{"product_id":"to-meditate-is-to-see-learn-authentic-meditation-the-perception-of-internal-images-9781943358359","title":"To Meditate Is to See: Learn Authentic Meditation: The Perception of Internal Images","description":"\"To Meditate is to See\" guides the reader through the eight steps of meditation. It is a practical handbook that anyone can use for their daily practice, and if they follow the steps carefully, they will learn how to see images in meditation, to acquire information that is inaccessible to the intellect or the senses. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe purpose of meditation is to acquire information to solve problems and reduce our suffering. \u003cbr\u003eThe causes of suffering are psychological and difficult to perceive. Authentic meditation is the only way to directly perceive them. \u003cbr\u003eThe buddha (or any great meditator) was not sitting still doing nothing, seeing nothing. He was investigating the causes of suffering by using his perception of internal images. This is true of all genuine masters: their primary means of investigation is perception of internal images in meditation. \u003cbr\u003eThrough genuine meditation, you can acquire knowledge that is inaccessible to the mind or the senses. \u003cbr\u003eThis kind of perception is not imaginary or fantasy, or a process of thinking. It is direct, conscious perception, without the interference of our ego, desires, pride, or other negative qualities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReal meditation (dhyana) is a state of internal perception (dhya). \u003cbr\u003eIn the state of meditation, by reflecting on a problem or question, we can find reliable answers, insight, wisdom, guidance. This occurs not by thoughts, sensations, or impulses, but by seeing the answers for ourselves. \u003cbr\u003eIn all of the most ancient meditation traditions, meditation is utilized as a method to solve problems, to investigate profound questions, through conscious perception: seeing, but not with physical senses. \u003cbr\u003eIn real meditation, one consciously sees images, and controls that. \u003cbr\u003eIf when you try to meditate you only see darkness, or are swarmed by chaotic thoughts, emotions, images, and sensations, or you only slip into fantasies, distractions, or dreams, then you do not know how to meditate. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is time to learn the real science of meditation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Glorian Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943358359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Padma Mohan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52435612041397,"sku":"9781943358359","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_38da35e9-aeea-4ca1-81ff-050887dc70a7.jpg?v=1776227463","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/to-meditate-is-to-see-learn-authentic-meditation-the-perception-of-internal-images-9781943358359","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}