Presence · The Art of Peace and Happiness, Volume 1 by Spira, Rupert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Image Title Page Copyright & Permissions Table of Contents From The Sonnets to Orpheus Preface Introduction Part 1: Our True Nature

Chapter 1: Who or What am I? Chapter 2: From ‘I-the-Body-and-Mind’ to ‘I-Aware-Presence’ Chapter 3: Our Self is Without Location or Limit Chapter 4: The Forgetting of our Essential Being Chapter 5: Our Self is Birthless and Deathless Chapter 6: The Eternal and Infinite Nature of our Being Chapter 7: Presence is Self-Luminous Chapter 8: The Only Self There Is

Part 2: The Nature of Peace, Happiness and Love

Chapter 9: Our Essential Being is Peace Itself Chapter 10: Happiness is Inherent in Our Being Chapter 11: Love is the Natural Condition of All Experience Chapter 11: The Eternal Now

Part 3:The Origin of the Separate Self

Part 4: The Body

Chapter 20: The Sense of Separation in the Body Chapter 21: The Perception of the Body Chapter 22: The Sensation of the Body Chapter 23: Raw Unfiltered Experience Chapter 24: The Ever-Present Seamlessness of Experience

Part 5: The World

Chapter 25: Our World is Made out of Perceiving Chapter 26: Perception and the Limits of Mind Chapter 27: Nature’s Mirror Chapter 28: The World and Awareness Change Places Chapter 29: The Friendliness of the World

Part 6: Experience

Chapter 30: The Intimacy of Experiencing Chapter 31: The Intimacy and Immediacy of the Now Chapter 32: Which Self is being Enquired into? Chapter 33: I am Something, Nothing or Everything Chapter 34: Surrendering Everything to Presence Chapter 35: There are no Problems Chapter 36: Happiness is the Highest Spiritual Practice Chapter 37: The Light of Knowing Chapter 38: The Relationship with a Teacher

Epilogue Backcover