When knowing becomes love – Meditation as Contemplative Inquiry
By Arthur Zajonc.
211 Pagina’s | 2009 | Paperback | Lindisfarne Books, Massachusetts | ISBN: 9781584200628.
When we turn to meditation, we turn toward renewal, peace, and insight. We may take up contemplative practice as a means of tapping into the abundant resources of the mind and heart that bring serenity, but the meditative journey leads further, to the place where wisdom and love unite.
In Meditation as Contemplative Inquiry, Arthur Zajonc offers an overview of the meditative life, weaving practical instruction together with the guidance and inspiration of the world’s great teachers, from Rudolf Steiner to Rumi, and from Goethe to the sages of Asia. Zajonc reminds us that an ethic of humility grounds all practice, and that care of the soul is the basis for sound spiritual reflection and understanding. He describes each stage of the path and includes many recommended practices.
This book is the fruit of many years of personal practice and teaching. Arthur Zajonc developed his orientation toward meditation through working with hundreds of university students and professors, as well as with contemplative groups in the U.S., Europe, and Australia.
”Arthur Zajonc is one of our best guides in the new art of traversing the narrowing gulf between science, consciousness, and social change. This beautiful book embodies the best in his writing. ”
— Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline”A glistening gem of a book.”
— Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Coming to Our Senses
Vier levensvrienden – Geleide meditatieoefeningen voor vriendelijkheid, compassie, medevreugde en gelijkmoedigheid
Door Frits Koster, Erik van den Brink & Jetty Heynekamp.
57 Pagina’s | 2013 | Paperback |Milinda Uitgevers bv, Rotterdam | ISBN: 9789056703042. Boek + 2 CD’s Speelduur: 160 minuten
Vier levensvrienden biedt een uitnodiging om met vriendelijke, compassievolle, vreugdevolle of onpartijdige ogen te kunnen kijken naar onszelf en naar de wereld.
Maak kennis met de vier verheven gemoedstoestanden (brahmaviharā’s): vriendelijkheid, compassie, (mede)vreugde en gelijkmoedigheid. Deze vier ego-overstijgende levensvrienden bestrijken ieder een ander terrein. Spreek je van een welzijnsthermometer dan richt compassie zich op het gebied onder nul graden. Vriendelijkheid richt zich op het gebied boven nul, terwijl medevreugde zich specifiek right op de extra aangename en warme temperatuur. Gelijkmoedigheid dient als een beschermend omhulsel en bij extreme temperaturen.
Net zoals we onze lichamelijke conditie, concentratie of mindfulness (open aandacht) kunnen trainen en ontwikkelen, zo kunnen we de vier levensvrienden ontwikkelen door regelmatige beoefening. Het bijzondere hiervan is dat het religie-overstijgend is; ieder mens kan zijn of haar leven verrijken met de kracht van mildheid.
Op de bijgevoegde cd’s staan geleide meditatieoefeningen om de vier verheven gemoedstoestanden tot ontwikkeling te brengen. Het boekje dient als ondersteuning, biedt achtergrondinformatie en beschrijft de valkuilen die kunnen optreden.
Een Yoga van Licht
Door Geoffrey Hodson (1886 – 1983).
18 Pagina’s | 2021 | Paperback | Uitgeverij der Theosofische Vereninging in Nederland, Amsterdam | ISBN: 9789061751007. | Dharma Reeks 3
Oorspronkelijke titel: A Yoga of Light , Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar | ISBN: 9788170590149
Het eerste doel van meditatie is je eigen spirituele zelf te ontdekken. Het tweede doel is te beseffen dat jouw spirituele zelf voor altijd een integraal onderdeel is van het spirituele zelf van het universum.
Dit boekje is bedoeld als eerste leidraad voor degenen die op zoek zijn naar een beproefde en veilige methode.
Zij volgt het Theosofische mensbeeld, en kan daarmee met recht een eigentijdse ”Theosofische meditatie techniek” genoemd worden, terwijl zij tegelijkertijd geworteld is in de eeuwenoude yogatraditie.
Innerlijk Vuur – Meditaties over Angst, Boosheid en Liefde
Door Thich Nhat Hanh, vertaald door Aleid C. Swierenga.
