The Mantra Bubble of Positivity Talk + Meditation

Many think that a sense of adventure is for the young but at any age we can enjoy the excitement created when we observe, let go and be here in the miraculous space of joy.

Tony Samara, world-renowned spiritual teacher and author of 16 books, has been sharing deep spiritual work and energy transmission for the evolution of consciousness for over 25 years. Combining meditation, detoxing the body, a plant-based diet and a simple lifestyle, he is best known for how his work touches more deeply than words.

Transcript

Hello,

I hope you can hear me.

We will begin very soon.

Wonderful day for meditational practice and for coming back to a clarity and sense of coherence that allows for clarity and vitality so that the day starts with positivity and starts with a sense of I'm moving towards my goal,

I'm moving towards my goals,

I'm moving towards that which I know is good for me and that which allows for life to just be an exciting adventure.

So very often I hear from people that things are just,

They seem to be more routine than enjoyment.

Things just seem to be,

For some people it seems to be that the feeling or the experience of life is just like another thing,

Doing another thing and getting busy with something but not really enjoying that which has to be done.

And there isn't this sense of adventure and people then justify that,

Well,

You know,

That's how you feel when you're younger.

I don't know what that means when you're two,

Four,

Eight,

Fifteen,

Twenty-five,

Thirty-five,

But younger,

Meaning not at this moment.

Sometime in the past it was easier to experience this sense of adventure.

And so very often not only do we experience,

Not do we only experience a lack of joy or a lack of excitement,

But we also justify that as totally normal,

As a way of thinking or a way of experiencing the world which won't change.

So we give up on the possibility that things will change.

On some level,

Of course,

The mind is always seeking to improve itself and to improve that which is around that helps it to feel more in control,

The mind to feel more in control and more happy and more joyous.

But in the end there is that inner feeling that if we give up on the adventure of life,

If we give up on the excitement of just learning things from a new perspective,

Then very often we want to hold on to the past and we don't really want to experience that which is possible in this moment.

We hold on to the past.

So the experiences of the past give us more meaning than the experiences that we're having in this moment.

And that is very often what happens in meditation.

Not that this is a good thing,

But it happens in meditation that we somehow look for the familiar.

In meditation we somehow seek joy from a reference of joy that we understand,

Or we seek happiness from a reference of happiness that makes sense to us,

From happiness that we've experienced previously.

So very often our perceptions of what it means to be present in this moment come from the perceptions of the past.

So they're not really very much to do with this moment.

They are much more tied or connected to past experiences or past experiences that then react and create ideas about what future experiences should be like.

So very often we,

In meditation,

We get caught by the activity of the mind and the activity of the mind is very much centered around that which it understands.

Now that is always very useful,

But in meditation we're doing something that's quite,

It's quite a revolution on some level.

It's quite a dramatic transformation.

What we're doing is we are actually just being present to this moment.

We're actually,

We're actually just allowing this moment to come up to the surface and to express itself,

It's very difficult to put into words,

But to express itself as is.

So we're not trying to create anything out of this moment.

We're not trying to create happiness or joy or something different out of this moment.

We're accepting this moment as it is.

And sometimes this moment can mean that one has to let go of what it means to hold on to this moment in a very specific way.

So,

You know,

If we have the idea that,

Okay,

This moment,

This moment means that I have to be thinking in this way or I have to feel meditation or the experience of meditation in this way.

If that is the perception of this moment,

Coming back to this moment means letting go of that perception.

So we come back to a state of awareness that isn't really very much connected to perception,

But it's connected to what is happening right now.

It's difficult to explain in words,

But in practice,

In the practice of meditation,

It makes sense.

Because if you now look at the meditation within yourself,

This space that you're creating within yourself where you're letting go of yesterday and you're letting go of tomorrow and you're letting go of your thoughts that remind you of yesterday and the thoughts that remind you of tomorrow and you're letting go even of the thoughts that are trying to make sense of what is happening in this moment.

