Raja Choudhury – The Enlightened Witness
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Raja Choudhury – The Enlightened Witness
Transform everything around you into a gateway to an enlightened, embodied state of consciousnessΒ βΒ as you transcend body and mind to make the perspective of the Enlightened Witness your new baseline.
Embark on this 3-month journey and learn how to continually live in the state of Turiya.
Imagine witnessing everything that happens, either within you or in the outside world, with full awareness, peace, and blissΒ βΒ and a sense of joy that often leads you to smile for no particular reason.
This state of consciousness absolutely exists.Β It can become your default state, according to spiritual teacherΒ Raja Choudhury. In fact, Raja who is an architect, award-winning documentary filmmaker, and TED speaker, suggests that you may have caught glimpses of it already.
Perhaps during your meditation practice youβve spotted this vast, infinite, and intelligentΒ Void, the source of all consciousness and energy.
Perhaps youΒ feel fascinated by this threshold, with part of you longing to dive in deeply and exploreΒ βΒ and may never want to leave.
Welcome to theΒ TuriyaΒ state.
Mentioned more than 3,000 years ago in Indian esoteric wisdom, this state is known as the Fourth State of ConsciousnessΒ βΒ beyond waking, dreaming, and deep sleep.
Once you enter the Turiya state, youβll find absolute stillness and complete awareness, even in our universe of perpetual change. Itβs a realm beyond birth, life, and death.
In this Turiya realm, you become both the observer and the director of your lifeβs play.Β You become a magician. An alchemist. A rishi. A seer.
This state of observation from the transcendental Void brings immenseΒ clarity, peace, joy, andΒ βΒ best of allΒ βΒ pure, infinite bliss.Β Ananda.
As you can discover, the Void is actually the source of all action.Β Sitting in the perfect stillness of Turiya, you can become a peaceful warrior, wholly balanced in an insane world of dualities, polarities, intolerance, and divisions. Lifeβs stressors will no longer bother you acting in total awareness and self-control.
Join Raja for a newΒ 3-month live video journeyΒ as he teaches you practices and ancient wisdom so you can enter and sustain the state of being an Enlightened Witness,Β entering the Turiya state of consciousness whenever youβd like.
As you learn to chant mantras, youβll discoverΒ how to achieve the most profound states of meditation possibleΒ βΒ and by becoming completely still and free, youβll also learn to consciously manifest new realities.
As Raja says, magic will occur.
Raja is a globally respected spiritual teacher, yet also lives in the world as a media producer and family man. He teaches this balance to his students, guiding them to enrich their spiritual lives while honoring their daily responsibilities and commitments.
During this illuminating 3-month journey, Raja will empower you to stay connected to your life and those you loveΒ βΒ even as youΒ redesign your life from your new Turiya consciousness.
Join Raja and learn how toΒ exist in the Turiya state, in the complete stillnessΒ beyond the limitations of space and timeΒ βΒ in the most joyful state youβve ever experienced.
βRajaβs joyful and easy demeanor makes learning fun, and reminds us that the spiritual path doesnβt have to be staid and serious.β
Having a trusted and knowledgeable spiritual teacher like Raja is essential when delving deeply into esoteric teachings, especially when there is an abundance of material to learn and practice. Rajaβs joyful and easy demeanor makes learning fun, and reminds us that the spiritual path doesnβt have to be staid and serious. The live sessions were visually stimulating and the guided practices were eye-opening (pun intended). This course was truly a pleasure.
βΒ Amy Adams
During these 12 powerful weeks, youβll experience the wonders of Turiya using teachings from Shakti Tantra, tantric Yoga, and Vedanta, all seen through the lens of neuroscience as you learn toΒ βΒ as Raja saysΒ βΒ hack your consciousness.
