Meditation

CONTENTS FOREWORD PART I - THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES - Definition of Meditation - The Science of Cliches - Adaptations of the Laws of Cliches - Some Basic Questions Answered - Achievements Made Possible by Regular Meditation - Obstacles to Meditation - Assistance on the Path of Meditation - Further Questions Explained - Different Types of Meditation - Subconsciousness or Hyperconsciousness PART II - TECHNIQUES OF MEDITATION - The Main Difficulties for Beginners - Introductory Exercises - Series I - Introductory Exercises - Series II - Introductory Exercises - Series Ill - Elementary Meditation - Series IV - Intermediate Meditation - Series V (Dealing with the Mind) - The Creation of Cliches XVIII Meditation in Diagrams - Japa PART III - REGULAR MEDITATION - An Ethical Group of Meditations - Series I - Sankaracharya's Meditations - Series II - From the Maharshi's Wisdom -Series III - Exercises Dealing with the Mind -Series IV PART IV - ADVANCED MEDITATION - The Sermon on the Mount - Series I - Meditation about Mastership - Series II - Meditation on God - Series III - Meditation on The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis - Series IV - Axioms of Truth and the Bhagavad-Gita - Series V PART V - INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPLATION - Mute Meditation - Mute Prayer - Contemplation as a Synthesis of Both - Mystical Powers in Contemplation - The Possibility of Miracles EPILOGUE BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX