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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success was a phenomenally successful book--more than 1600000 copies were sold--and as copies were passed between friends and loved ones, it touched millions more lives. Its author, Deepak Chopra, received thousands of letters from readers, many of whom expressed the desire to convey those same principles to their children, along with questions about how to do so. This book, The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents, is Dr. Chopra's answer to those letters and to parents around the world who wish to raise children with values that satisfy spiritual needs as well as create the experience of abundance. After a general discussion of parenting and the gift of spirit, this book explores specific ways to practice the Seven Spiritual Laws as a family, how to convey these laws to children depending on their ages, and how to embody them in age-specific activities each day, beginning on Sundays with the Law of Pure Potentiality. 

 

 

 

Deepak Chopra, the best-selling author, addresses such topics as whether or not human beings really have souls and the variety of ways that a person's mind and body interact. Dr. Chopra is able to offer insightful views on these topics as a former endocrinologist who now focuses his career on helping others realize and develop their full human potential. He shares his thoughts about ways that viewers can try to strike a more harmonious balance between their bodily and spiritual needs. Find out more about the full healing powers of the human mind and new ways to try and break through negative thinking that prevents the full realization of each person's inner strength

 

 

 

 

SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED EDITION WITH EXCLUSIVE NEW MATERIAL One of the more controversial books of the 20th century. UPI Enough to seriously challenge many traditional beliefs, if not alter them. Los Angeles Book Times ReviewExplosive, thought-provoking, fiercely compelling, Holy Blood, Holy Grail breaks bold new ground with its shocking conclusions about the lineage of Christ and the legacy of the Holy Grail. Now this lavishly illustrated collector s edition features exclusive new material plus dozens of full-color photographs, drawings, symbols, architecture, and artwork, making it a dazzling feast for the eyes as well as the mind. Based on decades of research, filled with eye-opening new evidence and stunning scholarship, this authoritative work uncovers an alternate history as shocking as it is believable as it dares to ask Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross?Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists? Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets in Christendom? Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of the Holy Grail? According to the authors of this extraordinarily provocative, meticulously researched book, not only are these things possible they are probably true. So revolutionary, so original, so convincing, the most faithful Christians will be moved; here is the book that has sparked worldwide controversy, now newly updated and beautifully illustrated for the collector s shelf. Like Chariots of the Gods...The plot has all the elements of an international thriller. Newsweek Compelling. Philadelphia Inquirer An astonishing hypothesis.

 

Now after eight centuries, Paramhansa Yogananda, one of the great mystics of our times, a master of yoga and the author of the now-classic Autobiography of a Yogi, explains the mystery behind Omar's famous mystical poem. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Explained is available at last, edited by one of Yogananda's close disciples, J. Donald Walters. This new & expanded version is now available in paperback.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you read this book 10 times, you can know the essence of the Geetha. The two great sentences of the Geetha are (1) Established in Being, perform action ( Yogastha Kuru Karmani ) . (2) Be without the three attributes ( Nisthraigunyo bhava ).  It is possible to be established in Being?  Yes, through the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique. , Maharishi says that relativistic life is dominated by the triune attributes of Nature, divinity ( Sattwa) , humanity ( Rajas )   and bestiality ( Tamas).  So to be established in Being and to surpass relativistic life, one must transcend this life of Change and be established in the Absolute Brahman.  Can this be accomplished ? Yes, and the mind, after many meditations, slips into that Transcendence ! Then the non-relative or Absolute, never changing level of life impregnates the mind and never goes away. This is Self Actualisation, Moksha or Enlightenment ! 

 

 

 

This penetrating literary-journalistic memoir depicts the clash between promise and reality within the movement that virtually defined alternative spirituality in America Transcendental Meditation and its iconic guru, the Maharishi. Like hundreds of thousands of young people, Geoff Gilpin entered the Transcendental Meditation movement in the early seventies, when its guru, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, was fresh in the public mind as the spiritual guide to the Beatles and the man who made "meditation" a household word. The movement's Iowa campus was a center of spiritual idealism and healthy living. Gilpin left after five years, settling into a successful career in the software business. Two decades later, wistful over the past and concerned by the increasingly harsh tone of the Maharishi's public pronouncements, Gilpin decided to return and find out what had become of the spiritual community of his youth. His move back to Fairfield, Iowa, proved both revealing and unsettling. He rediscovered what had drawn his generation to Eastern spirituality - and what he and his cohorts had lost in following the usual path to careerism. But he also experienced disturbing changes in a spiritual organization that - while attracting money, celebrity, and clout - had seemingly drifted from its early ideals. Its inner culture, Gilpin observed, had divided into haves and have-nots, in ways both subtle and obvious. The Maharishi - believed to be in his late eighties or early nineties and now living in Holland - was promoting projects that involved global government, third-world rulers, claims of levitation, and grandiose fund-raising campaigns. The Maharishi Effect is one man's bittersweet chronicle of innocence found and lost in the movement that, more than any other, defined spirituality for a generation. BACKCOVER One of the most important influences on the spiritual revolution of the Sixties was Transcendental Meditation. TM is a simple meditation technique popularized by the Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The cultural explosion that followed-the "human potential movement" and the New Age-began with Maharishi as much as anybody. I was among those who learned TM back in the day. I wasn't content to sit with my eyes closed, however; I wanted to find out if Maharishi had anything else to offer. My curiosity led me into the Movement, the worldwide organization that Maharishi established to teach TM and bring enlightenment to the planet. I spent five years in the Movement, from 1973 to 1978, as a hanger-on, volunteer, and student at Maharishi International University. When I left, it was for the usual reasons. I got a job, a wife, a house in the suburbs - the whole nine yards. I continued to meditate, but I was out of the Movement loop for two decades. Then I went back. In part, I wanted to reconnect with the spiritual life I'd neglected since young adulthood. I'd also heard of some unsettling developments in the Movement and I was curious to find out what was going on firsthand. There might have been a small midlife crisis in there somewhere as well. For a few months in 2001, I took a local apartment and lived in the town that's at the center of America's spiritual revolution. - from The Maharishi Effect 

 

 

 

Defined as the summation of both practical wisdom and integral life, The Science of Being and the Art of Living is the magnum opus of the most renowned Yogi, His Holiness Mahesh Yogi. :Life is to enjoy and we have to enjoy 200% Life, 100% materialism & 100 % spirituality. It highlights the Wisdom of the Absolute and the Wisdom of the Relative. Divided into four portions " Science of Being ", "Life", " Art of Living" and " Fulfillment", this book shows the link between the Science of Being and the Art of Living. The Science of Being provides a deep and significant basis to the Art of Living. 

 

 

 

The underlying principle is that stress is the root cause of most criminal behavior, and that transcendental meditation reduces stress more effectively than any other technique available. Contributors from psychology, criminal justice, and the Maharishi University of Management discuss the theory and biochemical foundations, original research on rehabilitation, preventing crime and violence, and transcendental meditation in prisons and prison systems. The 15 articles are simultaneously published as Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, vol. 35, nos. 1/2 and 3/4 (2003). Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland