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In Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond, self-described meditation junkie Ajahn Brahm shares his knowledge and experience of the jhanas - a core part of the Buddha's original meditation teaching. Never before has this material been approached in such an empowering way, by a teacher of such authority and popularity. Full of surprises, delightfully goofy humor, and entertaining stories that inspire, instruct, and illuminate, Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond will encourage those new to meditation, and give a shot in the arm to more experienced practitioners as well.

In the classic best seller, Introduction to Tantra, Lama Yeshe offered a profound and wonderfully clear glimpse into the sophisticated practices of Tibetan Buddhist tantra. This present book, the last major teachings of this great lama, opens up the world of advanced practices for Highest Yoga Tantra initiates in much the same way his earlier work opened up the world of tantra in general. Lama's own realization of the transformative power of these practices comes through, inspiring his students to discover for themselves their own capacity for inexhaustible bliss.

Despite the recent ferocious public debate about belief, the concept most central to the discussion "God" frequently remains vaguely and obscurely described. Are those engaged in these arguments even talking about the same thing? In a wide-ranging response to this confusion, esteemed scholar David Bentley Hart pursues a clarification of how the word "God” functions in the world’s great theistic faiths.

Constructed around a series of late night conversations around a camp fire between Cheryl Simone and Sadhguru Vasudev on an Island in the middle of a Western North Carolina lake near her mountain home, Midnights with the Mystic is the most thorough exposition of the teachings of India's most sought after mystic. Sadhguru challenges us to embrace the possibility that to each of us is available a higher realm of reality, an entre into the realm of freedom and bliss.

This book speaks to the unique sexual experiences of Black women and femmes to help them heal from trauma and miseducation while at the same time learning how to powerfully conjure up a life that is dripping with sweetness - all by getting in touch with the one part of yourself that was divinely designed for pleasure.

This edited collection of essays about cosmic consciousness was selected and edited by Professor David Christopher Lane. Includes excerpts from Yogananda, Bucke, St. Teresa of Avila, Ramakrishna, Ramana Maharshi, Huxley, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, and more. With an introduction and conclusion by Dr. Lane.

This audiobook breaks the realms of the mind and makes a clear connection with a person's heart and the mind by answering not only the question itself of the purpose of life, but also making one face the source from where the question initially arose. Once the mind and heart are at peace, the world surrounding a person shows the true nature that indeed is paradise.

The seven traditional chakras are each associated with a color, an area of the body and with emotional qualities. This set of seven visualization meditations allows you spend a little time focusing on each chakra and the qualities that it embodies. The mediations are all similarly formatted; starting with a simple body scan, then exploring the chakra, and then returning to the present moment. This repetition of structure offers comfort and with repeated use, will help you feel a sense of “coming home”.