The Eternal Present
The realization of being: a path towards active meditation
208 pages, 13.50 x 21.50 cms. Book in Spanish Language.
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The format of this book consists of explanations, followed in every case by new separate clarifying questions and answers on the subject previously discussed. The book thoroughly analyses the nature of action and its implications for metaphysical, ethic and karmic concepts.
This is a book which is within reach of all readers, as Sesha uses western pedagogical language. It is recommended to all students, but also for those investigating any discipline of knowledge who wish to go deeper into the details of Karma Yoga, Right Action or the path of Dharma..
Index:
Introduction 11
Prologue 15
PART ONE 21
CHAPTER I: Theoretical Considerations
The Dilemma of Right Action in Western Thought Patterns 25
Bases of Indo-European Ethics 30
Identification with Action 36
Forms of Action 38
Right Action 49
Yearning for the Fruit of Action 51
Egotism Contained in Actions 54
Karma: The Consequences of Non-Action and Compulsory Action 56
Samsara: The consequences of Karma 61.
CHAPTER II: Meditation in action
The eternal present 67
The past 71, The future 74.
CHAPTER III: The distinct forms of the ‘I’
The vacuity of ego, the vacuity of the <<I>> 81
Inside and outside of oneself 83
First State: Dream 86
Second State: Thought 87
Third State: Observation 90
Fourth State: Concentration 93
Fifth State: Meditation 97
PART TWO
CHAPTER I: The Dilemma of Right Action 103
CHAPTER II: Moral Dissociation within Action 113
CHAPTER III: Karma: the Expression of Ethics Without Limits 125
CHAPTER IV: Gunas: Active Agents of Action 145
CHAPTER V: Right Action 161
APPENDICES:
Appendix 1: The four forms of reality 179
The Dual World, the Non-Dual World 183
Appendix 2: The thresholds of the mind 191
The thresholds of the mind 194
The thresholds of meditation practice 198
The observer and the observed 207
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