Heart of Matter

This last volume in Pierre Teilhard‘s collected works contains two previously unavailable essays of key importance: “The Heart of Matter,” a spiritual autobiography written in 1950, 

Rediscovering Fire

by Ursula King: [Teilhard’s] vision of love is a spirituality that celebrates the oneness of creation, a spirituality that acknowledges love as the clearest understanding we have of God, of ourselves, of history, and of the cosmos. – David Tracy, theologian

Pantanjali: A biography

Almost everything about Patañjali is unknown. Even his most basic biographical details are disputed. And of the little that is known, much is mired in myth.

The Yoga Aphorisms of Pantanjali

by William Q. Judge: This edition of Patanjali‘s Yoga Aphorisms is not put forth as a new translation, nor as a literal rendering into English of the original.

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Intro to Book 1

by Charles Johnston: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practical wisdom, set forth in admirable order and detail.

The Eight Limbs

In Patanjali‘s Yoga Sutra, the eightfold path is calledashtanga, which literally means “eight limbs” (ashta=eight, anga=limb). 

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, founder of Yoga in Daily Life system, explains Sutra 1 from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 1/2

Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, founder of Yoga in Daily Life system, explains Sutra 1 from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

The Confusion Technique

Excerpted from Experimental Hypnosis, by Leslie LeCron, from a chapter titled: “Deep Hypnosis Techniques”

Foreword to ‘Carl Rogers: The Quiet Revolutionary, An Oral History’

by Eugene T. Gendlin: Carl Rogers is world renowned for originating and developing the now prevailing humanistic trend in psychotherapy, having pioneered in research and having influenced all fields related to psychology. He was already well known when I started working with him in 1952. Visitors came from everywhere.

Carl Rogers

by Saul McLeod: Carl Rogers (1902-1987) was a humanistic psychologist agreed with most of what Maslowbelieved, but added that for a person to “grow”, they need an environment that provides them with genuineness (openness and self-disclosure), acceptance (being seen with unconditional positive regard), and empathy (being listened to and understood).