Center for Sacred Sciences Publication Catalog

BOOKS

Title (mouse over title for tooltip info)

Author(s)

Date

Length

Joel

1985

262 p.

Paperback. $11.95 (Also available from Amazon.com)

Joel

1996

83 p.

Paperback. $6.95 (Also available from Amazon.com)

VIDEOS

Title (mouse over title for tooltip info)

Author(s)

Date

Length

Joel

2007

46 min.

DVD. $21.95

Joel and Wolff

1983

70 min.

DVD. $17.95
n.b.: While the audio on this DVD is completely intelligible, sounds from a lecture being given in the next room can occasionally be heard in the background.

Joel and Wolff

1983

70 min.

DVD. $17.95

Joel

1993

47 min.

Original VHS edition. $19.95
DVD edition, re-edited, with music. $21.95

Joel

1992

77 min.

Original VHS edition. $19.95
DVD edition, re-edited, with music. $21.95

Joel

1992

39 min.

DVD. $21.95

Joel

1992

67 min.

DVD. $17.95
n.b.: Some portions of the video display sharp contrast fluctuations.

MP3 AUDIO SETS: Way of Selflessness
The twelve Way of Selflessness sets below are designed for use with the Way of Selflessness distance studies course. The entire collection of 12 sets for the course (100 talks) may also be purchased on a single DVD.
Each mp3 audio disc listed below contains a set of talks in high quality mp3 format.

Title

Author(s)

Date

Length

CD#

Way of Selflessness: Sets 1-12 on a single data DVD, $125

Joel

various

80 talks

wosDVD1

All 80 mp3 talks for the entire Way of Selflessness course, including Sets 1-8 and supplemental sets 1-2

Way of Selflessness: Set 1, $24

Joel

various

8 talks

wos352

The Five Fundamentals (5 talks), The Four Principles of the Path, The Chain of Conditioning, Meditation 1: Concentration Practice

Way of Selflessness: Set 2, $24

Joel

various

8 talks

wos353

What are Sacred Sciences, Why Morality Matters, Practicing the Precepts 1, Spiritual Interpretation of Dreams, Thought, Relationship between Love & Truth, The Role of Devotion, Mystical Prayer

Way of Selflessness: Set 3, $24

Joel

various

8 talks

wos354

Consciousness: Two Worldviews, God and Emptiness, Practicing Precepts 2, Here to Learn/Love/Serve, The Retreat, Practicing Precepts 3, The Function of Insight, Meditation 2: Choiceless Awareness

Way of Selflessness: Set 4, $24

Joel

various

8 talks

wos355

To Practice or Not to Practice, Practicing Precepts 4, Remember to Remember, Spiritual Warfare, The Heart of Yearning, Help from Above (2 talks), Cultivating Love and Compassion

Way of Selflessness: Set 5, $24

Joel

various

8 talks

wos356

Two Truths: Relative and Absolute, Beyond Good and Evil, The Purpose of Suffering, Deconstructing the Delusion of Time, Transforming Relationships, Boundaries and Compassion, Synchronicity on the Mystical Path, Self-inquiry: A Guided Meditation

Way of Selflessness: Set 6, $24

Joel

various

8 talks

wos357

I Was a Treasure, The Paradox of Self-will, Expectations, Practicing at Work, Go as Nothing, Fear of Enlightenment, Liberating Emotions, Meditation 3: Liberating Thoughts, Desires, Aversions

Way of Selflessness: Set 7, $24

Joel

various

8 talks

wos358

What to Practice, Cutting Through Spiritual Attachments, Passion on the Path, Meditation in Dreams, The Story on 'Stories', Depression and the Dark Night, The Subtleties of Surrender, Meditation 4: Returning to the Source

Way of Selflessness: Set 8, $24

Joel

various

8 talks

wos359

Varieties of Mystical Experience, Truth Cannot Be Denied, How Does a Gnostic Live?, Forsaking Yourself Day by Day, Spiritual Death, Anatomy of Awakening, The Journey in God, Meditation 5: Doing Nothing

Way of Selflessness: Supplemental Set 1, $24

Joel

various

8 talks

wos360

Seven Stages of the Spiritual Path (7 talks), Finding a True Teacher

Way of Selflessness: Supplemental Set 2, $24

Joel

various

8 talks

wos361

The Seven Virtues (7 talks), What's Inside My Head?

