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Pain, Sex and Time: A New Outlook on Evolution and the Future of Man: A Provenance Edition of the 1939 Classic
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Gerald Heard
, February 15, 2008
"History may be interpreted as the symptoms of a mental evolution," writes Gerald Heard in PAIN, SEX AND TIME. "Man's civilization is the shadow cast by his evolving consciousness." The evolution of his psyche is the sequel to the evolution of his physique. This mutation in his psyche, in consciousness, is a spiral of ascent, of continuing evolution. He must leap forward or sink. "In man is a store of evolutionary energy and that energy can give rise to his further, purely psychical evolution. Pain and pleasure, agony and lust, are the two fundamental polar sensations which lie at an equally rudimentary level. Only when this dazing sensationalism is transcended, can consciousness experience sustained intensity of being. This process indicates a possible ending of pain, a possible solving of the problem of sex, and also the possibility of a completely new step in evolution." By means of "a specific training" this evolutionary change can occur. Then humankind's purpose will be revealed: "The only possible meaning of life is that here, under Time, human consciousness discovers itself. The Universe exists for the emergence and development of free creative consciousness." By this advance in consciousness we, "are able to reinterpret correctly the experience which we call Time and, doing so, we see Reality no longer distorted, but as it is. Then we shall have fulfilled the purpose of our Being, the meaning of evolution," concludes Gerald Heard in PAIN, SEX AND TIME.
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Training for the Life of the Spirit
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Gerald Heard
, February 15, 2008
Required reading for those walking the spiritual path, Gerald Heard's TRAINING FOR THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT methodically outlines the entire course of the aspirant's journey. Heard provides a time-tested roadmap for the wayfarer: "There is a purpose in evolution - to evolve consciously, to evolve consciousness. That evolution is achieved only by the skilled, conscious training of our spirits." The aspirant works to subdue their ego: "For in so far as we are emptied of self, so far are we freed from accident. Our habit patterns, our moods...our natures can be reconditioned, re-freed. We will be inwardly reunited, our fissured selves re-fused." TRAINING FOR THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT contains Gerald Heard's essential observation: "Our whole life must become intentional and purposive, instead of a series of irrelevant events, adventures, and accidents, happy or unhappy." A modern classic steeped in authentic spirituality.
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The Creed of Christ
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Gerald Heard
, February 15, 2008
In THE CREED OF CHRIST, Gerald Heard masterfully examines the Lord's Prayer, which he describes as, "the real creed of Christianity." Heard interprets Christ's supplication as the key to unfolding an entirely new way of life: "The task is nothing less than the shift of the whole being, the entire consciousness, until it alters from self-consciousness to...God-consciousness." This supreme quest first calls for the transcendence of self: "I must start, before anything else, by clearing myself out of the way." Heard then reaffirms Christ's rousing words that the Kingdom is found within us: "Our Lord evidently held that the Kingdom...is already here, around us, within us." A modern spiritual classic, THE CREED OF CHRIST challenges all seekers to grow spiritually. Gerald Heard beckons us to enter the very heart of religious experience, leading to pulsating union with God.
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The Code of Christ
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Gerald Heard
, February 15, 2008
Read the original, the authentic code...THE CODE OF CHRIST. THE CODE OF CHRIST is Gerald Heard's sequel to THE CREED OF CHRIST. In this volume Heard comments on the Beatitudes. He emphasizes, "Christianity is in essence a way of life for us to live." That way of life is systematically presented in the Beatitudes, which contain, "a message needing decoding." Heard authoritatively decodes this central message of Christ: "The world exists for man to achieve union with God. The universe and life are the means whereby souls achieve Enlightenment and Liberation." Once enlightenment is achieved, the "perfected soul...turns back and stands incandescent with compassion, to light others on their way home." THE CODE OF CHRIST is essential reading for those desiring a deeper understanding of Christ's message. Gerald Heard's thoughtful musings skillfully expound the mystical truths of Christianity.
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Prayers and Meditations
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Gerald Heard
, February 15, 2008
"These prayers and meditations are traces of an experiment," writes Gerald Heard in his Introduction to PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS. "Seven were written by one of our ablest authors." The experiment Heard references was Trabuco College, which Heard founded in California in 1941. The ablest author was Aldous Huxley, Heard's sometime co-adventurer in mystical voyages. Huxley's contributions consist of the Meditation section of the chapters Being, Beauty (I), Love, Grace (I), Holiness, Peace, and Joy. Along with Huxley's seven contributions are selections by St. Albert, St. Anselm, Dionysius the Areopagite, William H. Forthman, and Margaret Gage. Heard penned all the others. Altogether these powerful reflections, "are present-day renderings of those thoughts and feelings which have been rising in men since they began to reach out to Him who is beyond the senses." PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS equips the contemporary spiritual aspirant with a wellspring of inspirational devotions, ever invoking, "the desire to remember constantly the all-pervading, transcendent Presence of God."
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