Best of
Spirituality

1979

The Nature of the Psyche: Its Human Expression


Jane Roberts - 1979
    

The "Unknown" Reality, Volume 2: A Seth Book


Jane Roberts - 1979
    He discloses precisely how probable realities combine to create our waking lives, and how our "higher selves" make decisions regarding our everyday existence. In a far-reaching exploration of the dynamics of desire and free will, he asserts that each atom, molecule, and cell has its own consciousness and powers of choice. With humor and simple analogies, Seth leads us beyond our ordinary level of awareness into a spectacular discovery of the multidimensional nature of the self

No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth


Ken Wilber - 1979
    Each chapter includes a specific exercise designed to help the reader understand the nature and practice of the specific therapies. Wilber presents an easy-to-use map of human consciousness against which the various therapies are introduced and explained. This edition includes a new preface.

Community And Growth


Jean Vanier - 1979
    It is a series of starting points for reflection discovered through everyday life, through mistakes and set-backs, through inspiration, through moments of dissension as well as unity. To Vanier, living with others is an adventure whose end is interior liberation -- the freedom to love and be loved. The greatest of Vanier's books, the distilled essence of his life work and thought

Heart of the World


Hans Urs von Balthasar - 1979
      Sewn Softcover

With Head and Heart: The Autobiography of Howard Thurman


Howard Thurman - 1979
    Index; photographs.

The Complete Works of Lao Tzu: Tao Teh Ching & Hua Hu Ching


Lao Tzu - 1979
    'The Complete Works of Lao Tzu' by Hua-Ching Ni is a remarkable elucidation of the famed 'Tao Teh Ching', the core of Taoist philosophy and a bridge to the subtle truth as well as a practical guideline for natural and harmonious living. Poetic and beautifully realized, this volumn contains one of the only written translations of the 'Hua Hu Ching.'

The Door of Everything


Ruby Nelson - 1979
    Love as you have never known it or imagined it to be. Love, the only true force in all creation, the Light out of which all things were made, the cohesive power which holds all things together. Love. Let your soul stand forth and LIVE. For of what profit is it if a man gains the whole world and loses his own soul? Come! Meet me just inside the Door of Everything, in my timeless realm of Being, where all the perfect qualities of your Grand Cosmic Self will intersect and blend into one precious jewel-the precious jewel of Love.

The Art of Being and Becoming


Hazrat Inayat Khan - 1979
    This volume gives methods for training the ego, tuning the heart, and developing will power, all to help one develop and perfect a natural way of being in the world.Excerpt:" For every soul there are four stages to pass through in order to come to the culmination of the ego, which means to reach the stage of the rose. In the first stage a person is rough, thoughtless, and inconsiderate. He is interested in what he wants and in what he likes; as such he is naturally blind to the needs and wants of others. In the second stage a person is decent and good as long as his interests are concerned. As long as he can get his wish fulfilled he is pleasant and kind and good and harmonious, but if he cannot have his way, then he becomes rough and crude and changes completely. There is a third stage, when someone is more concerned with another person's wish and desire and less with himself, when his whole heart is seeking for what he can do for another. In his thought the other person comes first and he comes afterwards. That is the beginning of turning into a rose. It is only a rosebud, but then in the fourth stage this rosebud blooms in the person who entirely forgets himself in doing kind deeds for others."

Effective Prayer Life


Chuck Smith - 1979
     Prayer is the most joyous privilege in the world! Discover the full, beautiful experience of prayer, and be refreshed by the simplicity of having a close relationship with God.

When the Well Runs Dry: Prayer Beyond the Beginnings


Thomas H. Green - 1979
    Now a revised edition makes Thomas Green's classic work available to a new generation seeking guidance in prayer beyond the beginnings.

The Dermis Probe


Idries Shah - 1979
    The space-age sounding title was suggested over 800 years ago by "The Blind Ones and the Elephant," a story immortalized in Rumi's Mathnavi.

The Wound of Knowledge: Christian Spirituality from the New Testament to St. John of the Cross


Rowan Williams - 1979
    The Wound of Knowledge is a penetrating psychological and intellectual analysis of Christian spirituality.

Dynamics of Spiritual Life


Richard F. Lovelace - 1979
    Isolating the elements of live orthodoxy, he proposes a comprehensive approach to renewal. Lovelace looks at such practical issues as renewal of the local congregation, the ways revivals go wrong, the evangelical thrust toward church unity, and Christian approaches to the arts and to social concern. A book for all concerned to revitalize the church.

Numerology and the Divine Triangle


Faith Javane - 1979
    Part II includes extensive delineations of each of the numbers 1 to 78 and, for the first time in book form, a synthesis of numerology, astrology and the Tarot. Each number is explained as personal number vibrations, as a temporary number vibration, in terms of its astrological correspondence and in terms of its Tarot symbolism. Each of the Tarot cards is illustrated. Numerology and the Divine Triangle is the book to which all books on the subject will be compared from now on.