And you just allow yourself to be without the references that the mind is so very addicted to.

And just observe what happens.

Very often,

This is especially the case at the beginning of the practice,

The meditational practice.

Very often,

We do find ourselves coming to a very beautiful space where there isn't anything else that is disturbing the space.

We're just present to the space of being.

But it doesn't last for very long.

Very often,

We're drawn either to a feeling or to a noise or to a perception of some situation around us.

If it's not noise,

It's some perhaps realization,

Oh,

Something needs to be done over there.

I didn't put the things out.

I didn't put the things in.

I didn't manage to tidy up that part of the house or whatever.

Our attention moves out of the space of presence and begins to perceive whatever it is the mind is thinking about from the space of reference,

Meaning that we're remembering thoughts and those thoughts make sense because we've learned what those thoughts actually mean.

We've learned that it's very important to clean up and tidy your house because otherwise it's a mess.

Then those thoughts become the inner force that is driving your perception of the situation.

Not that it's a bad thing to tidy up.

But if you're sitting in meditation and there is nothing to do except to be present to this moment and your mind starts to clean the house or to put things away or to think about things that are going to happen in the future tomorrow or next year,

Then you're busying the mind with the activity that it's used,

Very used to and it's very difficult then to stay in this state of presence and understand,

Move to a deeper state of consciousness that understands what this state of presence means.

So this is why mindfulness,

It's a type of meditation similar to repeating the mantra,

But mindfulness is much more about awareness.

So you're just observing what is going on without judgment,

Without attachment,

Without trying to change things.

You're just observing.

It's almost like you're watching a theater that is happening around you,

Inside of you,

Everywhere.

It's a multi-dimensional theater because it's not just that you're observing something on a screen,

But you're observing it on all levels.

Your feelings,

Your energy,

Your thoughts,

Your body perceptions,

Your everything becomes part of this state of awareness or observation that allows you to recognize what the quality of this present moment truly means beyond the belief systems,

The paradigms,

The socializations,

The cultural understandings,

The habits and all the other stuff that has created a personality,

A self that is very important,

But that very often gets caught in certain things,

Certain thoughts or certain feelings and then gets lost in those thoughts and feelings and focuses too much on that rather than just appreciating being here,

Present to what is going on right now rather than what you think will go on in the future,

Even if it may be the case that those things will happen.

Right now,

The energy that you're able to invest in yourself doesn't have to be that you're focusing that energy into some future project or future ideal or hope or dream,

But you're just investing the energy in your being now,

Being present.

Then things begin to change because we're not used to this.

This is something that goes totally against what we've learned,

What we've understood,

How we've understood to survive in this world,

How we've understood and learnt all the skills to survive in this world means that we're addicted to always looking at things from a perspective that is not present,

It's not present here in this moment.

We listen to the teacher,

We listen to people tell us certain things,

We read about things,

We try to figure out things,

But it's always out there rather than connecting to the inner state of presence that sometimes transmits very important information that we don't hear because we're so connected to the outer world rather than the inner wisdom that presence allows for everyone to come back to.

It goes against that which is natural.

Sitting in stillness very often after a few minutes will create all sorts of activities.

People ask me what do you do with all these activities?

What do you do with a mind that is busy?

What do you do with feelings that just come and go while sitting in meditation?

It's just difficult to let them go because they're there.

How do you let them go?

You can't carry them out of the door and say,

Okay,

Wait out there for a little while.

I'm meditating now and I don't want to be disturbed and put out that sort of do not disturb sign.

It doesn't work because we are in a multi-dimensional sort of theatre.

Everything comes from all different parts of yourself and from various angles and from different levels,

Sometimes even subconscious levels.

What do you do?

It seems when you sit in meditation that it's impossible to let go of things.

It's impossible to let go of activity.

But actually it's very,

Very easy to come back to a state of presence.

There are only two things that we really need to understand.