Way of Selflessness: Supplemental Set 3, $24

Joel

various

8 talks

wos362

Same as Inquiry Series: Eight Talks from the Fall 2006 Retreat (see below)

Way of Selflessness: Supplemental Set 4, $24

Joel

various

8 talks

wos363

Same as Devotion Series: Seven Talks from the Fall 2005 Retreat (see below) plus The Feminine Face of Mysticism

MP3 AUDIO SETS: Other Audios
Each mp3 audio disc listed below contains a set of talks in high quality mp3 format.

Title

Author(s)

Date

Length

CD#

Meditation Series: Five Talks from the Fall 2003 Retreat, $20

Joel

various

5 talks

medMP3

Concentration Practice; Choiceless Awareness; Liberating Thoughts, Desires and Aversions; Returning to the Source; Doing Nothing

Devotion Series: Seven Talks from the Fall 2005 Retreat, $24

Joel

various

7 talks

devMP3

Verbal Prayer; Prayer in the Heart; Purifying the Heart; Entering the Spiritual Heart; Unceasing Prayer; Silent Prayer; Doing Nothing

Inquiry Series: Eight Talks from the Fall 2006 Retreat, $24

Joel

various

8 talks

inqMP3

Preparation Meditation, Impermanence and Emptiness, Causes and Correlations, Are You a Body?, Are You Emotions?, Are You Thoughts or Will?, Are You the Experiencer?, Doing Nothing

SINGLE AUDIOS
Each item contains a single talk on cassette tape or audio CD

Audio Tapes: $6.50 each, or $6 each when a complete set is ordered

Audio CDs: $7.50 each, or $7 each when a complete set is ordered

FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS

Title

Author(s)

Date

Length

CD#

Tape#

Joel

9/15/96

68

cd122

1063

Joel

10/13/96

63

cd123

1064

Joel

11/10/96

67

cd124

1065

Joel

1/19/97

62

cd125

1066

Joel

2/9/97

61

cd126

1067

Practicing Precepts: 1 of 4

Joel

9/26/99

71

cd77

1250

Practicing Precepts: 2 of 4

Joel

11/21/99

68

cd78

1252

Practicing Precepts: 3 of 4

Joel

12/19/99

78

cd79

1272

Practicing Precepts: 4 of 4

Joel

1/30/00

64

cd80

1275

The Seven Virtues (Set of 7)

First Virtue: Courage, 1 of 7

Joel

11/12/95

72

cd183

993

Second Virtue: Humility, 2 of 7

Joel

12/10/95

65

cd184

994

Third Virtue: Justice, 3 of 7

Joel

1/14/96

66

cd185

1020

Fourth Virtue: Patience, 4 of 7

Joel

2/25/96

68

cd186

1022

Fifth Virtue: Gratitude, 5 of 7

Joel

3/10/96

65

cd187

1023

Sixth Virtue: Mercy, 6 of 7

Joel

4/14/96

46

cd188

1025

Seventh Virtue: Joy, 7 of 7

Joel

5/12/96

61

cd189

1026

Seven Stages of the Spiritual Path (Set of 7)

One: Awakening of Faith

Joel

3/9/97

59

cd83

1072

Two: Investigation of Teachings

Joel

4/27/97

62

cd84

1086

Three: Unification of Self

Joel

5/11/97

59

cd85

1087

Four: Purification of Mind

Joel

6/22/97

61

cd86

1088

Five: Illumination of Heart

Joel

7/13/97

73

cd87

1089

Six: Kenosis

Joel

7/20/97

69

cd88

1090

Seven: Gnosis

Joel

8/10/97

69

cd89

1091

Is There Help from Above? (Set of 2)

Is There Help from Above? Part 1 of 2

Joel

7/25/93

57

cd258

851

Is There Help from Above? Part 2 of 2

Joel

7/25/93

55

cd259

852

Practices of the Night (Set of 2)

Practices of the Night I -- Spiritual Interpretation of Dreams

Joel

4/19/98

75

cd92

1129

Practices of the Night II -- Meditation in Dreams

Joel

4/26/98

69

cd93

1130

Purpose of the Spiritual Path

Joel

10/31/92

37

cd402

1900

The Retreat

Joel

7/21/96

70

cd109

1060

Mystical Prayer

Joel

11/23/97

76

cd179

1106

Why Walk a Spiritual Path?

