Guided Practice on The Witness
NOTE for REFLECTION: This aspect of the process is a valuable opportunity to really CONNECT & REFLECT with your DIRECT experience of the witness— an experience that is beyond words, beyond the mind, yet knowable and FELT by you.
So don’t miss the opportunity to REFLECT on these important questions after practicing:
What is your EXPERIENCE of the Witness practice?
What does the witness state FEEL like in your practice?
What specific cue or direction really helped you FIND success?
Please leave a comment about some aspect of your reflections.
Guided Practice
The Shambhavi Mudra
In this guided meditation, Acharya Satyam introduces practical aspects of the Shambhavi Mudra—cultivating the ability to keep our attention inward while remaining open to the senses outwardly. Through this practice, we are guided in how to integrate this approach into our everyday meditation.
Witnessing the Breath with Sri Shambhavananda
We saw this video in the previous section, but I wanted to include it here again because Babaji’s teaching on watching the breath without a sense of doership closely mirrors the experience of the witness state in our practice. If we were to guide a witness practice focused on the breath, it might sound very similar to Babaji’s teachings. I hope revisiting this serves your practice and offers you another way to access the witness within.
I Am That: Zooming Out with Ham Sah
In the following guided meditation practice, Acharya Satyam invites us to zoom out from our everyday reality—not only to discover the witness of our awareness but also to connect with the heart of our awareness. The Hamsa mantra, meaning “I am that,” becomes a gateway to this realization. By stepping back from our thoughts with surrender, we begin to associate more deeply with the greater essence within us. This process unfolds gently, one breath at a time.
The Art of Receiving: Witnessing the Senses
In this guided meditation, we explore how to witness the senses, allowing the sights and sounds of our reality to come to us rather than reaching out for them. Through this practice, we can revel in ananda—the bliss inherent in our everyday experience. It’s remarkable how much happiness becomes available to us when we shift into this perspective of receiving from the inner witness.