The late Paul Brunton was one of the twentieth century's greatest explorers of and writers on the spiritual traditions of the East. A Search in Secret India is the story of Paul Brunton's journey around India, living among yogis, mystics and gurus, some of whom he found convincing, others not. He finally finds the peace and tranquility which come ...
The late Paul Brunton was one of the 20th century's explorers and writers on the spiritual traditions of the East. This book presents his teaching and offers a detailed description and simple and safe meditation techniques. The author describes the experience and insights he gained from practising meditation, and provides guidelines that can ...
Shows readers how to achieve serenity of mind, control of thought and desire, and the power to use higher forces of being by means of simple exercises - including breathing and visualization - and mental control through meditation.
Nearly everyone has brief moments of exalting communion with his or her own divine Soul and its finest possibilities. This book shows: How to make the most of those moments? How to recognize, develop, test, and follow through on intuitions? And, how to contact the source of inspiration and make its vitalizing power a continuous presence? One of ...
This volume offers a strong treatment of what enlightenment is and is not, and of the principles that underlie its arisal. Examining claims of "union with God", it addresses forcefully the fallacy of equating even the highest degree of individual human illumination with the universal intelligence in which individual realisation is rooted. Paul ...
"Karma" is a household word by now. But how many of us actually know what it means? Here is a refreshing, positive view of karma, from one of the 20th century's most perceptive students of how timeless wisdom enhances contemporary life: What karma is; How it works; Its relation to forgiveness, freedom and enlightenment; and How to get it working ...
If your authority touches lives or influences minds - or if you are close to someone whose does - this book is a great gift. It is full of accessible, handy, and inspiring wisdom for parents; teachers; business executives; political administrators; leaders of organisations of all types and sizes; doctors, lawyers, religious leaders and counsellors ...
This comprehensive overview of the many and varied issues involved in starting and completing the spiritual quest features an important section on teacher-student relationships.
Part 1, "Practices for the Quest", explores and explains the importance of fundamental practices in character development and self-discipline without which stable progress on the spiritual quest is simply not possible. Part 2, "Relax and Retreat", presents effective methods for mastering tension, cultivating focused calmness, and balancing periods ...
This is part 2 of the fourth volume of Paul Brunton's "Notebooks" series. "The Body" is a practical course in reducing the physical obstacles that retard progress in meditation and obstruct the unfolding of spiritual intuition and/or stabilising higher awareness.
This is a sympathetic and often fascinating view of contemporary and traditional customs, arts, architecture, philosophies, and spiritual leaders of the Orient. Often reading like a colourful travelogue, it has sections on India, China, Angkor Wat, Ceylon, Japan, Egypt, Tibet, and other Himalayan countries. The book emphasises that East and West ...
Part 1, "Human Experience" explores the spiritual lessons implicit in daily living, the need for educational reforms, the causes and purposes of personal suffering, special problems and opportunities of youth and age, problems of marriage and relationship, and how to convert contemporary crises into opportunities for dramatic spiritual growth. ...
One of Paul Brunton's truly significant contributions, this volume offers a mature spiritual perspective on the importance of character development, personality refinement, and proper use of the thinking faculty. Part 1, "Emotions and Ethics" explores two fundamental relationships. The first is that between character development and spiritual ...
If you are in a crisis - or care about someone who is - here is practical, inspiring guidance on: where to turn; how to cope; how to understand; how to help; how to be more prepared. This pocket-sized book contains inspiring selections from Paul Brunton's Notebooks that help prepare for, endure, and learn more easily from life's inevitable ...
Part 1, "Healing of the Self" explores fundamental principles of healing. It strikes sharp contrasts between surface, psychic, and spiritual methods, recommending a synthesis of conventional and alternative approaches to well-being. It also offers a variety of tested and proven techniques for self-healing and assisting conventional treatment. Part ...
Part 1, "Practices for the Quest", explores and explains the importance of fundamental practices in character development and self-discipline without which stable progress on the spiritual quest is simply not possible. Part 2, "Relax and Retreat", presents effective methods for mastering tension, cultivating focused calmness, and balancing periods ...
Part 1, "Advanced Contemplation" offers a direct route to the deepest mystical states - yielding permanent results of a metaphysical, transpersonal, and universal nature. It introduces Short Path (sudden) practices (such as Zen, Krishnamurti, etc), develops them, explains why they are so often insufficient, and shows when, how, and in what spirit ...
This title includes life-saving advice on trials that arise inevitably on the quest. "The Sensitives" is a timely, informed evaluation of mysticism, paranormal experience, sects and cults. Grounded in a clear distinction between productive spiritual practice and occult sidetracks, it reports on: how to distinguish self-flattering illusions from ...
Part 1, "The Ego" is one of Paul Brunton's greatest and most unique gifts to the literature of realisation - a truly earth-shaking piece of work for serious spiritual seekers. With no holds barred, it exposes, at an existential level, the most fundamental problems that obstruct achieving a life of unfailing self-integrity. Part 2, "From Birth to ...
Examining the relationship between perception and events, this highly significant volume contributes several important ideas to the "bridge" between modern science and perennial wisdom teachings. Part 1, 'The Reign of Relativity', explores the extent of relativity's domain and the implications of its principles for spiritual development. Part 2, ...
This volume is a mosaic of autobiographical excerpts from Paul Brunton's notebooks. It brings together reflections on 50 years of the author's research, practice, travel, and writing - and some of the people, influences, and events he considered significant in his life.
Part 1, "The Religious Urge", carefully distinguishes the heart's ineradicable religious instinct from cultural trappings and conventional religious forms. It also evaluates services and dis-services of institutional religion and points to ways in which the current spiritual impulse is likely to unfold. Part 2, "The Reverential Life", gives an ...
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