Author’s Note to the First Edition

Preface

Introduction

Glossary: Words Pointing the Way

Part One: The Domain of Absolute Consciousness

Part Two: The Relational Being

1. The Material Body

2. The Feeling Life

3. The Mental Life

4. Consciousness

5. Perception

6. Intention

7. Emotion

8. The Personification of Life

9. Karma, the Principle Law of Mental Conditioning

10. Birth and Death

11. Reincarnation and Rebirth

Part Three: The Spiritual Life

1. Morality and Ethics

2. The Spirit of Surrender

3. Prayer, Rites, and Rituals

4. Spiritual Materialism

5. Relating to the Social World

6. Voluntary Simplicity and Hermitage

7. Inner Hindrances

8. Attitudes of Awakening

9. Meditation and Contemplation

10. Mindfulness of Body, Breath, and Being

11. Concentration of Mind and Absorption States

Part Four: Understanding the Heart of Consciousness

1. What’s in a Name?

2. The Illusion of Time and Space

3. Understanding Spiritual Imperience

4. Imperience … Awakening the Heart of Consciousness

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