158 Pagina’s | Nederlandse vertaling 2005/2007 | Softcover | Uitgeverij Ten Have, Utrecht | ISBN: 9789025905965.
Engels origineel: Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions | Uitgegeven in 2004 | Riverhead Books, New York | ISBN: 9781594481345.
Iedereen wil leven in vrede en geluk, alleen vormen onze eigen emoties daarvoor vaak het grootste obstakel. In Innerlijk Vuur geeft Thich Nhat Hanh de wijsheden uit zijn succesvolle boeken in korte meditaties en overwegingen weer. Ze zijn gemakkelijk toepasbaar in ons dagelijks leven. Het zijn krachtige adviezen waarmee we met boosheid, angst, jaloezie en andere negatieve emoties kunnen omgaan, op weg naar vrede en geluk.
Afkomstig van p. 85:
” Mededogen is een prachtige bloem, die opbloeit uit begrip. Als je boos op iemand bent, volg dan met bewuste aandacht je in-en uitademing. Kijk diepgaand naar de situatie om de ware aard van je eigen pijn en die van de ander te zien. Dat werkt voor jullie beiden bevrijdend. “
Het Wonder van Mindfulness – De Klassieke Meditatiegids
Door Thich Nhat Hanh, vertaald door Mobi Ho.
111 Pagina’s | Gepubliceerd in 2013/2010 | Hardcover | Uitgeverij Ten Have | ISBN: 9789025907457.
Engels origineel: The Miracle of Mindfulness | Published in 1999 | Beacon Press, Boston.
Hoe kun je dagelijks mindfulness beoefenen? In deze klassieke en toegankelijke gids geeft zenmeester Thich Nhat Hanh praktische aanwijzigingen en oefeningen. Zijn belangrijkste uitgangspunt: wees aanwezig in het hier-en-nu, ieder moment van de dag. Een mandarijn eten, thee drinken, je tanden poetsen, een avondwandeling maken – alles wat je doet biedt gelegenheid om te werken aan meer zelfinzicht, gemoedsrust en geluk.
Afkomstig uit Hoofdstuk ‘Oefeningen in Mindfulness’ (p. 76 & 77):
” Roep in tijden van oorlog de geest van mededogen in jezelf op. Help levende wezens. Laat de wil om te vechten los. Gebruik als er ergens zwaar gevochten wordt, al je vermogens om beide kampen even sterk te maken. Vervolgens meng je je in het conflict om de partijen te verzoenen. “
Wijsheidles van Kwan Yin – Healing, Meditatie & Rust
Door Klaske Goedhart.
103 Pagina’s | Jaar van uitgave onbekend | Uitgeverij Lumeria, Noardburgum | Hardcover met spiraal | ISBN: 9789492484185.
In dit ‘Wijsheidsboekje’ leer je de energie van Kwan Yin kennen. Deze vrouwelijke Boeddha leert je op zachte wijze te voelen en kijken naar omstandigheden in je leven. Ze zal je helpen met de lessen in je leven en het verwerken van emotionele uitdagingen. Ga je mee op een reis naar jezelf?
Afkomstig van p. 8 & 9:
Energie van Kwan Yin
” Kwan Yin is een oude, Chinese godin. Er zijn verschillende legenden over haar bekend. De meest bekende is dat zij als prinses van een koning leefde. De legenden zijn het over een aantal zaken eens: Kwan Yin is intens genadig, Kwan Yin kan je leren hoe je kunt vergeven, Kwan Yin is de beschermvrouwe van vrouwen en kinderen, Kwan Yin is een leerling van Gautama Boeddha geweest.
