"Stillness is the way to self-knowledge, and meditation the way to stillness. The intensive course documented here is a complete teaching that takes you to the end of meditation, to a stillness and clarity beyond the struggle of life. You join seven students as they work with the teacher and as you read, you paticipate."--Back cover.
Barry Long's approach to parenting includes not only love for the child, but practical ways of bringing truth and justice into the family. He explains that what children also need from parents is the example of an honest and responsible life. To introduce truth, teach the child to observe the fact of the world. To introduce justice, ask of the child only what you are prepared to do yourself. He also has radical things to say about the development of the personality and the encouragement of imagination. The book is compiled from conversations with parents, so it is possible to understand Barry Long's approach in the actual circumstances of the many families who shared their problems with him. Their experience gives readers a complete picture of the benefit that harmony in the home brings to the next generation.
Only Fear Dies is about the real possibility that we can stop being unhappy. This is one of the most radical books by the Australian spiritual master, Barry Long, who vividly describes how unhappiness seizes hold of us from birth, forms our personalities and dominates our history; how it is manipulated by the media and chases us to death and beyond. The root of unhappiness is fear. But through living in a truly spiritual way--or 'dying for life'--we realize that it is only fear that dies. And this realization liberates us from persistent unhappiness. Written years before Eckhart Tolle's world best-seller 'The Power of Now', Barry Long's 'book of liberation' covers similar ground and has been hugely influential.
Focusing on self-discovery, this book explores the complexities of spiritual life, examining the nature of belief, the dilemmas of choice, and the essence of suffering. It delves into the conflicts inherent in traditional morality and offers practical guidance on confronting these truths through meditation and observation. The insights aim to empower readers to navigate their spiritual journeys with clarity and purpose.
'Knowing Yourself' is a classic statement of spiritual self-enquiry, written while the author was experiencing the two main crises of his own spiritual journey; the realization of immortality and the transcendent God-realization. Rather than describe these as personal events, Barry Long states very clearly the impersonal truths he discovered. In his concise, almost abrasive style, he strips away the false layers of the human condition until he reaches the timeless core of our being. This is a book for anyone intent on following the same route to truth - the way of self-knowledge. Without an experienced guide, it can be a school of hard knocks. This book has proved of great support and inspiration to its readers and continues to be so. Whatever changes the New Age brings, a book like this speaks to each new generation, because it imparts the true knowledge of the timeless.
To Man in Truth is a spiritual master's response to the male predicament in today's world. While men are conditioned to serve progress, achieve success for themselves and build new solutions for old problems, it's increasingly obvious that the male-dominated thrust of society only makes matters worse. Barry Long appeals to men to wake up to the truth of themselves, listen to their women, and put love first. He received thousands of letters in his years as a spiritual teacher and always did his best to answer them. This book is a collection of questions and answers taken from his correspondence with men about the spiritual life, the difficulty of relationships, struggles with sexuality, problems at work, and the reality of enlightenment. This book will inform anyone endeavouring to put a spiritual teaching into practice. And it's an insight on issues that men rarely speak about.
Barry Long knew he was dying. He set about writing down his last words on the main themes of his spiritual teaching. He wanted to leave behind a full account of what he considered to be his original contribution to the evolving consciousness on Earth. No one before him had been able to strip away spiritual traditions to reveal the universal truth with such boldness and practicality; with such contemporary relevance. No other teachers of his generation were quite so willing to take on the unhappiness of the human condition by dealing with personal intimate questions about relationships, and particularly sexual relations―all without losing sight of the divine. No other enlightened teacher or master had seen into the cosmic scheme of things and at the same time been able to bring universal principles down to earth with such power and immediacy. Between the covers of this book you will find all he wanted us to hear about the human condition, the errors we make in ignorance of the truth of life; about love and its transcendent power to change us; about the dismantling of the selfish body of unhappiness we carry around with us; about the cosmic scheme of all our lives, the purpose of death, the purpose of love, the purpose of life itself.
The Way In is an anthology of statements about the spiritual life, each one challenging preconceptions and responding to the hunger for real answers. It gives sound advice about false trails on the spiritual path and practical teachings for the Ways of Truth, Love, Stillness and Prayer. The section on the 'Way of Stillness' contains the text of the Audio Book 'Start Meditating Now'. 'The Way of Love' supports the teachings in Barry Long's best-seller 'Making Love : Sexual Love the Divine Way'. It is the best survey in one volume of all the practical aspects of Barry Long's teachings and recommended as an inspiration to anyone, whatever their spiritual background.
This book, originally published in 1984, contains Barry Long's extraordinary vision of the structure of existence, evolution and the human mind. It is impossible to adequately describe the scope and range of its subject matter because it encompasses everything we are able to perceive and much that we can only know by spiritual insight. It describes how the human mind works. It contains prophecy - some of which has now come true, in events like 9/11 and recent scientific discoveries. It contains explanations for UFO's and other phenomena. It explains evolution in a way that resolves the more recent debates about Intelligent Design. It provides the perspective for understanding the Big Bang. It is not science. It is not religion. It is what Barry Long called 'the myth that came to life.'
A book about the purpose of love and how sexuality and relationships are transformed when human love is suffused with the love of God. With such a powerful sexual attraction between us, how is it that we make each other unhappy? Barry Long explains why sex corrupts love and how we cripple loving relationships. What's the solution? In characteristically forthright manner, the author proposes a new way of romantic love and shows how it can be brought into our lives and partnerships with honesty and courage. The love between man and woman is at the heart of Barry Long's teachings. He is well known for his influential bestseller 'Making Love; Sexual Love the Divine Way' . This new book is the sequel. ― A master-class in living and loving.