Author: David Frawley
Publisher: Full Circle
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 138
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8176211060
Description
‘Vedantic Meditation’ ‘is a must read’ for anyone on a spiritual path. It is a pure and authentic depiction of Vedanta.
According to the Vedas, disconnection of mind and heart leads to all the suffering that we see in the world today. Scientists blame stress for eighty percent of our diseases. This is why, Dr. Frawley points out, having a meditation practice in your life is so important.
The health benefits of meditation are enough of an incentive to start a practice. But even more compelling is the change in the quality of life. Soon, doing less and accomplishing more becomes a way of life.
Reviews: Dr. David Frawley is one of the most important scholars of Ayurveda and Vedic Science today…I have gained great personal insight from his work….Anyone who is exposed to Dr. Frawley’s work is bound to become more knowledgeable and wiser.
—Deepak Chopra
Dr. Frawley provides a dazzling introduction to the world’s most enduring meditation tradition….David Frawley’s best book yet.
—Linda Johnsen, author of Meditation is Boring:
Putting Life in Your Spiritual Practice
Contents
Foreword by John Douillard
Preface
PART I: VEDANTIC MEDITATION
Introduction to Vedanta
Self-Inquiry and its Practice
PART II: THE CHALLENGES OF AWARENESS
Action and Transformation
Addition and Thought
Anxiety and Its Message
Being
Beyond Self-Illusion
The Consumer and the Consumer
The Eternal
Fear and the Unknown
The Guru’s Role
Karma and Time
The Knowledge and the Ignorance
Limitation and the Unlimited
Memory: A Burden We Cling To
Opposition and Understanding
Perception and Preconception
Presence and the Present Moment
Reality and Appearance
Relationship and the Self
Renunciation
Security and Insecurity
Sensitivity and Sensation
Suffering and Awakening
The Universal Religion
The Waters of Life
Wonder and Awe
PART III: THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION
The Alchemy of Perception
Channeling and Meditation
Concentration and How to Develop It
Conscious Will
The Creative State
Devotion and Meditation
Discrimination Between Subject and Object
Ego, Breath and Sound
Energizing the State of Seeing
The Flame of Awareness
The Fundamental Question
How we Search for Enlightenmetn
Kundalini, the Power of Consciousness
Mantra and Mind
Pranayama and Meditation
Reversing the Stream of Thought
Service and Karma Yoga
The Space Within the Heart
The True Self
Visualization
The Way of the Actual and the Way of the Ideal
Yoga and Meditation
PART IV: THE TEACHINGS OF RAMANA MAHARSHI
Upadesha Saram:
The Essence of Instruction of Sri Ramana Maharshi
The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi: An Integral View
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author