In Rehnadee Shum there is no singular word that conceptualises the experience of spiritual enlightenment as it does in English. Instead there is the Portrait TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha that describes and explains The Path of Enlightenment. Enlightenment experiences are organised into two distinct types–The Kaeefs and Emkaeef;.
- Rehnadee Shum and Enlightenment
- TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha–The Path of Enlightenment
- Rehnadee Shum's Culture of Meditation
- Meditation Maps, Mystic Skills, Mystic Strength
- Layers of Enlightenment
- States of Enlightenment–The Kaeefs and Emkaeef;
Rehnadee Shum and Enlightenment
Traditions or techniques of meditation that espouse spiritual evolution will direct their followers' meditative effort toward the lofty goal of enlightenment. The goal of enlightenment is idealised as the reason we are born on earth by providing a deeper and more fulfilling purpose to life or as the ultimate answer to life's tumult. Rehnadee Shum too idealises enlightenment though there is no singular word in the language that conceptualises enlightenment as in English. This is because enlightenment is not a singular experience, instead it comprises of a series of multi-layered mystical experiences that confer multi-faceted consequences to ones consciousness at different levels of mystical progress.
In Rehnadee Shum each layer of the enlightenment experience is peeled out as in the layers of an onion and meticulously organised and defined as goals that are set in meditation maps. Meditation maps themselves are organised into five levels that start from a beginner to that of a master. These levels are innovations that Rehnadee Shum brings to the practice of meditation as they are laid out according to Path of Enlightenment or TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha in Rehnadee Shum.
TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha defines the attainable goal of spiritual enlightenment at even the Beginner Level. This is possible because the language is able to categorise enlightenment experiences across the Dimensions of the Innerverse. So even a beginner who is grappling with her mind can aim for an experience of enlightenment that is commensurte with her ability. This attainment is used as a signpost to advance to the next level of meditation maps with deeper more profound goals of enlightenment.
A Shum meditator progresses in his meditations from enlightenment to enlightenment. Just as a mountaineer conquers a mighty mountain such as the Everest using base camps to gradually reach its summit, the Shum meditator uses meditation maps to reach ever deeper levels of enlightenment until the loftiest state of enlightenment is attained.
TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha–The Path of Enlightenment
In Rehnadee Shum meditations are organised into five levels–Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Guide and Master. There is also a level 0–Rehnadee Shum's Academy–which is its study program. Enlightenment is the goal of Rehnadee Shum meditations from the very start where it provides for technique and ability to attain enlightenment states at different levels through its Culture of Meditation.
Rehnadee Shum's five progressive levels build a meditators ability and mystical sensitivity that starts with a meditator's natural inner inclinations. From there various techniques are employed that include yoga postures, breath control, ‘uncluttering’ the subconscious, prayers and affirmations to develop a meditators Mystic Skills. These skills teach the meditator all the basics such as posture, modulating breath and maintaining clarity in the mind and emotional harmony in the mind. They build the meditator's mystic abilities that lead to initial enlightenment expeirences. From then meditations build on enlightenment goals that progress through the dimensions of the Innerverse. The ultimate goal of enlightenment is Emkaeef; which is within the 14th Dimension–the highest dimension.
TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha lays the path on the mountain of spirituality where Emkaeef; is its Summit. There are many paths to the Summit around the mountain with their set of base camps. In TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha the base camps represent signpost enlightenments that are required to go on to the next level. Gathering these enlightenment experiences are like collecting a string of enlightenment pearls that builds the mystic's strength to successfully summit the mountain.
Related Link: TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha–Rehnadee Shum Academy Map
Rehnadee Shum's Culture of Meditation
All schools of meditation have the goal of enlightenment common to them with one or more techniques to get there. What is unique in Rehnadee Shum is the emphasis it gives to the path because of the nuaunce in mystic experience that the language is capable of capturing and organising. Rehnadee Shum can easily place and define mystic experiences within their dimensions and this allows growth from the very beginning of effort. It is able to aggregate a meditator's effort based on his or her initial ability and build from there by adding skills and building strength.
Enlightenment is the experience that inspires one to take up meditation. Wherever or however you learn about enlightenment, be it from reading a book or hearing a mystic speak about the experience, its description can uplift and move you to seek it. Enlightenment experience themselves have the effect of flooding the body with 'feel good hormones' like endorphines or dopamine thus colouring their description with positivity and pleasure. The next obvious step after getting inspired about anything is of course to get it. How to meditate will be the next pertinent question. The answer to that in Shum Sanctuary can be found in Rehnadee Shum's Culture of Meditation. This Culture is about a process in meditation that first emphasises building Mystic Skills which are necessary for sustaining concentration during meditation and then progressing into attaining enlightenment experiences commensurate with one's Mystic Strength. Central to this process are meditation maps that act as a guide and record in ones spiritual quest.
