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What Is Maum Meditation?

L. Baran
L. Baran

Maum meditation is a type of meditation based on the concept that all of a person's past experiences and memories are stored as images in the body, and that these images control the person's ideas and behaviors. These pictures come from what is seen, heard, smelled, touched and felt in daily experiences. Through meditation, such stored images are cleared away to remove preconceived ideas and concepts that are influencing negative thoughts and actions. Maum is concerned with the connection between the mind, soul and spirit.

According to the Association of Maum Meditation, as of 2010 there were 300 meditation centers throughout the world practicing the art. This Korean meditation began in 1996, when Woo Myung is said to have discovered the "true world" by freeing himself from the picture of the world that had he created. The founder of maum meditation went on to teach others how to find their own universal truth with the desire to create a more peaceful world.

Some Maum meditation practitioners employ an escalator image, at the end of which are the negative images of a person's life that can be destroyed.
Some Maum meditation practitioners employ an escalator image, at the end of which are the negative images of a person's life that can be destroyed.

There are eight steps in maum meditation to rid the mind of false images. The first step is to visualize death by closing the eyes and imagining a particular way to die, such as by drowning, illness or accident. Next, the soul or shape of the body should be visualized leaving the dead body and moving up into the wider universe. As the body is floating in space, a black hole should be placed in its path. Images and memories from the past should be brought into conscious thought and subsequently thrown into the black hole, followed by the soul itself.

Maum meditation is concerned with the connection between mind, body, and spirit.
Maum meditation is concerned with the connection between mind, body, and spirit.

The focus should then turn to relationships with others and the emotions associated with these relationships. An image should be created of each relationship and then thrown into the hole. It is important that both the person performing the maum meditation and the other person in the relationship are present in the image being thrown away. The third step involves removing the physical body from existence, as it was Woo Myung's belief that memories are stored in the cells of the body.

The following four levels of meditation systematically focus on destroying images of tasks, work, responsibilities and activities that fill daily life. Some practitioners like to visualize a staircase or escalator in these stages. At the end of the stairs, a fire becomes the place to destroy the images that are weighing down the person's life.

The final step of maum meditation is the most important. It allows the practitioner to find his or her new reality and be reborn without the false beliefs of his or her past existence. This is the most spiritual element of the technique, which promises true enlightenment.

Discussion Comments

anon991876

Please do not fall for this cult! They hide behind kindness, and claim to guide you with the truth. This is a new and upcoming cult. they have many centers all around the world. They claim to be a non profit organization but that is not true. They also sell a food supplement that is not FDA approved. This is a mind brainwash. Many people have left their personal and professional lives so that they can join this cult.

The founder, who goes by name grand master, has been exiled from Korea due to taking people away from their families. The helpers at all centers are very sketchy. They refuse to talk about anything other than the meditation. They contradict themselves often! Please keep an eye out for that. The main goal they have is to get you to sign up to their main center in Korea. They want you to complete the meditation for six months in Korea. Once you complete it, they want you to leave your job, or career to become a meditation helper at a other center. They want you to do this at all costs, even if it means leaving your family behind. They want you to donate your house as well.

The one thing that is more dangerous than physical abuse is mental abuse. Do not let the helpers' kindness fool you! $150 a month is what they charge and they sit you in a room and want to kill you in a dream so you can relive your whole life over. They want you to forget about your life, even the good. They want you to walk away from it all.

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    • Some Maum meditation practitioners employ an escalator image, at the end of which are the negative images of a person's life that can be destroyed.
      By: Petrus
      Some Maum meditation practitioners employ an escalator image, at the end of which are the negative images of a person's life that can be destroyed.
    • Maum meditation is concerned with the connection between mind, body, and spirit.
      By: petarpaunchev
      Maum meditation is concerned with the connection between mind, body, and spirit.