You can realize your ideals The principle of meditation is simple: You are what you think. By meditating on words that embody your highest ideals, you drive them deep into your consciousness. There they take root and begin to create wonderful changes in your life -- changes you have wanted to make, but have not known how to bring about. This book is a complete guide to a program of meditation that fits naturally into your life -- even complementing an active religious practice. Eknath Easwaran has been teaching meditation and its application to daily life for more than thirty years in the U.S. He offers specific, systematic tools to ? sharpen concentration ? deal effectively with stress ? release deep reserves of energy ? transform anger ? leave behind painful memories and live fully in the present ? develop unsuspected capacities for insight and understanding * learn to love more fully than you had thought possible ? discover your unique contribution to life This book has helped me a great deal. -- HENRI NOUWEN (Author of The Wounded Healer) No extravagant claims, no pretentious jargon. Just a clear, insightful exposition of meditation, and an excellent guide to its practice. -- HUSTON SMITH (Author of The World`s Religions)