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In the summer of 2006, Aaravindha Himadra traveled deep into the interior of the Himalayan Mountains to a secret valley where he lived among the Amartya Masters—the reclusive keepers of an ancient lineage of spiritual mysticism. To answer their invitation, he endured a daunting trek across rugged, remote mountains, where he eventually came to their protected valley home, a place where our world’s most profound spiritual truths still exist in wholeness. Immortal Self is a riveting account of Aaravindha’s remarkable journey and his visit to this sacred land. Divulged here for the first time are the teachings of a legendary and secluded spiritual tradition—truths that transcend the illusion of our accepted reality and offer a beacon of hope for all seekers. Here is a transformative story that will invite you to challenge your preconceptions, open your heart, and receive the wisdom that your soul has always known: “When the last obstruction to the truth of our existence falls, but one power remains—the power of Supreme Love.”
Living with the Stars tells the fascinating story of what truly makes the human body. The body that is with us all our lives is always changing. We are quite literally not who we were years, weeks, or even days ago: our cells die and are replaced by new ones at an astonishing pace. The entire body continually rebuilds itself, time and again, using the food and water that flow through us as fuel and as construction material. What persists over time is not fixed but merely a pattern in flux. We rebuild using elements captured from our surroundings, and are thereby connected to animals and plants around us, and to the bacteria within us that help digest them, and to geological processes such as...
Inspired by his time spent with wise sages in Asia in the 1930s, Paul Brunton (1898-1981) wrote The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga (and its companion volume The Wisdom of the Overself) at the request of these remarkable teachers, who recognized that he had a significant role to play in the transmission of Hindu Vedanta and Buddhism to the West. Brunton's books are a profound re-creation of the teachings of those two philosophical schools of thought, informed by the insights of deep meditation. Clearly written without the specialized vocabulary found in those traditions, the books speak directly to the contemporary spiritual seeker. The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga is a step-by-step guide to actu...
In the fall of 1932, University of Michigan naturalist Walter N. Koelz traveled to northwest India to lead a scientific collecting expedition in the rugged Himalayan regions of Western Tibet. Some eighteen months later he returned to the United States with a remarkable collection of biological specimens and an array of objects—Buddhist paintings, ritual objects, textiles, and household goods—acquired from monasteries, households, and merchants. This book presents the diary entries Koelz wrote at the end of each day throughout his expedition, recounting in detail each day’s travels, bookended by a chapter contextualizing his acquisition of sacred Buddhist objects and an appendix that presents previously unpublished thangka paintings that he collected.
Start Finishing provides a system for transforming your ideas into finished projects. Here you’ll learn to focus your effort, identify drag points and pitfalls, build a pack of supporters, and end with momentum to start finishing the life-changing projects that create the future you want to live in.
A ground-breaking modern manual on an ancient art, Real Alchemy draws on both modern scientific technology and ancient methods. A laboratory scientist and chemist, Robert Allen Bartlett provides an overview of the history of alchemy, as well as an exploration of the theories behind the practice. Clean, clear, simple, and easy to read, Real Alchemy provides excellent directions regarding the production of plant products and transitions the reader-student into the basics of mineral work—what some consider the true domain of alchemy. New students to practical laboratory alchemy will enjoy reading Real Alchemy and hopefully find the encouragement needed to undertake their own alchemical journey. Bartlett also explains what the ancients really meant when they used the term “Philosopher’s Stone” and describes several very real and practical methods for its achievement. Is the fabled Philosopher’s Stone an elixir of long life or is it a method of transforming lead into gold? Judge for yourself.
These words symbolize a desire to spread inspiration and courage; in particular, to let people know that their voice is not only important but essential in our collective evolution. To speak one’s truth requires a fearless act of listening and this book represents an echo into that deep surrendering.
Watching the Whale, by Daniel Joseph, is the third installment in the Swimming with the Whale Series on the teachings and practices of Daskalos and the Researchers of Truth. In this volume we will focus on the practices (meditations and exercises) of a Researcher of Truth expanding our understandings of how to properly engage in the practices to have our own direct experiences of the truth contained in the teachings of Daskalos and the Researchers of Truth. Watching the Whale is a step by step guide for ascension in the esoteric practices of Daskalos & the Researchers of Truth. Our spiritual advancement does not automatically happen by acquiring advanced spiritual knowledge. For spiritual kn...
Ein Deutscher in einer Schule der "Weißen Bruderschaft" im Hoch-Himalaya... Nach dem Deutsch-Französischen Krieg, 1870/71, sucht ein junger Gardeoffizier neuen Lebenssinn und Heilung für eine, in einer Schlacht des Krieges erlittene, schwere Verwundung. So reist er in den folgenden Jahren, über Nordafrika und den Vorderen Orient, bis nach Indien. Aufgrund der, ihm selbst unbewussten, spirituellen Vorgeschichte seiner Seele, wird er in Kaschmir eingeladen, die, wohl in über 7.000 Meter Höhe zu verortende, Stätte des deutschen "Meisters Zacharias" aufzusuchen, um dort einer langjährigen Ausbildung der "Weißen Bruderschaft" beizutreten. In dieser Zeit erlebt Bruder Amo drei Begegnungen...
Con esta autobiografía extraordinaria, Radhanath Swami narra una historia llena de aventura, misticismo y amor. El lector sigue a Richard Slavin desde los suburbios de Chicago hasta las cuevas del Himalaya mientras se transforma de un joven buscador a un famoso guía espiritual. El Camino a Casa es un relato íntimo de los pasos hacia la autoconciencia y también un vistazo penetrante al corazón de las tradiciones místicas. A la misma vez, el autor también presenta los desafíos que todas las almas deben enfrentar en el camino hacia la armonía interior y una unión con lo Divino. A través de encuentros con la mortalidad, las lecciones y sabiduría de yoguis avanzados y años de viaje por el camino del peregrino, Radhanath Swami finalmente llega al santuario interior de la cultura mística de la India y finalmente encuentra el amor que ha estado buscando. Una historia contada con rara sinceridad, El Camino a Casa sumerge al lector en un viaje a la vez interesante, divertido y conmovedor.