Introducing The Notebooks

PERSPECTIVES

    INTRODUCTION
  1. THE QUEST
  2. PRACTICES FOR THE QUEST
  3. RELAX AND RETREAT
  4. ELEMENTARY MEDITATION
  5. THE BODY
  6. EMOTIONS AND ETHICS
  7. THE INTELLECT
  8. THE EGO
  9. FROM BIRTH TO REBIRTH
  10. HEALING OF THE SELF
  11. THE NEGATIVES
  12. REFLECTIONS ON MY LIFE AND WRITINGS
  13. HUMAN EXPERIENCE
  14. THE ARTS IN CULTURE
  15. THE ORIENT
  16. THE SENSITIVES
  17. THE RELIGIOUS URGE
  18. THE REVERENTIAL LIFE
  19. THE REIGN OF RELATIVITY
  20. WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?
  21. MENTALISM
  22. INSPIRATION AND THE OVERSELF
  23. ADVANCED CONTEMPLATION
  24. THE PEACE WITHIN YOU
  25. WORLD-MIND IN INDIVIDUAL MIND
  26. WORLD-IDEA
  27. WORLD-MIND
  28. THE ALONE

CATEGORY ONE: THE QUEST

    INTRODUCTION
  1. WHAT THE QUEST IS
  2. ITS CHOICE
  3. INDEPENDENT PATH
  4. ORGANIZED GROUPS
  5. SELF-DEVELOPMENT
  6. STUDENT-TEACHER

CATEGORY TWO: PRACTICES FOR THE QUEST

    INTRODUCTION
  1. ANT'S LONG PATH
  2. THE MEASURE OF PROGRESS
  3. UNCERTAINTIES OF PROGRESS
  4. PRACTISE MENTAL DISCIPLINE
  5. BALANCE THE PSYCHE
  6. SELF-REFLECTION AND ACTION
  7. DISCIPLINE DESIRES
  8. THE QUEST AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
  9. CONCLUSION

CATEGORY THREE: RELAX AND RETREAT

    INTRODUCTION
  1. TAKE INTERMITTENT PAUSES
  2. WITHDRAW FROM TENSION AND PRESSURE
  3. RELAX BODY, BREATH, MIND
  4. RETREAT CENTRES
  5. SOLITUDE
  6. NATURE APPRECIATION
  7. SUNSET CONTEMPLATION

CATEGORY FOUR: MEDITATION

    INTRODUCTION
  1. PREPARATORY
  2. PLACE AND CONDITIONS
  3. FUNDAMENTALS
  4. MEDITATIVE THINKING
  5. VISUALIZATIONS, SYMBOLS
  6. MANTRAMS, AFFIRMATIONS
  7. MINDFULNESS, MENTAL QUIET

CATEGORY FIVE: THE BODY

    INTRODUCTION
  1. PREFATORY
  2. THE BODY
  3. DIET
  4. FASTING
  5. EXERCISE
  6. BREATHING EXERCISES
  7. SEX AND GENDER
  8. KUNDALINI
  9. POSTURES FOR PRAYER

CATEGORY SIX: EMOTIONS AND ETHICS

    INTRODUCTION
  1. UPLIFT CHARACTER
  2. RE-EDUCATE FEELINGS
  3. DISCIPLINE EMOTIONS
  4. PURIFY PASSIONS
  5. SPIRITUAL REFINEMENT
  6. AVOID FANATICISM
  7. MISCELLANEOUS ETHICAL ISSUES

CATEGORY SEVEN: THE INTELLECT

    INTRODUCTION
  1. THE PLACE OF INTELLECT
  2. THE SERVICE OF INTELLECT
  3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECT
  4. ABSTRACT THOUGHT
  5. SEMANTICS
  6. SCIENCE
  7. METAPHYSICS OF TRUTH
  8. INTELLECT, REALITY, AND THE OVERSELF

CATEGORY EIGHT: THE EGO

    INTRODUCTION
  1. WHAT AM I?
  2. I-THOUGHT
  3. PSYCHE
  4. DETACHING FROM THE EGO

CATEGORY NINE: FROM BIRTH TO REBIRTH

    INTRODUCTION
  1. DEATH, DYING, AND IMMORTALITY
  2. REBIRTH AND REINCARNATION
  3. LAWS AND PATTERNS OF EXPERIENCE
  4. FREE WILL, RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE WORLD-IDEA

CATEGORY TEN: HEALING OF THE SELF

    INTRODUCTION
  1. THE LAWS OF NATURE
  2. THE UNIVERSAL LIFE-FORCE
  3. THE ORIGINS OF ILLNESS
  4. HEALERS OF THE BODY AND MIND
  5. THE HEALING POWER OF THE OVERSELF

CATEGORY ELEVEN: THE NEGATIVES

    INTRODUCTION
  1. THEIR NATURE
  2. THEIR ROOTS IN EGO
  3. THEIR PRESENCE IN THE WORLD
  4. IN THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, VIOLENT PASSIONS
  5. THEIR VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE HARM

CATEGORY TWELVE: REFLECTIONS ON MY LIFE AND WRITINGS

    INTRODUCTION
  1. TWO ESSAYS
  2. PHILOSOPHY AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
  3. ENCOUNTER WITH DESTINY
  4. REFLECTIONS ON TRUTH
  5. THE LITERARY WORK
  6. THE PROFANE AND THE PROFOUND

