Tantra Illuminated: The Philosophy, History, and Practice of a Timeless Tradition

and meditative perspective, is examined in Beyond The Mind. The present volume falls inbetween these two books. It has points in common with Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses: Spiritual Secrets of Ayurveda, which deals with the chakras and the energetics of the subtle body. The reader can look into these books for more information on the greate

Among many others, I draw on the ideas of two spiritual teachers I should mention. One is my friend Douglas Harding, whose unique and inimitable approach sheds light on the Self as Consciousness, which is pure Kashmir Shaivism. The other is the enigmatic 20th-century teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. I met his teachings in my earliest days as a spiritual se

Yoga is a method for restraining the natural turbulence of thoughts, which otherwise impartially prevents all men, of all lands, from glimpsing their true nature of Spirit. Like the healing light of the sun, yoga is beneficial equally to men of the East and to men of the West. The thoughts of most persons are restless and capricious; a manifest nee

Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism and Way of the White Cloud)