Joel

6/21/98

77

cd170

1132

Joel

11/8/98

74

cd111

1134

Why Morality Matters

Joel

3/14/99

63

cd127

1202

Anatomy of Awakening

Joel

8/13/00

75

cd95

1342

Liberating Emotions

Joel & Andrea

1/28/01

79

cd97

1462

Joel

7/8/01

77

cd117

1499

Varieties of Mystical Experience

Joel

2/17/02

67

cd98

1550

Self Inquiry: a Guided Meditation

Joel

3/24/02

75

cd91

1585

Four Kinds of Practice

Joel

6/26/05

59

cd400

1898

Awareness of Neediness

Todd Corbett

1/21/07

62

cd477

1935

ENLIGHTENMENT

Title

Author(s)

Date

Length

CD#

Tape#

There Is Only One Enlightenment

Joel

8/11/91

43

cd267

677

"My" Enlightenment

Joel

8/16/92

69

cd226

785

Enlightenment: A Thirteen Year Perspective

Joel

8/4/96

69

cd176

1061

Are There Levels of Enlightenment?

Joel

11/17/95

53

cd177

1068

How Does a Gnostic Live?

Joel

8/9/98

60

cd180

1133

The Journey In God

Joel

12/13/98

48

cd137

1190

What's Inside My Head?

Joel

2/21/99

78

cd112

1201

Three Fruits of Enlightenment

Joel

8/8/99

62

cd101

1248

Truth Cannot Be Denied

Joel

8/11/02

65

cd121

1710

Spiritual Death

Joel

8/10/03

73

cd246

1835

Awakened by Death

Todd Corbett

2/23/05

64

cd374

1884

Direct Pointing

Joel

8/14/05

62

cd414

1904

Consciousness Unveiled: Fred's Awakening

Fred Chambers

3/29/2006

61

cd450

1915

ASPECTS OF PRACTICE

Title

Author(s)

Date

Length

CD#

Tape#

Inquiry #1: Preparation Meditation

Joel

10/14/06

67

cd478

1936

Inquiry #2: Impermanence and Emptiness

Joel

10/15/06

61

cd479

1937

Inquiry #3: Causes and Correlations

Joel

10/15/06

50

cd480

1938

Inquiry #4: Are You a Body?

Joel

10/16/06

66

cd481

1939

Inquiry #5: Are You Emotions?

Joel

10/17/06

63

cd482

1940

Inquiry #6: Are You Thoughts or Will?

Joel

10/18/06

64

cd483

1941

Inquiry #7: Are You the Experiencer?

Joel

10/19/06

60

cd484

1942

Inquiry #8: Doing Nothing

Joel

10/20/06

65

cd485

1943

Devotion #1: Verbal Prayer

Joel

10/16/05

60

cd416

1908

Devotion #2: Prayer in the Heart

Joel

10/17/05

62

cd417

1909

Devotion #3: Purifying the Heart

Joel

10/18/05

64

cd418

1910

Devotion #4: Entering the Spiritual Heart

Joel

10/19/05

72

cd419

1911

Devotion #5: Unceasing Prayer

Joel

10/20/05

68

cd420

1912

Devotion #6: Silent Prayer

Joel

10/21/05

67

cd421

1913

Devotion #7: Doing Nothing

Joel

10/21/05

60

cd422

1914

Joel

10/12/03

68

cd298

1841

Joel

10/13/03

58

cd299

1842

Joel

10/13/03

57

cd300

1843

Joel

10/13/03

64

cd301

1844

Joel

10/13/03

61

cd302

1845

Ego & Egolessness

Joel

1/12/92

62

cd247

703

Beyond Good and Evil

Joel

1/19/92

40

cd248

704

Precepts & Perfection

Joel

3/29/92

44

cd249

723

Who Are You, Really?

Joel

5/21/92

75

cd403

1901

Passion

Joel

5/24/92

43

cd244

763

Fear of Enlightenment

Joel

6/28/92

61

cd250

780

Fairness & Forgiveness

Joel

7/12/92

44

cd251

781

Gnosis and Dreaming

Joel

7/19/92

69

cd225

782

Sex and Sacrament

Joel

9/20/92

44

cd253

788

Who Am I?

