The Pocket Edition Text contains the complete and unabridged Text portion of A Course in Miracles - Original Edition as it was completed by Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford in 1972. Taken from the original manuscript for the Course, the only editing that has been done to this great spiritual classic has been to correct occasional typographic and spelling errors and to render capitalization and punctuation consistent. This Text volume is the companion to the popular ACIM Pocket Edition Workbook/Manual published by Course in Miracles Society. We call it a pocket edition because the book is designed to go anywhere with the student it is only 8 x 5 and just less than 1 in thickness. You can toss it in a backpack, briefcase or even a lady's purse. Like the Pocket Edition of the Workbook, the Pocket Edition Text is designed for rough treatment it is printed on a durable paper and has a laminated cover that resists spots and staining.

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Since it was originally published in 1975, A Course in Miracles has changed the lives of millions of people around the world. Offering a complete spiritual thought system, the Course provides a path to universal love and peace by undoing fear and guilt through forgiveness. Although written in Christian terminology, the Course expresses a nonsectarian spirituality that transcends denominations and religious beliefs. UN CURSO DE MILAGROS makes these timeless teachings available to all Spanish speakers.

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Diederik Wolsak's Choose Again Six-Step Process has been quietly transforming lives for more than 20 years. His clients have begged him to write a book so that his life-changing technique can be widely shared, and now here it is CHOOSE AGAIN tells the inspiring story of Diederik's journey from childhood in a Japanese concentration camp to his healing center in Costa Rica. As he transformed himself from a self-destructive, self-loathing bully to an extraordinary healer, he devised the Process that turned his life around-and which can dramatically increase the joy and peace in your life. By mastering the Choose Again Six-Step process, you can expect to decrease stress, increase joy, improve all your relationships, and transform your life for good. This deceptively simple method is now yours, to enable you to discover greater happiness than you ever thought possible. It is with great enthusiasm that we recommend this book to you. Treat it with utmost respect, for it has the power and the potential to truly change your life. - from the Foreword by Gerald Jampolsky, M.D., Founder of Attitudinal Healing, Author of Love is Letting Go of Fear From his early sorrows, and from the later suffering he engendered for himself as a result, Diederik Wolsak has fashioned a practical, six-step program to self-liberation. He transmits his teaching directly and eloquently, and with unsparing honesty. He has already helped many fellow humans; with this book he can help many more. - Gabor Mat M.D., Author, When The Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

Come along with young Alex as he tours the headquarters of Founderland, the 14th Colony that never made it into history books. Share his surprise and wonder as he talks to various denim-clad department leaders who give him a glimpse of what a government would be like if it were founded on the principle that peace is our natural inheritance. (And don't miss the trumpet blasts before each of the Leader's announcements!)

With this entertaining book, Robert Skutch gives us a very creative and humorous way to ponder some 'what if?' questions: What if a government was truly dedicated to peace? And what if ours was from the beginning? I loved this book and highly recommend it. - Gary R. Renard, best-selling author of the Disappearance of the Universe trilogy and The Lifetimes When Jesus and Buddha Knew Each Other

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ORPHEUS, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Plato, Plotinus, etc., are not the same as a Locke, a Hume or a Fichte or such, even though the latter ones are very stimulating at the mental-conceptual level. To say that the Philosophy of Pythagoras, Parmenides, or Plato belongs to the Philosophia Perennis, precisely because it is not individual and temporal, by no means detracts from the authors' personality. On the contrary, it means recognizing them as mediators, as divine transmitters, or what is known in the East, as Avat r.The Mysteries instituted by Orpheus represent different states of being. RAPHAEL, the Author of this book, is fully aware to have only touched on the problem of the Sacred Mysteries, just as he has only touched on the events that characterized the life of Orpheus. But human beings, as such, need to acknowledge in themselves a double element: the one titanic (to use Orphic terms) and the other divine. It is up to one's own consciousness to determine whether one wants to be a single whole with the divine or with the titanic.