During this 3-month live video course, youβll explore:
- Practices and wisdom to easily enter theΒ Turiya state of consciousnessΒ where youβll exist as the Enlightened Witness with a completely balanced perspective
- TheΒ 3 states of consciousnessΒ represented by the chanting of OM, so you can dissolve into the Enlightened Witness fully
- How toΒ transform your fears of the threshold or Void, represented by the fearsome Threshold Guardians in advanced spiritual traditions
- How to use the 3 states of consciousness you experience in everyday lifeΒ βΒ Waking (Jagrat), Dreaming (Swapna), and Deep Sleep (Sushupti)Β βΒ toΒ cultivate the Witness MindΒ through meditation
- HowΒ life will change for youΒ as you begin to see everything as a portal into Turiya and your highest consciousness
- The innerΒ still point you always felt you hadΒ βΒ but had never before discovered
- How theΒ 4 parts of chanting OMΒ are the 4 states of consciousness
- How toΒ surrender to the grace of the Divine MotherΒ so everything becomes magicalΒ βΒ and you feel joyful, balanced, and peaceful
- The 9th-century scripture,Β the Vijnana Bhairav TantraΒ βΒ that reveals how toΒ enter Turiya in 112 different waysΒ coded as haiku-style meditations
- Ways to reimagine your lifeΒ after returning from the Void
- How you canΒ manifest new realities for yourselfΒ from your new state of complete awareness and blissΒ βΒ and write a new story for the world
We are delighted to offerΒ this exciting new course format, the 3-month transformational journeyΒ to our global Shift community, where your life and spirit will shift as Raja Choudhury invites you to live in the Turiya stateΒ dailyΒ through the power of experiencing community during monthly integration sessions.
YouβllΒ explore how to achieve the Turiya state in three parts,Β one each month: Each class is 90 minutes each and integration sessions are 60 minutes each.
- Month 1: The Turiya of the 3 Worlds and the Body in Shakti Tantra
- 3 classes and 1 integration session
- Month 2: The Turiya of Meditation and the Mind in Tantric Yoga
- 3 classes and 1 integration session
- Month 3:Β The Turiya of Complete Transcendence and the Void in Vedanta
- 3 classes and 1 integration session
At each of these stages, Raja will share one central teaching from esoteric or secret Indian Wisdom:The Tripura Rahasya, The Vijnana Bhairav Tantra,Β andΒ The Mandukya Upanishad.
As youβll discover, when you learn to navigate and live both in and from the Void, life becomes balanced and stillΒ βΒ and only magic will follow. Youβll get everything you wantΒ βΒ yet ironically, youβll want nothing. That is calledΒ Samata.
What Youβll Discover in These 12 Weeks
In this 3-month transformational journey, Raja will guide you through the fundamental skills and competencies youβll need to access the state of Turiya for balance, clarity, and joy as you redesign your life from the viewpoint of freedom.
With three soul-nourishing integration sessions and the opportunity to practice what youβve learned at the end of the course, youβll be part of a community of like-minded people from around the world learning, supporting and inspiring each other as we all navigate our way through this monumental global shift.
How This 3-month Transformational Journey Is Organized
- Nine 90-minute live video classes that include 60 minutes of faculty instruction and 30 minutes of live Q&A, and will include time for breakout groups as well.
- Pre- and Post-online Journey surveys to guide you into deeper levels of self-reflection and provide greater scientific rigor and measurement of personal transformation
- Three 60-minute Integration Sessions
- Will be facilitated by the Course Host and Rajaβs adept student assistant Alex Stein, who will provide prompts for participants
- Will deepen your learning and start you on a path to truly integrating the transformational principles you learn into your daily life. Youβll be given opportunities for reflection, meditation, journalling, artistic expression, and more
- There will be full-group and breakout discussions, offering you space to share insights and reflections with each other
- Final Integration Project
- You will be given a small project to complete that will help you take the wisdom youβve received in the course into the world
- You are invited to reflect on your experience through writing or artistic expression, which can then be shared with your peers by uploading it to the course homepage
- 66% off thisΒ downloadable course from the Shift Network library:Β Awakening Your Kundalini: A Step-by-Step Process to Liberate the Divine Power Within. Raja designed this 7-module courseΒ βΒ yours for just $99Β βΒ to help you master an ancient breathing technique that allows you to tap into the pranic energy field around you to bring more joy, vibrancy, and peace into your life. This course was hand-selected to complement what you will experience during this 3-month journey with Raja.
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Month 1: The Turiya of the 3 Worlds & the Body in Shakti Tantra
Module 1: Become the Enlightened Witness to Experience Profound Bliss in the State of TuriyaΒ (September 29)
In the Mandukya Upanishad from 1,000 BCE (or possibly even earlier), the seers and mystics of Vedic India describe aΒ nondual state of consciousnessΒ beyond the body, mind, and even spirit. Itβs the pureΒ nothingness,Β and also theΒ everythingness,Β from which all realities come into being.
