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The second book in the Jed Talks series by Jed McKenna, author of the Enlightenment Trilogy and the Dreamstate Trilogy.

Source title: A Master's Secret Whispers: For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living

Prescriptions, how-to’s, self-help, guru’s, mental hacks, psychology, motivation, and the like, are things that are fundamentally unserious. They are things that move humans away from Truth. For they approach all matters from the standpoint of a “fix.”
The Truth is a path away from all fixes. And away from all chases. It is for the one who is Serious. It is for the one who is Sincere. This book is for but a handful of individuals in the world. Those with a rarest form of DNA. The DNA to arrive at the Direct Truth in all things. So that they may put an end to all chases. So that they may walk life’s Final Mile. And come to possess the things that they have called by various other names.

"To listen to him or to read his thoughts is to face oneself and the world with an astonishing morning freshness." -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

本书是克氏教诲的精选，诸多内容内地读者都不曾接触。对于尚未领略克氏智慧之光的人而言，它是最佳入门读物，深入浅出，完整详实。对于已经入门的读者而言，它是深化之书，厘清困惑，涤净烦忧。绝对值得再三阅读，细细品味。
你可曾安静地坐着，不专注于任何事物，也不费劲地集中注意力，而是非常安详地坐着？这时你会听到各式各样的声音，会听到远处的喧闹声以及近在咫尺的细微声响。这意味着你把所有的声音都听进去了。你会发现自己的心在不强求的情况下产生了惊人的转变。这份转变里自有美和深刻的洞识。
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当他进入我的屋里时，我禁不住对自己说：“这绝对是菩萨无疑了！”
—— 纪伯伦（Kahlil Gibran）
在我人生中，克里希那穆提曾深深地影响我，帮助我突破了重重的自我设限。
—— 迪帕克•乔普拉（Deepak Chopra）
克里希那穆提的话带给人一种非比寻常的亲切感：优美、富有诗意，其博大精深犹如浩瀚的虚空一般。
—— 杰克•康菲尔德（Jack Kornfield）
克里希那穆提的语言赤裸而富有启发性，它替代了障碍竞赛和捕鼠器，令日常生活变成一种喜悦的过程。
—— 亨利•米勒（Henry Miller）
听克里希那穆提演讲，就像在听佛陀传法，如此的力道，如此原创的大家之言。
—— 赫胥黎（Aldous Huxley）
一种深奥而新颖的自我认识之道，为个人解脱及成熟之爱带来更深的洞识。
—— 罗洛•梅（Rollo May）
我认为克里希那穆提为我们这个时代所带来的意义就是：人必须为自己思考，而不是被外在的宗教或灵性上的权威所左右。
—— 范•莫里森（Van Morrison）
克里希那穆提带给我深思的机会，并促使我去追求自己几乎不理解的东西。
——约瑟夫•坎贝尔（Joseph Campbell）

Counted among his admirers are Jonas Salk, Aldous Huxley, David Hockney, and Van Morrison, along with countless other philosophers, artist, writers and students of the spiritual path. Now the trustees of Krishnamurti’s work have gathered his very best and most illuminating writings and talks to present in one volume the truly essential ideas of this great spiritual thinker. Total Freedom includes selections from Krishnamurti’s early works, his ‘Commentaries on Living’, and his discourses on life, the self, meditation, sex and love. These writings reveal Krishnamuri’s core teachings in their full eloquence and power: the nature of personal freedom; the mysteries of life and death; and the ‘pathless land’, the personal search for truth and peace. Warning readers away from blind obedience to creeds or teachers – including himself – Krishnamurti celebrated the individual quest for truth, and thus became on of the most influential guides for independent-minded seekers of the twentieth century – and beyond.

《全然的自由》是仅有的全面介绍克里那穆提一生教诲的言论，也是一部广泛而根本的作品集，总括他一生中不同阶段对自我、冥思、爱、冲突烦恼、生死奥秘、世界和平、人类幸福等的真知灼见。

Herman Hesse's classic novel has delighted, inspired, and influenced generations of readers, writers, and thinkers. In this story of a wealthy Indian Brahmin who casts off a life of privilege to seek spiritual fulfillment. Hesse synthesizes disparate philosophies--Eastern religions, Jungian archetypes, Western individualism--into a unique vision of life as expressed through one man's search for true meaning.

《悉达多》并非是佛陀的故事，它讲述了一个人的一生，千万寻常人亦会经历的一生。
意气风发的少年郎，常认为自己是被命运选中的人。抛下过去，随了跌跌撞撞的步伐，找寻心中的声音，追逐名利，经历友情，品尝爱情。不同的是，悉达多一生追求的是生命的圆融统一，看似宏大，确是每个人无法回避的问题。
黑塞的语言是充满诗性的，正如本书副题“一首印度的诗”，因不得而知的原因，此副题在前人所出版本中都被回避了。为了尽可能表现黑塞的诗意，我们选择从德文直译（据悉市面销量最高版本译自英文版），尽管我们的译文不能完全实现这种诗意，但其诗的本性与精神显而易见。
本书地位在前人的版本中已被反复强调——亨利·米勒的最爱；影响了包括电台司令在内的许多名人雅士；在六十年代美国掀起过阅读黑塞的热潮，大学生们人手一册等等。
但如书中成为摆渡人的悉达多所述，智慧无法分享，它可以被发现，被体验。
所以倘若你碰巧遇到了这本小书，请细细品味其中的文字。
愿你在读了悉达多的故事后，也能有所感悟，并开始体验属于自己的人生。

