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Tables of Contents for Vedantic Meditation
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
John Douillard
Preface
x
PART I Vedantic Meditation
1
24
Introduction to Vedanta
3
9
Self-Inquiry and its Practice
12
13
PART II The Challenges of Awareness
25
46
Action and Transformation
27
2
Addiction and Thought
29
2
Anxiety and Its Message
31
2
Being
33
2
Beyond Self-Illusion
35
1
The Consumer and the Consumed
36
2
The Eternal
38
1
Fear and the Unknown
39
2
The Guru's Role
41
2
Karma and Time
43
2
The Knowledge and the Ignorance
45
1
Limitation and the Unlimited
46
2
Memory: A Burden We Cling To
48
2
Opposition and Understanding
50
2
Perception and Preconception
52
2
Presence and the Present Moment
54
1
Reality and Appearance
55
2
Relationship and the Self
57
1
Renunciation
58
2
Security and Insecurity
60
2
Sensitivity and Sensation
62
2
Suffering and Awakening
64
2
The Universal Religion
66
2
The Waters of Life
68
1
Wonder and Awe
69
2
PART III The Practice of Meditation
71
46
The Alchemy of Perception
73
2
Channeling and Meditation
75
2
Concentration and How to Develop It
77
2
Conscious Will
79
2
The Creative State
81
2
Devotion and Meditation
83
1
Discrimination Between Subjects and Object
84
2
Ego, Breath and Sound
86
2
Energizing the State of Seeing
88
2
The Flame of Awareness
90
2
The Fundamental Question
92
2
How We Search for Enlightenment
94
2
Kundalini, the Power of Consciousness
96
2
Mantra and the Mind
98
3
Pranayama and Meditation
101
2
Reversing the Stream of Thought
103
1
Service and Karma Yoga
104
2
The Space Within the Heart
106
3
The True Self
109
2
Visualization
111
1
The Way of the Actual and the Way of the Ideal
112
2
Yoga and Mediation
114
3
PART IV The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi
117
18
Upadesha Saram: The Essence of Instruction of Sri Ramana Maharshi
119
11
The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi: An Integral View
130
5
Glossary
135
2
Bibliography
137
1
About the Author
138