One is that it's all about practice.

See,

That is what changes any habit.

It's to remember to practice.

Sitting in meditation for 10 minutes like you're doing now and just being open and receptive.

More than 10 minutes is better.

Say 24 minutes is perfect if you have the time.

But just 10 minutes.

And 10 minutes is the minimum because in those 10 minutes,

If you are coming back to this state of presence,

You are actually changing the structure of your brain so that it can come back to a state of coherence,

Meaning that it understands how to function without being addicted to a type of function.

So coherence means that it just.

.

.

Whatever the situation is,

Whatever situation you're facing,

You approach it energy-wise from the best possible perspective,

From the best possible place.

You don't get caught and lose energy.

You actually.

.

.

Whatever you're doing in a state of coherence,

Even though it's activity,

The activity that you're encouraging is an activity that gives you more energy,

That gives you more joy,

That gives you more happiness.

So you're not banging your head against the wall and saying,

Oh gosh,

This is such a difficult thing.

You actually get excited by the transformation.

And this coherence happens when you sit in meditation and do nothing.

It seems to a mind that is used to being busy,

It seems to be the opposite.

When you're busy and you need to do things,

It seems to be the opposite of what makes sense to sit and do nothing.

How can you then get more things done?

But it works because the gray matter that I've mentioned previously,

The gray matter,

Which is the part of the brain,

The structure of the brain that allows for us to be receptive and to explore with excitement,

To learn things from a new perspective,

To be open to learning things from a new perspective,

This gray matter begins to become more active.

Through MRI scans,

It becomes obvious that this part of your brain is becoming more active or being used in a way that then creates the coherence.

Even though you're doing nothing,

This space is expanding.

So actually you become more intelligent.

You become more clever at not just in a mental conceptual way,

But you become more clever at organizing the energies within you so that those energies aren't wasted throughout your day.

So actually you become not only come back to a space of coherence,

But you come back to a space where you begin to do things in a way that's really functional.

So sitting in stillness then becomes a very pleasant experience.

So you're not addicted to trying to complete things out there or within yourself and trying to finish off a thought or trying to understand a feeling or trying to make sense of certain things.

You're just coming back to stillness.

Now stillness isn't a mystical space.

Stillness is actually the space of the heart.

See,

When you're still,

The heart,

The subtle messages that the heart transmits within the stillness begins to make sense.

Not only because you begin to feel better,

But also because your mind is receptive and now it's receptive to the subtle currents that the heart transmits.

Not only to your body,

You feel good and you begin to sort of sit in meditation and say,

Ah,

This really makes me not only feel good,

But I'm more positive.

Not only is that the experience,

But also the currents that are transmitted from the heart.

And now that the mind is more receptive,

The mind is able to connect to,

Allows for a dramatic transformation.

This means heart and mind come back into a state of coherence.

And rather than fighting one another,

The mind saying,

I want to get busy and the heart saying,

I want to just be here and present,

The space that you create in meditation is transformational.

This space creates a sense of transcendence beyond the mundane and you begin to experience the world from a new perspective.

So sitting in a state of presence doesn't mean that you ignore what is going on.

No,

You're watching what is going on,

But you are present to the awareness that is watching.

So it's almost as if you're sitting now in meditation.

You can practice this because it makes,

It's very difficult to put into words,

But it's important to explain a little bit,

But it makes sense when we put this into practice.

So it's,

You're sitting in meditation now and breathing into your body,

Relaxing the body so that the body feels totally relaxed.

All muscles,

All physical aspects of the body relax,

The posture upright and breathing in deeply and understanding that this space that you are now present to is a joyous space.

It's not the worries of the mind or the activities of just everyday life.

You're now just present to this joyous bubble within yourself.

And this is the awareness that allows you to recognize the presence of being.

So as you breathe in and breathe out,

Simply remain in this space here present to all and everything.