Siva Sutras: The Yoga of Supreme Identity - Text of the Sutras and the Commentary Vimarsini of Ksemaraja


Vasugupta - 1979
    This book is a translation of the Sutras, and throws light on the entire system of Saiva Yoga.

Meditations


Jiddu Krishnamurti - 1979
    He taught that the only way to peace on earth is the transformation of the human psyche—and that there is no path to this transformation, no method for achieving it, no gurus or spiritual authorities who can help. The transformation is a truth each of us must discover within ourselves. This classic collection of brief excerpts from Krishnamurti's books and talks presents the essence of his teaching on meditation—a state of attention, beyond thought, which brings total freedom from authority and ambition, fears and separateness. This doubly expanded edition features even more of the great teacher's wisdom than the original version, and also includes some never-before-published material.

Bhagavad Gita and Its Message


Sri Aurobindo - 1979
    With text, translation, and Sri Aurobindo's commentary, this is probably the finest translation and commentary on the Bhagavad Gita that we have seen.

Meat for Men


Leonard Ravenhill - 1979
    The book has been out of print for decades and is available only through Christian Life Books Ravenhill series. Pulpit Magazine said, Every page is stimulating. Christianity Today said the book was a hard-hitting attack upon sin, carnality, and easy undisciplined Christian living.

Love Is Letting Go of Fear


Gerald G. Jampolsky - 1979
    To live without fear, we must stop analysing it, stop agonising over it, stop fighting with it, and let it go.

Bên rặng Tuyết Sơn


Swami Amar Jyoti - 1979
    Revised edition printed in India.

Best of A.W. Tozer, Book 1


Warren W. Wiersbe - 1979
    Tozer released a laser beam from the pulpit, a beam that penetrated your heart...and left you crying, 'What must I do to be saved?'" So says Warren Wiersbe, compiler of these 52 favorite sermon chapters, a best-selling cross-section of the major themes from the works of Tozer.

With God in Solitary Confinement


Richard Wurmbrand - 1979
    

Conversations With Sathya Sai Baba


John S. Hislop - 1979
    Very nice book with interview questions & answers as well as candid photos.

Vijnanabhairava or Divine Consciousness: A Treasury of 112 Types of Yoga


Jaideva Singh - 1979
    In her initial question to Bhairava, the Goddess asks him to reveal his own essential nature to her. Bhairava praises her question as pertaining to the very essence of the Tantra, and he praises the transcendent aspect of the Supreme. The Goddess then beseeches Bhairava to teach her the method by which she may gain an understanding of this blissful, nondual reality. The methods offered here hint at a profound secret: only a subtle shift of attention is required in order to bring this astonishing reality into view. The shift will open a chink in the apparently impregnable smoothness of the ordinary world. Here are 112 secret gestures of attention that will reveal infinity. True to its tantric provenance, the Vijnana-bhairava discovers Supreme Reality in unexpected and bizarre places. As one scans the great variety of methods it offers, one is struck by the contrast in tone between this text and the classical expositions of Yoga. While equally serious, the Vijnana-bhairava has a playful approach anchored in the confidence that one can really never stray from the reality of Shiva. Because it is grounded in the tantric realization, the text has a freedom to explore meditational domains puritanically disdained by classical Yoga. All things, all experiences, all moments are bathed in the unassailable purity of the absolute consciousness. Only a shift of attention, a subtle refocusing, is required for that extraordinary reality to come into view The Vijnana-bhairava contains no sustained philosophical position. Rather, it is an instructional guide that continuously invites the practitioner to look more deeply and more subtly at her own experience. The blissful and shattering realizations that she will undergo as a result of its method serves as the only form of proof or justification. This is an initiatory manual that instructs in the intricacies of the advanced sport of Shiva.

Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood: A Treasury of Goddess and Heroine Lore from Around the World


Merlin Stone - 1979
    This collection of ancient images of women as goddesses and heroines brings together legends, rituals, and prayers from China, Celtic Europe, South America, Africa, India, North America, Scandinavia, Japan, and elsewhere.

Prayers for the Domestic Church: A Handbook for Worship in the Home


Edward Hays - 1979
    Edward Hays sets forth the priestly power of parents and the sacredness of the home in a way that can once again make our communal churches pinwheels of grace and peace that whirl outward, extending to the edges of the universe.

