The Wisdom of the Overself - Couverture souple

Brunton, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0091523117 ISBN 13 : 9780091523114

Editeur : Rider & Co, 1983

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This masterwork was inspired by Paul Brunton's years spent with wise sages in Asia, who recognized that he had a significant role to play in the transmission of Hindu Vedanta and Buddhism to the West.  The Wisdom of the Overself (and its companion volume  The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga) is a profound re-creation of the teachings of those two great traditions for the contemporary spiritual seeker. In print since the 1940s, it remains one of the most comprehensive, clear, yet practical guides on the path to enlightenment. Brunton's teaching awakens us to our divine roots and the intelligence that underlies our world of experience.

Brunton unfolds a grand vision for human development through a graded exploration of consciousness as the source of all experience; the working of karma and destiny, free will and grace; the nature of individuality and the witness consciousness; the lessons and mystic potentials of dream and deep sleep; the passage through death to the next life; the nature and lessons of evil and suffering; and, especially, the wonder that is the Overself and the Mind of the World. He also provides seven ultra-mystic exercises and describes the specific development that each brings. These include a healing meditation on the sun for self and others, a meditation on the timeless self, and practices utilizing past and future as well as dream and sleep. These techniques lead to the deepest spiritual realizations, to the true "Wisdom of the Overself."

This new edition has been updated to incorporate Brunton's final revisions and includes an introduction by the Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation.

Contents
Foreword by the Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation
1. Prefatory
2. The Meaning of Mentalism
3. The Birth of the Universe
4. Studies in Dreams
5. The Metaphysics of Sleep
6. The Secret of the "I"
7. The Scorpion of Death
8. The Immortal Overself
9. The Shadows of Evil and Suffering
10. The War and the World
11. The World-Mind
12. The Unveiling of Reality
13. Initiation into Mystical Experience
14. The Yoga of the Discerning Mind
15. The Mystical Phenomena of Meditation
16. Some Fruits of Philosophy
Appendix: Additional Resources from The Notebooks of Paul Brunton, Compiled by the Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation Editors

Revue de presse

"[Paul Brunton is] a person of rare intelligence ... thoroughly alive, and whole in the most significant, 'holy' sense of the word."
—Yoga Journal 

“Brunton has penetrated further than many others who are writing in his line. He has touched the heights of overcoming even meditative mysticism and its achievements, as Brunton calls it, in order to arrive at 'philosophy,' by which he means the realization that Yoga is means, not ends.... Brunton has successfully avoided any conventional or worn out religious terminology—even the word 'God' is not used."
—Review of Religion, Prof. Frederic Spiegelberg, Stanford University
 
“[Dr. Brunton] is an indefatigable and well-balanced expounder of the half-forgotten thought of the ancient world, and a stimulating guide to those who would be initiated into the Wisdom of the East.”
—Buffalo News [New York]
 
“Not withstanding the difficulty of the subject presented, it is written in a most lucid manner which could be comprehended by everyone, even if this is their first book on the higher philosophy. Dr. Brunton applies this ancient wisdom to the great philosophical problems which have been cause for inquiry throughout the ages. His analyses ... are masterly.”
—Occult Review [London]
 
“Dr. Brunton has made a deep exploration into the metaphysical ... and has created a work of considerable importance in this present age. The author's message is intended to create a transformation in both mind and body, a mystical asceticism which transcends all personal self-interest.”
—The Border Standard [England]
 
“Dr. Brunton emphasizes the mystical nature of grace ... it will be gratifying to many students and practitioners of spiritual life to find it here revived in its own name and proper nature. Dr. Brunton's work has now become a full philosophical system of thought, a definitely modern teaching, in which the ancient Wisdom is transposed for realization by these times.”
—The Beacon [New York City]
 
“The book is an interesting and clear statement of orthodox Yoga. The virtue of Dr. Brunton's books is their freedom from the usual esoteric decoration. The vocabulary, both verbally and ideologically, is modern ... and his ideas and expressions thought-provoking.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rider & Co
• Date d'édition: 1983
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091523117
• ISBN 13: 9780091523114
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 380
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible