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Spacecruiser Inquiry (Almaas, a. H. Diamond Body Series, 1.)

5 reviews
A. H. Almaas

Shambhala, 2002

Adventures in inner space.
"It can be scary, but it can be quite thrilling. Not everybody has the heart or the stomach for this kind of adventure" (p. 24). Using the metaphor of space travel that Joseph Campbell also used in his lectures, THE INNER REACHES OF OUTER SPACE, A. H. Almaas compares the exploration of our Being to the adventure of space travel. "The space we travel through is inner space," he writes, "our ...

Inner Journey Home: The Soul's Realization of the Unity of Reality

8 reviews
A. H. Almaas

Shambhala, 2004

There's more to the Soul than "philosophy"
Gaining a deep understanding of the "soul" is a subtle process requiring both knowledge and practice, in addition to "time and circumstance," through which one absorbs the teaching and the experience(s) toward which those teachings are directed. Many writers have impressive insight into such knowledge (e.g., Wilber), and some have participated in aspects of the practice (e.g., Grof), but no ...

Diamond Heart, Book One: Elements of the Real in Man (The Diamond Heart Series , No 1)

10 reviews
A. H. Almaas

Shambhala, 2000

A Great Teaching
Years ago, my then Zen teacher, Joko Beck, was recommending that her students read A. H. Almaas's "Diamond Heart" series. She said that his work helped her articulate the connection between the ego and the absolute. Whether or not someone wishes to pursue this particular path, this is an amazing book. Teachers often say that "we are love (or compassion, peace. . .)." Almaas helps us understand ...

The Unfolding Now: Realizing Your True Nature through the Practice of Presence

6 reviews
A. H. Almaas

Shambhala, 2008

Clear and Supportive
Most of those drawn to practice have had the experience of being moved by the open perspective of a teacher's words. While words alone can be supportive of practice, this work also provides a very clear introduction to the practice of inquiry. The reader who is willing to spend time with the questions at the end of each chapter will have the opportunity to gently shift their perspective with ...

Diamond Heart, Book Three: Being and the Meaning of Life (The Diamond Heart Series , No 3)
A. H. Almaas

Shambhala, 2000

We live in a world of mystery, wonder, and beauty. But most of us seldom participate in this real world, being focused rather on the part that is mostly strife, suffering, or meaninglessness. This situation is basically due to our not realizing and living our full human potential. This potential can be actualized by the realization and development of the human essence. The human essence is the part of us that is innate and real, and which can ...

Brilliancy: The Essence of Intelligence (Diamond Body)

3 reviews
A. H. Almaas

Shambhala, 2006

Brilliancy
Almaas brings his unique perspective and clarity to the subject of real intelligence. A bit heady but brilliant.

Facets of Unity: The Enneagram of Holy Ideas

9 reviews
A. H. Almaas

Shambhala, 2000

The very best enneagram book for self-unfoldment
Touching, warm, gentle and precise. Almaas explains how we get fixated on certain enneatypes, and also points the way out of fixations. Reaching far deeper than the 'standard' personality approaches to the enneagram, this book really opens the gates to those who are seriously pursuing the Work of self-liberation.

Diamond Heart, Book Two: The Freedom to Be (The Diamond Heart Series , No 2)

3 reviews
A. H. Almaas

Shambhala, 2000

A Heart that shines.
This is the second book in A. H. Almaas's four-part Diamond Heart series. "We live in a world of mystery, wonder, and beauty," he observes in the Preface to this book, "but most of us seldom participate in this real world, being aware rather of a world that is mostly strife, suffering, or meaninglessness" (p. i). In the series of twelve inner-work teachings collected here (e.g., "Hanging ...

Diamond Heart, Book Four: Indestructible Innocence (Diamond Heart, Book 4)

1 review
A. H. Almaas

Shambhala, 2000

once again...
almaas produces a lucid and masterful work. a timeless piece of concentrated vastness that reaches the outer and inner cores of one's being. though one must stay with the ride he is exhibiting to the reader, the journey is well worth it. i find myself at the end of each chapter to be in amazement how he can describe such undescribable states of being with what appears to be a benevolent ...

The Pearl Beyond Price: Integration of Personality into Being, an Object Relations Approach (Diamond Mind)

4 reviews
A. H. Almaas

Shambhala, 2000

An integration of personal and transpersonal development
Almaas has succeded in explicating and integrating contemporary object relations theory with transpersonal development. He has articulated the development of the ego and then its transcendence in a compelling, coherent discourse. This book is of tremendous value for anyone interested in a serious inquiry into the development/realization of the Self that does not ignore the important ...

The Point of Existence: Transformations of Narcissism in Self-Realization (Diamond Mind Series, 3)

5 reviews
A. H. Almaas

Shambhala, 2000

Therapeutic Insights in the Process of Self-Realization
Much like a major symphonic work, A. H. Almaas' work slowly develops several theme that ultimately converge to reveal incredible beauty and meaning. The initial chapters of the work are somewhat difficult in the extremely fine discriminations that the author makes in setting the ground work for his main arguments. In brief, for Almaas, narcissism is the identification with anything other than ...

The Void: Inner Spaciousness and Ego Structure

4 reviews
A. H. Almaas

Shambhala, 2000

Getting Specific
So far I've read three of the Diamond Approach books: "Essence," "The Diamond Approach," and "Diamond Heart, Book One." For someone working alone, "The Void" is the most helpful because it is the most specific about techniques.

Self Versus True Nature
A. H. Almaas

Diamond Heart and Training Institute, 1997

3 Cassettes.

Essence with The Elixir of Enlightenment: The Diamond Approach to Inner Realization

8 reviews
A. H. Almaas

Red Wheel / Weiser, 1998

Personality must be embraced, not rejected
The essence approach seems to be the same goal that many other spiritual paths strive for. The difference is the way to get there. The essence approach is to use the personality to understand itself, [how it was developed from the percieved abandonment in the first year of life]. If the personality is not respected, but seen as an enemy, as many spiritual traditions see it, then it will find ...

Sacred Psychology
A. H. Almaas

Diamond Heart and Training Institute, 1993

This contains Sacred Psychology on the Soul, Sacred Psychology on Essence and Sacred Psychology on Being. There are five tapes and the series explores how the insights of modern psychology can becomea part of spiritual psychology.

Luminous Night's Journey: An Autobiographical Fragment

4 reviews
A. H. Almaas

Shambhala, 2000

Amazing Descriptions of Higher state of Consciousness
I have been reading about and studying higher states of consciousness for 30 years, and in all that time I have never read such personal, detailed, in depth descriptions of experiences of Unity Consciousness. Almaas has an amazing facility to describe profoundly subtle experiences. His descriptions are consistent with classical descriptions of that state, yet at the same time he adds an ...

Essentielle Befreiung
A. H. Almaas

Arbor-Verlag, 1999

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