Joel

10/25/92

55

cd254

808

The Left Hand of God

Joel

11/8/92

52

cd255

809

Meditation and Decisions

Joel

1/10/93

55

cd274

820

Breath of the Buffalo

Joel

5/16/93

48

cd227

848

Karma and Compassion

Joel

9/19/93

60

cd229

883

Thought

Joel

12/19/93

73

cd230

886

Tolerance

Joel

4/10/94

71

cd232

925

Beauty

Joel

4/24/94

80

cd233

930

Practical Advice for the Path

Joel

5/8/94

40

cd234

931

Go as Nothing

Joel

5/29/94

64

cd236

949

Gnosis and Compassion

Joel

7/31/94

68

cd193

952

The Heart of Yearning

Joel

9/18/94

70

cd237

954

Practicing at Work

Joel

5/28/95

67

cd175

982

Remember to Remember

Joel

6/16/95

70

cd190

983

Reality, Morality, and Illusion

Joel

10/15/95

69

cd194

992

What Jesus Taught

Joel

12/25/95

53

cd195

996

From "It" to "I" the Experience of God

Joel

6/30/96

50

cd197

1029

Undertaking a Solo Retreat by Jennifer Knight

Jennifer Knight

12/15/96

73

cd241

1059

Transforming Relationships

Joel

9/29/96

60

cd108

1062

The Paradox of Self-will

Joel

2/23/97

47

cd110

1071

Inner Guidance

Joel

3/16/97

66

cd165

1084

Ladder of Love

Joel

3/23/97

67

cd166

1085

Here to Learn, Here to Love, Here to Serve

Joel

9/14/97

59

cd178

1105

The Wisdom of Myth and Dreams

Joel

5/16/99

49

cd114

1205

Spiritual Warfare

Joel

5/23/99

63

cd138

1206

Expectations

Joel

6/27/99

51

cd115

1208

Worldly Pleasures and the Spiritual Quest

Joel & Andrea

11/14/99

47

cd102

1251

Basic Awareness Meditation A Guided Meditation

Andrea Pucci

3/12/00

66

cd90

1279

The Role of Devotion on the Mystical Path

Joel

3/26/00

54

cd172

1331

Everything Is Love; includes a meditation w/Andrea

Joel & Andrea

4/9/00

57

cd173

1332

The Subtleties of Surrender

Joel

6/18/00

76

cd181

1334

Experience and Knowledge

Joel

7/9/00

61

cd94

1341

Enlightenment and Practice

Joel & Andrea

12/10/00

67

cd96

1452

Loneliness: the Heart of Longing

Andrea Pucci

2/11/01

67

cd129

1463

The Function of Insight

Joel

3/18/01

55

cd141

1464

Taking the Teachings to Heart

Joel & Tom Kurzka

4/8/01

57

cd142

1480

Finding the Center of Your Mandala

Andrea Pucci

4/29/01

64

cd143

1481

Depression and The Dark Night

Joel

11/11/01

52

cd100

1502

The Relationship Between Love and Truth

Joel

12/9/01

59

cd103

1547

What Use Is Grief?

Joel

1/13/02

55

cd81

1549

Cutting Through Spiritual Attachments

Joel

3/17/02

59

cd99

1586

Deconstructing the Delusion of Time

Joel

6/30/02

66

cd119

1708

Passion on the Path

Joel

11/10/02

54

cd134

1719

Faith, Practice, and Awakening

Joel

11/24/02

52

cd136

1721

What Is Love?

