Ivan Rados
THE MIDDLE POINT - THE ART OF MEDITATION
ABOUT IVAN RADOS
Ivan Rados is one of the most provocative and inspiring don-dualistic spiritual teacher of the contemporary world. At the age of 42, he experienced a profound inner awakening that changed his perception of himself and the reality, after which Ivan established a spiritual discipline, which he calls The Middle Point. It is a non-dualistic approach towards wholeness, health and self-actualization.
His books, such as Health It’s all About Consciousness, The Art Of Meditation, Transform Your Live, The Middle Point, The Truth, The Language Of Wholeness and many others, are not only bestsellers, but also go-to reads for many Truth seekers around the globe.
Ivan’s contribution to the science of inner transformation has inspired many teachers, masters and healers, who have experienced his healing and have learnt from him, to develop their own unique and powerful conscious-responsive teaching/healing modalities. His teachings could not be placed into any category, as he doesn’t follow, nor does he create followers. instead, he emphasizes the individual quest, not for the meaning of life, like most other teachers do, but the meaning of consciousness and removal of the attachments to the illusionary mind.
Ivan calls his approach the true religion, as it is about consciousness and being, not about mind and its ideologies and dogmas, including the new age philosophies. “I am here to offer you my understanding of how to awake in your consciousness, become aware of your being, surpass the mind and to be truly religious again, like spiritual masters in human history, who did not follow any collective sets of beliefs, but rather the path of reuniting with their own being. That is what I call a true religion.”
Ivan’s deep and authentic rooting in the unknown provides him the insight and ability to be of great service to the evolution of Consciousness in these most transformative of times. Ivan travels extensively, taking what he calls his “knowingness” throughout the world, facilitating meditation classes, talks, intensives, and retreats.
He regularly provides meditation discourses and individual and group healing sessions from his healing studio in Vancouver, Canada.
Love is eternal, but it isn't permanent. It's ever-changing in each moment, for its eternal quality is in the Now. When we try to make love permanent instead of experiencing its eternal nature each changing moment, it becomes sentimental. Similarly, when we make bliss permanent, we create the polarities of happiness and unhappiness. When we make truth permanent, it becomes a falsehood. So too, when we attempt to make health a permanent state instead of a flow of being, it becomes disease.
Dead things are permanent. Everything alive is changing from moment to moment, for it's only through its ever-changing expression that its eternal quality can be known. Hence, only to the degree we're detached from any particular reality are we free to experience the whole of reality in its eternally flowing Nowness.
When something’s not right, meditate.
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You see, I have struggled for many lives to attain the unattainable, and I have suffered through a long discontent of many lives to attain, but nothing was attained. One morning in my art studio, in Halifax, England, after meditating for five days, I tried to get up and go home to eat something, but my body collapsed. I found myself on the floor not being able to move.
I was on the floor conscious but nothing to be conscious of. I don’t know how long I was lying down: a half-day, a day, or two. What I do know is at one point, in that no-time zone; one thought came up in my mind: “I am a total failure.” That thought started ripping my head with an intense headache. The thought of failing to attain was followed by an intense feeling of being a failure. That was almost an unbearable physical, mental, and emotional experience, and I wanted to die. I said, “That’s it, I don’t want to function,” and gave up on wanting, desiring, and trying. Actually, I did not give up,
I gave IN. I surrendered to nothing. In that surrender was my attainment.
What had I attained that morning in Halifax? Nothing!
I had attained nothing, because the one who wanted to attain was not there. He surrendered himself to nothing. You see, I tried everything possible to attain, with a deep belief and strong conviction that one day I would attain, and that I was destined to attain. The moment I gave up searching and wanting to attain, I gave IN to the truth. I dropped the belief in having to attain, and I attained nothing, just awareness that I am, not the thought of it, nor the feeling of it, but knowing that I am.
