Unshakable Awareness Quotes

“Think back to moments in your life of feeling sickly, weak, exhausted, or overwhelmed. During those times, in all likelihood, your emotional state and thinking were also out of sorts, which means you were not tuned into awareness. As we seek to remain aware and meditated even under pressures and stressors that would cause other people to lose control of their minds, having a strong circulatory system is required.”
― Richard L. Haight, Unshakable Awareness: Meditation in the Heart of Chaos, Taught by a Master of Four Samurai Arts

“vagal breathing” should not be associated with other traditions that may use the same term applied to a slightly different practice. Sit down to keep you safe in the event that you faint. Take in a full breath and hold it while tensing your entire body. Be sure to tense the face as well. Hold the tension along with the breath. Although it may seem as if your lungs are full, that is not actually the case. Without exhaling the current air in your lungs, inhale again to fully top off your lungs. Hold the air and physical tension for as long as you can. When you can no longer hold your breath, exhale slowly and relax the body. Allow your body to breathe naturally.”
― Richard L. Haight, Unshakable Awareness: Meditation in the Heart of Chaos, Taught by a Master of Four Samurai Arts

“many adults have false memories of their young childhood, based on stories that they were told by family members. A child may remember having an experience that they never actually had because they heard the story when they were young. The false memory, as vivid as it might seem, is the product of imagination. Given”
― Richard L. Haight, Unshakable Awareness: Meditation in the Heart of Chaos, Taught by a Master of Four Samurai Arts

“From the TEM curriculum, I wrote The Warrior's Meditation,”
― Richard L. Haight, Unshakable Awareness: Meditation in the Heart of Chaos, Taught by a Master of Four Samurai Arts