So if you have a thought that just sort of pops out of nowhere and is there in the background,

You don't follow the thought.

You don't try to go,

What's that thought?

You're not curious to observe what information the thought is trying to convey to you.

You're saying,

Oh,

That's a thought.

Interesting.

I come back here,

Come back to relaxing the body,

Come back to this joyous little bubble that is expanding within my being.

Come back.

I recognize the thought for what it is,

But I don't need to give more energy to attach myself or give more energy to that thought.

I just come back here and see this is a continuous practice because of course another thought will pop out of nowhere or a feeling or a sensation or even a bodily sensation or whatever.

Even sometimes as you've noticed here in the transmissions,

When we are really coming to a point of deep realization,

When we come to this point where we are really present to what is going on,

There are all sorts of external factors that will also challenge our sort of meditational space,

All sorts of situations from internet not working or people ringing on doors or phones ringing,

Whatever.

But that's also the same as the mental activity.

We observe it,

It's there,

And we don't really need to get disturbed by it or attached to those activities in any way.

We just recognize them.

See,

It's important to recognize things because then this is part of the coherence process as we sort of say,

Okay,

I'm having these thoughts,

I'm having these feelings,

I'm having these ideas,

And I just recognize them,

But I come back to the space that's more aware.

So I'm focused here,

I'm present here with the energy of my awareness.

I'm here,

Not everywhere,

Not all over the place,

But just here.

So we're bringing back,

Teaching our bodies and teaching our emotional bodies and mental bodies to just constantly come back here through practice,

Come back here to this wonderful bubble of joy.

And it's so interesting when you do this and keep repeating this.

You can do this now.

Just listen to the stillness and come back to this bubble of joy within.

And as you do this,

It's so interesting to note that eventually the mind does tire of thinking about too many things.

The activities become less dramatic.

As we still ourselves and as we come back to a very clear space of awareness here present in the depth of our being,

Then it's natural for everything to become more still.

So even though the challenges come up to the surface and the mind may in the beginning,

As we become more still,

Be busy thinking about this and that,

Eventually after about seven,

Eight minutes,

The mind does relax,

Especially if you're really focused and allowing the body to relax more and the breath to move to a deeper space and for the mind to just be present.

And as soon as you come back to this space of stillness,

This is when the mantra becomes important because now it's almost as if we're allowing for the space,

This positive energy bubble that you're expanding within yourself to vibrate beyond ourselves.

And so now as an experience,

Just to help you understand how the mantra can be used beyond just repeating the vibration,

Now as you repeat the mantra within yourself,

The sound of Hu,

Be aware that you can repeat the sound not from the throat so much,

But from down in the abdomen area,

Like the diaphragm area.

So it's almost as if the Hu is connected to your breath.

And the breath connects you to the diaphragm and the diaphragm connects you to this core energy point,

Which is known as the solar plexus.

And here is a point,

An energy point that allows you to connect to the outer world,

Meaning just things around you,

Even things such as just the structure of your home.

The solar plexus,

The energy that moves from the solar plexus out into space is a sort of intuitive sense that allows you to connect and understand certain things that are happening around you in this physical dimension as well as sometimes in the more subtle dimensions.

So as you repeat the mantra from the very deep part of your body,

The breath that you're breathing in through the diaphragm,

As you repeat the vibration from this space,

You can externalize this vibration so that the Hu is not just vibrating within your body,

But is extending into the space around you,

Especially from this point around the solar plexus.

And it's almost as if the vibration,

And you can imagine this if it's difficult to put into practice the first time,

It's almost as if the vibration now begins to change the molecular structure of the space around you.

And this is all you have to do.

The change through the practice of this meditation becomes obvious given time.

One of the things is that if you're sensitive to people and situations around you,

Because sometimes things can be very powerful and strong,

The energies of people and situations can impact upon our deeper and more subtle feelings in a very strong way.

