Shum Sanctuary Introduction
The Self-God, Imagery
The ultimate goal of all Shum meditation is Emkaef, The Self-God.

"Who Am I?"
Have you deeply pondered this question?
A simple answer to this is of course your name.
Your name was given to you, you didn't choose it yourself, unless if you've changed yourself.
With your name you identify yourself and create your personality around it.
This begs the question again of 'Who I am?' Who is this 'I' that accepts a name and decides on things like what I like to eat, how to dress or my favourite colour? 
Have we just discovered a layer of 'I' that is seemingly behind our namesake I? 

If you find yourself getting curious about the origins of who you are beyond your name and what you like and don't, then you are seeking that part of you that is the at your core. 
It also means that you are a mystic or a mystic at heart in search of self-discovery.
You will realise that though you are as normal as everyone else, you are besought by an uncommon interest about the you within you.
This not infatuations about seeking for  superhero-like mystical powers, on the contrary you couldn't be bothered about anything like that.
Instead you are fervent about wanting to know – Who Am I?
If you step on this path of self-discovery you are naturally interested in meditation and its goals.
Goals that promise to answer the primordial question through mystic experiences known as spiritual enlightenment. 

In Rehnadee Shum this path of self-discovery is a gradual uncovering of layers and layers around yourself.
Enlightenment experiences are hidden in the plain sight embedded in layers of consciousness.
Whether you are looking for it or not is what matters.
States of enlightenment are numerous mystic experiences.
They inject quiet fulfillment and enjoyment of the realms within the Innerverse.
You are not anywhere else but within yourself.
Yet it is a journey of discovery of new places and experiences.
It is the enjoyment of the sublime and causal energies of life within life that makes you, you.

Rehnadee Shum and Enlightenment

In English the word enlightenment in its spiritual context describes an euphoric experience that is had by a meditator or a mystic. Enlightenment is often explained by couching it into poems, or paragraphs describing out of the world experiences that are amazing and highly enjoyable. This is true of other languages too. Sanskrit, which is the language of yoga and the seat of Eastern mysticism offers only a slightly more comprehensive understanding of spiritual enlightenment. Yoga teachings describe enlightenment as two distinct experiences, the first is similar to the euphoric experience described previously, the second is the 'ultimate' state of enlightenment which is best described as the experience of 'nothingness'. Both these languages conjur a perception that such mystical experiences are attainable only through immense effort and with training under the guidance of a strict teacher. 
Rehnadee Shum's take on enlightenment is different because of its revelation of Shummef–The Shum Perspective. Shummef describes the mind as an expanse of realms of reality through which we function. It includes our physical world and expands to the mystic realms that exist within all our minds. Using the language a mystic experience can be pointedly labled not only for what the experience is but also where it is placed in the expansive mind described in Shummef. This leads to very nuaunced understanding of enlightenment and also how it can be experienced with the path to it charted in a meditation map. This precise description of mystic experiences and pathways to reach them means that even a novice meditator can seek and attain an enlightenment experience that is closest to his or her current ability. It is a far cry from dreaming of enlightenment and hoping for a mystic experience while meditating and faced with an uncertain timeline.
In Rehnadee Shum the practice of meditation boils down to meditation maps, which is an essential element of Shummef. Meditation maps break the quest for spiritual enlightenment into 'bite-sized portions.' They allow a novice meditator to build mystic skills and attempt enlilghtenment goals that are closest to their ability. Once achieved the mystic develops confidence in his or her ability which builds the launchpad for the next goal of a deeper experience of enlightenment. Thus, the next adventure on the Path of Enlightenment begins with a new meditation map.
There isn't a singular word for enlightenment in Rehnadee Shum like you can find in other languages. This is simply because Rehnadee Shum recognises that experiences that are clumped together in word enlightenment are actually various experiences that exists in different dimensions for which there ae different pathways to attain. These experiences of enlightenment in their specific dimensions require varying mystic skills and different approaches to reach, which are all laid out in the meditation map of that specific enlightenment experience. Thus instead of the word enlightenment in Rehnadee Shum, it is The Path of Enlightenment – TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha. This Path is a course that lays out all the various goals of meditations which are enlightenment experiences across the dimensions of the Innerverse.   

