From the Finite to the Infinite

This compilation of questions and answers, drawn from talks and conversations between Swami Muktananda and spiritual seekers he met as he travelled in the West, covers a range of topics, from the first questioning of the nature of existence to the final attainment.

Swami Muktananda introduced the Siddha Yoga path all over the world, creating what he called a "meditation revolution." He is the author of Play of Consciousness, his spiritual autobiography

Foreword

viii

Preface to the Second Edition

xi

Invocation

xv

Prologue

xvii

I. THE JOURNEY BEGINS

Something Inside Seeks Truth

3

(12)

When I Was Doing Sadhana

12

(3)

Meeting the Master

15

(20)

I Knew Even As a Child

32

(3)

The Inner Awakening

35

(16)

But Then I Received the Touch of a Great Being

48

(3)

The Guru

51

(22)

I Have Seen Only One Nityananda

69

(4)

The Shakti Unfolds

73

(28)

I Wondered If It Were a New Obstacle

96

(5)

II. THE PRACTICES

Discovering Our Real Being

101

(42)

God Has Granted Me this Vision

140

(3)

A Mine of Nectar

143

(18)

``Just Play this Tamboura''

158

(3)

Let the Name Play in Every Cell

161

(36)

I Fell in Love with the Mantra When I Heard It Coming Out of His Shoe

193

(4)

The Easiest Means

197

(18)

All You Need Is One Word

212

(3)

In the Presence

215

(16)

``Have Your Own Darshan''

227

(4)

The Worship of Consciousness

231

(18)

There Was a Time When I Used to Worship the Lingam

243

(6)

III. THE CONTINUOUS AWAKENING

Love Is the Bliss of the Self

249

(30)

He Was Always Absorbed in Love

276

(3)

The Ultimate Relationship

279

(42)

I Felt that My Heart Was Going to Burst

317

(4)

The Mystery of Surrender, the Magnet of Faith

321

(20)

I Had Full Faith in My Self and in God

339

(2)

Death of the Ego

341

(20)

I Was a Person Who Was Too Proud

358

(3)

Grace Is God's Prasad

361

(16)

Then I Realized the Value of the Guru's Grace

372

(5)

IV. DON'T SLACKEN NOW!

Life Is Beyond Your Mind

377

(46)

I Swim in the Ocean of that Brilliance

418

(5)

When Obstacles Arise

423

(40)

He Was Always Testing Me

457

(6)

V. COMPLETING THE JOURNEY

A Place of Tremendous Joy

463

(18)

Even Then There Was Only One Thing on My Mind

478

(3)

The Music of Consciousness

481

(10)

One Day a Great Musician Came to Meet My Guru

488

(3)

The Blue Light of Love

491

(18)

I Began to Revel in that Blue Dot

506

(3)

Merging into the Absolute

509

(12)

I Attained My Own Divinity

519

(2)

Being a Siddha

521

(14)

The Greatest Sadhana

532

(3)

Epilogue

535

(2)

Glossary

537

(26)

Index

563

(28)

Swami Muktananda and the Lineage of Siddha Yoga Masters

591

(5)

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From the Finite to the Infinite

Summary

Author Biography

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Author Biography

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