Misrasamapara (communal meditation)

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MISRASAMAPARA
मिश्र्समपर
(miśrá-śamapara)

miśrá
combined, mixed, mingled, blended

śamapara
devoted to quiet, tranquil

Loosely speaking: Mingled and blended in devoted quietness and tranquility


The idea of misrasamapara is the human connection with each other and the facilitation for respite within the average person's busy day.
The two principle issues addressed are: the human connection between strangers is more strained with the high population density being common, and the activity rate of demand upon the individual being high by comparison to previous eras in humanity.
These two conditions create separations, ignorance (literal meaning), communal empathetic numbness, unintended and intended segragation, as well as, internal conflict, unrest, "stress", anxiety, and ennui.

The purpose of misrasamapara is to provide communal meditative bonding with absolutely no pretense of belief, or practice.

The consideration is reflective upon a little practiced art in modern culture; the art of feeling our communal human presence.
In misrasamapara, it is considered that to sit in the presence of another human, quietly, reverently - of but the communion itself and the quiet, is a bonding of humanity.

This theoretical facility would idealy be left open, as shrines are, every hour of all time.
The facility lacks any basic plumbing and only has the essential basic lighting.
It is intended to be a shrine to humanity more than a building for humanity.

It is a place of absolute quiet, and mutual respect; and that is simply all.

There are no guided meditations.
There are no directions aside from being quiet.
No aids, no teachers, no one but simply those who come and those who go.
Those who walk. Those who kneel. Those who sit.

TOP FLOOR PLAN VIEW
(compass directions are relative to the floorplan and only for descriptive purposes)

WEST WING: WALKING LABYRINTH
EAST WING: SITTING MEDITATION
NORTH WING: KNEELING MEDITATION
SOUTH WING: PASSAGEWAY/ANTEROOM


ANTEROOM
PURPOSE:
TO PSYCHOLOGICALLY PROVIDE THE IDEA OF SEPARATION FROM THE REGULAR BUSY MIND TO THE REVERENT AND QUIET MIND

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MAIN FOYER


FACING THE NORTH AND EAST WINGS FROM IN THE FOYER


LOOKING BACK AT THE ANTEROOM AFTER PASSING INTO THE MAIN FOYER, LOOKING BACK AT THE ANTEROOM AFTER PASSING INTO THE MAIN FOYER

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EAST WING: SITTING MEDITATION
PURPOSE:
NOT EVERYONE PREFERS TO KNEEL FOR MEDITATION. SOME PREFER TO SIT.
THIS ROOM IS ALSO MORE SOLITARY AS EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM FACES THE WALL (SIMILAR TO ZEN SITTING MEDITATION).



FACING THE FOYER FROM IN THE EAST WING

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WEST WING: LABYRINTH (WALKING MEDITATION)
PURPOSE:
SOME PEOPLE REQUIRE A WINDING DOWN BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO MEDITATE OR BE SILENT WITH THEIR BODY AND MIND.
THE WALKING MEDITATION ROOM OFFERS A SIMPLE MEANS OF ENERGY EXPENDING WHILE SLOWLY CAUSING THE INDIVIDUAL TO SLOW THROUGH REPITITION AND PATTERN.




FACING THE FOYER FROM INSIDE THE WALKING MEDITATION ROOM

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NORTH WING: KNEELING MEDITATION
PURPOSE:
SOME PEOPLE PREFER TO MEDITATE IN THE KNEELING OR FOLDING POSITION.
ALSO, THIS ROOM IS ORGANIZED INTO ROWS AND COLUMNS; WITH THE LEFT SIDE ROWS FACING THE RIGHT SIDE ROWS.



FACING SOUTH FROM THE FURTHEST NORTH IN THE KNEELING ROOM