 

States of Enlightenment

There are four categories of mystic experiences that are used as goals of meditation maps. They are as follows:

  • The First are mystic skills. In Rehnadee Shum, UngTiiCha. UngTiiCha are necessary skills to master to progress in meditation. Mystic skills include techniques such as the ability see thought pictures in the mind, to visualise, different methods of breathing, breath modulation, physical postures such as for sitting to meditate and such. These are obviously not enlightenment experiences but important skills for a mystic to master at the beginning of meditative effort to enable efficient progress later on the Path.
  • The Second is mystic strength. In Rehnadee Shum, LeeUngTiiCha. LeeUngTiiCha are meditation goals that are mystic experiences that exhilarate consciousness, are enjoyable and embody mystic fulfillment. These goals are enlightenment experiences which in Sanskrit yoga scriptures are collectively named Satchitananda. Satchitananda are three words put together. Sat, means Truth, Chit means Consciousness and Ananda means Bliss. In Rehnadee Shum it is Kaeef. Kaeef is Pure Consciousness and it is the placeholder lable for all mystic experiences that touch into the core of one's being. Here are some examples of Kaeef experiences. Seeing bright light in the mind, feeling scintillating energy emanating from the core of being into the body, experiencing the expansion of consciousness or consciousness condense into dense sphere of strength, experiencing rays of energy as colour that translate to sublime uplifting emotions and so forth. Experiencing Kaeef in its many wonderful forms builds the mystic strength of a meditator. Each of the Kaeefs is a goals that is fixed in a higher dimension that is the next to the limit of a mystics current ability, thus attaining it develops the mystic's strength that provides access the next higher dimension. In the States of Enlightenment these experiences are The Kaeefs.
  • The Third is mystic fulfillment. In Rehnadee Shum, ShaLeeUngTiiCha. ShaLeeUngTiiCha is an elevated part of The Path where the trek is the steepest. ShaLeeUngTiiCha is the culmination of building mystic strength to the point that the mystic naturally yearns for the ultimate state of enlightenment. This ultimate state of enlightenment is Emkaeef; in Rehnadee Shum. Emkaeef; is a singular experience that is converse to the spectrum of experiences held in The Kaeefs. You can learn more about Emkaeef; by clicking this link. ShaLeeUngTiiCha is mystic fulfillment because there is nothing but 'nothingness' through and beyond Emkaeef; . How and why this experience is the ultimate and most fulfilling among spiritual enlightenment states is as mysterious as Emkaeef; itself. There is only one goal at this course of The Path and it is the most challenging and requires the guidance of a Rehnadee Shum Master to traverse.  
  • The Fourth is the mystic master. In Rehnadee Shum, TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha. TyaeeShaLeeUngTiiCha is The Path of Enlightenment and it is also the course in the Path which holds post-enlightenment goals. These goals are experiences that the mystic will be able to access only after attaining  Emkaeef; . These enlightenment goals are part of The Kaeefs but of higher dimensions that becomes accessible to the mystic after Emkaeef; . The goals in this level of the course include consolidation of Emkaeef; as the anchor of the mystics consciousness, growing of a soul-body around the mystics awarness (Na'amm) and developing skills of a master to be able to guide other mystics on the Path.  

This entry of the LinReh lists all the spiritual enlightenment goals and in some instances pre-enlightenment goals that are used in meditation maps which are not mystic skills goals. They are listed as The Kaeefs, Emkaeef: and Kaeefs Post-Emkaeef; .  

 

Kaeef – Enlightenment Experiences of Pure Consciousness 

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What is Pure Consicousness?
Think of your right little-finger.
Feel the finger with your mind without moving it.
Concentrate on the finger for a little bit, you will feel a sensation on your finger.
Realise that you are aware of your little-finger.
Concentrate on this realisation until the sensation on your right little finger goes away.
You are now feeling your consciousness conscious of itself.
This is Kaeef or Pure Consciousness.