Yantra: The Tantric Symbol of Cosmic Unity


Madhu Khanna - 1979
    In kundalini yoga, the patterns contained in this metaphysical and geometrical construct correspond to the psychic centers of the subtle body, therefore making the body itself a functioning yantra. In this book, which is the first comprehensive study of the subject, the author provides a step-by-step explanation of the dynamic process wherein the yantra aids the individual in the spiritual journey to return to original wholeness. Every aspect of this important Indian symbol is explored, from its related sounds, rituals, and use in meditation to its application in traditional temple architecture and sculpture. The author also looks at its continued use in both the “black” and “white” magic traditions of the subcontinent, as well as its power as a talisman.

Love and Living


Thomas Merton - 1979
    “Love is the revelation of our deepest personal meaning, value, and identity.” Edited by Naomi Burton Stone and Brother Patrick Hart.

Clowning in Rome: Reflections on Solitude, Celibacy, Prayer, and Contemplation


Henri J.M. Nouwen - 1979
    Now, after being unavailable for several years, Nouwen's Clowning in Rome is available again as an Image trade paperback. In this classic account of the time he spent in Rome, Nouwen offers reflections and spiritual insight characteristic of his best works. During the months in Rome, it wasn't the red cardinals or the Red Brigade who had the most impact on Nouwen, but the little things that took place between the great scenes. In some ways, Nouwen discovered, the real and true story was told by the clowns he often saw in the city streets. In his own words, from the Introduction to Clowning in Rome: "The clowns are not the center of events. They appear between the great acts, fumble and fall and make us smile again after the tensions created by the heroes we came to admire. The clowns don't have it together--they are awkward, out of balance and left-handed, but--they are on our side. The clowns remind us with a tear and a smile that we are sharing the same human weakness. The longer I was in Rome, the more I enjoyed the clowns, those peripheral people who by their humble, saintly lives evoke a smile and awaken hope, even in a city terrorized by kidnapping and street violence."

Fragments of My Life


Catherine de Hueck Doherty - 1979
    She shares how she dodged bullets as a nurse during World War I, barely survived the Russian Revolution, encountered poverty as a refugee and returned from her rags to riches in North America. Then finally, how she gave everything away to serve the poor. She tells of her adventures as a magazine correspondent in pre-World War II Europe, as a leader in the U.S. Civil Rights movement, and as an internationally-renowned speaker and writer who dodged rotten eggs and tomatoes, calling for racial and economic justice, ecumenism, and an active role for lay people in the Church. Then she goes on to how she fell in love with and married Eddie Doherty, Irish-American newspaperman, and how they together founded Madonna House Lay Apostolate, and became leaders in the development of new forms of Christian community and service in the world. A journey into Catherine’s life, disclosing the mysteries of world events that shaped her life; the mysteries of her leadership; the mysteries of her marriage; and, most of all, the mysteries of God’s love. This audio presentation of Fragments of My Life is read by Helen Porthouse, a long-time member of the Madonna House Apostolate, and she brings with her a truly personal experience of Catherine's life and works. Her background in drama and deep love for audiobooks shines through in this touching and inspirational reading of Catherine's memoirs—Helen brings a sense of wonder and excitement to Catherine's life which will draw listeners onward from the first few paragraphs. Reviews “This autobiography has a special, divinely-touched richness. It reads like an adventure novel. If this we

Joy's Way: A Map for the Transformational Journey: An Introduction to the Potentials for Healing with Body Energies


W. Brugh Joy - 1979
    W. Brugh Joy was a distinguished and respected member of the Los Angeles medical community. In that year he contracted a life-threatening disease that culminated in an illuminating meditation, which caused him to give up his medical practice abruptly. Six weeks later he discovered that his illness was totally cured. This experience pushed him to further his explorations into realms of healing involving body energies, the chakra system, meditation, and higher levels of consciousness.In part, Joy's Way is the story of an extraordinary personal transformation. More significantly, it is a book that shows vividly the process of individual and group transformation and that rattles and re-forms the reader's concepts of the nature of reality. It expands our vision of our own unrealized potential to be conscious beings who are alert to multiple realities, and introduces us to the seemingly miraculous abilities associated with energy fields radiating from the human body.Joy's Way contains fascinating and beautiful insights into the awakening process, into teachers (inner and outer), psi phenomena, the holographic aspects of consciousness, observer and witness states, dream analysis, the Tarot and I Ching, visualization, the chakras, meditation and healing, transformational psychology, and the transformation of humanity. In addition, this book clearly describes exercises and techniques that show readers how to feel the radiating body-energy fields and how to transfer this energy to another person.

