Play of Cnsciousness (A Spiritual Autobiography)

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About the Book Play of Consciousness is a remarkable auto- biography, the unique legacy of a great spiritual Master. Swami Muktananda, with unparalleled generosity, gives us an account of his journey that can be, in itself, an initiation for those who read it. The sages attempted to explain the supreme Truth in countless words that fill volumes. Nevertheless, they always kept the key to the direct experience of that Truth a secret between the Guru and the disciple. For this reason, even though you may read the scriptures again and again, you can never grasp from them the actual experience of the Truth. They repeat, "For that, you need a Guru." The extraordinary feature of Play of Consciousness, as many people have discovered, is that it can actually give the direct experience not only to one who reads it but often to one who merely glances at it or touches it.

About the Author In 1970, the year this book was initially published. Swami Muktananda journeyed from Indis, taking the power and teachings of an ancient yogic lineage to the West for the first time. In all, Muktananda made three international tours before his death in 1982, offering initiation to thousands of spiritual seekers and embarking them on the path he called Siddha Yoga. The first step of the spiritual journey. Muktananda always said, is the awakening of Kundalini, the opening of a person's capacity to look within his own being. It is this inner work that leads to the attainment of supreme and enduring joy.

There are so many things inside the human body.

If, even once, man could discover his body in meditation, truly he would benefit a great deal from it. Who knows what there is in this body! There are so many chakras just in the head, so many different springs welling with nectar, so many clusters of nerve filaments, so many kinds of musical harmonies, so many different fragrances; there are rays from so many different suns, abodes of so many different deities. Though all this is inside him, man, tragically caught in his delusion, indulges himself in the arid world outside.

Introduction PLAY OF CONSCIOUSNESS-what a beautiful name for a book. It is a description of that supreme state which Baba Muktananda attained and in which he lived throughout the remainder of his life. The sages attempted to explain the supreme Truth in countless words that fill volumes. Nevertheless, they always kept the key to the direct experience of that Truth a secret between the Guru and the disciple. For this reason, even though you may read the scriptures again and again, you can never grasp from them the actual experience of the Truth. They repeat. "For that, you need a Guru." The extraordinary feature of Play of Consciousness, as many people have discovered, is that it can actually give the direct experience not only to one who reads it but often to one who merely glances at it or touches it.

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