wonder and
stand rapt in awe,
is as good as dead:
his eyes are closed.'

Albert Einstein

Try once for
the sake of the
experiment to
read the quote below
angled from
Einstein's world:
'When a man delights
to read or hear about God,
that comes of divine grace
and is lordly entertainment
for the soul.

To entertain God in
one's thoughts is
sweeter than honey'.
Eckhart


Meeting with
'the unknown'
is, in my opinion,
the source of all personal
and spiritual development.

An atheist may even have
the advantage in
this encounter that
they do not
in advance have
all sorts of rigid
religious beliefs.

All rigid beliefs,
whether they are of
a religious
or atheistic nature,
merely hinder the
fresh encounter between
us and the unknown.


Meditation is for me
realising
that god above all,
 is a projection field of the wordless wastness in
ourselves.



Gunnar Mühlmann




Meditation.dk is
under permanent
construction -
like the Ouroboros
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MEDITATION.DK MANIFESTO

What is taken in by contemplation
must be given out in love

Meister Eckhart


Hello, out there! Let me state my position

To call a man enlightened as we sometimes do, means little.
Meister Eckhart

I am not a guru. I am not 'enlightened'.

I am not interested in organized teaching spirituality or meditation. I have no commercial interest in this website.
   
My goal is, as far as I know myself, to inspire and be inspired.
 
I have been doing all kinds of spiritual practices continuously for almost 50 years now. I lived in India for more than seven years in search of 'spiritual software'. Now at the tender age of 70, I feel better, stronger, and happier than ever before.
 
What is mine, belongs to you.
 
As a natural extension of this, I offer free guidance on meditation—not as a teacher, but as a tour guide. I was a tour guide in the Far East for ten years. Time and again, I led groups to the Taj Mahal. But I do not claim the Taj Mahal as mine.

This is not a school. There are no levels in which you can become a PHD in spirituaity. No methods to buy. What I offer is lived experience, shared freely. If it resonates, take what you need. If not, find your cloud. It’s all part of the same sky.
 
You’re welcome to reach out: gunnars@mail.com
 
The Importance of Repetition
What is meditation? With an open mind, it is the act of feeling, seeing, and reflecting inwardly with the same passionate persistence that one possesses after mastering a musical instrument over many years. 
 
In the writings here on Meditation.dk, it is essential upfront to clarify a key aspect: the deliberate use of repetition. I often repeat assertions as though they were mantras. This approach distinguishes this work from an academic one, where knowledge is often treated as a linear event—grasped once, cataloged, and swiftly left behind. Repetition is not redundancy when it comes to spirituality; it is a process of uncovering layers of sensations, emotions and feelings. Meditative redundancy is like polishing a gemstone. Each pass reveals something deeper, something more luminous, guiding us toward an embodied understanding that transcends mere intellectual grasp. The intellect, restless by nature, tends to move on quickly after assuming it has understood something, leaving insights only partially integrated.

'Innerstanding' versus 'Understanding'

Genuine comprehension, however—what the Danish mystic Sunyata call 'innerstanding'—follows a different trajectory. It is not linear but vertical, delving deeper in spirals with each iteration. This path of innerstanding requires persistence, presence, and a willingness to revisit the same truths until they sink into the core of our being. We transition from knowledge to wisdom through dynamic repetition.
 
The Meaning of Mantra
The repetition of spiritual insights is akin to massaging a tense muscle. A single push on the muscle is not enough to release its tension. Only through repeated, consistent effortless effort does the resistance of both the mind and the muscle gradually dissolve, allowing a more profound change to take place.
 
This is the broader meaning of mantra—a tool for creating resonance and harmony, not just through sound but also through repetition in thought and intention. Each repetition deepens the imprint on our consciousness, moving us closer to a state where wisdom becomes embodied rather than merely conceptual.

Repetition is here not about rote memorization or intellectual stubbornness. It is about cultivating a rhythm of engagement that aligns with the natural processes of growth and transformation. Nature is all about repetitions. Just as a seed requires repeated watering and sunlight to grow, so too do the seeds of innerstanding require the steady nourishment of mindful and passionate repetition.
 
Looping Liquid Love
We’ve all felt it—repetition can be dull.
Sisyphus knew that. So did Kierkegaard.

But we also repeat what we love.

Love is the great attractor, drawing us back again and again.

Without love, repetition is a curse.

Within love, it becomes a dynamic force of longing—a looping rhythm where understanding deepens into innerstanding, and innerstanding ripens into lived wisdom.

There are thousands of meditation techniques, philosophies, and systems.
What makes them come alive—or fall flat?

Love does.

Every idea, system, or technique only truly works when it becomes a vessel for something more essential than itself. Only within love’s liquid loops do these forms become alive.
 