"The Book of Secrets" invites us to experience and experiment with everyday life through the awareness of our senses. Osho discusses 112 individual meditation techniques drawn from ancient texts - meditations that focus on consciousness of the present moment. Osho describes each technique in detail and explains how to discover those best suited to each of us and how to integrate them into our daily lives. The new edition of "The Book of Secrets" includes: a DVD with original Osho talk and introduction to meditation; meditation and discussion texts revised and reworked for clarity; elegant new interior design; new introduction; new easy-to-read trim size. In "The Book of Secrets", the secrets of the science of the "Vigyan Bhairav Tantra" texts become available to contemporary audience. Confined to small, hidden mystery schools for centuries and often misunderstood today, tantra is not just a method of enhancing sexual experience, but a complete science of self-realization based on the cumulative wisdom of centuries of exploration into the meaning of life and consciousness. Tantra - the very word means technique - is a set of powerful transformative tools that can be used to bring new meaning and joy to every aspect of our daily live.

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From the international bestselling author of Awareness, a pocket-sized guide that will bring you to new levels of spiritual awareness.

The Way To Love contains the final flowering of Anthony de Mello's thought, and  in it he grapples with the ultimate question of  love. In thirty-one meditations, he implores his  readers with his usual pithiness to break through  illusion, the great obstacle to love. "Love  springs from awareness," de Mello insists, saying  that it is only when we see others as they are  that we can begin to really love. But not only must  we seek to see others with clarity, we must examine  ourselves without misconception. The task,  however, is not easy. "The most painful act,"  de Mello says, "is the act of seeing. But in  that act of seeing that love is born." Anthony  De Mello was the director of the Sadhana Institute  of Pastoral Counseling in Poona, India, and  authored several books. The Way To Love   is his last.

Who are you? When you start to explore this question, you find out how elusive it really is. Are you a physical body? A collection of experiences and memories? A partner to relationships? Each time you consider aspects of yourself, you realize that there is much more you than any of these can define. In this book, spiritual teacher Michael Singer explores the question of who we are and arrives at the conclusion that our identity is to be found in our consciousness, the fact of our ability to observe ourselves and the world around us. By tapping into traditions of meditation and mindfulness, Singer show how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and let go of painful thoughts and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization.Divided in to five parts, the book offers a frank and friendly discussion of consciousness and how we can develop it. In part one, he examines the notion of self and the inner dialogue that all of use live with. Part two examines the experience of energy as it flows through us and works to show readers how to open their hearts to the energy of experience that permeates their lives. Ways to overcome tendencies to close down to the rest of the world are the subject of part three. Enlightenment and the embrace of universal consciousness are the subject of part four. And finally, in part five, Singer returns to daily life and the pursuit of "unconditional happiness". Throughout, the book maintains a light and engaging tone, free from heavy dogma and prescriptive religious references. The easy exercises that figure in each chapter help readers experience the ideas that Singer presents.

畅销书作家、瑜伽和冥想大师迈克尔·辛格从崭新的视角带你探索内心、认识自我内在能量的来源和觉察束缚你心灵成长的阻碍，为你正经历的烦恼、压力、纠结、痛苦找到一味良药——我们每个人都有自救的力量，这个力量来自于清醒的自我。
面对漫漫人生之旅，我们都会迷茫、焦虑，会不知所措，会被卡住，那是因为我们受到了自己习惯性思维、情绪和能量模式的影响，从而迷失了自我。当我们处于清醒状态的时候，内心世界就会打开，内心蕴藏的无限能量就会被激发出来，生命将畅通无阻地在你身上自由流动。
《清醒地活》分五个部分，循序渐进地带你觉察清醒的自我。首先你要做的就是倾听头脑中的声音，与内心的室友对话，从而唤醒自己的意识，找到清晰的自我。然后，你才会感受到自己所拥有的能量，学会现在就放手，拔掉内心的刺，超越封闭的自我。最后，你要做的就仅仅是拥抱和享受当下的生活。
如果你愿意全然体验、悦纳和臣服于生活，而不是与之抗争，你就会被深深地感动。当你达到这个境界，你就会开始看到心灵的秘密。能量需要流经心灵，才能支撑你。这种能量激发着你，滋养着你。

"This translation first published in Penguin Classics 2006"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

《沉思录》是公元2世纪后期占代罗马传下来的一部个人哲学思考录，主要思考人生伦理问題，兼及自然哲学。思考者为占罗马在位皇帝马尔库斯·奥勒利乌斯·安托尼努斯。

In December of 2011, I gave a talk to an audience of scientists, Pentagon officials, politicians, and CEO's on the secret of life and how I'd figured it out the previous summer.
Afterwards, people came up individually and told me how much what I'd shared meant to them. This book is based on the truth I spoke about.
It's something I learned from within myself, something I believed saved me. And more than that, the way I set about to do it.
This is a collection of thoughts on what I learned, what worked, what didn't. Where I succeed and importantly, where I fail daily.
The truth is to love yourself with the same intensity you would use to pull yourself up if you were hanging off a cliff with your fingers. As if your life depended upon it. Once you get going, it's not hard to do. Just takes commitment and I'll share how I did it.
It's been transformative for me. I know it will be transformative for you as well.