ThisΒ all mindΒ behind everything is called Brahman.
As your journey gets underway, Raja will introduce you to the Turiya state of Enlightened Witness observation.
In this session, youβll discover:
- What Turiya isΒ and how the ancient Indian philosophers perceived it
- How the understanding of TuriyaΒ evolved through the Vedic ageΒ through yoga and TantraΒ βΒ and on to modern times in the age of neuroscience and quantum physics
- The nature of theΒ 3 states of consciousnessΒ you experience in everyday lifeΒ βΒ Waking (Jagrat), Dreaming (Swapna), and Deep Sleep (Sushupti)
- How to use the 3 states of consciousness toΒ cultivate the Witness MindΒ through meditation
- TheΒ 3 meditative paths orΒ opayasΒ to enter the Turiya stateΒ βΒ The Body, the Mind, and the Dissolution into Nothingness (the Void
- A simple meditationΒ to taste the Turiya stateΒ in everyday life
Module 2: Explore the Power of Shakti to Embody the Peace & Joy of Turiya for the First TimeΒ (October 6)
The body is pure embodied consciousnessΒ βΒ and you can travel through the three worlds within to get to Turiya, or total dissolution, and become the Enlightened Witness.
As Raja will explain, the body is governed by a power called Shakti, also known as Tripura Sundari, Sri Devi, or Kundalini.
YouβllΒ explore the three worlds within youΒ and discover how each stage of consciousness corresponds to each divine Shakti. Activating and awakening the energies of those worlds leads you through theΒ three states of consciousnessΒ toward Turiya.
In this session, youβll discover:
- The Tripura Rahasya, a beautiful ancient scripture about theΒ secrets of the goddesses of the 3 worlds, which was loved by Ramana Maharshi
- TheΒ 3 worlds in your bodyΒ βΒ and how each corresponds to one aspect of your psychological nature and your consciousness
- TheΒ 3 goddesses in the 3 worldsΒ βΒ and the one overarching goddess in whose womb we play
- How toΒ enter the motherβs wombΒ to experience Turiya for the first time
- A simpleΒ visualization and MantraΒ to enter Turiya through the heart
Module 3: Feel the Power of Mantra to Enter Turiya & Find Joy in Your DevotionΒ (October 13)
Can you enter Turiya through chanting mantras and devotional meditation on the Divine Mother?
As Raja will explain, the answer is yes!
This is the first path to awakening into Turiya, called AnopayaΒ βΒ the path of the atom or the elemental self. Itβs the path most people can take to TuriyaΒ βΒ and though it may take a lifetime, a faithful adherent will taste the bliss of Turiya in this life and find joy in their devotion.
This path ofmantra margΒ takes you to Turiya through theΒ womb of the Divine Mother.
In this session, youβll discover:
- TheΒ sacred mantra of Lalitha Tripura SundariΒ that opens the portal to Turiya and the Void of the Motherβs Womb
- The Sri Chakra symbol forΒ deep meditationΒ on the Void beyond
- How toΒ surrender to the grace of the Divine MotherΒ so everything becomes magical
- How theΒ world will become wonderfulΒ as you see it through the eyes of the Enlightened Witness
Integration Session 1(October 20)
Practice and reflect on what youβve learned over these first three weeks as you explored the Turiya of the three worlds and the body in Shakti Tantra, with the guidance of Rajaβs adept student, Alex Stein.
In this session, youβll experience:
- Deepen your learning with review and integration of Modules 1-3
- Reflection, journaling, or meditation to practice and strengthen your Turiya state
- Full-group and breakout discussions to share insights and reflections with each other
Month 2: The Turiya of Meditation & the Mind in Tantric Yoga
Module 4: Transcend Body & Mind to Become the Enlightened Witness With Every BreathΒ (October 27)
The body and mind canΒ build a bridge and have a conversation with pure consciousnessΒ in the Void.
The ancient Indian seers called this conversation theΒ Agamas,Β the dialogues between Shakti and Shiva. Itβs theΒ foundation for what became known as tantric YogaΒ in Kashmir Shaivism and Shaktism.
Raja will explore the nature of this dialogueΒ βΒ and how you can begin the conversation through simple observations, breathing, and sounds.
In this session, youβll discover:
- TheΒ nature of Shiva and Shaktiβs dialogues, and how it continues with every breath you take
- How theΒ Hum Sah Mantra integrates consciousnessΒ with the body-mind-energy matrix and gives you access to Turiya
- How to collapse into the Void andΒ discover your Enlightened WitnessΒ state in every moment of life, just by breathing
- TheΒ yoga of the Enlightened WitnessΒ and the Turiya state of consciousness
Module 5: Live in the State of Turiya & Become the Enlightened Witness Over & Over AgainΒ (November 3)
The most profound teachings of Tantra are encoded in a beautifulΒ 9th-century scripture, the Vijnana Bhairav Tantra, as a dialogue between Shiva and Shakti.
Shiva, pure consciousness from the Void, teaches Shakti, embodied consciousness, how toΒ enter Turiya in 112 different waysΒ coded as haiku-style meditations. It reveals how toΒ become the Enlightened Witness over and overΒ again in everyday life.
In this session, youβll discover:
- TheΒ teachings of the Vijnana Bhairav TantraΒ from a selected group of verses that will immediately open a door into Turiya for you
- TheΒ Huma Sah techniqueΒ of meditation
- Exactly what happens when youΒ become the Enlightened Witness
- How theΒ ancients thought we shouldΒ live our lives in this state of awakening in Turiya
Module 6: Enter the Clear, Enlightened State of Turiya Through Anything & EverythingΒ (November 10)
What would it be like to walk through life in a continuous state of awakeningΒ βΒ in a continuous state of being an Enlightened Witness?
The great teacher Sri Aurobindo once said, βAll life is yoga.β
Raja will guide you to explore the idea ofΒ being in an awareness state or enlightened witness state of mind all the timeΒ βΒ and how life will change for you as you begin to see everything as a portal into Turiya and your highest consciousness.
Youβll continue to examine the Vijnana Bhairav Tantra for clues to this magical way of being.
In this session, youβll discover:
- TheΒ art of conscious observationΒ throughout the day with the Hum Sah and the breath
- The true meaning of the dance of Shiva and Shakti as theΒ pulse of your very being
- How toΒ tune into the pulse of the Universe called SpandaΒ and feel it in every moment and everything
- TheΒ secret of going beyond the bodyΒ and the mind into pure consciousnessΒ βΒ realizing you were always the Enlightened Witness
Integration Session 2(November 17)
Deepen into the practices and wisdom you absorbed as Raja walked you through the Turiya of meditation and the mind, with the guidance of an adept student of Rajaβs, Alex Stein.
In this session, youβll experience:
- Deepen your learning with review and integration of Modules 4-6
- Reflection, journaling, or meditation to practice and strengthen your Turiya state
- Full-group and breakout discussions to share insights and reflections with each other
Month 3: The Turiya of Complete Transcendence & the Void in Vedanta
Module 7: Become the Freedom of Ananda in the Still PointΒ (December 1)
In a mind, world, and universe that seem in perpetual motion, you can indeedΒ experience complete stillness.
Raja will teach you a wonderfulΒ meditation technique of the three worldsΒ to go into Turiya and the Enlightened Witness state.
Long used by mystery schools and teachers of nonduality, this technique allows you to travel through your four states of consciousnessΒ βΒ Jagrat, Swapna, Sushupti, and Turiya. Youβll then become the Enlightened Witness to everything.
Youβll become joyful and in a state of bliss calledΒ Ananda. Nothing can shake you again.
In this session, youβll discover:
- TheΒ 3-stage meditationΒ through Jagrat (waking), Swapna (dreaming), and Sushupti (deep sleep) into Turiya (complete awareness)
- How to work with thisΒ deep meditation in your daily practiceΒ to rewire your brain and become the Enlightened Witness
- How toΒ sit in the complete stillnessΒ beyond the limitations of space and timeΒ βΒ in the most joyful state youβve ever experienced
- The innerΒ still point you always felt you hadΒ βΒ but had never before discovered
Module 8: Meditate on AUM for the Blissful Secrets of the Mandukya UpanishadΒ (December 8)
Did you know that by just meditating on OM (AUM) you can enter Turiya at ease and on demand?
As the seers of the Vedas and the Upanishads discovered around 1,000 BCE,Β you wonβt need to practice any other mantras or meditation techniques to enter Turiya.
As Raja will explain, theΒ concept of nondual witness meditationΒ has its origins around the time of the emergence of city civilizations and monothesitic ideas.
