Bodhicitta II – Guided Meditation explores the daily practice of raising bodhicitta as direct preparation for the transition of consciousness through death and the intermediate state (bardo). Mark Griffin presents life and death not as opposites, but as phases in the movement of awareness through the subtle architecture of the human form. At death, when breath ceases and mind disengages from the physical body, the great light of pure consciousness—normally obscured by mental projection—reveals itself. The purpose of raising bodhicitta during life is to stabilize recognition of this light before the sensory and energetic sheaths dissolve.

The teaching outlines the subtle anatomy underlying this process: the central channel (sushumna), flanked by ida and pingala, and the six chakras culminating in the thousand-petaled crown. Distributed throughout this system are the “hundred fibers”—peaceful and wrathful energetic expressions that hold the full spectrum of memory, karma, and perceptual identity. During the dying process, these impressions collapse inward through the chakras into the central channel, releasing their stored content into the field of awareness. Through meditation, this same dissolution can be consciously rehearsed while alive.

A central practice is the union of white bodhicitta (the consciousness principle at the crown) and red bodhicitta (the creative force centered at the navel). By drawing these currents into the deep heart—the convergence point of the four bodies—the practitioner generates an intense magnetic field of awareness that opens the heart-mind as a unified organ of perception. This inner union becomes both a stabilizing force for meditation and a direct gateway to supraconscious recognition.

Breath awareness, particularly attention to the space between breaths, is emphasized as a rehearsal for the ultimate interval when breathing ceases. In this gap, bodhicitta functions as a bridge between embodied identity and liberated awareness. Through sustained practice amid the complexities of daily life, the meditator learns to recognize the great light in moments of stillness, thereby preparing for the decisive moment of transition beyond physical existence.

Ultimately, Bodhicitta II presents raising bodhicitta as a complete yogic technology of liberation—integrating heart, Kundalini, subtle anatomy, and the Ocean of Consciousness into a single continuum of awakening.