Obsidian Samadhi – Diamond Approach Summer Retreat
I’m at the annual summer retreat for the Ridhwan School (Diamond Approach). About 700 students are gathered at Asilomar near Monterey California.
Hameed Ali, who writes under the pen name A.H. Almaas began the first session with a meditation he calls Obsidian Samadhi = clear awareness, calm alertness.
The subject of the 10-day retreat is Fulcrum (dictionary -a: the support about which a lever turns b : one that supplies capability for action). The inquiry will revolve around – Practice is Realization, Realization is Practice.
On first blush, it seems to me that the fulcrum is the soul or the personal consciousness where practice is initiated and applied and realization arises. We shall see.
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Your mention of the Black Obsidian Meditation caught my eye. I am a student of the Diamond Approach from Australia – and wondered if you can provide any details of this meditation and the background behind it?
Hi Gary – I have no details behind it. Hameed introduced the Obsidian Samadhi meditation as the meditation for this retreat. He has used it at other retreats since to support the work on Total Being.