Relics

Every practice in The Sacred Act carries a relic: one piece of abstract art, made once for that technique and shared by everyone who reaches it. 1,419 practices, 1,419 relics.

The mind meets an image it cannot read, and sets the analytical mode down before the sit begins.

38 of them, across the lineages

Mindfulness of Breathing, a relic for a Buddhist practice — Mindfulness of Breathing
Buddhist

Mindfulness of Feelings, a relic for a Buddhist practice — Mindfulness of Feelings
Buddhist

Contemplation of Amitāyus, a relic for a Buddhist practice — Contemplation of Amitāyus
Buddhist

Regulating Body, Breath, and Mind, a relic for a Buddhist practice — Regulating Body, Breath, and Mind
Buddhist

Sameness of Self and Others, a relic for a Buddhist practice — Sameness of Self and Others
Buddhist

The Three Types of Suffering, a relic for a Buddhist practice — The Three Types of Suffering
Buddhist

Procuring Benefit, a relic for a Bön practice — Procuring Benefit
Bön

Application of the Senses, a relic for a Christian practice — Application of the Senses
Christian

Antirrhetic Rebuke before Prayer, a relic for a Christian practice — Antirrhetic Rebuke before Prayer
Christian

Meditation of Death, a relic for a Christian practice — Meditation of Death
Christian

Rectifying the Heart-Mind, a relic for a Confucian practice — Rectifying the Heart-Mind
Confucian

Nourishing the Flood-Like Qi, a relic for a Confucian practice — Nourishing the Flood-Like Qi
Confucian

Aligning the Body, a relic for a Daoist practice — Aligning the Body
Daoist

Facing a Wall, a relic for a Daoist practice — Facing a Wall
Daoist

Gathering the Soul's Scattered Powers, a relic for a Neoplatonic practice — Gathering the Soul's Scattered Powers
Neoplatonic

Nightly Examination, a relic for a Pythagorean practice — Nightly Examination
Pythagorean

Contemplation of the Dawn Sky, a relic for a Stoic practice — Contemplation of the Dawn Sky
Stoic

The Secret Hymnody, a relic for a Hermetic practice — The Secret Hymnody
Hermetic

Baptism in the Krater, a relic for a Hermetic practice — Baptism in the Krater
Hermetic

Nādānusandhāna, a relic for a Hindu practice — Nādānusandhāna
Hindu

Ujjāyī Kumbhaka, a relic for a Hindu practice — Ujjāyī Kumbhaka
Hindu

Bhrāmarī Kumbhaka, a relic for a Hindu practice — Bhrāmarī Kumbhaka
Hindu

Resting as Awareness, a relic for a Hindu practice — Resting as Awareness
Hindu

Nāma-japa, a relic for a Hindu practice — Nāma-japa
Hindu

Dawn Adoration of the Solar Disk, a relic for a Ancient Egyptian practice — Dawn Adoration of the Solar Disk
Ancient Egyptian

Rātib al-Ḥaddād, a relic for a Islamic practice — Rātib al-Ḥaddād
Islamic

Sama, a relic for a Sufi practice — Sama
Sufi

Samāʿ, a relic for a Sufi practice — Samāʿ
Sufi

Watchfulness, a relic for a Sufi practice — Watchfulness
Sufi

Supreme Meditation, a relic for a Jain practice — Supreme Meditation
Jain

The Silent Scream, a relic for a Jewish practice — The Silent Scream
Jewish

Hazkarat ha-Shem, a relic for a Jewish practice — Hazkarat ha-Shem
Jewish

Masiqta, a relic for a Mandaean practice — Masiqta
Mandaean

Ōharae Norito, a relic for a Shinto practice — Ōharae Norito
Shinto

Jaap Sahib, a relic for a Sikh practice — Jaap Sahib
Sikh

The Repetition of the Greatest Name, a relic for a Bahá'í practice — The Repetition of the Greatest Name
Bahá'í

Liber Resh, a relic for a Western Esoteric practice — Liber Resh
Western Esoteric

Receptive Fire Gazing, a relic for a Zoroastrian practice — Receptive Fire Gazing
Zoroastrian