Category: Spirituality

The Royal Path to Enlightenment

Maharishi University of Management Press, 2013

Back Cover:

To many, Yoga is an ancient form of exercise, practiced for its health benefits. But Yoga is more than exercise, and its benefits go far beyond health.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has provided a unique and fresh understanding of the ancient science of Yoga, restoring its deepest significance. He has shown that the true purpose of Yoga is to elevate life to its highest potential – enlightenment.

Maharishi’s approach is rich in both theory and practice. It includes the Transcendental Meditation program, which allows anyone to dive deep within and explore the infinite ocean of bliss that is the birthright of us all. Here is the key to inner peace, stress and anxiety relief, happiness, wellness, success, and – ultimately – the realization of our full potential in the state of enlightenment.

This easy-to-read and far-reaching book explores Maharishi’s teaching on Yoga philosophy from several perspectives, including its profound practical benefits for individuals and societies, while also considering traditional areas of Yoga philosophy, such as siddhi performance, Karma Yoga, Gyan Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, and the fulfillment of the four traditional goals of human life: dharma, artha, kama, and moksha.

Those familiar with Maharishi’s teachings will be delighted at the depth and scope of Maharishi’s lectures on Yoga that Dr. Sands has distilled into this manual for perfection in life. Anyone familiar with Yoga will enjoy the systematic, logical examination of Maharishi’s Yoga and its powerful conclusion: that the goals of Yoga – from inner peace to full enlightenment – can be effortlessly achieved.

“William Sands’ new book on Yoga is a wonderful and clear presentation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s revival of Yoga philosophy. Maharishi brought Yoga out of the world of mysticism and speculative philosophy, and created a scientifically verified program for unfolding the total potential of human life, life in enlightenment. Maharishi’s brilliant insights make Dr. Sands’ book a must-read for anyone interested in Yoga.”  Robert Keith Wallace, Ph.D., author of The Physiology of Consciousness and The Neurophysiology of Enlightenment

“Every yoga practitioner should read this book. It is an excellent source for the beginner and the more advanced student providing an extensive and comprehensive vision of the great system of Yoga both from a modern and ancient perspective. I heartily recommend it.”  Prudence F. Bruns, Ph.D. in South Asian Studies (Sanskrit) Founder, Dear Prudence Foundation

North Atlantic Books, 2015 (1943)

Inspired by Paul Brunton’s years spent with sages in Asia, The Wisdom of the Overself and its companion volume The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga were written at the request of these remarkable teachers, who recognized that Brunton had a significant role to play in the transmission of traditional wisdom to the West. Here is a profound re-creation of these teachings, brought to life and made accessible by Brunton’s insights. In print since the 1940s, Brunton’s works are considered to be among the most comprehensive, clear, and practical guides on the path to enlightenment.

Brunton unfolds the grand vision for human development by investigating consciousness as the source of all experience; how to move from ego-centered life to the transcendent reality; the interplay of karma, free will, and grace; the nature of evil and suffering; how to awaken intuition and penetrative insight; the passage through death to rebirth; and psychic experiences and mystic visions. He also provides seven ultramystic exercises to open the door to higher consciousness, including a healing meditation on the sun; practices for transforming the future, dream, and sleep; and a meditation on the timeless self. These techniques lead to the deepest spiritual realizations – to the true “Wisdom of the Overself.”

This new edition has been updated to incorporate Brunton’s final revisions. It includes a new foreword plus supplementary reading material selected from the author’s archives by the Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation.

Contents:

Foreword by the Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation

1  Prefatory

2  The Meaning of Mentalism

3  The Birth of the Universe

4  Studies in Dreams

5  The Metaphysics of Sleep

6  The Secret of the “I”

7  The Scorpion of Death

8  The Immortal Overself

9  The Shadows of Evil and Suffering

10  The War and the World

11  The World-Mind

12  The Unveiling of Reality

13  Initiation into Mystical Experience

14  The Yoga of the Discerning Mind

15  The Mystical Phenomena of Meditation

16  Some Fruits of Philosophy

Appendix: Additional Resources from The Notebooks of Paul Brunton, Compiled by the Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation Editors

About the Author:

Paul Brunton (1898-1981) is one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant spiritual writers. Generally recognized as having introduced yoga and meditation to the West, he was the most popular and authoritative source of information on Eastern philosophies, gurus, and meditation systems from the mid-’30s to the ’60s. His books have sold over two million copies in 17 languages. In 1954, he withdrew from public life and continued writing the material that was posthumously published as The Notebooks of Paul Brunton – a truly East-West spiritual philosophy. Written with the passion of an authentic pioneer and the thoughtfulness of a seasoned practitioner, his work is re-emerging as a beacon for all contemporary seekers.

