Accounts of Awakening Consciousness Unveiled: An Account of Awakening Fred Chambers, a veteran Center practitioner, describes the events surrounding his Awakening in Fall 2005. Transcript of a talk by Fred Chambers, 2006. Awakened by Death Center practitioner Todd Corbett shares details of his spiritual path leading up to an Awakening in Fall 2004. Transcript of a talk by Todd Corbett, 2005. Nothing to Fear but Fear Tom Kurzka recounts the role of fear on his spiritual path and his experience of Gnostic Awakening. An interview with Tom Kurzka, 2001. Breaking Through... A Journey to Awakening Joel interviews Andrea Pucci about her spiritual path and her Awakening, from 1998. Traditional and New Worldviews Mystical Traditions: The Mystical Core of the Great Traditions New Worldview: Why We Need a New World View Articles by Center Teachers The Mystical Interpretation of Dreams Spiritual and worldly dreams, the meaning of archetypes, and how they can provide guidance on the spiritual path. Joel, Summer-Fall 2003. Cultivating Your Dream Life Some practical pointers that can help open the door to your dream world. Thomas J McFarlane, Summer-Fall 2003. Prayer in the Heart Mystical practices of devotion bring us to the Radiant Heart at the core of our being. Joel, Winter-Spring 2003. Following the Call of Love How negative emotions can be used on our path of devotion, and how an object of devotion takes us beyond all objects. Tom Kurzka, Winter-Spring 2003. Can We Honor All Religions? How mystics answer common objections to the possibility of genuine inter-religious dialogue. Joel, Summer-Fall 2002. To Practice or Not to Practice Are your spiritual practices a barrier to Enlightenment? Joel, Winter-Spring 2002. Seven Things to Do when Samsara Gets You Down Sage advice on how to respond to overwhelming events, such as the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001. Joel, Winter-Spring 2002. The Gate of Unknowing Surrendering what commonly passes for knowledge to enter the Unknowing that opens the way to Gnosis. Joel, Summer-Fall 2001. Questioning the Scientific Worldview Understanding the nature of scientific truth from a mystical perspective. Tom McFarlane, Summer-Fall 2001. Facing Fear on the Path The role fear plays on the spiritual path, and advice on how to face it. Joel, Winter-Spring 2001. Listen . . . The Broken Heart is Whispering Opening up to our emotions and the deeper dimensions of our heart. Andrea Pucci, Summer-Fall 2000. Science and Mysticism in the Twentieth Century An Enlightened perspective on the meaning of science and its relation to the teachings of the mystics. Joel, Summer-Fall 1999. The Illusion of Materialism How quantum physics contradicts the belief in and objective world existing independent of observation. Tom McFarlane, Summer-Fall 1999. Never Underestimate the Ego Dissolving resistance and seeing through the deceptions of the ego. Joel, Winter-Spring 1999. Coming to Terms with God The significance of God from a mystical perspective. Joel, Winter-Spring 1998. In Solitude and Suffering How to turn solitude and suffering to your advantage on spiritual retreats. Joel, Spring 1997. The Discipline of Pilgrimages How to transform an outer journey into a spiritual discipline. Joel, Fall 1996. From Form to Formlessness An experiential inquiry into the nature of form and formlessness. Joel, Spring 1996. The Necessity for Renunciation Why inner renunciation is required on the spiritual path. Joel, Fall 1995. Death: The Golden Opportunity Why you should begin your preparation for the great spiritual opportunity at the moment of death. Joel, Spring 1995. Keeping the Mystery in Mysticism How to avoid the fallacies of self-immortality, magical power, the steady blissful state, and the earthly utopia. Joel, Fall 1994. The Function of Devotion The conversion of the heart, encounter with the divine, passion for the divine, and surrender of self. Joel, Spring 1994. The Law of Love The eternal law of Love and why there can be no Liberation without Love. Joel, Fall 1993. In the Reality Garden A parable about an artist whose painting becomes a spiritual path. Joel, Spring 1993. The Function of Inquiry The essential role of direct experiential inquiry on the spiritual path. Joel, Fall 1992. The Necessity of Retreat The important benefits of going on a spiritual retreat. Joel, Spring 1992. The Function of Meditation How meditation helps unravel delusion to reveal the Ultimate Truth. Joel, Fall 1991. Speaking of God The nature of the ineffable and how to speak of the unspeakable. Joel, Spring 1991. The Function of Virtue The importance of morality and virtue from a mystical perspective. Joel, Fall 1990. Additional Articles Integrating Science and Religion An interview with Alan Wallace in the Center Newsletter, 2004 |