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Index
Cover Image
Title Page
Epigraph
Table of Contents
Introduction by the Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation
Chapter One. The Adventure of Meditation
THE FOUNDATIONS OF MEDITATIVE PRACTICE
MEDITATIVE CONCENTRATION
CHALLENGES TO CONCENTRATION
THREE STAGES
THE INTEGRAL PATH
Chapter Two. Is the Soul in the Heart?
Chapter Three. The Interior Word
Chapter Four. Self-Reliance or Discipleship?
THE WAY OF ORGANIZED GROUPS
THE WAY OF DISCIPLESHIP
THE CHOICE BEFORE THE SEEKER
THE INDEPENDENT PATH
Chapter Five. Ethical Qualifications of the Seeker
Chapter Six. Cleansing of the Emotions
THE TRUE MEANING OF DESIRELESSNESS
A LIFE OF SERENITY AND WONDER
Chapter Seven. Surrender of the Ego
Chapter Eight. The Probations and Tests of the Aspirant
THE GLAMOR OF OCCULTISM
THE DANGER OF OBSESSION
FALLS ON THE PATH
Chapter Nine. The Working of Grace
Chapter Ten. Insight
Chapter Eleven. Is the World an Illusion?
WISDOM FOR LIVING
Chapter Twelve. Ascetic Mysticism Reconsidered
MYSTICISM AND POLITICS
MYSTICISM’S RETREAT
SERVING THE GOOD OF ALL
THE PHILOSOPHIC BALANCE
Chapter Thirteen. What Can We Do for Philosophy?
QUALIFICATIONS FOR PHILOSOPHY
EDUCATING VS. PROSELYTIZING
A NEW HOPE
Appendix. My Initiations into the Overself
Other Works by Paul Brunton and Related Works
Footnotes
About the Author
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Books of Related Interest
Copyright & Permissions
Index
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