conscious relationship, 84–86
contentment, 45
craving, 159
Cross, 202
Crowley, Aleister, 29
cults, 83–84. See also religious cults
dance analogy, 50–51, 128, 196–97, 206
Dante, 20, 211–12
death, 34; as complement of life, 5–6, 204; hatred of, 10–11; love of, 204; victory over, 6
demons, 46–47, 79–83, 89, 114. See also gods/demons
depravity, 194–95
depression, 113–16, 195
Descartes, René, 86
determinism, 21, 23, 184, 185–86, 190
Devil, 56, 63, 83
Dhammapada, 158
Dharma, 30, 108
Dhyani Buddhas, 157
disease, 63
divination, 168
dorje, 165–66, 202
dreams, 91–92, 96, 98, 105, 202–3
dualism, 69, 77, 136–38, 142, 203. See also nonduality
dukkha, 159
Dweller on the Threshold, 141
eating, 42
Eckhart, Meister, 78, 144, 191–92, 204–5, 221n2 (ch. 7)
ego: acceptance of life and, xxiv; Buddhism and, 159; conflict and, 17, 90–91, 92–93, 113, 114–15; individuation and, 203; inflated, 78–79; in Jungian psychology, 96–98; limitations of, xx–xxi; unconscious and, 26, 192, 203; unhappiness and, x; universe vs., 106–7
egoism, 79, 155
Egyptian Mysteries, 82–83
Egyptians, ancient, 27, 114
elementals, 46–47, 79
emotion, xx, 110, 116–18
enlightenment, 106–7, 116, 154, 160–66
escape, 28–29, 31, 38, 61, 84, 133–34, 140–41
escapism, 68–69
eternity, 36
everyday life, 51–52
eviclass="underline" acceptance of, 64–67; internal origins of, 64; morality by battle and, 61–62; pacifism toward, 67–68; problem of, 130; repressed, 137; resistance and, 63
evolution, 17, 22, 106–7, 109
faith, 130–32
Fascism, 64
fasting, 41, 42
fatalism, 183, 184–86, 192
fate vs. free wilclass="underline" fatalism and, 184–86; in Oriental wisdom, 183–84, 187–88; psychology and, 188; spiritual freedom and, 184–86, 188–89
fear, 34; fear of, 11–12, 13, 32, 63; love as opposite of, 9–10; opposites and, 9–12; original, 9–10
feeling, 98, 201–3
feminine principle, 122–24
flesh, mortification of, 41–42
forgiveness, 206
Fragment upon Nature (Goethe), 193–94
Francis, Saint, 128–29
freedom, xxiv, 13, 33–34, 49, 50–51, 155–56, 199. See also spiritual freedom
Freedom and the Spirit (Berdyaev), 66, 190–91, 215n2 (ch. 2)
free will, 184, 186, 189, 191, 192. See also fate vs. free will
French rationalism, 22
Freud, Sigmund, xix, xxiii, 23–25, 26, 61, 90
Galatians, Epistle to, 67
Gautama Siddhartha, 156, 157, 159–61
Geden, A. S., 148
genius, 94–95, 100
Gilbert, W. S., 136
gnana, 155
gnosis, 209
Gnosticism, 197–98, 209
God: abandonment to, 131–32, 218n3; acceptance of, 135–36; anthropomorphic conception of, 19; belief in, 28; conscious relationship with, 84–86; contemplation of, 73–74; cruelty of, 129–30; Devil created by, 83; fate/free will conundrum and, 186; forgiveness of, 206; Grace of, 24, 39, 41, 138–40, 141–42, 165, 172, 191; happiness as union with, ix; Kingdom of, 36–37; longing for, 126–29; love of, 55, 203–5, 211; nature of, 3; Oriental idea of, 136; spiritual freedom and, 190–92, 197–98, 199; substitutes for, 93; union with, 45, 49, 139–40, 191–92; as wholeness of life, 193–94; will of, xxvi, 54; wrath of, 72
Goddard, Dwight, 220n12
gods/demons: ego vs., 113; in emotions/moods, 110, 113–16; importance of, 79–83; modern blindness to, 93, 121; spiritual freedom and, 197; unconscious and, 81–82, 83–86, 87, 90, 113–16
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 193–94, 218n1
goose/golden eggs fable, 3–4
Graham Howe, E., 95, 218n4
gratitude, 205–9
