Awakening through the Nine Bodies: Exploring Levels of Consciousness in Meditation

Beautifully presented on high-quality paper, the twenty-plus full-page color illustrations are filled with subliminal insights. The deep, knowledgeable and thoughtful explanations and suggestions for how to relate with and use the illustrations help create deeper and deeper realizations in and about meditation. This book has helped me understand more about my meditations and consciousness than all the other hundreds of books on meditation I’ve studied! Every time I reread a section, I gain further and deeper understanding, — an ongoing “AHA!” experience. It will remain on my “favorites” bookshelf for years to come. I highly recommend it for all meditators, art lovers, and those who wish to gain more awareness of their inner drives and feelings.

This book is exquisitely beautiful. It is designed so that one can read the text to learn about the Nine Bodies and/or one can reflect on the artwork as a means of experiencing them. Phillip Moffitt's book is an important contribution to the literature of consciousness. The teachings are very useful for understanding our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual experiences. For me personally, I always had access to altered states but lacked comprehension of what they were and consequently often felt odd and different. When I took my first Nine Bodies workshop, it was as if a lightbulb was turned on inside of me. For the first time, I had names for the states I found myself in. The book has helped me navigate these bodies as well as provide a map in which I can locate myself. The feeling of being odd or different completely disappeared. For anyone interested in exploring the layers of consciousness or the interface of psychology and spirituality, this is a must read,

Phillip Moffitt's explanation of the 9 Bodies in his book is well explained, sequential as well as very personal from his years of study and meditation. I recently "attended" an online 4 day silent retreat led by him, which was an experiential way to begin to unfold the amazingly subtle path of the 9 Bodies. His retreat instructions, coupled with this book as a reference, has profoundly changed the depth of my meditation practice. I highly recommend this book and Phillip Moffitt's guidance.

This book has been instrumental in helping me deepen my commitment to my meditation practice. I have meditated off and on for 8 years and never have been able to make the practice a daily habit. This book offers an accessible description of the consciousness states available to humans. Now when I meditate I have a much better understanding of what I'm experiencing and what states of consciousness I can choose to access. As a result, I'm more willing to make a commitment to meditating daily.

Beautifully written and lavishly illustrated (especially for the price), this book documents years of the author's studies with one of the few remaining true sages in the yogic tradition. Original illustrations by Balyogi serve as a catalyst for insight into human consciousness currently unexplained by modern science.

Excellent. As a Yoga practitioner and a Vipassana Meditation practitioner ‘The Nine Bodies’ offers an integrative map that will enrich and refine my meditative exploration for years to come. With deep gratitude for this extraordinary gift - thank you.

This is an awesome book, it is so detailed, so understandable, I just love his books, I will buy more

Excellent insight to make meditation deeper and much more meaningful.

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