CATEGORY THIRTEEN: HUMAN EXPERIENCE

    INTRODUCTION
  1. SITUATION
  2. LIVING IN THE WORLD
  3. YOUTH AND AGE
  4. WORLD CRISIS

CATEGORY FOURTEEN: THE ARTS IN CULTURE

    INTRODUCTION
  1. APPRECIATION
  2. CREATIVITY, GENIUS
  3. ART EXPERIENCE AND MYSTICISM
  4. REFLECTIONS ON SPECIFIC ARTS

CATEGORY FIFTEEN: THE ORIENT

    INTRODUCTION
  1. MEETINGS OF EAST AND WEST
  2. INDIA
  3. CHINA, TIBET, JAPAN
  4. CEYLON, ANGKOR WAT, BURMA, JAVA
  5. ISLAMIC CULTURES, EGYPT
  6. RELATED ENTRIES

CATEGORY SIXTEEN: THE SENSITIVES

    INTRODUCTION
  1. MYSTICAL LIFE IN THE MODERN WORLD
  2. PHASES OF MYSTICAL DEVELOPMENT
  3. PHILOSOPHY, MYSTICISM, AND THE OCCULT
  4. THOSE WHO SEEK
  5. PSEUDO AND IMPERFECT TEACHERS
  6. DELUSIONS AND PAINFUL AWAKENINGS
  7. THE PATH OF INDIVIDUALITY
  8. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, OTHER SPIRITUAL MOVEMENTS
  9. INSPIRATION AND CONFUSION
  10. THE IS IS NOT AN ISM
  11. FANATICISM, MONEY, POWERS, DRUGS
  12. THE INTERMEDIATE ZONE
  13. THE OCCULT
  14. THE SENSITIVE MIND
  15. ILLUMINATIONS

CATEGORY SEVENTEEN: THE RELIGIOUS URGE

    INTRODUCTION
  1. ORIGIN, PURPOSE OF RELIGIONS
  2. ORGANIZATION, CONTENT OF RELIGION
  3. RELIGION AS PREPARATORY
  4. PROBLEMS OF ORGANIZED RELIGION
  5. COMMENTS ON SPECIFIC RELIGIONS
  6. PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION
  7. BEYOND RELIGION AS WE KNOW IT

CATEGORY EIGHTEEN: THE REVERENTIAL LIFE

    INTRODUCTION
  1. DEVOTION
  2. PRAYER
  3. HUMILITY
  4. SURRENDER
  5. GRACE

CATEGORY NINETEEN: THE REIGN OF RELATIVITY

    INTRODUCTION
  1. THE COSMOS OF CHANGE
  2. THE DOUBLE STANDPOINT
  3. THE STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
  4. TIME, SPACE, CAUSALITY
  5. THE VOID AS METAPHYSICAL FACT

CATEGORY TWENTY: WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?

    INTRODUCTION
  1. TOWARD DEFINING PHILOSOPHY
  2. ITS CONTEMPORARY INFLUENCE
  3. ITS REQUIREMENTS
  4. ITS REALIZATION BEYOND ECSTASY
  5. THE PHILOSOPHER

CATEGORY TWENTY ONE: MENTALISM

    INTRODUCTION
  1. THE SENSED WORLD
  2. THE WORLD AS MENTAL
  3. THE INDIVIDUAL AND WORLD-MIND
  4. THE CHALLENGE OF MENTALISM
  5. THE KEY TO THE SPIRITUAL WORLD

CATEGORY TWENTY TWO: INSPIRATION AND THE OVERSELF

    INTRODUCTION
  1. INTUITION THE BEGINNING
  2. INSPIRATION
  3. THE OVERSELF'S PRESENCE
  4. INTRODUCTION TO MYSTICAL GLIMPSES
  5. PREPARING FOR GLIMPSES
  6. EXPERIENCING A GLIMPSE
  7. AFTER THE GLIMPSE
  8. GLIMPSES AND PERMANENT ILLUMINATION

CATEGORY TWENTY THREE: ADVANCED CONTEMPLATION

    INTRODUCTION
  1. ENTERING THE SHORT PATH
  2. PITFALLS AND LIMITATIONS
  3. THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL
  4. THE CHANGEOVER TO THE SHORT PATH
  5. BALANCING THE PATHS
  6. ADVANCED MEDITATION
  7. CONTEMPLATIVE STILLNESS
  8. THE VOID AS CONTEMPLATIVE EXPERIENCE

CATEGORY TWENTY FOUR: THE PEACE WITHIN YOU

    INTRODUCTION
  1. THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS
  2. BE CALM
  3. PRACTISE DETACHMENT
  4. SEEK THE DEEPER STILLNESS

CATEGORY TWENTY FIVE: WORLD-MIND IN INDIVIDUAL MIND

    INTRODUCTION
  1. THEIR MEETING AND INTERCHANGE
  2. ENLIGHTENMENT WHICH STAYS
  3. THE SAGE
  4. THE SAGE'S SERVICE
  5. TEACHING MASTERS, DISCIPLESHIP

CATEGORY TWENTY SIX: WORLD-IDEA

    INTRODUCTION
  1. DIVINE ORDER OF THE UNIVERSE
  2. CHANGE AS UNIVERSAL ACTIVITY
  3. POLARITIES, COMPLEMENTARIES, DUALITIES OF THE UNIVERSE
  4. TRUE IDEA OF MAN

CATEGORY TWENTY SEVEN: WORLD-MIND

    INTRODUCTION
  1. WHAT IS GOD?
  2. NATURE OF WORLD-MIND
  3. WORLD-MIND AND "CREATION"

CATEGORY TWENTY EIGHT: THE ALONE

    INTRODUCTION
  1. ABSOLUTE MIND
  2. OUR RELATION TO THE ABSOLUTE

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