Part 2, "The Peace within You", offers an uplifting and invigorating approach to 'the peace which passeth understanding' at the core of every human being, showing how its rich serenity can be consciously integrated into daily living.

About the author:
Paul Brunton (1898-1981 was a British philosopher, mystic, and traveller. He left a successful journalistic career to live among yogis, mystics, and holy men, and studied a wide variety of Eastern and Western esoteric teachings. With his entire life dedicated to an inward and spiritual quest, Brunton felt charged with the task of communicating his experiences to others and, as the first person to write accounts of what he learned in the East from a Western perspective, his works had a major influence on the spread of Eastern mysticism to the West.

Taking pains to express his thoughts in layperson's terms, Brunton was able to present what he learned from the Orient and from ancient tradition as a living wisdom. Paul Brunton's writings sum up his view that meditation and the inward quest are not exclusively for monks and hermits, but will also support those living normal, active lives in the Western world. - From Paul Brunton: Essential Readings By Godwin, Cash and Smith

Table of Contents:

PART 1: ADVANCED CONTEMPLATION
1. Entering The Short Path ...3
Begin and end with the goal itself ...3
The Practice ...15
Benefits ...21

2. Pitfalls And Limitations ...21
The truth about sudden enlightenment ...36
Limitations of the Long Path ...44

3. The Dark Night of The Soul ...52
In Significance ...59

4. The Changeover To The Short Path ...66
The preparation on the Long Path ...66
Making the transition ...73

5. Balancing The Paths ...89
Their contrast and comparison ...89
Their combination and transcendence ...111

6. Advance Meditation ...127
Specific exercises for practice ...133
Yoga of the Liberating Smile ...134
Intercessory meditation ...135
Night meditation ...139
Witness exercise ...142
"As-If" exercise ...153

7. Contemplative Stillness ...169
Experiencing the passage into contemplation ...178
Still the mind ...188
Deepen attention ...193
Yield to Grace ...199
The deepest contemplation ...203

8. The Void As Contemplative Experience ...214
Entering the Void ...214
Nirvikalpa Samadhi ...224
Meditation upon the Void ...230
Emerging from the Void ...238
Why Buddha smiled ...242

PART 2: THE PEACE WITHIN YOU
1. The Search For Happiness ...3
The Limitations of life ...3
Philosophic happiness ...7
The heart of joy ...11

2. Be Calm ...15
The goal of tranquillity ...17
In daily life ...21
The qualities of calm ...25
Staying calm ...31

3. Practice Detachment ...37
Turn inward ...44
Solving difficulties ...50
Training mind and heart ...52
True asceticism ...56
Becoming the Witness ...63
Timelessness ...63
Free activity ...71

4. Seek The Deeper Stillness ...79
Quiet the ego ...84
The still centre within ...90
The Great Silence ...99

* Index for Part 1
* Index for Part 2

Notebooks of Paul Brunton:

Volume 1: Perspectives

Volume 2: The Quest

Volume 3: Practices for the Quest: Relax and Retreat

Volume 4: Meditation: The Body PT1

Volume 4: Meditation: The Body PT2

Volume 5: Emotions and Ethics: The Intellect

Volume 6: The Ego: From Birth to Rebirth

Volume 7: Healing of the Self: The Negatives

Volume 8: Reflections on My Life and Writings

Volume 9: Human Experience: The Arts in Culture

Volume 10: The Orient: Its Legacy to the West

Volume 11: The Sensitives: Dynamics and Dangers of Mysticism

Volume 12: The Religious Urge: The Reverential Life

Volume 13: Relativity, Philosophy, and Mind

Volume 14: Inspiration and the Overself