Seek The Beyond

by Swami Chidananda

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Book Code: EC75
Hardcover: 317 + ix pages
ISBN: 81-7052-176-9
Book Dimensions: 8.75 x 5.75 x 0.75 inches
Shipping Weight: 630 grams

Table of Contents

Publishers’ Note	v
Part One: The Universal Is Speaking to the Universal
1. The Universal Is Speaking to the Universal	5
2. From the Universal to the Universal	9
3. Reach for the Beyond	15
Part Two: Liberation is Possible!
4. Is Liberation Possible?	21
5. Thinking Only of God	23
6. Follow Your Star	27
7. Perseverance and Aspiration Lead to Success	31
8. What Is True Success?	35
9. The Importance of Joy	39
10. Desire and Deserve	43
11. The Spirit Has To Be Kept Up	49
12. Looking at Problems from a Different Angle of Vision	53
13. The World Is Not Our Enemy!	57
14. God Is Present in the Midst of the Human Condition	63
15. Tap the Infinite Source of Energy	67
16. Always Be Positive!	73
17. You Are That!	77
18. No Distance Between Us and Reality	81
19. It Is Possible To Be in the World Yet Dwell in God!	87
Part Three: Seek The Beyond
20. The Light that Banishes Darkness	97
21. Know the Unknowable	101
22. Who Is It That Knows?	105
23. Going Beyond the Mind	111
24. Your Highest Good!	119
25. Blasting the Myth	123
26. Affirm: Only Reality Exists	127
27. Going Beyond Samadhi	131
Part Four: What Is Living Spirituality? Living Spirituality Means Living in the Divine.
28. Beyond Even a Stream of Holiness	139
29. Be Rooted in the One	143
30. How Can There Be Sorrow when Bliss Alone Exists?	149
31. Go Beyond Attachment and Aversion	161
32. The Blemish of the Sattvic Intellect	165
33. The Type of Mind You Should Pray For	169
34. Live in Alert Awareness of Your Divine Identity	173
35. Dwell in God-thought	177
36. Light Alone Is	181
Part Five: What Is Living Spirituality? Living Spirituality Means Transformation. It Means Seeing Clearly.
37. Are Spiritual Practices Necessary?	189
38. Ego–the Sworn Enemy of Man	199
39. The Best Part of Knowledge	205
40. What Is Knowledge Doing for Us?	209
41. Free Yourselves from the Gunas	213
42. See Yourself Impartially	217
43. You Must Be Committed	223
44. We Are Judged by Our Own Life and Truth	235
45. Purposefully Direct the Power Potential Within	241
46. Be Master of the Mind and Intellect!	247
Part Six: What Is Living Spirituality? Living Spirituality Means Devotion. It Means Surrender.
47. The Essence of Worship and Prayer	255
48. Prayer Must Become Part of Our Life and Action	259
49. What Should Be Our Relationship to the Divine Power?	263
50. The Secret of Inner Serenity	267
51. A Higher Vision	275
52. The Coexistence of Self-effort and Surrender	281
53. The Soul of Surrender	287
54. You Must Take the Leap!	293
55. Want Nothing.	299
Glossary	307

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Publishers’ Note

For over 50 years, Swami Chidananda, the spiritual successor of the legendary founder of The Divine Life Society, His Holiness Swami Sivananda, travelled throughout India and abroad urging his listeners to live the divine life and to seek the Beyond. That this is possible has been fully demonstrated in Swamiji’s own life. Swamiji at once expresses a deep stillness arising from a continuous abidance in the Beyond and at the same time demonstrates the divine life through his love and service of the Divine in all of creation.

In this unique book, containing a selection of early morning mediation talks given in the sacred Samadhi Hall at Sivananda Ashram, Swami Chidananda, from his own deep realisation and understanding, guides us in our journey towards the Beyond. Swamiji teaches that liberation is here and now, but we must choose to live in the Divine and refuse to be lost in worldly desires and pursuits.

Sanskrit language words have been put in italics. Normally their meaning can be understood by the context or their English equivalent which follows within commas or parenthesis. Otherwise, their meaning can be found in the comprehensive Glossary. Most of the photos included with the text were taken as Swamiji gave his early morning talks in the Samadhi Hall during the years 2003 and 2004.

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