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Views from High Peak Meditation makes a special contribution to the available literature on meditation. Since High Peak does not originate within a particular religious tradition, the views are the authors' own, based entirely on their own experience as meditators, not on any preconceptions. The result is a series of fresh and often humorous perspectives, expressed in everyday jargon-free language. No meditator from any tradition can fail to come away from reading the booklet without rewarding insights into his or her own practice.

In the same spirit, the final piece of the booklet offers materials for prayer, meditation and contemplation, which resonate with familiar tradition and yet are altogether original.

Contents:

The first three articles are available to view in PDF format

1. "INTRODUCTION"
   
2. "MEDITATION"
   
3. "MEDITATION FOR NOSY PEOPLE"
   
4. TWELVE APHORISMS  (link to web page)

 

Hard copies of "Views from High Peak" are available from High Peak Meditation: Price £7.50 per copy (£6.00 plus P&P £1.50 in UK) Please Contact Us to order a book, or for postage rates outside the UK.

This valuable guide explains the basic process that is initiated when someone seriously begins to learn meditation in any tradition or with any technique. Whether the objective is relaxation, enlightenment or union with the Divine, the three most obvious results of meditation can be summarized as calmness, power and insight; together they represent the refinement and development of our physical, emotional and intellectual levels of being.

The author describes with precision the benefits and pitfalls of meditation and distinguishes it from trance, hypnosis, reflection or visualisation. She clarifies the basic techniques and principles involved in the skill of meditation, and shows how sustained practice can unlock our innate creativity. Just as nourishment is assimilated by the body and transformed in the process of physical growth, meditation is a catalyst for transforming the substance of life in our consciousness and deepening our contact with the creative dimension of existence.

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