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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

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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.

Gunnar Mühlmann

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Meditation.dk is
under permanent
construction

 

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

Beloved reader, dare to explore the realm of the unseen. Close your eyes and descend into your inner sensory darkness. As Meister Eckhart astutely suggests, it's a state one must experience to truly grasp.

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

Hello, out there! Let me state my position

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

I am not a guru. I am not 'enlightened'. I am not interested in 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 six 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.

What is hidden in the simple

It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
Alfred North Whitehead.

No matter how tangled and complex my attempts to write Meditation.dk may appear at times, many of them actually stem from trivial banalities that most of us already know all too well. To undertake an analysis of the obvious is, in fact, meditation.

Things that are too banal, self-evident, or obvious tend to disappear, much like the ticking of an alarm clock. It is these disappearing and small things that I am most interested in.
 
The Importance of Repetition
Before diving into Meditation.dk's manifesto, it is essential to clarify a key aspect of this project: 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.

The intellect, restless by nature, tends to move on quickly after assuming it has understood something, leaving insights only partially integrated. Genuine comprehension, however—what I call "innerstanding"—follows a different trajectory. It is not linear but vertical, delving deeper 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.

Repetition is not redundancy; it is a process of uncovering layers, much like polishing a gemstone. Each pass reveals something deeper, something more luminous, guiding us toward an embodied understanding that transcends mere intellectual grasp.

Transitioning from Knowledge to Wisdom through Repetition
Through dynamic repetition, we transition from superficial understanding to deeper wisdom. The mantric 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 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 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. Just as a seed requires repeated watering and sunlight to grow, so too do the seeds of understanding require the steady nourishment of mindful repetition.

In this way, repetition is not a limitation but a dynamic force, a method through which innerstanding blossoms into lived wisdom.

This is the meaning of mantra.

MEDITATION.DK MANIFESTO
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.
 
Meditation.dk is free from organized thought systems. Religions, sects, and great spiritual leaders are for those who follow the herd. The time for such phenomena has passed. Like a tiger, a free individual carves their own path.

It is up to you to determine the framework in which meditation should be incorporated. It is your responsibility to design your own spiritual interface. If you blindly follow the crowd, you will never be able to surf your soul's tsunami.

However, this does not mean you must journey alone in your quest for freedom. There are free communities that are not governed by power and economics. In these communities, we are each other's teachers, united in friendship and equal openness. Such a community resembles a flock of birds in migration.

You were born with wings.
Why do you prefer to crawl through life?
Rumi

The age of gurus and religious institutions is fading.
 
In spite of hermits and Himalayan cave dwellers, the cultivation of consciousness has always been a collective project. Without a culture of meditative isolation, there would not have been any yogis living in caves for decades or Christian monks and nuns living in various degrees of renunciation.

The various religious and spiritual organizations have, however along with all their good intentions also been political power institutions. In the verticality of power the trade-off for social security and suitable infrastructure is depersonalization at the buttom of the pyramid.

For a modern individual, this is not longer functioning.
We cannot any longer take responsibility for our own divinity in a spiritual hierarchy. We have become too individual. This, in my eyes precious individuality has now to be taken to a higher level of collectivity.

Go all the Bukowski-way
First of all, we have to stand in our own pillar of life. It takes a lot of courage to reach that point.
 
Everything is changing faster than ever before. We live in a global world of big data and disruptive flux. Hence the old ways of new age spirituality have become more obsolete than ever before. They have served their time in the evolution of consciousness. Surfing the current tsunami of change is only possible in an independent, vigilant and liquid state of awareness. In that fearless state, I say goodbye lovingly to the spiritual teachers of the past. The best of them still inspire me deeply, but not as a follower.

To my pleasant surprise, I find that I am not the only free surfer. I don't want to end up like a Bukowski. When I stop searching in the sky for spiritual leaders to tell me what to do but look horisontally around, I see kindred spirits.

A shared field 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 fourth 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-sate. Tom, Harry, and Dick had to wait around 2000 years before 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'.

Are you a Chosen One?
So how do you know if you are the chosen One, evolutionary ready and eligible to be a part of a new exclusive brother and sisterhood?
 
A genuine 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.

