
An Invitation

Contributed by :Dr. Balveer Sikh
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This is an invitation into my worldview; a perspective shaped by over 25 years of life experience, intensive meditation, and clinical psychological practice, as well as a doctoral thesis on mindfulness that evolved through a long cycle of meditation, reading, and reflection.
My journey into meditation began as youthful curiosity in the early 1990s, during my initial attempt at a PhD exploring the potential of meditation as a psychological therapy. Under the mentorship of Dr. R.B. Singh and Mr. L.K. Pathak at Jodhpur University, I learned to meditate and began integrating Eastern and Western psychological worldviews.
My interest took a profound turn after a sudden and dramatic Kundalini activation in 1994. Since then, my path has been guided by an evolving inner energy, a process of continual purification and transformation.
Though I was unable to complete my PhD in India, I found a new opportunity after migrating to New Zealand. There, I wrote a thesis on mindfulness psychology for the Doctor of Health Science (DHSc) program at AUT University in Auckland. If you’re interested in a deeper and nuanced understanding of the mind and meditation, you’re welcome to read my thesis, publicly available via AUT’s open repository:
My worldview is paradoxical—deeply non-dualistic yet scientific. These seemingly opposite fields complement each other in my approach. The foundation of this synthesis was laid during my doctoral research, where I developed a method called “Mindfulness Hermeneutics,” now peer-reviewed and published:
The rise of quantum physics has further strengthened my worldview, especially the growing scientific voice for consciousness and non-duality. Notably:
- Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff’s theory of quantum consciousness received wide acclaim.
- Federico Faggin, inventor of the microprocessor, proposes that humans are a bridge between the classical and quantum worlds.
- Robert Lanza’s Biocentrism argues that the universe arises from consciousness, not the other way around.
Over the past two decades, I have applied meditative insight clinically, integrating mindfulness into individual therapy and facilitating mindfulness groups in both clinical and community settings. During my time in New Zealand, I was recognized as a leader and expert in mindfulness-based approaches within psychology.
I’ve also drawn on my experience of Kundalini energy in clinical contexts. I contributed a chapter to the forthcoming Routledge publication, Entanglement of Psychosis and Cultures.
My psychological worldview is eclectic and is predominantly shaped by Behavioural, Cognitive, Acceptance, and Mindfulness psychologies, which are favoured by scientific approaches. I am also a poet. One of the poems published here blends psychology, energy, chakras, and consciousness to give a flavour of my approach.
When I discovered Life Positive, it felt like coming home, a village where kindred spirits gather. I’m grateful for the space and look forward to contributing and growing with this community.