The Source of Life is presented in dialogue form. With an ability akin to Socrates' maieutic art, Raphael forces the inquirer to delve into himself until he finds what he was looking for. R. Human beings wander in the forest of becoming, riddled with doubt, with conflict and a sense of incompleteness, and the true purpose of existence escapes them. What might this purpose be? Q. That of comprehending oneself, I think. R. What do we mean by comprehension? Does comprehending not mean to take something within oneself, to experience its conceptual contents, to penetrate the essence of the thing? Therefore, if we comprehend our true Essence, we cannot but be that Essence in every place, time and causality. Q. This act of self-comprehension requires time, withdrawal from the world and solitude. I go to work every day and I find myself in this frantic world, how can I reach such a favourable state? R. To comprehend ourselves must we really retire into the jungle or to the top of a mountain? ....

The BRAHMASUTRA of BADARAYANA represents the fundamental text of exegesis of Vedanta. The intent of Badarayana - the sage that for authority and realization of consciousness has been identified with Vyasa, the Rsi who ordered the texts of the Vedas - is that of providing the right perspective in the interpretation of the most profound and meaningful contents of the Upanisads. This had proven necessary in order to rectify some unilateral aspects propounded by several schools of thought, both orthodox and non-orthodox. The Brahmasutra presents, in their simplicity and incisiveness, the assertions of the Sruti and of the Smrti, showing their concordance in the recognition of the Nirguna Brahman as the ultimate Realty. In his notes, RAPHAEL underlines the fact that Badarayana does not oppose the various philosophical schools, but the Rsi allows us to comprehend that their postulates cannot represent the ultimate Truth as expounded in the Vedas and in the Upanisads. Moreover, at times Raphael focuses on certain aspects of the Advaita Doctrine with references to the Western Tradition, and - making the relevant parallels to the philosophy of Parmenides, Plato, Plotinus, and so on - highlights the unity of the sole universal Tradition at the metaphysical level.

The Bhagavadgita belongs to the VI book of the Mahabharata, the great Indian epic attributed to the legendary Vyasa. It is a poetic and philosophical work which in time is placed in the V century B.C. Together with the Brahmas tra and the classical Upanisads it constitutes the Prasthanatraya, the Threefold Science of Vedanta. The Bhagavadgita came to light in a moment of both contrasts and new inner requirements of the Indian people. It contributed to the vitality of the upanisadic flame of Knowledge, while it pacified the prevailing philosophical and spiritual debates of the times. The Gita clarified the unity of Truth in its multifarious aspects, and in so doing it provided everybody, in a wise and enlightened way, the opportunity to follow without doctrinal conflicts the most appropriate path for everyone. In the Preface to the book, Raphael indicates four points which are essential to the comprehension of the text in the appropriate dimension: - Traditional comprehension of the concept of the Divine. - Comprehension of the moment and event that determined the birth of the Gita. - Traditional comprehension of the social orders. - Comprehension of the right approach to the various ways leading to the Divine. The value of the Gita is paramount, if one just thinks that it hinges on action, which is at the base of life and which cannot be avoided or relinquished by anyone, as it reveals, in a world permeated with movement and conflict, the secret of action without action. Under this perspective it can be of fundamental importance to the Westerners who are essentially more in favor of action than of contemplation.For one who is on the plane of action, not to become enslaved and dominated by activism, it is necessary to comprehend perfect acting devoid of the imprisoning attachment-desire, and to transcend individual qualifications. In fact, where the individual separating ego rules, there also are revealed its aberrant attributes which cause conflict and pain; and, sooner or later, the individual who places itself in such a condition cannot but find, like Arjuna, its battlefield (kuruksetra) or the field of discipline and energetic re-education (tapahksetra). Raphael's commentary unfolds along a psychological, philosophical and initiatory thread with specific reference to the ksatriya (the lawmakers and warriors social order) initiation. Raphael points out that under certain aspects we are all ksatriyas, because we are all engaged in a struggle, at times unequal, between knowledge-vidya and ignorance-avidya. The Bhagavadgita, as all authentic traditional teachings, is not indicating quietistic or finalistic attitudes, nor possible flights, but it nails us down to our responsibilities (Forced by karma - inherent in your nature - despite your will, one day you will do that which, being now at a loss, you refuse to do, XVIII, 60) and to our unavoidable duty-dharma: that of comprehending, transforming and transcending ourselves.