Volgens de legenden heeft Kwan Yin 800 jaar hier op aarde geleefd. Kwan Yin is een opgestegen meester, dit betekend dat zij in de sferen van 5 tot 7 leeft en hier een belangrijke plaats inneemt. Kwam Yin werkt samen met de meesters, die het beheer hebben over liefde, vergeving en loslaten van energie en is samen met Aartsengel Ariël en Aartsengel Zadkiël de beheerder van de Violette Vlam. Ze is lid van de Orde van Melchizedek. “
Meditation as a Way of Life – Philosophy and Practice rooted in the Teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda
261 Pages | First Quest Edition 2014 | Softcover | The Theosophical Publishing House, India | ISBN: 9780835609289.
Meditation as a Way of Life – an informal sequel to Pritz’ Pocket Guide to Meditation – renders acquired knowledge in a down-to-earth way to help people create a lifestyle grounded in spiritual discipline and a meditative practice, that is effective, regardless of religious affiliation and applicable to all faiths. The methods involved and principles governing them are presented through the lens of the author’s perspective, which is based on teachings of the modern spiritual master Paramahansa Yogananda.
For those unfamiliair with meditation, it is not, as some expressions would depict it, a method to enhance health, boost creativity or reduce stress. Those may be by-product of meditation, but they are not what meditation is about. Meditation is founded on a worldview that ascribes to life a profound spiritual purpose and chronicles the Soul’s descent from Spirit into embodiment and its ultimate goal of reuniting with the Divine.
From Chapter 12 – ‘Meditation – Absorption in Spirit’: (p. 202):
” Before the earth in space was spun
Beneath the heaven’s feet,
There was a mighty spirit, One,
Calm, wondrous, complete!Changeless, yet moving; from its womb
All things came into birth;
This is the mystic bride and groom,
Maker of heaven and earth.Something there is, whose veiled creation was
Before the earth or sky began to be;
So silent, so aloof, and so alone.It changes not, nor fails, but touches all:
Conceive it as the Mother of the world.
I do not know its name;
A name for its is ‘Way’:The Way begot one,
and the one, two,
and the two begot three
And three, all else . . . “
- A compilation of Taoist passages.
Gifts of the Lotus – A Book of Daily Meditations (Quest Miniature Series)
By Virginia Hanson.
191 Pages | 1974, fourth printing 1988 – A Quest Miniature | Softcover | Quest Books, U.S.A. | ISBN: 0835604500.
Here are 366 Meditations – one for each day of the year. Each from the heart of a spiritually oriented philosopher, from Plato to Emerson to Sri Aurobindo to a host of theosophical students and scholars. Inside of this miniature Quest book is a complete philosophy for living: quiet, short, engaging thoughts, each alive with the spirit of being. In truth, this is not a book to be studied. It is a book to be carried in the pocket or purse. It is a book to be treasured.
From page 41:
” 25. A doctrine of ‘Truth’, presenting itself without proof on the bare value of its own nobility, is as disturbing a factor to the majority of men as would be the stranger without name or country. We are afraid of it; it is to us an invasion from an unknown world. And such it is; it is an invasion from another world, from the only real world, the world of Reality . . . “
A Yoga of Light
By Geoffrey Hodson (1886 – 1983).
26 Pages | 13th reprint 2014 | Softcover | Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar | ISBN: 9788170590149.
The first objective of meditation is to discover one’s own Spiritual Selfhood. The second objective is to realize that the Spiritual Self is forever an integral part of the Spiritual Self of the universe. This booklet is offered as preliminary guidance to those who seek a well-tried and safe method.
Geoffrey Hodson was born and educated in England, but later lived in New Zealand. A serious student of the Ancient wisdom he strove continuously for the spiritual regeneration of mankind until his death in 1983. Throughout his seventy years of membership, he lectured for the Theosophical Society in most parts of the world. Mr Hodson wrote about forty theosophical books based on his occult investigations, and was awarded the Subba Row Medal in 1954 for his contributions to theosophical literature.
Meditation its practice and results
109 pages | paperback | TPH Adyar, 2005
Learn how to realize your inner possibilities and solve life’s riddles through meditation.
Clara Codd was born in England in 1876 and early in life rejected conventional mores. Rebelling against all oppression and injustice she plunged into the suffragette movement. But her meeting Col. H. S. Olcott, President-Founder of the Theosophical Society proved a turning point in her life. Foregoing her active role in the women’s social and political union, she joined the Theosophical Society. As an International Lecturer for the Society, she had an unrivaled opportunity to observe human nature, which enabled her to speak and write lucidly on various aspects of life.
