One of the fist meditation practices I started with years ago was Eknath Easwaran's Passage Meditation - on discovering his book (once simply called Meditation and now known as Passage Meditation) I was instantly drawn to this practice and its promise of transformation. It has been a mainstay for almost 20 years now (alonmg with Primordial Sound Meditation and Vipassana) and lately I feel even more called to dedicate myself to this practice alog with Easwarans 8-Step Program. It's Buddhism made simple (without the lable) and the best of Chrsitianity and Hinduism as well. Here is a link desribing it in detail - http://www.easwaran.org/the-eight-point-program.html - The wonderful thing is that it does not not ask one to change religous views or affiliatons. It ask of us something much more profound and challenging - it ask that we change the very nature of our thinking. And it comes with instructions. I think this appeals to my inner athlete - the goal of transforming my life in a postive manner, strengthening my spiritual muscles if you will - it's a challenge yes, but the only truly worthwhile one of our lives. As a Course in Miracles states it's a required Course, we may only choose when we take it - not if. The 8 point program fits in nicely with the Course, and every other spiritual path and practice.
Think about it.
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