ATMABODHA (Self-Knowledge) is a deeply explanatory text on the essence of the Advaita Vedanta Teaching. Shankara addresses those who have purified themselves through the practice of austerity, attained peace in their hearts, are liberated from all fear, and are freed from the desires of the senses and who now aspire to just one thing: identity with the Being-without-a-second.
For Advaita Vedanta what imprisons us is avidya or metaphysical ignorance. It is therefore only through 'knowledge' of a metaphysical order that we can defeat ignorance concerning the nature of Being. This Knowledge implies a deep transformation, a realizative sadhana whose phases are only moments of transformation-transfiguration of the entity following the unfolding of realizations, i.e. 'recognitions. And this is so because the entity is already in itself absolute Consciousness.

This book is not an essay on the Qabbalah nor a historical study on its origins, but a synthetic presentation in the form of sutra-aphorisms in order to be able to comprehend and realize its teaching. The expression 'Ehjeh 'Aser 'Ehjeh, which means I am That I am or Being is Being, represents the knowledge by identity. Therefore the Qabbalah, like any other traditional doctrine, does not constitute a simple learned knowledge but life experience.

The Hebrew term Qabbalah, which is equivalent to the the word Mas rah, means reception or transmission, and represents the esoteric part of the Old Testament. This means that the Old Testament, besides having an external and exoteric function, has also a deeper and significant function which is internal and esoteric.

The symbol of the Qabbalah is the Sephirothic Tree in which are are summed up the indefinite expressive possibilities (Sephiroth) of the micro and macrocosm, beyond which there is the sphere of Ain Soph Aur (Absolute) which corresponds to the One-without-a-second (advaita), the unqualified Brahman (nirguna) of the Vedanta doctrine.

In view of the fact that the Qabbalah represents a complete teaching, above all RAPHAEL brings to light its metaphysical sphere (Ain Soph Aur) and the pathway taking to it: the Pathway of Fire. That is the Pathway that each disciple, to whatever branch he may belong to, must travel in order to realize the identity with his own Essence.

The 'Way of Fire' expounded by Raphael is that via operativa which leads to the kindling of the Fire, the mastering and directing of the Fire, and the solution of this Fire.

This process of realisation, in harmony with the initiatory Tradition, is made practical through three lines of work, suiting each person's qualifications:

1. Realisation according to Alchemy

(Section I, Chapter I)

2. Realisation according to the Love of Beauty

(Section I, Chapter II)

3. Realisation according to Traditional Metaphysics

(Section I, Chapter III).

What does Raphael understand by Alchemy?

He understands the transmutation of 'lead' into shining, radiant Gold, the transmutation of all our individualised psychosomatic powers into universal Powers. This involves a profound rectification and distillation of our individualised earthly fire, so that it becomes Fire which interpenetrates everything, illumines everything, and resolves everything.

The second chapter of the first section is devoted to Realisation according to the Love of Beauty. It is the way for those who are sensitive to 'transcendental Aesthetics' as Harmony/Accord with the intelligible world.

According to Coomaraswamy, Brahman, or the supreme Being, may be appreciated as Beauty, Truth, or Perfection, according to whether it is considered from the viewpoint of aesthetics, epistemology, or ethics.

Art is an expression of Beauty; science, in its broad meaning, of Truth; ethics, of Perfection; while the philosophia perennis, or traditional metaphysics, embraces all three. This shows that these three expressions are nothing but a unity: Beauty contains Truth and Perfection; Truth contains Beauty and Perfection; and Perfection cannot but contain Beauty and Truth.

The third chapter is devoted to the 'metaphysical Way'. It is useful for all who, putting to one side the limited discursive mind, wish to enter the domain of pure Intellectuality (nóesis). In this dimension the two previous roads merge, because all quantities (number) and all qualities (tones) resolve themselves in the One-without-a-second.