The Brightened Mind – A Simple Guide to Buddhist Meditation
107 pages | Paperback | Quest Books, 2011
Helps You Tap Into An Infinite Reservoir of Clarity and Calm
Modern times have created a siege of chaos. Struggling economy, political turmoil, media bombardment and a general culture of isolation all contribute to this unrest. Buddhist author Ajahn Sumano Bhikkhu presents a simple path to freedom from such chaos in The Brightened Mind.
“Sumano Bikkhu’s The Brightened Mind is a most precious little jewel, introducing the spiritual armchair traveler to the wonders of the Universal Mind as taught in the Buddhist meditative tradition.” — Glenn Mullin, author of Female Buddhas, The Fourteen Dalai Lamas, and Living in the Face of Death.
Sumano speaks to the modern seeker from a unique perspective, as a former law school graduate and real estate professional in Chicago. He abandoned his comfortable American lifestyle for the begging bowl and simple cave home of an ordained Buddhist monk in the tradition of the Thai forest meditation masters. Now a spiritual teacher in Tibet, Sumano walks the reader through the workings of the mind and how thought processes often affect our experiences. He shows how to quiet the mind, turning off the “rolling documentary of your past and future” to experience the freedom of quiet focus. Through easy-to-follow guided meditations called “mind trainings” or “mind-fitness techniques,” he teaches the reader how to think productively tapping into the ultimate source of wealth, our own divine consciousness. Sumano posits that we all have within us this abundance simply waiting to be utilized. Using these practices readers will find themselves free from the body and the mundane, the I-ego mind. From this place of insight life’s challenges can be navigated with much less stress and with much more hope. As Sumano says, “In order to progress and prosper in peace, we must respond to the challenges of our times not from fear and anxiety but from a place of circumspection —from a brightened mind.”
Concentration – An Approach to Meditation
By Ernest Wood
154 pages | Paperback | Quest Books, 2001 ISBN 0835601765
This perennial best-seller by a distinguished educator assembles 36 mental and physical exercises for taming the natural drifting of the mind. Newly designed edition of a practical manual for success. Over 100,000 copies sold.
Ernest Wood, scholar, writer, and lecturer, was born in 1883 in England and was attracted to Theosophy at a young age. He arrived in India early in the twentieth century, and assisted Annie Besant in educational work. He was the founder of the Theosophical College, Madanapalle. He wrote many books on philosophical subjects, having a particular interest in Yoga.
After World War II, he came to the United States, where he was for several years Dean of the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco and later joined the staff of the University of Houston, Texas. Other titles by the author: – Come Unto Me: And Other Writings – Concentration – Natural Theosophy – The Occult Training of the Hindus – The Seven Rays
Buddhist Meditation
172 pages | Second edition, 2nd reprint 2007 | Hardcover | Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar
This book consists of a series of talks given to a group of international students at The School of Wisdom at the Theosophical Society headquarters in Chennai, India.
Venerable Professor Samdhong Rinpoche was born in Eastern Tibet and arrived in India with His Holiness The Dalai Lama. He is a distinguished Tibetan scholar, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government in exile and the former Director of the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath, Vārānasi.
” Does every person who is in training for meditation needs a guru?
A. That depends on the person. According to Buddhist training methods, an absolute beginner cannot do without an instructor; every Śrāvaka needs a guru. But for how long the instructor is needed depends entirely on the progress of the individual pupil. In a few cases, a guru is not needed. A Pratyeka Buddha in the becoming does not need a guru. “
- From Chapter 5 ‘Progress of Meditation: One-pointedness, Wisdom and Insight’, p. 116
The Art of Meditation – (Adyar Pamphlet New Series No. 5)
By Marie Poutz.
21 Pages| A talk delivered at ‘Olcott’, Wheaton, Illinois, in the Summer of 1935; first published in 2003 | Softcover | Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar | ISBN: 8170594413.
When you succeed in building a bridge at first in meditation between the personal self and the world of intuïtion – where brotherhood, joy and beauty are facts – and then gradually spreading it all through your daily life, you will no longer ask whether you’re making progress. You will simply have forgotten all about yourself! And in precisely this forgetting lies your success and achievement . . .
