The Essential Mystics, Poets, Saints, and Sages
CONTENTS
Poets/Mystics Inside
The Opening Verses
INTRODUCTION
The Perennial Philosophy
The Lover and the Beloved
The Nature of Perception
Naming the Unnameable One
Apparent Dualism / Qualified Non-Dualism
Perception, Cosmology, and the One
The Narrow Gate
The Nature of the Mystical Experience
Ineffability
Noetic Quality
Transiency
Passivity
The Human Condition
Ignorance and Craving
The Way of the Mystic
Desire, Attachment, and Renunciation
Concentrating and Controlling the Mind: Introspection and Quietude
Eliminating Attraction and Aversion
Mindfulness: Living in the Present Moment
The Loss of the Affective Ego
The Dark Night of the Soul
POETRY & PROSE OF THE AGES
The Beloved
Oneness
The Mystic
The Narrow Gate
The Path Within
Relinquishing the Ego
Prayer
Contemplation and Meditation
Love and Compassion
Enlightenment/Awakening