Awaken To Superconsciousness

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Summary: Engaging, informative, and "reader friendly"
Review: "Superconsciousness" is the term used for the metaphysical mechanism behind human intuition, spiritual and physical healing, successful problem solving, and the discovery of deep and lasting personal joy. In Awaken To Superconciousness: How To Use Meditation For Inner Peace, Intuitive Guidance, And Greater Awareness, J. Donald Walters (founder of the Ananda communities based on the practice of yoga and the philosophy of the Indian sage, Paramhansa Yogananda) shares his many years of experience and expertise to show the reader how to use ancient yoga tradition to attain inner peace and provides the inquiring mind with inspiring meditative exercises, including chanting, affirmation and prayer. Engaging, informative, "reader friendly", Awaken To Superconciousness is highly recommended reading for students of Eastern philosophy and the use of meditation as a tool and technique for mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical self-improvement and self-help.

Rating:
Summary: Engaging, informative, and "reader friendly"
Review: "Superconsciousness" is the term used for the metaphysical mechanism behind human intuition, spiritual and physical healing, successful problem solving, and the discovery of deep and lasting personal joy. In Awaken To Superconciousness: How To Use Meditation For Inner Peace, Intuitive Guidance, And Greater Awareness, J. Donald Walters (founder of the Ananda communities based on the practice of yoga and the philosophy of the Indian sage, Paramhansa Yogananda) shares his many years of experience and expertise to show the reader how to use ancient yoga tradition to attain inner peace and provides the inquiring mind with inspiring meditative exercises, including chanting, affirmation and prayer. Engaging, informative, "reader friendly", Awaken To Superconciousness is highly recommended reading for students of Eastern philosophy and the use of meditation as a tool and technique for mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical self-improvement and self-help.

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Summary: Best Non-Sectarian Book on Meditation I've Read
Review: I found this book Extremely helpful for learning meditation. It presents the principles of yoga meditation in an absolutely non-sectarian context. The ancient practice of meditation, in fact, is non-sectarian, as is so cleary portrayed in this book. The approach in the book is based on the Eightfold path of Patanjali- a non-sectarian approach if there ever was one.

Walters supports his teaching with examples from different meditation paths, including (but not limited to) his own teacher, Yogananda. Meditation is presented cleary, simply, without dogma, and without any of the woo-woo new age stuff that's so common today. Yoga meditation is, after all, ancient rather than new.

Even though Walters draws upon the ancient teachings of India, he presents meditation in a context that is easily approachable to modern people.

His connection to the Ananda communities is clearly mentioned on the cover- the previous reviewer apparently is confused about this and other aspects of this excellent guide to meditation.

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Summary: More than a guide to meditation--a guide to life!
Review: I've been meditating and studying yoga for many years and thought I knew a lot until I read this book. This book grows on you--it's so full of practical ways to use meditation to improve your life, that you begin to take it for granted. If you want to know how to live like a master amidst the swirling vortices of life's ups and downs, this is the book that has the answers.

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Summary: Awaken to Superconsciousness
Review: This book offers a thoughtful, creative, and practical approach to meditation as a practice and as a way of life. Obviously based on wisdom of a high order and drawn from a distant past, it is at the same time relevant, intelligent, well written, and even humorous. It is very inspiring and shows the writer, Walters, to be a person of sensitivity and realized wisdom.

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Summary: Excellent, Excellent book on meditation
Review: Walters offers many helpful hints for meditators of all paths, novice or experienced. Even though he is the founder of Ananda (as clearly explained on the back cover), his approach is completely non-sectarian. I would highly recommend this book as an appropriate gift for a friend who meditates, or to give your own practice a boost.