From page 1 & 2:
” People are apt to think that meditation to be successful must be accompanied by some astral phenomenon – seeing forms, colours, hearing sounds, bells, and so forth. Even some purely physical sensations – a shiver along the spine, a tingling in the finger tips – those examples have come to me, and they are hailed with delight and proclaimed on the housetops, to the dismay of those who have had no such experiences, and therefore consider their own meditations as failures. Surely, such trivial and often foolish manifestations do not constitute a succesful meditation. They are rather an obstacle, because they draw the attention away from the inner realities. It is better to see and hear nothing on the psychic planes, so that the consciousness, wholly turned inwards, may reach communion with the Divine and gradually unify the personal self with the Ego consciousness. ”
Everyday Dharma – Seven Weeks to Finding the Buddha in You
by Lama Willa Miller
297 pages | Paperback | Quest Books, 2009 ISBN: 9780835608831
“This is the kind of handbook I wish I had in those early days. My gift to you … this is the start of your spiritual journey, of discovering within the sage that you really are. Are you ready?” — Lama Willa Miller
Everyday Dharma: Seven Weeks to Finding the Buddha in You offers a simple guide to achieving real and lasting personal transformation. This book appeals to any who are open to Buddhism in the broader context, whether one subscribes to a specific religious view or to no view at all. Dharma, a Buddhist term for the actions taken to find one’s inner-wisdom, is really a universal concept. “If wisdom were a destination,” Lama Willa says, “Dharma—played out in our thoughts and actions—is the path leading there.” By applying Dharma’s essential truths to the modern world, Everyday Dharma teaches you how to do the spiritual, emotional and psychological work in order to bring about day-to-day well-being. Lama Willa believes the art of being happy is the true enlightenment available to us all!
Lama Willa has studied and practiced Tibetan Buddhism since 1987, and was ordained a lama (Tibetan Buddhist minister) in 1999 after completion of ten years of study and retreat. “Like revered and profound spiritual teachers of the past, in this remarkable book, Lama Willa masterfully opens a door for us into our own hearts, where she helps us glimpse, and then bring forth, the profound goodness that we always were. Whoever takes up the meditations and teachings of this book will never be the same.”— Lama John Makransky, PhD, Professor of Buddhist Studies, Boston College, Buddhist teacher and author of Awakening Through Love, Buddhahood Embodied: Sources of Controversy in India and Tibet, and Buddhist Theology. “Here are words from a truly wise woman to help us live more fully, effectively and wisely, and to share our gifts with the world.” — Roger Walsh, M.D., Ph.D., University of California Medical School, author of Paths Beyond Ego, Essential Spirituality: The Seven Central Practices, A Sociable God, and World of Shamanism.
Questions and Answers
Door Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895 – 1986).
107 Pages | Published in 1982 | Softcover | Krishnamurti Foundation India, Chennai | ISBN: 8187326247.
How does one live sanely in this world of violence and corruption? Is it possible for man to find everlasting security? How does one deal with one’s anger, frustration, sexual desire, loneliness and fear? Is a human being a mere thinking machine or is there something beyond thought? What is true meditation. What is the place of religion in the modern world? Krishnamurti’s answers to these and many other questions put to him by his audiences form the contents of this book. Krishnamurti ‘answers’ are not readymade solutions; rather, they are meant to provoke more questions in the mind of the listener so that, out of that questioning and scepticism, he goes from the narrow field of problem-solving to the wider expanse of self-knowledge.