Raja will dive deep into the classic Mandukya UpanishadΒ βΒ a short, 12-verse meditation on AUM and the Turiya stateΒ βΒ and how to become an Enlightened Witness.
In this session, youβll discover:
- The secrets ofΒ the shortest meditation of the UpanishadsΒ βΒ the MandukyaΒ βΒ and its treatise on AUM and the Turiya state
- How toΒ meditate on AUMΒ and discover your true Enlightened Witness self
- How theΒ 4 parts of chanting AUMΒ are the 4 states of consciousness we have explored
- ThatΒ youβre the source of your own consciousnessΒ βΒ and become the Enlightened Witness that allows you to realize that
Module 9: Manifest New Realities as the Enlightened WitnessΒ (December 15)
Once youβveΒ discovered three profound pathsΒ to awakening your inner Enlightened Witness, youβll be able to become the most joyful and clear you have ever been.
As Raja will share, once youβve discovered these paths, you can enter Turiya by doing nothingΒ βΒ just smiling, knowing, and observing.
The practices from these past five weeks will have trained you to enter Turiya quickly. Now begins the magic and the joyβ¦
From this state of complete awareness and bliss, you can manifest new realities for yourselfΒ βΒ and write a new story for the world.
What story will you write?
In this closing session, youβll discover:
- Your own trueΒ Enlightened WitnessΒ and its purpose in the world
- How toΒ stay balanced and happy, no matter what is thrown at you
- TheΒ secret to Sat Chit AnandaΒ βΒ true bliss always through awareness, truth, and consciousness
- How to help others with just your presenceΒ βΒ and let it become theΒ light that the world needs
- How toΒ be still in the midst of any chaosΒ and always smile, knowing your true nature is bliss
Integration Session 3Β (January 5)
Celebrate and review what youβve learned on your journey to make the perspective of the Enlightened Witness your new baseline. Reflect on how youβll redesign your life as you access the state of Turiya to experience clarity, peace, and liberation.Β You will be guided by both Raja and Alex in this deepening reflection.
In this session, youβll experience:
- Deepen your learning with review and integration of Modules 7-9
- Reflection, journaling, or meditation to practice and strengthen your Turiya state
- Full-group and breakout discussions to share insights and reflections with each other
About Raja Choudhury
Raja Choudhury, a spiritual teacher, award-winning documentary filmmaker, and TED speaker, aims to disrupt human consciousness and awaken each of us to our true evolutionary potential using his deep knowledge of Kundalini Shakti, Tantra, and Indian Wisdom seen through the lens of neuroscience and modern psychology. In the past five years, he has emerged as one of The Shift Networkβs most popular new teachers, initiating and guiding more than 4,400 students into the mysteries of Kundalini Shakti, Shiva-Shakti Tantra, Karma, and the Third Eye. Rajaβs own shift occurred in 2006 when, while a creative director in New York, he underwent a life-changing Kundalini awakening that rewired his system and opened up a new Universe for him.
Raja started his professional life as an architect after graduating from the acclaimed Architectural Association School in London, then went on to become a Webby-winning digital creative director in New York, where his awakening occurred. Since then, Raja has created numerous documentary films on wisdom and consciousness, includingΒ Spirituality in the Modern WorldΒ with Ken Wilber and Traleg Rinpocheβ¦Β Yoga: Harmony with NatureΒ (the official international film for the first International Day of Yoga)β¦Β The Quantum IndiansΒ (winner of the 2014 National Film Award of India)β¦Β The Modern Mysticβ¦ andΒ Guruji Amritananda. Heβs currently making a film entitledΒ Americaβs First GuruΒ for PBS on how Indian Wisdom first came to America.
Raja gave a TED talk in Bangalore on βIndian Wisdom for Todayβs Worldβ in 2012 and a TEDx talk in 2015 on yoga. His videos on Shakti, Mantras, Kundalini, Shiva, the Third Eye, and meditation are popular on YouTube. In his own spiritual quest, he was initiated first into Kriya Yoga in 1998, and went on to take deep initiations into Raja Yoga, advanced Kriya Yoga, and then finally, Sri Vidya and Maha Vidya Tantra. Raja is also a student of Trika, Qigong, sacred geometry, neuroscience, history, esoteric traditions, and the mind. His teachings are a syncretic blend of Eastern and Western philosophies and techniques.
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