Be Still and Know


Osho - 1979
    

The Bowl of Saki: Thoughts for Daily Contemplation from the Sayings and Teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan


Hazrat Inayat Khan - 1979
    

Jesus as Friend


Salvatore Canals - 1979
    Josemaría, this series of short meditations gives you simple ways to make that saint's passionate love for God your own. You'll find penetrating Catholic insight on the Christian vocation, interior life, Christian hope, humility, celibacy and chastity, death, and much more — plus guidance on how to overcome temptation, handle humiliations, and find serenity. Best of all, author Salvatore Canals presents these insights from the perspective of everyday life, so that you can use them to enrich your daily duties and activities.

The Path of Perfection


A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda - 1979
    Ultimately he describes in detail the process of bhakti-yoga, by which one can easily purify the mind and elevate the consciousness to a state of ultimate peace and happiness.

The four yogas of Swami Vivekananda


Swami Tapasyananda - 1979
    Attempts has been made here to compress the matter both by abridgment and re-telling, while at the same time retaining several inspiring passages of the original, which are put in quotations.The object of this book is two-fold - on the one hand, to help new students of Swami Vivekananda literature with a general survey of the teachings which they are going to study in detail in the original, and on the other hand, to give those who have already studied them in the original, a brief Note to help refresh their memory."First edition 1979Second edition 1983This edition printed by Swapna Printing Works Private Ltd., 52 Raja Rammohan Ray Sarani, Calcutta 700 009

Sign of Contradiction


Pope John Paul II - 1979
    

The Eating Gorilla Comes in Peace: The Transcendental Principle of Life Applied to Diet and the Regenerative Discipline of True Health


Adi Da Samraj - 1979
    But the keys to vitality, longevity, and Spiritual illumination are always present in our own bodies. This book is the result of years of enlightened experimentation with the bodily factors that produce and maintain physical and Spiritual health. Its unique insights and practical wisdom communicate a radiant vision of human happiness and well-being.This extraordinary book demonstrates: How the true principle of health is Love, or the feeling-connection to Infinite Life * How reactive emotion is the root of all food obsessions and common health failures * How the life-energy received and distributed through the breath is the primary form of human food * How the regenerative vegetarian diet is the best daily diet for health and well-being * How we can compensate for physical and emotional imbalances through right diet and health practices * How diet is a necessary aspect of a pleasurable, mature, and regenerative sex life * How to use fasting, herbal remedies, and dietary modifications to purify and regenerate the body.

Selected Writings of Bahá'u'lláh


Bahá'u'lláh - 1979
    

Healing, the Divine Art


Manly P. Hall - 1979
    It includes such subjects as magnetic healing; faith therapy; mental healing; esoteric physiology and anatomy; the pineal gland; the practices of American Indian medicine priests; the diagnosis of dreams as practiced in Greece by the followers of Asclepius, the god of medicine; the early clinics of Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine; and the mystical healings by the early Christian church. Case histories focus on the psychological factors which contribute to sickness.

The Royal Path: Practical Lessons on Yoga (formerly Entitled Lectures on Yoga)


Swami Rama - 1979
    Outlines the basic physical exercises, mental disciplines, and ethical commitments of raja yoga

Christian Meditation: What the Bible Teaches About Meditation and Spiritual Exercises


Edmund P. Clowney - 1979
    What place does meditation have in Christian devotion? Is the same thing as the ?

The Spirit Of Findhorn


Eileen Caddy - 1979
    Information about the Findhorn garden.

The Heart of Matter


Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - 1979
    M. Wildiers; Index. Translated by René Hague. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

A Gardener Looks at the Fruits of the Spirit


W. Phillip Keller - 1979
    Phillip Keller's many devotional books include "A Layman's Look at the Lord's Prayer".

Fundamentals Of The Esoteric Philosophy


Gottfried de Purucker - 1979
    Beginning with the three fundamental postulates of the SD, this title moves to cosmic and human evolution, with emphasis on the interconnectedness of all beings.

The Further Education of Oversoul Seven


Jane Roberts - 1979
    The ageless, timeless entity Oversoul Seven must deal with the problems of an unusual assortment of mortals that includes a young man reluctant to be a father, a student contemplating suicide, and a woman unhappy with her reincarnation.

Into the Whirlwind: A Translation of the Book of Job


Stephen Mitchell - 1979
    

In My Soul I Am Free, the incredible Paul Twitchell story


Brad Steiger - 1979
    

In the Belly of a Paradox: A Celebration of Contradictions in the Thought of Thomas Merton


Parker J. Palmer - 1979
    Parker Palmer knows Merton well because he has an affinity with him. Parker has done many things people do who want to “make it” in the world. But somewhere and somehow he became as crazy as Merton. Parker must have loved Merton as much as he studied him, and must have understood Merton long before he had worked his way through Merton’s bibliography. This essay is short, fresh, and obviously written with a twinkle in the eye. And the greatest surprise of all is that it not only leads us closer to the spirit of Merton, but closer to Him in whose service Merton juggled contradiction and paradox.