From Chapter 23 – ‘Enlightenment’ (p. 48 & 49):
” The Eastern and Western gurus all quote the old saying: ‘You must be a light unto yourself’. It is an ancient and very famous saying in India. And they repeat it, adding, ‘You cannot be a light unto yourself unless I give it to you’. People are so gullible; that is what is wrong. They all want something – the young and the old. For the young the world is too cruel, for them what the older generations have made of the world is too appalling. […] Equally, the older generation are in the same position, only they express it with more sophistication. They are the same, the young and the old all over the world. But nobody can give guidance, can give light, to another. Only yourself can do that; but you have to stand completely alone. That is what is frightening for the young and the old. If you belong to anything, follow anybody, you are already entering into corruption. Understand that very deeply, with tears in your eyes: when there is no guru, no teacher and no disciple, there is only you as a human being living in this world – the world, the society, which you have created. And if you do not do something for yourself, society is not going to help you. On the contrary, society wants you to be what you are. Do not belong to anything, not to any institution or organization; do not follow anybody; be not a disciple of anybody. You are human being living in this terrible world; a human being who is the world and the world is you. You have to live there, understand it, and go beyond yourself. “
The Search Within – a Course in Meditation
160 pages | Paperback | Theosophical Publishing House, 1991 ISBN 0722910045
A practical course, quoting from a variety of sources, leads the seeker through the twelve themes thought to be essential for those who search for the Self Within.
Christmas Humphreys (1901-1983) was born in London, the descendant of a line of lawyers. In 1924 he was called to the bar, having read Law at Cambridge. In the same year he founded the Buddhist Lodge of the Theosophical Society, which became The Buddhist Society, led by the author until his death nearly 60 years later. He was regarded as one of the foremost authorities on the religion in Britain, writing some 20 books on the subject.
Other titles by the author:
– Studies in the Middle Way
– A Western Approach to Zen
The Royal Road – A Manual of Kabalistic Meditations on the Tarot
119 Pages | First edition 1975, third printing 1988 | Softcover | Quest Books, USA | ISBN: 0835604659.
Integrating the two diciplines to heighten the experience of meditation.
Those, who are into Tarot and those, who are interested or involved in meditation will be attracted by this new book by the director of the Sophia Gnostic Center of Los Angeles. Designed to lead the reader easily into a meditative state, it includes 22 illustrations of the Major Arcana each juxtaposed with an appropriate meditation.
As the reader relates the cards to the paths that lead upward on the Kabalistic Tree of Life, heightened spiritual consiousness can result. The author has addressed The Royal Road to the general reader interested in the values in both the Tarot deck and in the Kabalistic interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures.
From Chapter 2: ‘Tarot and Kabalah (p.13):
” Can the Tarot predict the future? Perhaps! The true answer, however can not be given so simply. If we recognize that, even though unconsciously, we are constantly shaping our future, it then follows that by establishing a magical contact with our unconscious we can learn much about our future and, what is more, we can influence and alter our future, thereby becoming, at least to a degree, masters of our own destiny. Time is a continuum, not a division, and its mysteries are often pierced when we recognize the proper significance of material clues to spiritual processes. Tarot divination is merely one particular application of these principles to the concerns of daily living. “
Meditatie – Een Praktische Studie met Oefeningen
Door Adelaide Gardner, vertaald door E. v.d. Berg – Boldingh.
121 Pagina’s | Uitgegeven in 1978; dit boek maakt deel uit van de Lotusreeks I | Softcover | Uitgeverij der Theosofische Vereniging in Nederland | ISBN: 9789061750475.
Engels origineel: Meditation – A Practical Study | Uitgegeven in 1986 | Quest Books, U.S.A. | ISBN: 9780835601054.
Gardner biedt een eenvoudige, tegelijk zeer praktische handleiding in meditatie voor alle leeftijden. Per hoofdstuk zijn oefeningen opgenomen voor individuele toepassing en groepsmeditatie. De volgende onderwerpen komen onder meer aan de orde: het doel van meditatie, verschillende methoden, concentratie en contemplatie, hindernissen en hulpmiddelen, groepsmeditatie, het helpen van anderen door gedachten en aanbevolen literatuur voor verdere studie.
Afkomstig uit Hoofdstuk 2 – ‘De Wezenlijke Achtergrond'(blz. 31):
” Er is een zelf, dat uit de essentie van stof bestaat – er is een ander innerlijk zelf van leven, dat het eerste vult – er is en ander innerlijk zelf van de gedachte – er is een ander innerlijke zelf van waarheid – kennis – er is een ander innerlijk zelf van zaligheid. “ – Taittirīya Upaniṣad.