The Frozen Past and the Living Moment
Religions, sects, and spiritual authorities still march with the feudal herds of the past. But that age is dissolving—faster than ever—because our time has become more liquid than ever. A new era is arriving, shaped by accelerating rhythms, shifting at a speed unlike anything witnessed before in human history.

In this ever-morphing scenario, one thing becomes clear:
If we blindly follow the old paths—even those paved just yesterday—we lose the ability to ride the waves of the soul.
 
Now it is up to us to shape the framework through which meditation breathes within us. The responsibility has shifted: each of us must craft our own spiritual interface.
 
And in this freedom, we must be vigilant, courageous, and above all remember this sutra: What was true yesterday may no longer be true today.

A New Spiritual Architechture
In this emerging landscape—more like an ocean—we’re invited to draw upon the wisdom of great thinkers, mystics, and traditions from every time and corner of the world. And in turn, we become living sources of inspiration for others.

To build our new inner cathedral, we gather rubble from ancient temples, mosques, and places of worship worldwide. Every culture, from the dawn of civilization, carries a spark of timeless wisdom. The new tree of wisdom roots itself in all that came before us.

Meditation in the Dance between Individuality and Collectivity
As free individuals, we carve our own paths—yet always in a conscious and respectful dance with the world around us and the world that was before us.

If we follow only our own impulses blindly, we lose our balance.

Just look at Trump. Or Musk.
 
Expanded consciousness always includes the other’s perspective—because true awakening means becoming the other, not from the outside, but from within.

First, you merge with one person.
Then with the group.
Then with another culture, another country, the planet itself.

And at the far end of the rainbow, a shockingly beautiful realization awaits:

There is only one observer in all of creation.

Fractal Individuaity  
This reflects the logic of fractal repetition: patterns that echo across all scales—from the iris of the eye to the branching of trees to the spiraling of galaxies. In this sense, we are all expressions of a single being, a shared observer.
And yet, within this unity, subtle variations arise—each one essential.
 
To fulfill our role in the greater cosmic design, it is just as vital to honor our small, individual differences as it is to embody what unites us all.
 
So we journey both alone and together—each on a distinct path, yet woven into a larger tapestry of shared becoming. And for this, we need free communities—not governed by guru -power or economics, but rooted in mutual respect and conscious presence.
  
In such communities, we become each other’s teachers, joined by friendship and an openness of heart.
   
They resemble flocks of migrating birds: no fixed leader, only a shifting flow of shared intelligence—guiding, adjusting, responding—each individual contributing to the harmony of the whole.
 
In a living group, some individuals may know more than others—and they share that knowledge freely. Because knowledge belongs to no one in particular. Its nature is to flow freely—only the ego hoards it, clinging to it in the vain hope of glory or profit.

Indeed, once you dwell in the heart of all things, the longing for external power fades away. As Meister Eckhart beautifully expressed:

To one who even for an instant has seen into this ground,
a thousand ducats of red beaten gold
are worth no more than a false farthing.
Meister Eckhart

The Age of Gurus and Religious Institutions is Fading.
Despite the iconic image of hermits and Himalayan cave dwellers, the cultivation of consciousness has always been a collective endeavor.
Without surrounding cultures that respected and upheld meditative solitude, there would have been no yogis disappearing into caves for decades—no Christian or Buddhist ascetics retreating into lives of renunciation. Much good came from these traditions and institutions.
   
But religious and spiritual institutions—though often born of noble intentions—have also served as political power structures.
Within their vertical hierarchies, the trade-off for social order and spiritual infrastructure has too often led to top-down depersonalization.
In today’s world, this no longer resonates with the self-aware, self-authoring individual.
  
We can no longer access the sacred within the confines of rigid hierarchies.
We’ve become too individual—too self-defined—for that model to hold.
    
But this triumph of individuality now reveals its shadow.
The blessing of selfhood, in an age of accelerating change, teeters on the edge of a curse.
 
Let me repeat the not so secret mantra of our time:
Look at Trump. Look at Musk.
 
This gift of individuality must evolve—not backwards into conformity,
but forward into a higher form of collectivity: one that honors both the uniqueness of the individual and the intelligence of the whole.
 
First go the Bukowski-way - but not all the Way

 

I am deeply inspired by Bukowski's poem displayd in the above youtube video. Before anything else, we must stand upright in our own fire-pillar of life. That takes courage—real courage.

And on this path, there are real challenges.

The first step in meditation often requires a surprising act of egoism—sometimes even a homeopathic dose of narcissism. At least that was true for me. I had to start over, taking baby steps to learn how to listen to my own feelings, rather than shaping my actions to please those around me. My inner truth became paramount—even at the cost of disappointing others.
 