The chapters of the second Section complement and assist the three chapters of the first section, touching on specific points of guidance for spiritual discipline/ascesis. For example, the chapter devoted to 'Superimposition' is relevant and complementary to the third chapter of the first section. In the same way, 'Desirelessness', 'The empirical ego', and so on, complement the first chapter, while others assist all three chapters.

Lively and entertaining, this book uses the image of a Cosmic Kitchen with an Infinite Menu to explain how Life works and how to order what you want. It is designed for adults age 20 and up who are interested in personal growth and self-help. The book intertwines the principles of the Cosmic Kitchen with heartwarming personal stories to demonstrate how to create what you want in life - and what to do when the Kitchen gives you lemons.

The Author and the Editor invite us to Discern (viveka) between the Seer and the seen, between tman (Self) and non- tman (non-Self), between Infinite and finite, between Life and death. In Svami Nikhilananda's words: «This work, which contains only forty-six sloka (verses) is an excellent vade mecum (handbook) for students of advanced courses in Advaita philosophy . Both Readers and Scholars will welcome the truly Monumental Bibliography. SHANKARA, the Author, has been one of the greatest philosophers of India, and has profoundly influenced not only India's philosophical development, but that of the entire world. RAPHAEL, the Editor, is an author and a Master in the Western Metaphysical Tradition as well as in Ved nta.

What is Advaita Vedanta? What means or instruments does it utilize in its attempt to comprehend Reality? What is the nature of its aim? If we begin by answering these questions, we will be ready to follow with the right intelligence the message given by the great SANKARA in Vivekacudamani. The path which is outlined here is not for the majority, quite the contrary. It is for those who, having attained maturity, tend towards full Awakening. It is for those who want to bring about a profound revolution within themselves; and this requires an act of courage, of steadfastness and, at the same time, of great humility. Advaita Vedanta is for those who, tired of a long pilgrimage, have finally stopped and in the silence of their own hearts have decided to launch a powerful attack on that terrible and treacherous enemy who lives not outside of us but right within us, and thus realize full liberation from all psycho-physical conflict and bondage. As darkness and its effects vanish when the sun rises, so, when realization of non-dual beatitude dawns, do bondage and suffering vanish without a trace (Vivekacudamani, sutra 319) SANKARA has been one of the greatest philosophers of India. He dedicated his brief and intense life (788-820) to re-establish the authority of the ruti, to codify the Advaita Vedanta, the doctrine of Non-duality, and to anchor the Metaphysical Tradition of the Veda through the foundation of monasteries (ma+ha) and monastic orders. With his bhasya (commentary) to the Upanisad, the Brahmasutra, and the Bhagavadgita, and with his own writings, Sankara has profoundly influenced not only India's philosophical development, but that of the entire world. RAPHAEL is author and Master in the Western Metaphysical Tradition as well as the Vedanta. For over 35 years, he has written a series of books on the pathway of Non-duality (Advaita). He has translated directly from the original Sanskrit and Edited a number of key Vedanta texts. His entire work is a conscious reunification of both Western and Eastern Traditions into Unity of Tradition.

In a time when the greatest controversy of medical care seems to be about how best to pay for it, The Way of the Physician brings back fundamental questions of what makes a true healer, what's involved in the uniquely intimate relationship of doctor and patient, and how we all face the inevitable challenges of maintaining health, dealing with illness, and dying. A good doctor is a good person. But for several decades, philosopher Jacob Needleman argues, the physician has been the dispirited pawn of a medical arms race in which financial considerations are taking precedence over the welfare of patients. Cut off from great ideas and awakening experiences, doctors are either complacent or riddled with tension. Addressing them directly, the author mourns: You are dying in your tracks, and you know it. Medicine for the practitioner and the patient alike, this book says that we need to train doctors to be wise healers working on the heart, not mechanics who fix bodies. Carrying resonances of Robert M. Persig's classic standard Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, it points to the physician's quest, now, as our own: to rediscover the moral wonder that will enable us to do the right thing and do it well. NEW IN THIS EDITION: An Appendix of Healing Questions for medical professionals and health care consumers, designed to engender thoughtful discussions on the true way of the physician. These questions will also appear on the title's Facebook page.

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