De volgende onderwerpen komen onder meer aan de orde:
- het doel van meditatie
- de verschillende methoden
- concentratie en contemplatie
- hindernissen en hulpmiddelen
- groepsmeditatie
- het helpen van anderen door gedachten
- aanbevolen literatuur voor verdere studie
The Secret of the Golden Flower – A Chinese Book of Life
Translated and explained by Richard Wilhelm (1873 – 1930), with a commentary by Carl Gustav Jung (1875 – 1961)
149 Pages | First published in 1931; new, revised & augmented edition, 1962 | Softcover | Harcourt Brace & Company, USA | ISBN 9780156799805
The Secret of the Golden Flower, the Treatise that forms the central part of this book, was discovered by Professor Wilhelm, who recognized it as essentially a practical guide to the integration of the personality. His German translation, published in the autumn of 1929 shortly before his death, was immediately hailed by Jung as a link between the insights of the East and his own psychological research, a relationship explored by the great analytical psychologist in a brilliant and significant commentary.
This edition also contains part of another Chinese meditation text, the Hui Ming Ching or The Book of Consciousness and Life, and is illustrated with numerous plates and drawings.
A quotation about ‘detachment’ (p. 122):
A halo of light surrounds the world of the law.
We forget one another, quiet and pure, altogether powerful and empty.
The emptiness is irradiated by the light of the heart of heaven.
The water of the sea is smooth and mirrors the moon its surface.
The clouds disappear in blue space; the mountains shine clear.
Consciousness reverts to contemplation; the moondisk rests alone.
From the Hui Ming Ching
A Blavatsky Quotation Book – Being an Extract for Each Day of the Year
By Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831 – 1891), compiled by W.A. Parley.
182 Pages| Hardcover | Theosophical Publishing House Adyar, 2000
Extractions from the many writings of H.P. Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society. The selected texts are presented as meditations or readings suitable for each day of the year.
Meditations on the Path and Its Qualifications
By Annie Besant 253 pages | Gebonden/Hardcover | Theosophical Publishing House Adyar, 2008 ISBN 9788170595571
Compiled by E. G. Cooper
A quotation a day to meditate upon! This charming little book contains thematic selections — a theme for every month — from the voluminous writings of Annie Besant.
Daily Meditations – Extracts from Letters of the Masters of the Wisdom
Compiled by Katherine A. Beechey
175 Pages |1949, Second edition, fourth reprint 2015 | Hardcover | Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar | ISBN 9788170591443
The Wisdom contained in the published letters of the Masters, is not merely for those to whom they were addressed but also for all those seeking to tread the Path of Holiness along the line of Devotion.
Glimpses of that Wisdom can be had through the extracts incorporated by the author into Daily Meditations. She has selected passages suitable to be meditated upon – one each for every day of the year. They are arranged as twelve virtues, with one quality assigned for each month, namely: Unselfishness, Compassion, Truth, Devotion, Purity, Sympathy, Courage, Intuition, Tolerance, Self-reliance, Equilibrium and Perseverance.
From page 43:
DEVOTION
” Relative to the population of the world
you may be few in numbers,
but spiritual strength and power depend
not upon numbers.
Rather do they depend upon burning sincerity. “
Meditatie – een bundel essays (Theosofia)
56 blz. | Brochure | Uitgeverij der Theosofische Vereniging in Nederland , 1975
INHOUD:
Diagram of Meditation, door H. P. Blavatsky
Meditatie-Diagram, door H. P. Blavatsky
Meditatie over Tau, door Koeng Foe
Toelichting op het Meditatie-Diagram
Een Meditatie van J. Krishnamurti
Ontspanningsoefeningen, door Ronald Engelse
De Kunst van het Mediteren, door Felix Layton
Ervaring en Meditatie, door Vimala Thakar
Tau is een leeg vat
De Betekenis van Meditatie in het Boeddhisme, door Lama Anagarika Govinda
Het Gras Wordt Groener, door Thich Nhat Hanh
Meditatie, door Chogyam Trungpa
Een Basis voor een Westerse Meditatie-Traditie, door J.H. Dubbink
Tibetaans Boeddhisme
De Yoga-Sutras van Patanjali
Krishnamurti over Meditatie