Awakening to the Infinite by Rishikesh, Swami Muktananda of -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Editor’s Note Introduction: Swami Chidananda—His Part in My Life 1. A Few Basic Principles

Render to God the Things That Are God’s The Parasitic Attitude Yashoda’s Vision Serving God The Deer The Bird and Its Reflection If I Gave You a Palace The Egoic Territory and Its Laws The Psychology of Desire Living Connected to Life The Individual and the Universal Soul Mozart, the Man and His Music The Purpose of Evolution Fears and Interiority Human Beings Are Part of Nature Euthanasia The Paraplegic Child The Death of Gandhi At the Hour of Death You Reap the Rewards Where Do the Words of Christ Come From? Letting Yourself Be Touched by Life

2. Spiritual Practice

The Basis of Action: Changing the Direction of the Current The Black Virgin of Montserrat Different Levels of Faith Devas Awareness Educating the Mind Does Meditation Mean Believing in God? Why We Need the Concept of a Personal God A New Birth Concentration and Meditation A Restless Mind Being Real Beyond Duality: The Steadfastness of Being First Let Yourself Be Filled by Peace Concepts Are Born and Die: Reality Remains It Isn’t That Complicated Becoming Poor Like a Child It’s Impossible to Meditate! Making God Your Best Friend The Lord’s Prayer Sounds and Silence The Cure for Fear The Carapace Do Whatever You Enjoy Finding a Partner at Sixty Channeling, Angels, and Co.

3. Difficulties on the Path

Knowing, Loving, and Believing Rejecting God Trusting in God Abortion The Role of Suffering “Ye of Little Faith” The Divine Mother of Your Thoughts The Role of Religion Suffering and Evolution The Origin of Suffering There Is More to the World Than Your Worldliness The Role of Nature Totality and Locality Science and Reality Karma The Egoic Territory and Unhappiness Wanting God and God Alone The Egoic Territory and “I Want” Manifestations of God and Faith Eliminating the Individual God Also Manifests as Absence How to Stop Judging Surrendering to God God Is the Best Therapist Self-Knowledge and Psychotherapy Anger Incorporating Desire Into Peace Identification With the Body Belief Kali Sin and the Devil Doubt and Despair Peace and Nostalgia The Devil’s Favorite Instruments

4. Actions

The Root of All Problems The Greatest Service You Cannot Help Anyone Emotion and Compassion “Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself” Karma and Humanitarian Aid Action within Inaction Injustice The Three Reconciliations

5. Daily Life: Relationships, Family, Work

The Broken Bottle Brahmacharya, Human Love, and Divine Love Loving Others as Much as You Love Yourself Love Detachment Be Happy Domestic Violence Attentiveness Divine Mother and Human Mother Right Action Changing Perspective in a Difficult Situation The Role of Parents Children Are an Opportunity for Mothers to Grow Spiritually Self-Sacrifice Family Gatherings The Right Attitude “It Is Not I Who Am Doing but Thee” Hatha Yoga and Spirituality The Workplace: A Place of Liberation Work and Dysfunction Professional Ambition and Wanting God and God Alone The Dignity of Belonging Insult and Injury Reconciling the Bhagavad Gita and the Message of Christ Abiding in Peace and Silence in All Circumstances Trusting God The Man Who Meditated in the Forest

6. The Relationship with a Teacher

The True Teacher Is “I Am” My Relationship with Swami Chidananda: Recollections

7. Awakening to the Spirit

The Immaculate Conception Baptism by Water and Fire Ripening in “I Am” The Field of the Almighty Renunciation Visions, Samadhi, “I” The Dream State and the State of the World Yoga-Nidra Freedom “This Body Is a Prison” What You Are Lies Between Two Thoughts Zero Ego How to Realize God Realization and Perfection Protection Life Is an Illness The Power of the Spirit Everything Is Perfect Faith and Belief Divine Will Don’t Chase after What You Already Are What Makes Us Begin to See? Attachment and Detachment Waves Need Do Nothing to Be Water Free Will You Are Love

Notes About the Author