Meditation Maps
Meditation maps can be likened to what technology does for science. Technology creates practical applications from a scientific body of knowledge to make our life easier. Meditation maps do the same with spiritual knowledge to attain experiences such as enlightenment. How these maps do this is by aggregating and customising one's spiritual effort into achievable steps from the very beginning. This aggregation takes into account a meditators latent abilities and what needs to be added to initial effort leading to an enlightenment goal close to the meditators ability. They also help define and overcome challenges that a meditator can be faced with in bite-sized chunks. With practice the meditation can bear fruit and when it does it builds the confidence of the meditator that his effort is worth his time. The attainment of a meditation map goal also instructs a meditator in how to acknowledge the reality of his experience because a stumbling block in the practice of meditation is believing in oneself that the experience is real and not a figment of his imanignation. This can be done by talking to a Shum Master or Guide or others who have practiced the same map. This creates clarity and a sense of certainty in following the path ahead.
Mystic Skills
Coming back to the mountain of spirituality, the first step is the inspiration to summit by gathering the experience of those who have journeyed. Then the work starts at home before even journeying to the mountain. You will need to gather and learn to use equipment and build stamina. These are all prerequisite skills that must be acquired. As for The Path Of Enlightenment, its equipment is synonymous with Mystic Skills. What are Mystic Skills? To start with it is learning about the Path and Rehnadee Shum's methodology. Study materials are found in Rehnadee Shum's Academy Maps Library. Mystic Skills themselves are found under the Mystic Skills section in the Beginner Map Libraries. These Maps teach how to set up conducive atmosphere and space for meditation, how to set up time and frequency of practice, posture and pre-meditation preparations and practices such as yoga excercise. Then there are Skills needed while meditating such as diaphragmatic breathing, learning basic breath modulation, learning to manage distractions to concentration, concentration techniques and learning to visualise to name some of the Skills. These Skills also provide health benefits and this information can be found in the tutorial of Maps. Beginner and Intermediate Levels have general Mystic Skills. while Advanced Level and up have Mystic Skills specialised to meditation maps.
Mystic Strength
Having prepared for climb to the summit of the spiritual mountain, the journey starts from the base of the mountain. A summit is surmounted from one base camp to the next. On The Path of Enlightenment base camps can be found from one dimension to the next. From the base of the mountain the first base camp is at the Fourth Dimension. The Fourth Dimension holds introductory states of enlightenment that are heartfelt experiences which stimulate a gamut of emotions from inspiring to exhilerating. These experiences span the Beginner and Intermediate levels and a mystic can delve into exploring the Fourth Dimension enjoying its many experiences of enlightenment. As the mystic collects one meditation map after another she is building her Mystic Strength. Building Mystic Strength is similar to building strength in ones muscles. For instance a weight lifter will work toward a target goal by gradually increasing his weights by 5 or 2.5kgs each level until he reaches his target. Progressing through the dimensions of the Innerverse to reach the ultimate state of enlightenment Emkaeef; is similar in that to experience enlightenment at a higher dimension our spiritual sinews need to develop in strength to be able to hold the energy that the enlightenment evokes from that dimension. From the Fourth Dimension to the Seventh Dimension the goal is to grow into each dimension by collecting enlightenment experiences available within them. Getting from one basecamp to the next builds the meditator's Mystic Strength to the point that the mystic reaches the final basecamp to make an attempt to the Summit. Growing in Mystic Strength is what a Rehnadee Shum meditator does from the Intermediate to the Advanced Levels.
Layers of Enlightenment
TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha is basically about uncovering and organising the myriad of mystical experience that the word enlightenment clumps into a singular concept. The word enlightenment gives the false perception that it is a singular experience, thus the effort to achieve enlightenment is over simplified into few methods that are inflexible to the particular needs of a mystic. Without emphasis on building Skill and Strength as is laid out in TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha, reaching the most lofty experience such as Emkaeef; using a prescribed method plus patience and persistence alone is like deciding to climb and summit a mountain impulsively, anticipating that the skills and strength required can be figured out along the way. Its not impossible, it just very haphazard. Even in classical systems like Ashtanga Yoga where the path is more defined as Eigth-Limbed, enlightenment is defined as two types. One is called 'Union with Seed' (Savikalpa Samadhi) and the other is 'Union without Seed' (Nirvikalpa Samadhi). Nirvikalpa Samadhi is Emkaeef; , the ultimate state of enlightenment, whereas Savikalpa Samadhi are the myriad of enlightenment experiences across the Innerverse that is defined as Truth, Consciousness and Bliss (SatChitAnanda)–In Rehnadee Shum, Kaeef. There are no unique names for the many experiences contained in Savikalpa Samadhi nor does the concept of building Mystic Strength by attaining a string of Savikalpa Samadhi to become spiritually strong enough to attain Nirvikalpa Samadhi appear in Ashtanga Yoga. This is why TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha is an innovation in the practice of meditation.
TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha organises the enlightenment goals into three categories–Pre-Enlightenment, Enlightenment and Post Enlightenment. Pre-enlightenment are meditation goals that build toward an enlightenment experience. They are usually used as goals in Mystic Skills maps. Examples of pre-enlightenment experiences include learning to see the glow of the mind that lights our thoughts, becoming sensitive to the energy that generates thoughts or becoming sensitive to the flow of energy within the spine. A meditator can choose a pre-enlightenment expeirence that they feel the most affinity to as their starting point in their practice. The pre-enlightenment experience will eventually lead to the beginner meditator's first experience of enlightenment. After this attainment the following enlightenment experience is revealed in a process identified in Rehnadee Shum as Immersion. Immersion is repeatedly having an enlightenment experience until the path to the next goal is revealed. Immersion is explained in detail in the Culture of Meditation. The meditator will grow in their mystic strength from one enlightenment to the next, gaining access to the higher dimensions of the Innerverse until Immersion reveals Emkaeef; as the next enlightenment to attain. After Emakeef; is attained, which requires specialised effort in the Advanced Level, the next stage on the Path of Enlightenment is Post Enlightenment. Post Enlightenment can be likened to floating above the summit of the spiritual mountain. Post Enlightenment Meditation Maps are for Rehnadee Shum Guides and Rehnadee Shum Masters. They develop the chakras above the Crown which are in the Eigth, Ninth and Tenth Dimensions. Here the mystic enjoys exploring the depth and breadth of the Innerverse where the goal is to grow one's soul body.
States of Enlightenment–The Kaeefs and Emkaeef;
In Rehnadee Shum Kaeef and Emkaeef; are two States of Enlightenment that follows Ashtanga Yoga's definition of spiritual enlightenment as Savikalpa Samadhi and Nirvikalpa Samadhi (explained earlier). Kaeef preceeds Emkaeef; and consists of many mystical experiences to be found in the Innerverse. Kaeef is the group name of these enlightenments–it can also be called The Kaeefs. The Kaeefs are subset experiences of Pure Consciousness where Pure Consciousness is at the pinnacle of perception. Every sense of our five senses and feel of our emotions when meditated upon leads to a Kaeef experience. Examples of Kaeef experiences include feeling the power of the Bright White Light of the mind, expansion into the bliss of Pure Mind-Space, the fullness from merging in Oneness with the Cosmos and enjoying the sublime effect of the heart melting in devotion. These are among the many experiences of Kaeef whose effect on our life is to enliven mysticism thus opening up another facet of our life on Earth. The Kaeefs are open to discovery and as more Kaeefs are discovered our understanding of the Innerverse becomes more comprehensive. The Kaeefs are listed in Rehnadee Shum's Lexicon in the following link.
Before a Kaeef can be attempted, meditation maps that have pre-enlightenment goals are used to develop the mystic skills that are required. This is very specific to a particular Kaeef. Here is an example of this mystic process. There is a Sixth Dimensional Kaeef where the mystic expriences a sustained bright white light within her mind. This Kaeef is in the ambit of higher Intermdiate Level Meditation Maps. A mystic aiming for this will have by this time gained basic skills such as mastering a number of different breath modulation techniques, visualising and the ability to perceive the glow of mind energy. To access the Bright White Light Kaeef, the mystic must first learn a more demanding breath modulation that transfers energy from the Fourth and Fifth Dimensions to the Sixth Dimension. The pre-enlightenment goal will be the experience of feeling spiritual energy dammed in the Sixth Dimension. When the mystic begins to experience occasional bursts of light during this meditation, then the meditation map of the Bright White Light Kaeef can be practiced and it will only be a matter of time before the mystic beholds the wonder and power of the Bright White Light Kaeef. This nuaunce in transfering mystical understanding to process is the innovation that TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha brings to the practice of meditation.
Unlike the Kaeefs Emkaeef; is a singular experience. There are no multitude of Emkaeefs, just the One, but it is a mighty one because it is the goal of goals in the Path of Enlightenment–The Mysterious Experience of Nothing. The Kaeefs are about enjoying the purest states of our consciousness while Emkaeef; is beyond consciousness, it's a non-experience experience, yet it is glorified in all mystic schools as the ultimate state of enlightenment. There are reams of scriptures and books by spiritual gurus and authors dedicated to the wonders of achieving this State of Enlightenment yet little written instruction is available about the mechanics of attaining it except that it is very challenging and requires a guide. Even in Rehnadee Shum, with its innovation of meditation maps and TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha, the challenge of reaching Emkaeef is not understated. The mysterious experience of non-experience requires expert guidance, however the mechanics of the Mystic Strength required to achieve Emkaeef is explained in the Path of Enlightenment in the Advanced Level Meditation Maps. With the help of a Shum Master and application of apropriate maps an advance Rehnadee Shum mystic can summit the mountain of spirituality to attain Emkaeef;.
The Path of Enlightenment doesn't end in Emkaeef; but continues on to post-enlightenment. Post-enlightenment is about maintaining the practice of attaining Emkaeef;. The aftermath of consistent practice of Emkaeef; develops the chakras above the Crown Chakra which are of the Eight, Ninth and Tenth Dimensions. Within these Dimensions are ‘super spiritual’ experiences that develops the mystics now enlightened awareness into an immortal spiritual body that will no longer be subject to the cycle of reincarnation on Earth.This will create a paradigm shift in the conscioiusness of the mystic as she can perceive her existence beyond the mortal world and appreciate the greater purpose of life on Earth as she transforms from a Rehnadee Shum mystic to a Master.
