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The Spiritual Path

By: Yogi Pranananda

While engaged in the pursuit of ‘consciousness awakening’, one experiences continual conflict between what he presently is (as consciousness individualized) and what he presently aspires to be. This conflict is a necessary psychological condition of the Search, and a catalyst for its ultimate resolution.

Topics: Deepening Practice, Heightened Awareness, Meditation

Originally appeared in: March 1994

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