The great traditions have shown us profound yet simple meditation approaches that enable us to achieve the two great aims of meditation: Human Flourishing and the Direct Experience of our Authentic Self. The result is access to the extended capacities of consciousness: stable serenity, happiness without a reason, penetrating wisdom, boundless compassion, and authentic freedom. We begin by calming and stabilizing the mind as quickly as possible by using methods that rely on the physiological relationship between breath, musculature, and consciousness. We then apply methods that "dissolve" the ordinary "I" - our thinking mind - and reveal a non-dual consciousness. Then we rest in the truth of who we are. We are finally home in the natural, serene, creative, and all-embracing presence of transcendent reality. The practice you will be learning is a sophisticated and lifetime practice that will deepen your current practice and point you towards the final aim of meditation.