Great Illumination, 208
Guild of Pastoral Psychologists, 216n3
Gurdjieff, G. I., 29
Hadfield, J. A., 95
happiness: books on, xv–xvi; dependent on external circumstances, 41; elusiveness of, xxiii–xxvi, 17, 32, 134, 141, 183; freedom of, 34; relaxation and, xxvi–xxvii; religion and, 32, 35; religious experience and, 43, 44–45; secret of, 183; spiritual, 36–39; superficial sense of, 127; unfortunate associations of, xxiii
harmony, xxiv, 15, 16
hatred, 63, 89
Hearn, Lafcadio, 100
heaven, 36
Hebraic tradition, 218n9
Hegel, G. W. F., 86
hell, 36
Heyer, Gustav, 95
Hinayana Buddhism, 38, 39, 116, 161, 162
Hindu Buddhism, 173
Hinduism, xix, 129; acceptance in, 69–70; decline of, 158; doctrines in, 148–53; duality and, 136–37; education in, 119; gods/demons in, 82; life stages in, 30; man’s evolution in, 16; nature in, 19; object of, 77–78; poetry, xviii; as psychological religion, 73; self as viewed in, 26–27, 33; spiritual freedom in, 147; spiritual happiness in, 38–39; states of mind in, 73, 74, 75, 153–56; union with life in, 50; Western converts to, 76, 143. See also Brahman; Vedanta
Hinkle, Beatrice, 95
Hokoji, 180
homosexuality, 94
hsiang, 202
Huai-nan Tzu, 167
Hui-neng, 108, 175
Humanism, 20–21, 22, 24
humor, 105
Iamblichos, 82–83
I Ching, 168, 171, 172, 202
iconoclasm, 207
identity, personal, 9, 41–42
ignorance, 155
illusion, 77, 151, 214n7
impermanence, 39, 40, 56–57
India, 147, 148, 173
individual, re-creation of, 95–99
individuality, x, 7, 33
individuation: in Jungian psychology, 95–99; meaning of, 99–101; spiritual freedom and, 200–203; symbols of, 107, 202
infantile sexuality, 94
inferior functions, 98
insecurity, 63
insomnia, 115
inspiration, 43–44, 48
intellect, 24, 98, 136, 137, 201–3
intuition, 98, 201–3
irritation, 116
Isa Upanishad, 153
Japanese Buddhism, 117, 217n5
Jesus Christ, 74, 75, 117, 167, 191
Jewish law, 21
Jewish morality, 142–43
Jewish tradition, 218n9
John, Gospel of, 215n3 (ch. 3)
Joshu, 179
joy, xxiv, 45, 155
Judaism, 218n9
jujitsu, 68
Jung, Carl G.: analytical psychology of, 61, 95–99, 102, 200, 203 (see also analytical psychology; unconscious); on Christianity as theology, 144; followers of, 95; as mystic, xxii, 25, 26, 214n6; Oriental philosophy and, xxiii; scientific method used by, 214n6; synchronicity principle of, 167, 168; unconscious theory of, 25–26; Western influence of, xix
Kakuan, 180
Kali Yuga, 16
Kama, 30
Kama Sutra, 119
Katha Upanishad, 148–49
key dreams, 96, 98
Keyserling, Hermann von, 9
Khayyám, Omar, 183
knowledge, 155
Knox, John, 143
Krishnamurti, Jiddu, 29
Kwaido, 175–76
Lamaist Buddhism, 217n5
Lankavatara Sutra, 162–63, 164, 172, 220n12
Lao Tzu: duality and, 137–38; on feminine principle, 122–24; on self-justification, 130; spirituality of, 47; on Tao, 140, 171–72, 197; Tao as concept preceding, 167; Tao Te Ching and, 220n15
Lear, Edward, 115
legalism, 142–43
Legge, James, 168, 172
Leonardo da Vinci, 20, 48, 94
libertinism, 194–95
Lieh Tzu, 114, 167
life, xxiv; acceptance of, 61, 67–68, 184; beauty of, 56–57; dark side of, 59–60, 71; death as complement of, 5–6, 155, 204; ego vs., 17; everyday, 51–52, 58–59, 189–90; as expression of gratitude, 208; Hindu views of, 30; meaningless, 188; opposites in, 4; religion and, 36–39, 199; spirituality as union with, 48–51; stages of, 30; union with, 59–60; use of term, 213n2; wholeness in, 3–5