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Contents
Index
Concentration: A Practical Course - With a Supplement on Meditation
Ernest Wood
1955
The Theosophical Publishing House
Adyar, Madras, India
Eleventh Edition 1955
Contents
List of Figures
1
. Foreword
2
. Author's Preface
3
. Success in Life
3
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1
The Unlimited Opportunity
3
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2
Success and Concentration
3
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3
The Higher Achievements
4
. The Magic Box
4
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1
The Mind's First Power
4
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2
Discovery of the Will
4
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3
The Roads of Thought
4
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4
The Four Roads of Thought
4
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5
The Practice of Recall
4
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5
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1
Exercise 1
4
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5
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2
Exercise 2
4
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5
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3
Exercise 3
5
. Aids to Concentration
5
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1
Attention without Tension
5
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2
Natural Images
5
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2
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1
Confidence
6
. Chains Of Thought
6
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1
The Walking Mind
6
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2
The World of the Mind
6
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3
The Track of the Fish
6
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4
The Power of the Mood
6
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5
Polarization of Thought
6
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5
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1
Exercise 4
7
. Concentration in Daily Life
7
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1
Outward and Inward Success
7
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2
The Folly of Wishing
7
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2
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1
Calm Judgement
7
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2
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1
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1
The statement
7
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2
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1
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2
The Diagram
7
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2
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1
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3
The question
7
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3
Economy of Force
7
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4
True Work is Play
7
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5
The Four Great Enemies
8
. Control Of The Body And Senses
8
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1
How to Sit
8
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2
The Five Bodily Exercises
8
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3
Why Physical Exercises?
8
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4
Control of Sensation
9
. The Removal Of Intruding Thoughts
9
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1
Trouble from Oneself
9
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2
One-Pointed Purpose
9
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3
Telepathic Intruders
9
.
4
The Effect of Surroundings
10
. Gymnastics Of Concentration
10
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1
Direct and Indirect Thinking
10
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2
Exercises in Sequence
10
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3
Exercises in Grasp
10
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4
Exercises in Self-Expansion
10
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5
Exercises in Mental Command
10
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6
Concentration and Study
11
. What Meditation Is
11
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1
Concentration and Meditation
11
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2
Meditation and Experience
11
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3
Meditation and Human Evolution
12
. Methods Of Meditation
12
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1
Preliminary Practices
12
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2
Meditation on Objects
12
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3
Practical Exercises
12
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4
Meditation on Virtues
12
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5
Meditation on the Laws
12
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6
Devotional Meditation
12
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7
Meditation on Sentences
12
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8
Meditation for Writing and Speaking
12
.
9
Intellectual Meditation
13
. Meditation With Mantras
13
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1
The Nature of Mantras
13
.
2
Mantra to Shri Krishna
13
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3
Meditation on Shri Krishna
13
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4
The Meaning of Om
14
. Obstacles To Meditation
14
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1
The Three Steps
14
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2
Give Up Wishing
14
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3
The Need of a Teacher
14
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4
Meditate within Yourself
15
. Contemplation
15
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1
The Top of Your Thought
15
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2
Inspiration
15
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3
Intellectual Contemplation
15
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4
An Explanation
15
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5
Devotional Contemplation
15
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6
Contemplation and Worship
15
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7
Contemplation of the Self
16
. Conclusion
Index
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