Before we can reunite with all of life within ourselves, we must first discover and inhabit the small, hidden corners that make us different. In this phase, we must dare to love—perhaps even worship—our own weirdness, even if it means walking in solitude.
 
Where our individuality rubs up against collective norms, we must resist the subtle violence of self-erasure. We must not cut a heel or clip a toe just to fit into someone else’s mold.

Instead, with vigilance and conscious awareness, a new synthesis will emerge—between you and me, between them and us.
 
But that requires the dying of old ways.
 
Let me say it again—consciously, deliberately: Everything is changing—faster than ever. We live in a global world shaped by big data and constant rupture. The old frameworks of religion—and even much of New Age spirituality—are now obsolete. They played their part in humanity’s evolution, but riding today’s tsunami of transformation demands something new: a liquid, independent, and fiercely awake state of consciousness.

From that fearless and unexpected vantage, I gently—and lovingly—bid farewell to the spiritual teachers of the past. They still nourish me, even the ones I later realized were false. But I am no longer their follower.

To my surprise and delight, I find I’m not surfing this wave alone. 

I don’t want to end up like a Bukowski—alone, bitter, and drunk on defiance.
 
So I stopped gazing upward for a leader to show me the way. Instead, I looked around—and inward. And there, horizontally, I discovered kindred spirits.
 
I am not alone here. Within me lives the observer—a spheric eversive consciousness that dwells in every being.

The Rise of Shared Fields of Consciousness
When we are free and independent, only then it is time to reach out and share in cloud-like relationships with kindred souls around us. We can inspire each other in spiritual information circuits where up and down, in and out, back and forth changes all the time in a state of flux. Here we are all each other's gurus and devotees. We exchange spiritual information in a way similar to open source technology. In this open field, we enter a collective and ampified field of shared consciousness.
 
The collective cloud of super-consciousness is however, not for everybody - yet.
 
The unfoldment of the collective cloud consciousness can be compared to the evolution of the Athenian democracy. The Athenian democracy was not for everybody. It was only a privilege for the citizens of the city-state. The masses had to wait nearly 2,000 years before the gates were opened and they were included in the club.
 
My guess is that there are several newly formed democratic fields of spirituality all over the globe by now. Each of them has a distinct rainbow color and 'mission'. But I’m talking about those evolving without financial exchange. At this stage of our civilization, information—and especially spiritual insight—wants to flow freely, untainted by commodification.

Just look at social media: when information is turned into a commodity, it becomes distorted, sensationalized, and stripped of integrity. And spiritual information—being far more subtle—suffers even more.
   
Are you a Chosen One?
So how do you know if you are the Chosen One—evolutionarily ready and eligible to be part of a new, quietly exclusive brother- and sisterhood?

Simple:
A true club of consciousness will never exclude you.
 
You will exclude yourself—by your lack of interest.

Meister Eckhart says:

Whoso is unable to follow this discourse, let him never mind.
While he is not like this truth he shall not see my argument.

But I’m not only speaking of my 'club.'
My words may not spark anything in you—and that’s fine.
You might feel drawn to another cloud with a different signature.
It’s all part of the same sky.

Meditation & the Noble Soul
The reason meditation is so hard to understand is precisely its simplicity.
For a noble and innocent soul, there is nothing to understand—only something to 'innerstand'. Everything reveals itself intuitively—not as knowledge, but as wisdom.

In these dazzlingly clever times, most of us have lost touch with what it means to be noble. Wise. Not performatively—but quietly, deeply, and truly.

So do yourself a favor. Watch the video below. It features Bhaharadwaj, who just turned 97, sharing his noble wisdom without a trace of self-importance.

And below, you’ll meet another noble soul: my friend Shabdanand.
When this video was recorded in 1995, he was 80 years old.

To those who take the time to watch:
Have you seen such people in the West?
I haven’t.

It’s as if old age—so often feared—is actually the perfect season for a final spiritual blossoming. But that blossoming only comes in those who’ve nurtured the soil of their being across a lifetime.

Those who meditate for egocentric reasons will, in time, drift away.
My guess? Many of the young, social media-savvy influencers preaching meditation today will not be meditating themselves in ten years.

It may sound old-fashioned—but only a noble personality can meditate consistently through a whole life.

Even in times of hyperchange, some things do not change. The center of the cyclone is still still. And when it comes to the inner workings of man, that stillness has a name:

Nobility

I do not belong to the club of meditation experts who make a living by telling people that meditation is for everyone. I can afford to tell the truth as I see it:
 
The truth does not sell tickets. The more something is for sale, the less truth it contains.
 

Therefore a life in what I would call true Meditation is reserved for the few.
 
However, it for me seems that these few are growing in number!
 
And out of this reason alone I must confess:
 
I love the time we live in.

The dancing star is born in chaos.