Joel

7/27/03

52

cd245

1834

Finding a True Teacher

Joel

2/8/04

57

cd297

1840

What to Practice

Joel

6/13/04

58

cd319

1879

Cultivating Love and Compassion

Joel

9/26/04

61

cd342

1881

Taking the Bodhisattva Vow

Joel

11/13/04

52

cd362

1882

The End of Struggle

Todd Corbett

3/20/05

64

cd374

1884

Inner Renunciation

Joel

10/15/05

62

cd500

1944

From Relationship to Aloneness

Todd Corbett

11/20/05

55

cd415

1905

How Suffering Gets Us to the Truth

Todd Corbett

12/11/05

71

cd449

1907

Take Up Your Cross

Todd Corbett

6/11/06

68

cd462

1919

Drop the Story

Joel

7/9/06

58

cd465

1920

Truth Has No Name

Todd Corbett

11/12/06

69

cd476

1928

MYSTICAL PHILOSOPHY

Title

Author(s)

Date

Length

CD#

Tape#

Religion: Esoteric & Exoteric

Joel

9/30/90

51

cd264

632

Joel

9/8/91

44

cd268

678

Gratitude & Grace

Joel

11/24/91

57

cd269

700

Joel

12/25/91

67

cd270

702

Consciousness Without Form

Joel

1/26/92

42

cd271

705

The Infinite Finite

Joel

3/8/92

44

cd272

722

Boundaries and Compassion

Joel

7/26/92

61

cd252

784

Shifting the Base of Reference

Joel

8/8/92

65

cd404

1902

Two Truths: the Relative and the Absolute

Joel

6/13/93

58

cd257

849

Suffering and Indifference

Joel

6/27/93

59

cd228

850

Time and Eternity

Joel

1/30/94

67

cd231

905

Reality, Karma, and Rebirth

Joel

12/10/94

60

cd238

958

Mysticism and Madness

Joel

4/9/95

61

cd239

960

Three Pillars of Mysticism

Joel

3/24/96

77

cd107

1024

The Purpose of Suffering

Joel

11/24/96

72

cd198

1069

The "New Age" from a Spiritual Perspective

Joel

11/15/98

75

cd171

1189

I Was a Treasure

Joel

2/14/99

62

cd131

1192

God & Emptiness

Joel

3/21/99

68

cd130

1203

Mother in the Mystical Traditions

Joel

5/9/99

59

cd113

1204

Everything Perishes Except His Face

Joel

7/18/99

75

cd139

1209

An Overview of the Spiritual Path

Joel

9/19/99

55

cd106

1249

Synchronicity on the Mystical Path (diagram)

Joel

2/13/00

72

cd116

1276

Identity and Difference

Joel & Andrea

2/27/00

59

cd104

1278

Christianity: Esoteric and Exoteric

Joel

5/21/00

79

cd174

1333

Consciousness: Two Worldviews

Joel

10/29/00

65

cd132

1370

To Practice or Not to Practice

Joel

12/17/00

67

cd140

1460

Talking About Nothing

Joel & Andrea

1/21/01

56

cd128

1461

Forsaking Yourself Day by Day

Joel

5/27/01

57

cd144

1484

Mystics of Ancient Greece

Tom McFarlane

3/10/02

48

cd82

1584

What's the Story on "Stories?"

Joel

7/14/02

60

cd120

1709

What Are Sacred Sciences?

Joel

10/27/02

57

cd133

1718

Gnosis and the World

Joel

5/25/03

61

cd242

1832

Logos and the New Worldview

Tom McFarlane

6/22/03

68

cd243

1833

Reincarnation

Joel

11/23/03

66

cd275

1838

Subject and Object are One

Joel

8/8/04

60

cd341

1880

Gnosis, Ego, and Love

Joel

1/15/05

52

cd373

1883

MYSTICISM & SCIENCE

Title

Author(s)

Date

Length

CD#

Tape#

Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness

Joel

1/26/97

77

cd164

1070

The Great Debate in Quantum Physics

Tom McFarlane & Damien Pierce

11/17/02

69

cd135

1720

Beyond Theories

Tom McFarlane

1/11/04

46

cd280

1839

Darwinism, Creationism, and Mysticism

Joel

7/17/05

70

cd401

1899

MYSTICISM & SOCIETY

Title

Author(s)

Date

Length

CD#

Tape#

The City of God: the True Spiritual Community

Joel

6/16/91

41

cd266

674

The Spiritual Root of Intolerance

Joel

1/31/93

53

cd256

828

Peace

Joel

5/22/94

52

cd235

932

Answer to Auschwitz

Joel

5/21/95

63

cd240

981

Our Moral Responsibility to Children

Joel

5/24/98

45

cd169

1131

September 11: How Do We Respond?

Joel

9/23/01

79

cd118

1501

The Feminine Face of Mysticism

Joel

7/31/05

45

cd413

1903