Symbols and Teachings of the Royal Art

Inner Traditions, 1995 (La tradizione ermetica, 1931)

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From the Back cover:

Translated into English for the first time, this important survey of alchemical symbols and doctrines lays bare the mysterious worldview and teachings of the practitioners of the “Royal Art”. One of the leading exponents of the hermetic tradition, Julius Evola draws from a host of sources in the western esoteric tradition – works on alchemy, theurgy, magic, and mythhology from the Neoplatonic, Arab, Gnostic, and medieval sources – to demonstrate the singularity of subject mater hat lies behind the words of all adepts in all ages. He shows how alchemy – often misunderstood as primitive chemistry or a mere template for the Jungian process of “individuation” – is nothing less than a universal secret science of human and natural transformation.

The first part of The Hermetic Tradition outlines the symbols and teachings of the Art, while the second part is concerned with the techniques and effects of the practice. Throughout the exposition of this sacred tradition the reader is encouraged to listen with the “ear of the heart”; a leap of consciousness is required to leave our time-bound and analytical world and enter the timeless realm of nature’s continuous creation…[Evola’s] Hermetic Tradition is among the clearest works of alchemy ever written.

The Wisdom-Way of the Ancient Sages and Its Fulfillment in the Way of “Perfect Knowledge” 

The Dawn Horse Press, 2006

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From time to time in human history, Great Sages have appeared, who have, to one degree or another, agreed to instruct devotees. A truly Great Sage speaks as the Very Condition, the Radiant Ocean of Being, That is Reality. Adi Da Samraj, from the beginning of His lifetime, has shown the signs of such a one.

The Wisdom-Teaching of Adi Da Samraj is a great gift to all who need to understand the human event from the viewpoint of Ultimate Truth, beyond the winds of doctrine and the competing philosophies that have made and unmade the cultures of humankind.

From the Introduction by Carolyn Lee

There exists nowhere in the world today, among Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, native tribalists, or any other groups, anyone who has so much to teach, or speaks with such authority, or is so important for understanding our situation. If we are willing to learn from him in every way, he is a pole around which the world can get its bearings.

Henry Leroy Finch

Author, Wittgenstein – The Early Philosophy

and Wittgenstein – The Late Philosophy

JOB:s Comment:

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Norma, 1990

Baksida:

I vår dagliga tillvaro är vi benägna att betrakta tingen och våra förhållanden till den tingliga världen som det verkliga. Det som våra sinnen ej kan fatta, det som ej står i överensstämmelse med den ordning vi är vana att leva med, betraktar vi gärna som overkligt, som “övernaturligt”. Vi står inför fenomen, som inte tycks höra till det jordiska, men i en alltmer sekulariserad värld uppfattas dessa fenomen som allt mindre förbundna med den gudomliga ordningen och alltmer som inslag i den profana tillvaron under namnet mystik.

Den sekulariserade nutidsmänniskan är emellertid ett offer för ett stort misstag: hon förstår ej att det gudomliga är en verklighet och att det vi kallar den jordiska verkligheten är en skapelse, en manifestation av den gudomliga verkligheten. När vi därför möter mystiken, gäller det att rätt fatta dess innebörd, uppenbarelser av en högre verklighet. Och mystiken har liksom allt uppenbarat en källa. Det är denna källa, mystikens eget väsen, som denna skrift vill söka finna och beskriva.

Pardès, 1988

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Résumé de l’éditeur:

Paru initialement en 1950, puis, avec quelques variantes, en 1971, Orientations contient en germe une grande partie de l’oeuvre de Julius Evola postérieure à la Deuxième Guerre mondiale.

Écrit dans un style très dépouillé, d’une concision qui va directement à l’essentiel, ce texte n’aborde pas seulement quelques-uns des thèmes chers à Evola, comme le refus de choisir entre l’Est et l’Ouest, la dénonciation de la “démonie” de l’économie, le rejet du bonapartisme et du nationalisme, etc., mais vise aussi à susciter la formation d’une véritable élite, qui devra affirmer l’Idée “traditionnelle” sous la forme d’un “homme nouveau”, appelé a résister aux épreuves qu’entraîne la crise irréversible de la civilisation moderne.

Cette édition critique d’Orientations, présentée de façon détaillée et originale par le traducteur, comprend l’indication des variantes existant entre le texte de 1950 et celui de 1971, ainsi que des notes historiques et documentaires.

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