However, I am not only talking about my 'club'.
My words might not inspire you, and yet you will be attracted
to another cloud with a different signature.

The main reason meditation is so difficult to understand is because of its simplicity. For an innocent and noble person, there is nothing to comprehend. Everything will reveal itself intuitively, not as knowledge, but as wisdom. In these fantastic but overly clever times, most of us have lost touch with what it means to be a noble and wise personality. Therefore, do yourself a favor and watch the video below, where a man who just turned 97 shares his noble wisdom.

A Glimpse Through Heaven's Door: Exploring the Enigma of 'Redness'
Behind the door of perception lies an infinite labyrinth of Pandora's doors. As a young student, I delved into an Indian meditation book and, with a self-invented mantra, disappeared into a timeless, spaceless void. Upon reopening my eyes, the world was bathed in beautiful white light. I dropped out of university for two years, exploring unknown worlds within myself, each step in nature sending waves of love and happiness through my body.

The most enigmatic 'phenomenon' I encountered was consciousness, which may not even exist in the traditional sense. Since antiquity, no one has provided a satisfying answer to what 'redness' is or what within us perceives it.

Despite this, we use 'consciousness' casually in everyday language as if we fully comprehend it, extending the term to race, class, and gender consciousness, among others. But a glimpse into our inner worlds reveals how little we truly know.

I adore words, but I concur with mystics throughout time: words can only capture a fragment of the mysteries unfolding within an introspective mind.

Why is this important to mention?
Should I not be more humble and less bragging about my spiritual experiences?

Let me clarify, as far as I can see and know myself. I write this to inspire. If I can 'survive' my own life in this way, it might also be possible for you!

Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano
When you are young, you have a lot of energy, but no wisdom. When you become older, you might become wiser, but at the same time you tend to loose your energy.

Without wisdom and high levels of energy, there can be no true Meditation. The cultivation of super awareness can only happen in a sound mind in a sound body.

If you are able to maintain your energy, health, and liquid intelligence into older age you can be lucky to arrive at a sweet spot zone where you will be gifted with a kind of astronaut overview of life and yourself. Here in this liquid perspective, many exciting things can be observed.

Meditation & the Noble Soul

In the video below, you can meet another noble soul. It's my friend Shabdanand. At the time the video was recorded, in 1995, Shabdanand was 80 years old. My question for those who take the time to watch these videos... Have you seen such people in the West? I haven't... It seems as if old age is perfectly suited for a final spiritual blossoming. However, this blossoming only occurs in those who have nourished their body's soil throughout their lives.

Those with an egocentric motivation behind their meditation will eventually lose interest. My guess is that many of the young, savvy professionals promoting meditation today will not be meditating themselves in a few years. It may sound old-fashioned, but only a noble personality can continue to meditate throughout their entire life.
 
A life in what I would call true Meditation is reserved for the few.

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.
 

THE COURAGE TO TRUTH

A prerequisite for wisdom is our ability to accept an inherent 'messiness' in our explanation of what is going on. Nowhere is it written that the human mind must provide a complete explanation of creation in all dimensions and at all levels. Ludwig Wittgenstein had the idea that philosophy should be what he called "true enough." I think it's a good idea. True enough is as true as possible. Imagination is chaos. New forms are drawn from it. The creative act is to submerge the net of human imagination in the sea of chaos that we are suspended in, and then try to bring ideas out of it.
Rupert Sheldrake

I now ask the question: What separates the sheep from the lions?

It is the courage to truth... to honesty. For without honesty, no self-awareness. And without self-awareness, no true meditation.
This pursuit of truth must not be made absolute.

The truth is found and lost and found eternally listening and searching for the chorus of inner and outer counterpoint voices laid in our hearts, brains, and genitals. The truth is a grain of sand on top of a sand dune by the North Sea. Surfing the waters of the soul as well as possible in all our wonderfully human fallibility is more than good enough. It is, in Wittgenstein's words, especially in Sheldrake's wonderful context, true enough.

The dried-out meditation veteran in search of satsang-soma
After this far-reaching overture, it is now time to focus the introverted eyes sharply on Meditation. True Meditation is difficult.

