Free An Easy Guide to Meditation by Roy Eugene Davis

AN EASY
    GUIDE TO
    MEDITATION
     
    ROY EUGENE DAVIS
     
     
    I salute the supreme teacher,
    the Truth, whose Nature is Bliss;
    who is the giver of the highest
    happiness; who is pure wisdom;
    who is beyond all qualities and
    infinite like the sky; who is beyond
    words; who is one and eternal,
    pure and still; who is beyond all
    change and phenomena and who
    is the silent witness to all our
    thoughts and emotions—I salute
    Truth, the supreme teacher.
    – Ancient Vedic Hymn
     
     
     
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    CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL AWARENESS
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    copyright © 1995 by Roy Eugene Davis
     
    Digital Edition
    copyright © 2011 by Roy Eugene Davis
    978-0-87707-401-4
     
     
     
     
    Contents
    Introduction
    Chapter One: Meditation as a Foundation Practice for Personal Benefits and Authentic Spiritual Growth
    Chapter Two: Experiencing the Natural Process: How to Meditate Effectively
    Chapter Three: Meditation Techniques and Routines to Use for Satisfying Results
    Chapter Four: Awakening Through Progressive Stages of Spiritual Growth
    Chapter Five: Lifestyle Guidelines Supportive of Our Primary Aims and Purposes
     
     
    Introduction
     
    The period in human history through which we are now passing is characterized by rapid changes in the outer realm, while indications of accelerated intellectual growth and spiritual awakening are increasingly observable in the transformations occurring in the social order. That we are being confronted by effects of powerful evolutionary causes is obvious to anyone who is sufficiently perceptive to examine the evidence. I look upon the world scene with an abiding sense of wonder and am serenely optimistic about our near and distant future possibilities. I hope you are viewing the unfolding drama of life with a thankful heart and pronouncing it good.
    Because of these unfolding circumstances, and the widespread interest in matters related to facilitating expanded states of consciousness and improving functional abilities, the information in this edition of An Easy Guide to Meditation will, I feel, be helpful to many readers. The first book issued under this title was published in 1978 and distributed in many editions in several countries. Now, to make the message even more widely available, the text has been newly written, the format is designed for convenient reference, and the price is within the means of anyone with a sincere interest in the subject.
     
    After reading this book, and putting into practice some of the recommended routines, please consider sharing copies with people whom you know to be interested in enhancing their lives. Having a harmonious relationship with the Presence and Power that produced the realm of nature and enlivens it, and which, ultimately, determines satisfying outcomes for all worthwhile endeavors, is certainly a most favorable condition for all of us.
    During my early teenage years I pondered the meaning of life and aspired to clearly know it. Near the end of my eighteenth year I was fortunate to meet my guru Paramahansa Yogananda in Los Angeles, California, and to be accepted by him for training. Now, as I write these words, forty-five years have passed; each has provided invaluable opportunities for continued spiritual growth and service. I have traveled the world to share this information and have discovered that, behind the screens of social fabric and cultural influences, all people are, at the core, the same: that one, divine essence is the reality of us all.
    Everything I recommend in these pages, I do, or have done. The basic principles, practices, and guidelines are universal. I did not originate them. They are not mine, nor do they belong to anyone. Some of the insights shared here, and explanations of how I view our relationship with the Infinite, are my own because I, like everyone else, see from my personal