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It is important to understand that I am not going to discuss any system of beliefs or dogma, or any contemporary philosophy or new age spirituality. I am not interested in metaphysics, because
I am not dominated by the mind and possessed by dry thoughts. I don’t represent so-called religions, which has been exploited humanity for thousands of years. I am all for the true religion which deals with consciousness and being, not with the mind and its ideologies. I am here to offer you my understanding beyond the mind and its boundaries, how to awake in your consciousness, become aware of your being, and to be religious again.
Be open, receptive and listen with your heart. If you are listening with your mind, include the heart in that process. The mind can listen only to that which fits with its own structure of beliefs. Also, do not avoid listening to that which you see as a disturbance, otherwise you will work against your awakening.
I will provide an opening for you to love yourself through the Art of Meditation. I will guide you to the Language of Wholeness, but for that to be alive in your heart, you have to be aware that ‘I’ will not be present but only sharing information as it comes and goes like a swinging door. If you are looking at me as the source of your knowledge, you will be disappointed and in disagreement with your knowingness.
To speak the Language of Wholeness you need nothing, just a different attitude, and your commitment to be who you are naturally and existentially. You are always in the middle, that is the whole point of religion. You are The Middle Point and that is your Being.
What People Are Saying
““Ivan explains the unexplainable better than anyone I know!”
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— Sheila Gale – www.thesheilashow.com
““Ivan Rados insight into unexplainable is deep and extraordinary. With his unique perspective, he is bridging the gap between known and unknown and bringing out a hidden meaning that will enlighten every spiritual seeker. Ivan’s insight into beyond is hard to guess yet it feels sensible and truthful.”
— I. Belan .”
Working with Ivan has been simply put, life-changing. As a Researcher, a Clinical Psychologist, and a person who has sought the healing of my own internal wounds I have worked with a range of healers that hail from a wide range of orientations, philosophies, and cultures.
When thinking back on all the people I have met over the years, Ivan is one of the best, if not the best healer, I have ever worked with!
Let me provide a little background about myself so you understand my perspective. I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Michigan, I then went to Harvard University to train in cardiovascular epidemiology and stayed on as a Research Faculty member. I am now an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. I consider myself a scientist and some might call me hyper-intellectual.
Before meeting Ivan, I was, an overthinker. I suffered from analysis-paralysis, a preoccupation with a whole range of scenarios about future events, and a deep anxiety about most topics. However, via numerous sessions with Ivan where he taught me central philosophical ideas that I now cherish, several meditative breathing practices, various new mindsets that helped me reconceptualize my anxieties, as well as guided psilocybin sessions - I am substantially calmer. I would say that my anxiety levels have reduced by 80%. I am deeply thankful for his ability to reduce my anxiety because if our minds are like a computer, I believe I was spending roughly 25% of my “mental RAM” managing various anxiety symptoms. Throughout my adult life, I spent a reasonable amount of time learning methods I could use to help equip my toolbox of symptom management techniques. However, as I’ve been working on the core root issues of my anxiety (perhaps it can be thought of as a “computer virus” that had infected my mind) I feel as if I have been working on the root cause of all these symptoms and finally debugging a virus which was weaved into my psychological DNA throughout childhood. Thus, even without having to use my array of anxiety management techniques or medications, various symptoms that I had to deal with before only faintly appear in my life. Thus, I am dedicating perhaps only about ~5% of my “mental RAM” to symptom management. This allows me to use a much larger portion of my mental processing power on being present in the moment when with others or enjoying life, and diving into states of deep “flow” when working.
I think Ivan is so incredibly effective at healing because he has a deep and authentic desire to help others, a vast and deep knowledge of several philosophical and spiritual traditions, an ability to create a wonderfully safe healing environment, decades of working with clients – which is a vast database of knowledge that he can draw upon to synthesize and customize a solution for the situation at hand, and a profoundly calm spirit of hope.
I am deeply grateful for having met Ivan because he helped me heal in profound ways.
Thank you Ivan Rados from the bottom of my heart.
Eric Kim
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