你要學會好好愛自己，
因為你總是太習慣先愛別人，
卻忽略了自己……
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近年來，很多人都開始意識到要「愛自己」，
不過，大家「愛自己」的方式，大多是這樣──
．享受生活，買東西犒賞自己、吃大餐慶祝，但狂歡後仍感到空虛
．隨心所欲，只做自己想做的事，卻傷害了別人
．接受自己的全部缺點，但沒有任何成長
這些是多數人對愛自己的誤解，
其實，真正的「愛自己」不必向外求，也不用傷荷包，
而是成為不假思索的生活好習慣！
◎ 暢銷300,000冊，掀起「愛自己」的全球風潮
卡馬爾．拉維坎特曾是矽谷的創業家，在外人眼中，他是不折不扣的人生勝利組，
卻突然經歷創業失敗、失戀、好友過世等一連串打擊，
因此身心靈都嚴重受創，萎靡不振。
有一天，他意識到，之前一蹶不振是因為不夠愛自己，
覺得自己不能再這樣下去，只有自己能救自己，
於是他立下「愛自己」的誓言，花不到一分鐘寫下的誓言，卻帶來強大的力量，
結果他的狀況開始好轉，身體很快就康復，心態也有所轉變。
朋友看到他從谷底翻身，鼓勵他把自己的故事寫成書，
2012年，他決定自費出版，分享「愛自己」是如何拯救他，
一上市，竟暢銷30萬冊，還在各大社群平台引起眾多討論和轉發，
甚至在全球掀起「愛自己」的風潮！
◎ 把你愛別人的能力，用來愛自己
拉維坎特觀察到，每個人都有愛人的能力，可以為別人付出、示好，關心、包容對方，
但很少人把這份能力用在自己身上，常常忽略自己，甚至經常苛責自己。
把愛別人的能力，用來愛自己，
學會好好關注自己、對自己好，因為自己才是生命中最重要的人。
◎ 愛自己，是一種好習慣
拉維坎特發現，愛自己，是一種好習慣，
不是偶爾想到才做的事或盲目追求短暫的快樂，
當你以「愛自己」的方式活著，人生也會對你回報愛。
愛自己，也是改造人生的開端，
可以幫每個人克服各種逆境與難關，
但許多人都不知道該怎麼愛自己，從小到大也沒受過訓練，
因此他自己嘗試過各種方法，找出讓「愛自己」變成好習慣的有效練習──
◎ 心智循環法：從對自己說「我愛我自己」開始
愛自己最簡單的做法就是，大聲對自己說「我愛我自己！」
你可能會覺得很蠢，拉維坎特一開始也這麼覺得，
但當我們受挫，陷入負面情緒、迷惘、低潮等自我懷疑的狀態，
如同置身黑暗中，此時需要一個開關，把燈打開，
對自己說「我愛我自己」就像開關，照亮黑暗，讓你繼續前行，
在潛移默化中形成新的思考慣性，將負面心智循環，切換成為正向積極的新模式。
◎ 靜觀法：力量最強大的環節
別的事不做沒關係，但這件事一定要做，做了就能帶來改變，
只要播放自己喜歡的音樂，閉上雙眼，配合緩慢而深長的呼吸，持續7分鐘，
不必刻意創造療癒或正向的東西，就能為你帶來平靜、和平與成長。
◎ 照鏡法：最困難的方法，必須實踐
很多人會抗拒照鏡子，覺得害羞或厭惡，這代表負面心智循環正在抵抗，
因此你可以練習把注意力放在自己的眼睛上，不評斷自己的長相和身材，
只要5分鐘，能讓你自然而然愛上自己。
本書還有更多讓愛自己變成好習慣的日日練習，以及作者親身實踐愛自己的精采故事，
從今以後，讓你拒當負面思考的受害者，重新建立自己的正向心智循環，
幫你在面對各種逆境和難關時，都能一一克服，活出奇蹟人生！

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The Tao of Seneca (volumes 1-3) is an introduction to Stoic philosophy through the words of Seneca. If you study Seneca, you'll be in good company. He was popular with the educated elite of the Greco-Roman Empire, but Thomas Jefferson also had Seneca on his bedside table. Thought leaders in Silicon Valley tout the benefits of Stoicism, and NFL management, coaches, and players alike - from teams such as the Patriots and Seahawks - have embraced it because the principles make them better competitors. Stoicism is a no-nonsense philosophical system designed to produce dramatic real-world effects. Think of it as an ideal operating system for thriving in high-stress environments. This is your guide.

Length: 10 hrs 9 mins