Most people who start meditating quit after a couple of years of practice. Only one in ten or fewer will continue. I belong to this group, and therefore, it naturally interests me. In addition to nurturing my own little navel, there is, in my conviction, a deep lesson to be learned from observing us in this group. Perhaps new generations of young meditators can learn something from the old fox?

Peace be with those who gave up. It can certainly be difficult to maintain the spark. The question now is what those who continued have done to keep the momentum?
What strikes me here as the biggest pitfall is the danger of drying out in habitual eternal repetitions.

Meditation veterans have typically meditated for years under the shadow of some meditative philosophy or organization. In the beginning, this insight and/or organization created a new and wonderful opening into a hitherto unknown space: a space full of spirit that the ordinary person has never entered. But as the years go by, meditation solidifies into habits, rituals, and outwardly 'spiritual' sacred correct behavior. This type of meditator is now no more or less alive than ordinary non-meditating people.

But the old routine meditator is sentimental... he remembers a time in ecstasy.

The sleepily habitual meditating person is well aware that the spiritual fire of youth is on a low flame. As in Staffeldt's "Indvielsen," he longs for the experiences that changed his life. That's why he seeks communities created by like-minded people to revive the life-giving inner ecstasy.

For the sentimentally inclined meditator, the great past experiences all too easily become curses. For as the drug addict longs for the needle in his arm, the old meditator longs for his spiritual soma.

At home and left to himself, he falls asleep on the meditation cushion. But there is hope ahead! A venerable back-Indian Guru or a new pop-smart New Age preacher from America has announced his arrival in Copenhagen.

The old veteran smiles to himself. For in the more or less sectarian community hype, he can reawaken his inner Tollund Man. In an echo chamber of like-minded satsang zombies plus new innocent spiritual seekers, his tired brain will be filled with dopamine, serotonin, and all the other neurotransmitters the brain loves to bathe in.
 
The old meditator is willing to do whatever it takes to get this fix. Never mind that the Guru is under suspicion of financial fraud and sexual abuse of his disciples. It's just the mind trying to sabotage the ecstasy. Every time the truth and reason present themselves with relevant questions, it is all dismissed as mind fuck. This eternal enemy, the stubborn mind, with all its thoughts. Do not listen to it! Instead, surrender to the Guru's grace.

It is here that the lie and self-deception begin to sneak in. True meditation is difficult because honesty is difficult. Ibsen's wise words about the life-lie are spot on.

To avoid this pitfall and maintain the integrity of one's meditation practice, it is crucial to cultivate honesty and self-awareness. Be open to questioning one's beliefs and practices, and be willing to adjust and adapt in the pursuit of truth. Do not blindly follow a Guru or become attached to the past experiences of ecstasy; instead, focus on cultivating a genuine connection to the present moment and one's inner self.

In conclusion, true meditation requires the courage to face the truth and to be honest with oneself. By doing so, one can maintain the vitality and authenticity of their meditation practice and continue to grow and evolve on their spiritual journey.

Det gode, det sande og det skønne - Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram.
An additional irony is that the Indian word satsang, which is used to describe the kind of spiritual gatherings I have just mentioned, means to assemble in sat, which means truth.

In our Western culture, we talk about the trinity of the good, the true, and the beautiful.
My guess is that this trinity, through ancient Greece, is derived from India.
The Indians call it: Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram: the true, the good, and the beautiful.

I see a depth in the ancient Indian formulation that has been lost since. Satyam comes first. Sat or Satyam means truth. The truth must and should come first. Any ecstasy that does not build on a love for truth will sooner or later, like the chemical industry, produce a deluge of karmic waste. Seen in this light, the spiritual world is subject to the same rigor as mathematics: a statement is either true or false. It is the small, accumulating everyday lie that dries out the mind and eventually necessitates the hype-dependence on the untrue and unhealthy satsang soma.

It is not my task to be loving.

I believe this writing has amply demonstrated that.

I see it as my task to be honest.

Being honest and prioritizing truth in one's spiritual journey is essential to avoid falling into the trap of self-deception and attachment to superficial experiences. By seeking Satyam (truth), Shivam (the good), and Sundaram (the beautiful) in one's meditation practice and spiritual life, one can cultivate a genuine connection to the present moment and one's inner self, thus facilitating growth and evolution on the spiritual path.

Satyam - Shivam - Sundaram