Awaken to Superconsciousness: How to Use Meditation for Inner Peace, Intuitive Guidance, and Greater Awareness - Softcover

Kriyananda, Swami

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565892283 ISBN 13: 9781565892286

Publisher: Crystal Clarity Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

Here is a fresh, revolutionary approach to finding inner peace and expansive joy, presented by one of the greatest exponents of yoga and meditation alive today. Through meditation, chanting, affirmation, and prayer, Swami Kriyananda, disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, teaches us how to reach the superconsciousness successfully and regularly and how to maximize its beneficial effects.

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About the Author

A prolific author, accomplished composer, playwright, and a world-renowned spiritual teacher, Swami Kriyananda refers to himself simply as "a humble disciple" of the great God-realized master, Paramhansa Yogananda, author of "Autobiography of a Yogi." He met his guru at the young age of twenty-two, and served him during the last four years of the Master's life. And he has done so continuously ever since. Yogananda appointed him as the head of the monastery, authorized him to teach in his name and to give initiation into Kriya Yoga, and entrusted him with the missions of writing and developing what he called "world brotherhood colonies." Kriyananda, a multi-award winning spiritual leader, was appointed to membership in the prestigious Club of Budapest, thereby joining such world-renowned figures as the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Kriyananda has in his lifetime lectured, taught, and written over ninety books based on Yogananda's teachings that have sold over 3 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 28 languages. Recognized as the "father of the spiritual communities movement" in the United States, Swami Kriyananda founded Ananda World Brotherhood Community in 1968. It has served as a model for a number of communities founded subsequently in the United States and Europe. He has established Ananda Sangha, which publishes many of his eighty-six literary works and spreads the teachings of Kriya Yoga throughout India.

From the Back Cover

This clearly written guide shows how to use meditation to raise one's awareness out of ordinary waking consciousness into the state of Superconsciousness. Swami Kriyananda offers core meditation techniques and exercises, and explains what one experiences when in a variety of meditative states. It is a remarkable, deep book for the life-long meditator, as well as the eager beginner. It offers step-by-step instructions for investigating higher states of awareness and specific routines to help one tap into the wellspring of creativity and unlock intuitive guidance. Superconsciousness is the hidden mechanism behind successful problem solving, concentration, spiritual and physical healing, and finding lasting joy. It is the key to living a deeper, more meaningful life.

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Chapter One'Superconsciousness: The Central Reality

Consciousness, in its pure state, is absolute: more absolute than the speed of light, which slows on entering a material medium such as the earth's atmosphere; more absolute than the existence of matter, which is only a manifestation of energy; more absolute than energy, which is itself a vibration of consciousness.

We've been taught to think of consciousness as the product of brain activity. To Descartes, this activity was the final proof of existence. "I think," he wrote, "therefore I am." He was mistaken. It isn't thought that produces awareness. It is awareness that produces thought. It takes consciousness to think. We are not less aware when we aren't thinking, nor more aware when our brains are very active. Many people have experienced moments of intense awareness, and have discovered at those times that their minds were more than ordinarily still. I can't imagine this degree of awareness in a restless mind.

It is possible to increase the frequency and intensity of this experience, which gives us glimpses of a potential we all have within us: a state of heightened awareness known as superconsciousness. The method for achieving this state will be the subject of this book. As we proceed, you will learn how to become wholly free of thought, yet more fully aware than you've ever been. You will learn, with awareness of your higher Self, how to achieve perfect love, ineffable joy, and calm, self-expansive wisdom.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crystal Clarity Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565892283
• ISBN 13: 9781565892286
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 271