Merging with Siva: Table of Contents

	Dedication -- Samarpanam	v
	Author's Introduction -- Granthakara Bhumika	xi
	The Master Course -- Pradhana Pathyakramah	xxxvii
	The Self God -- Parashivah	xliii

	Part One: Dancing in the Light

No.	Chapter Title	Page In Printed Volume

1	How to Realize God	3
2	All Knowing Is Within You	13
3	The Purpose of Life	23
4	The River of Life	33
5	The Story of Awareness	43
6	Wisdom's Path	55
7	Willpower	65
8	The Clear White Light	77
9	Lotus of the Heart	89
10	From Darkness to Light	99
11	The Power of Affirmation	111
12	Beginning to Meditate	121
13	Five Steps to Enlightenment	131
14	Life, the Great Experience	141
15	Facing Life's Tests	153
16	I'm All Right, Right Now	165
17	The Eternal Now	177
18	Love Is the Sum of the Law	187

	Part Two: Living in the Now

19	Love of the Gods	201
20	The Esoterics of Worship	213
21	Total Surrender	225
22	The Path of Egoity	239
23	The Yoga of Incantation	253
24	The Universe of the Mind	267
25	The Conscious Mind	279
26	The Subconscious Mind	291
27	The Sub of the Subconscious Mind	303
28	The Superconscious Mind	315
29	The Subsuperconscious Mind	325
30	The Nature of Thought	337
31	The Physical and Pranic Bodies	349
32	The Astral Body	361
33	The Human Aura	377
34	Colors' Magic	389
35	Sleep and Dreams	403

	Part Three: Merging in the All

36	Karma, the Natural Law	423
37	The Fine Art of Meditation	435
38	Powers of the Spine	449
39	Renunciate Life and the Two Paths	463
40	Men and Women Are Not the Same	477
41	Spinning Wheels of Consciousness	489
42	The Evolution of Consciousness	503
43	Force Fields and Psychic Protection	517
44	Darshan, Grace of the Guru	531
45	Spiritual Training	543
46	Jnanis and the Path They Teach	557
47	The Two Perfections of Our Soul	569
48	Soul, Self and Samadhi	581
49	The Responsibility of Enlightenment	593
50	Reincarnation	607
51	Death and Dying	619
52	The Final Conclusions for All Mankind	635

	Part Four: Cognizantability
	The Conquest of the Mind

	Canto	Page

	Section 1: The Five States of Mind
	Introduction

1	The Conscious and Subconscious Mind	667
2	The Subsuperconscious and
	Sub of the Subconscious Mind	677
3	Control of Consciousness	683

	Section 2: The Basic Laws of Transmutation
	Introduction	641

4	The Sexual Energies	695
5	Control of Speech	701

	Section 3: Journey of Awareness
	Introduction	707

6	Perceptions on Understanding Ego	709
7	Sleep and Dreams	721
8	Chakras	727
9	Mantras	731
10	Esoteric Theories	741

	Resources

I.	Key to the Astral Colors, by Swami Panchadasi	757
II.	Song of the Sannyasin, by Swami Vivekananda	769
III.	Charts	779

	Conclusion -- Samapanam	793
	Glossary -- Shabda Koshah A-I	799
	Glossary -- Shabda Koshah J-R
	Glossary -- Shabda Koshah S-Z
	Scriptural Bibliography -- Shastriya Sandarbhagranthasuchi	897
	Index of Inspired Talks -- Preraka Vartanukramani	899
	Colophon -- Antyavachanam	905
	About the Author
	Invitation to Monastic Life
	Reviews and Comments

Second Edition, First Printing

Merging with Siva: Hinduism’s Contemporary Metaphysics is published by Himalayan Academy. All rights are reserved. This book may be used to share the Hindu Dharma with others on the spiritual path, but reproduced only with the prior written consent of the publisher. Designed, typeset and illustrated by the swâmîs of the Saiva Siddhanta Yoga Order and published by Himalayan Academy, 107 Kaholalele Road, Kapaa, Hawaii 96746–9304 USA. www.Gurudeva.org.

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2002-103632

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