Justin’s Two Lessons

For years, Justin led Turiya meditation retreats in the rustic South Valley in Albuquerque. He frequently reminded us that there were only two lessons to be learned in life: Find out who and what we are, and understand and accord with the Law of Impermanence. He said that only when the first lesson is apprehended is it possible to accord with the Law of Impermanence.

His book, Heightened Awareness, is a practical tool kit we can use to do both. Justin asks us to discover whether what we see, feel, smell, touch, taste, think and feel are lasting, permanent, and thus “real” states. Once when a friend and I were leaving a building, we both commented on a strong smell. I said, “Yum, someone’s cooking breakfast.” She said, “No, that smell is sewage!”

Justin says there are four states of consciousness: waking, sleeping, dreaming and Turiya. The latter brings the growth of certainty (knowledge of who and what we are). In leading us in Turiya meditation, Justin says the Turiya consciousness exists as a constant vibration but we usually only become aware of it when we meditate. He also reminds us that we can’t stay in Turiya because we have our karma to work out.

When we practice Seijkau using Justin’s Heightened Awareness tools, we can choose to experience the resistance section as containing elements of our karma, that which impedes us from maintaining Cosmic Consciousness, the unchanging Reality. Any of the sensory states (anger, depression, resentment, impatience, grief, thoughts, emotions, etc.), which rip us away from maintaining Cosmic Consciousness, can be placed in the resistance section. It sounds easy, but it’s not. We do not easily surrender our clinging to sensory-based reactivity.

But Seijaku, practiced as a mindfulness practice, makes surrendering much easier because we pass through the impermanent resistant state with the weight shift. There’s no choice but to abandon the attachment to resistance as we feel our back heel releasing. Surrendering to the Chi is not a concept: it can be immersion in Reality for anyone willing to practice the often painful discipline. Thanks, Justin, for giving us such a remarkably effective method for achieving alignment with Cosmic Consciousness.