By doing this,

By putting this meditation into practice,

By doing this for a few moments now,

What you're doing is changing the vibration so that the energy that you are connected to,

The solar plexus connects to the energies all around,

Now is filtered through the vibration,

The sacred vibration of the Hu,

And also your meditational awareness.

So you almost create a sense of happiness,

Sense of well-being that extends and filters around you,

In the space around you,

And filters the information that comes through,

So that it doesn't impact upon the heart in such a powerful way.

Sometimes when we sit in meditation we do open up,

We do become more sensitive.

So this practice allows for the sensitivity to still be part of your experience,

But for the energy of the information not to impact so much and transform your thoughts into a reactive one,

Or transform your feelings into a reactive space,

Or create a reactive space,

Because the impact is so very powerful.

So it's a way to detach,

And meditation really is about detachment.

That's what you're doing,

Not in a sort of arrogant way,

But it's like,

Okay,

I have a thought,

Okay,

This is happening around me,

But I'm here present and giving all my energy to the space of coherence that allows me to grow and invest in myself and people around me so that they grow rather than get caught in the old habits that very often repeat reactive structures that the mind thinks about,

Or that the feelings get caught within.

So we are making meditation as not only detachment,

Meditation is a choice where we choose the type of activity that we would like to invest in.

We're investing our energy in something that's totally different.

And even though the mind just doesn't understand how to come back to a state of presence,

Because throughout its evolution it's learned to always react to situations external to itself.

So that's this very core fundamental structure of the mind.

Coherence is what has helped evolution to move forward and bring us to this point where we are actually able to be aware of our activities and our thoughts and our feelings and integrate them into a space where our wisdom creates a possibility that before was not there.

So our evolution has relied in essence not just on looking out there at problems and reacting to those problems and trying to resolve them,

But from those wise people who probably,

You know,

In history,

Sat there in the forest or in the caves or on top of the mountains and just gave enough space for their minds to come back to a state of coherence.

And then the wisdom of realizing what is possible allowed these pioneers,

And you are a pioneer when you sit in meditation because you're actually allowing your experience to be different from that which is just a repetitive paradigm that so many people allow to be their life,

Their life not just for a minute or two minutes,

But their life forever.

You know,

Now you're a pioneer and what you're doing is not just detaching from the world,

But you're investing in the activity that creates a coherence and that allows you to recognize that yes,

You have the choice to be happy.

You have the choice to come back to this space where positivity and activity comes from a space where you're not worried and you're not stressed and it's not something that's pushing you.

It's rather the inner excitement of new knowledge and new beginnings and you can do things in different ways.

So today as you continue this practice,

Just notice outside,

You know,

Meditation is also learning the wisdoms that you have understood in your meditation as you sit in meditation and applying them in everyday activity.

So just look at how easily we get attached to situations,

External situations.

If someone says something or something happens,

Just notice how easy it is for the mind to move out of the space of presence and react to the situation and apply the knowledge that you've learned in this meditation in that situation,

You know,

In the external situation that may cause reactivity so that you invest in coherence rather than just repeating an old paradigm because it's a habit and it's the most easy thing to do.

So as you breathe in and breathe out,

Let go and continue in meditation for a few more moments.

Deep breath,

Letting go.

Deep breath and connecting to the diaphragm,

Connecting to the solar plexus,

Repeating the mantra,

Sensing the vibration extend out into the space around you.

Just enjoying a bubble of positivity as you let go.

Thank you.

Reviews

Explained mindfulness logically with empirical support and easy directives. Fascinating teacher. Thank you. 🙏

Interesting that I could meditate while listening to the teacher teaching.

I am really glad that I was able to just sit and listen to this talk, without any expectations. I have given this 5 stars for the content of this talk. It is very well done with a lot of insight to meditation. The key is and will be is the application of what he said and being mindful of the process of getting present in the now.

One of my favourites. Thankyou.

This really helped me to understand the space the presence we are searching for within ourselves .. and it's there!