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The Flowering of Insight - a collection of paragraphs from Notebooks of Paul Brunton that relate to self-realization and enlightenment. Edited by Mark Scorelle Adobe PDF or Word Document

Non-Duality and the Soul: Some Knotty Problems

Esoteric Climatology

Not A 'One-Shot'

Lights Out ? - or Only More God?!

Elvis the Bodhisattva

'Khanti Yoga' - the Path of Endurance

On Suicide and the Spiritual Quest

Emptiness Is 'Empty'

Maya is 'Maya'

The Depths of This Thing by Peter Holleran

Ennui by Peter Holleran

Tyrolean Talk by P.B., June 1965: Short Path and Long Path

All ways of spiritual seeking divide into two classes. The first is basic, elementary, the second for more advanced people. The first for beginners is the Long Path. It takes a long time to get results, and a lot of work has to be done on it; much effort is necessary for it. The second is the Short Path. The results are more quickly got; it is an easier path, and requires less work. To the Long Path belongs the methodical yoga. It takes a lot of work to practise daily: building of character and removing of weaknesses and overcoming of faults, developing concentration of attention to stop the distraction of mind and to get control over thoughts, strengthening of willpower, and all the activities for the beginners. These are the earlier stages of meditation.

continued Tyrolean Talk by P.B

Dear Friends:

Please join us for a weekend of shared experience, discussion, poetry, music, and meditation sessions—as we explore the real spirit of meditation: May 11-12 at Wisdoms Goldenrod.

THE REAL SPIRIT OF MEDITATION

Acknowledging the sacred presence in every moment

How can we continue our practice and yet retain our “beginners mind”? How to recognize and remember our real being? How can we give more of our moments to God? How to use “philosophic” meditations? A great Tibetan Master said “Don’t meditate: only put your mind in the state of natural vast repose.” Wu-wei says: allow everything to be as it is, and also keep alert awareness. Excerpts from masters in several traditions such as Paul Brunton, Tich Nhath Hanh, Tarthang Tulku, Centering Prayer, Nisargadatta and Adyashanti bring us valuable pointers.

He will understand the real spirit of meditation when he understands that he has to do nothing at all, just to sit still physically, mentally, and emotionally… He shows that he is willing to step aside and let himself be worked upon, acted through, and guided by a higher power. The Notebooks of Paul Brunton 23.7.238

The soul is most certainly there but if we do not turn inwards, and attend to it, then for us it is not there. But really it is always there and the failure to recognize its existence is really the failure to turn attention away from the endless multitude of things which continuously extrovert it. Paul Brunton “The Adventure of Meditation”

Meditation is a way of opening our lives to the richness of experience… not limited to certain times and places. … In this kind of meditation we learn to embrace and learn from whatever we experience. … Tarthang Tulku

Disregard whatever you think yourself to be and act as if you were absolutely perfect—whatever your idea of perfection may be. All you need is courage. I Am That Ch 82

Facilitated by Avery Solomon

Saturday: meditation 8, breakfast 9, seminar and meditations: 9:45- 1:00 and 2:30-5:30

lunch 1pm: Dinner and evening fun 6-9pm

Sunday: meditation 8, breakfast 9, seminar 9:45-11:30.

Food provided for lunch and breakfast.

Donations welcome.

Wisdom’s Goldenrod Center for Philosophic Studies.  5801 Rt. 414.  Hector. NY

For more details or to register, please contact Avery at aps5@cornell.edu or 347 880 0293.

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