Great Books: "Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse (History of The Buddha)... and... "The Celestine Prophecy" by James Redfield

https://www.amazon.com/Siddhartha-Novel-Hermann-Hesse/dp/0553208845/

It is the story of the quest of Siddhartha, a wealthy Indian Brahmin who casts off a life of privilege and comfort to seek spiritual fulfillment and wisdom. On his journey, Siddhartha encounters wandering ascetics, Buddhist monks, and successful merchants, as well as a courtesan named Kamala and a simple ferryman who has attained enlightenment. Traveling among these people and experiencing life’s vital passages–love, work, friendship, and fatherhood–Siddhartha discovers that true knowledge is guided from within.

https://www.amazon.com/Celestine-Prophecy-Adventure-James-Redfield/dp/0446671002/ 

Pay Attention to Odd Coincidences... it's the Universe Trying to Send you a Message... 

In the rain forests of Peru, an ancient manuscript has been discovered. Within its pages are 9 key insights into life itself -- insights each human being is predicted to grasp sequentially; one insight, then another, as we move toward a completely spiritual culture on Earth. Drawing on ancient wisdom, it tells you how to make connections among the events happening in your life right now and lets you see what is going to happen to you in the years to come. The story it tells is a gripping one of adventure and discovery, but it is also a guidebook that has the power to crystallize your perceptions of why you are where you are in life and to direct your steps with a new energy and optimism as you head into tomorrow.

Great Book: "Island" by Aldous Huxley... ATTENTION said the little bird... also... "The Doors of Perception", "Heaven and Hell" and "Brave New World"

https://www.amazon.com/Island-Aldous-Huxley/dp/0061561797/

The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which a flourishing, ideal society located on a remote Pacific island attracts the envy of the outside world. Later used by Timothy Leary to design his own Psychedelic Utopia in Mexico. 

https://www.amazon.com/Doors-Perception-Heaven-Hell/dp/0061729078/

Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books—The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell—in which Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, reveals the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness. This new edition also features an additional essay, "Drugs That Shape Men's Minds," which is now included for the first time. 

https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World-Aldous-Huxley/dp/0060850523/

Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine” (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New World likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.

How I meditate. I Lie down in a quiet room and close my eyes. I Look at what I see and pay attention to the patterns behind my closed eyelids.

I Focus on my breathing. Breathe very deeply and constantly.
This causes a great deal of oxygen in the body. Including my brain.
I feel tingling on my extremities, my nose and cheeks.
If they itch, I take a moment to scratch instead of paying attention to the itching...
If I'm breathing thru my mouth, I pay attention to the wind on my tongue and lips.
If I'm breathing thru my nose I can feel wind inside my nostrils and on my moustache.
This technique requires that I pay attention to many things at once.
My Eye-Closed Visuals, My Breathing, The Mantras and The Thoughts flowing thru My Imagination.
In "Real Life", Multitasking does not work. Here it's a technique I use to free my mind...
and visit altered states of consciousness...
Silently say these mantras... changing them at will... Make up new ones as they appear...
When I notice thoughts, I either pay attention to them if they are worthy and try to control their flow...
OR...
I ignore them, send them away and return my attention to my visuals, my mantras and my breathing.
This technique is part of an Idea Mining Practice... Hoping to Harvest New Concepts for Art, Lyrics and Tales...

[Inhale]...My Mind...[Exhale][Inhale]...is completely Relaxed...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...My Body...[Exhale][Inhale]...is completely Relaxed...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...I'm going deeper...[Exhale][Inhale]...and deeper...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...I'm going deeper...[Exhale][Inhale]...and deeper...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...Into a Hypnotic...[Exhale][Inhale]...Trance...[Exhale]{REPEAT}

[Inhale]...I can fly... [Exhale][Inhale]...I can fly... [Exhale]
[Inhale]...I leave my body [Exhale][Inhale]...and reach for the sky [Exhale]{REPEAT}

[Inhale]...OOBE...[Exhale][Inhale]...Doobie...[Exhale]{REPEAT}

[Inhale]...BE... [Exhale] [Inhale]... HERE... [Exhale] [Inhale]...NOW... [Exhale]
[Inhale]...BE... [Exhale] [Inhale]... HERE... [Exhale] [Inhale]...NOW... [Exhale]{REPEAT}

When thinking the words "Be Here Now" focus on the meaning of each words and experience them...
For example: When focusing on them experience the experience of existing...
Realize that I am Here, right Now.

[Inhale]...When I Sleep...[Exhale][Inhale]...I will Dream...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...I Will Visit...[Exhale][Inhale]...An Art Gallery...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...I Will Remember...[Exhale][Inhale]...The Images...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...and Use Them...[Exhale][Inhale]...In My Own Work...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...I Will Read...[Exhale][Inhale]...An Imaginary Book...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...I Will Remember...[Exhale][Inhale]...The Words...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...and Use Them...[Exhale][Inhale]...In My Own Work...[Exhale]{REPEAT}

Hare KRSNA, Hare KRSNA, KRSNA KRSNA, Hare Hare, Hare RAMA,
Hare RAMA, RAMA RAMA, Hare Hare,
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Christmas Christmas, Merry Merry,
Marijuana, Marijuana, Juana Juana, Merry Merry {REPEAT}

The Doors of Perception are Opening to Reveal Enlightenment.
Not Peppermint, Not Spearmint but Enlightenment...
Zoom... Zoom... Zoom... in my four cornered room.
Outer Space Whoosh Whoosh Music is the best.
Why Not? What IF? Where can we go? What Exactly is Possible?

[Inhale]...OM...[Exhale][Inhale]...OM...[Exhale][Inhale]...OM...[Exhale][Inhale]...OM...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...HOME...[Exhale][Inhale]...HOME...[Exhale][Inhale]...HOME...[Exhale]

[Inhale]...My Body...[Exhale][Inhale]...Will Feel No Pain...[Exhale]

The Doors of Perception are Opening to Reveal Enlightenment. Not Peppermint, Not Spearmint but Enlightenment...

Zoom... Zoom... Zoom...
in my four cornered room.
Outer Space Whoosh-Whoosh Music is my favorite...
Zoom Gali Gali Gali, Zoom Gali Gali Gali, Zoom Gali Gali Gali... Zoom...
Why Not? What IF? Where can we go? What Exactly is Possible?

Try closing your eyes and focusing your attention on your breathing...
Then say these words silently to yourself... For Example...

[Inhale] The Doors of perception are Opening... [Exhale]
[Inhale] to Reveal Enlightenment... [Exhale]

repeat...

make up new words as you go... It's Fun and Relaxing...

My Mind is completely Relaxed...
My Body is Completely Relaxed...
I'm Going Deeper and Deeper into a Hypnotic Trance...

Great Book: Amy Tan's "The Hundred Secret Senses"