This simple exercise is a simulation of Kaeef that Gurudeva taught me.  I use the word simulation because the aim of this exercise is to simply, even if for a moment, experience the quiet of your mind and not be engaged in anything else. When you are in your mind, while you are awake and cognizant but your mind is completely still, you become conscious of consciousness. The quietness of the mind is not the only thing emanating from consciousness, you will also feel the force of your life, and the energy of you.
Each of these elements –the quietness of the mind, the force of life and you yourself– is the subject of Kaeef. In Rehnadee Shum meditations they expand into goals of enlightenment as you explore the Innerverse from one of its mystic dimension to the next as you build your mystic strength.  
Click on the image links below to explore the many Kaeef experinces across the Innerverse. They are all goals of meditation maps.

 

Emkaeef; – Ultimate State of Spiritual Enlightenment 

Emkaeef is The Self-God 

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The ultimate goal of all Shum meditation is Emkaeef; . As a Rehnaa progresses in her meditations her collection of meditation maps will eventually lead her to Emkaeef; –The Summit of Mystical Effort.

Emkaeef; lies at the mysterious confluence of non-existence and existence. It is at the brink of consciousness beyond which is transcendence and after which is the spring of consciousness from whence all Creation issues forth. Across the spritual-mystic traditions of the East 'Nothingness' is the most sought after goal of meditation and so it is in Rehnadee Shum meditation too. Emkaeef; is defined as the Opposite-of-Consciousness. Where 'Em' means the-opposite-of and 'Kaeef' is Pure Consciousness. Emkaeef; is the only 14th Dimension Rehnadee Shum word there is. 

Emkaeef; is a parradox. If you can accept that the world around us came out of nothing–that that nothing is the source of this vast Universe, that before the creation of this Universe there was no conciousness and no history–if you can hold the significance and consequences of these thoughts in your mind, then perhaps you can simulate the experience of Emkaeef; . Another way to simulate the experience of Emkaeef; is as my guru had instructed in his talk–The Self-God. He said, "If you can imagine infront of you–nothing, to the back of you–nothing, to your left–nothing, to your right–nothing, above you–nothing, below you–nothing, then imagine your being dissolving into that nothingness, yet that nothingingness is not the absence of something but the fullness of everything, you can have a sense of The Self-God"–Emkaeef; .

This is just a simulation of the experience of Emkaeef; . To have the real experience requires extensive preparation of the body, mind and spirit to first achieve the awakening of the kundalini shakti and then to direct kundalini to break the seal of the brahmarandhra at the crown of the head so kundalini can carry consciousness into the 14th dimension. The goal of Emkaeef; looms in the mind of the Rehnadee Shum meditator during the Intermediate stage of meditation. As they advance in this stage the goal of Emkaeef; turns to a desire as an innate sense of need for its experience becomes stronger and stronger. Challenges to progress in meditation will also become more personalised and at this stage the guidance of a guru who has himself or herself achieved Emkaeef; will be of great benefit.

The attainment of Emkaeef; however needs to be recognised as it is not as straight-forward as getting something or feeling something. How could you say that you had experienced 'nothing' and that that experience meant something. There are no senses spiritual or physical that could ever feel something from nothing. The experience of Emkaeef; is actually recognised by understanding its consequence to the mind and this only happens after many experiences of Emkaeef;. Realising that one has attained The Self-God is in itself a part of a meditator's post-enlightenment journey.

Shummef the Shum perspective has Emkaeef; as its ultimate goal. Shumef holds that the purpose of life on Earth is to grow spiritually and that our sojourn on Earth can be completed with the attainment of Emkaeef;. My Guru had told me, "The Self–Emkaeef; does not make you great, it makes you complete."  Emkaef grants us access to all faculties of our mind and while we may be familiar with much of the capabilities of our mind relating to this world the capabilities and possibilities of experience and adventure in the spiritual realms can only be fully enjoyed after one has immersed in Emkaeef;.

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Guhanatha Swami is the Founder of Shum Sanctuary and the principal author of the site's content. His spiritual journey led him to the creation Shum Sanctuary as a means of sharing the Path of Enlightenment with the world. You can connect with him through Shum Sanctuary's contact page. His spiritual journey that led him to his guru and his subsequent introduction to the Shum language is chronicled in the the following article: How A Language Inspired My Spiritual Journey.

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