Beyond the Mind

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. The way of discrimination: 1. The search for enlightenment. 2. The myth of mental knowledge. 3. The culture of illusion. 4. Demystifying the mind. 5. The process of inquiry. 6. Mind as matter. 7. Matter and the unconscious. 8. The origin of the mind. 9. Human nature and intelligence. 10. Evolution and transformation I. 11. Evolution and transformation II. 12. Spirit, matter and nature. 13. Matter, energy and mind. 14. The sacred and the profane. 15. Discovery of the divine. 16. The true basis of culture. II. The challenges of awareness: 1. Action and transformation. 2. Addiction and thought. 3. The alchemy of perception. 4. Being. 5. Beyond self illusion. 6. The burden of memory. 7. Can one live without thought? 8. Channeling and meditation. 9. Conscious will. 10. The consumer and the consumed. 11. The creative state. 12. Direct and indirect knowledge. 13. Discrimination between subject and object. 14. The eternal. 15. Fear and the unknown. 16. The flame of awareness. 17. The fundamental question. 18. The influx of matter into mind. 19. Karma. 20. Kundalini. 21. Limitation and the unlimited. 22. Mantra. 23. Meditation and the unconscious. 24. The message of anxiety. 25. Opposition and understanding. 26. The pain of consciousness. 27. Positive thinking or negation of thought? 28. Power and energy. 29. Pranayama. 30. Presence and the present moment. 31. Purity of mind and going beyond the mind. 32. Pursuit of security. 33. Reality and appearance. 34. The religion of truth. 35. Renunciation. 36. The role of the Guru. 37. Self-integration and the abandonment of the self. 38. Sensation, emotion and thought. 39. Service. 40. Suffering and awakening. 41. Thought and conflict. 42. The true self. 43. The universal religion. 44. The waters of life. 45. Wonder and awe. 46. Yoga and meditation.