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My friend Tom Sawyer was an agnostic who had an extensive Near Death Experience (NDE) in 1978. He had slid underneath his truck to adjust the transmission linkage on it when an air pocket beneath his driveway collapsed. With the frame of his truck resting on his chest he was unable to breathe for over 15 minutes. During this out-of-body and outside-of-time experience he had a complete life review, a question and answer time with the Divine Source, was absorbed into the Light, and then spit back, slamming into his body on Earth, which was still under the truck.
Three days after that accident he came to the full realization of what he'd been through spiritually. He understood the many spiritual responsibilities he had, and that he'd been given the abilities to fulfill them. One of those abilities was to go into the highest form of meditation at will – the breathless state.
The many times he was able to do this, at a moment's notice, brought him insights into the various aspects of meditation which I'll attempt to share here. These are the labels and explanations which he felt would become popularly used once this level of meditation becomes common enough to have developed a language for it in our material world.
First off, the highest goal of meditation is to experience The Unitive which he describes as being One with all things, or experiencing spiritual totality, having no ego or physical boundaries. In that state separateness is replaced with an identification of, and knowledge of, Spiritual Totality.
The signature features of The Unitive are aspects which are exceptionally remarkable, and the same for everyone, these include:
Dissociation: once considered a mental illness, it is an escape mechanism that can be crafted and perfected. It's useful for 'leaving' everything to clear a path, or pathway, to the Unitive.
The Numinous is a Spiritual Domain where the 'mystery of mysteries' resides. Experiencing the Numinous brings the arousal of spiritually ecstatic emotions that suppress anything previously felt. Revelations received from experiencing the Numinous are life changing.
Psychological absorption is a more technical term for mind-merge. It's a trait for some who will frequently focus on a singular thing, or a singularity, and therefore accomplish eliminating all else. Tom warned that if you manage to connect with a black hole in this way, you'll not be able to let go of it in your lifetime.
He mentioned that Ku is an old Meso-American word meaning “The spirit force of God which awaits within each person.”
And finally Mindsight; a psychic state where one 'sees' with 360 degree spherical viewing, which is being able to 'see' in every direction at once. This is also known as 'full clairvoyance' and, because it's psychic, even blind people can achieve this.
Tom felt these aspects to be so important that he ended his note with, “Don't bother meditating without this.”
About Richard Hughson: Richard Hughson, a machinist by trade, came to understand the many STEs he had experienced since childhood through his friendship with Tom Sawyer. Tom's unique NDE brought him both spiritual responsibilities and the ability to fulfill them. The two remained close friends, traveling the world and goofing around together until Tom’s natural passing in 2007.
Their adventures included healing the Dalai Lama and a healing by Mother Meera. All have relevance and deep implications for personal growth and the future of humanity. Richard shares the joy of his spiritual growth as a healer through storytelling, hospital clowning, and even as Santa. He leads workshops on Healing with Humor and lectures on Tom Sawyer at spiritual conferences and IANDS chapters across the country. He has authored the Heart-Session Meditations blog for 16 years at https://heart-session.blogspot.com/.