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Articles
 

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