Coming Home CONTENTS FOREWORD vii INTR0DUCTI0N xi NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY xvii CHAPTER ONE CONTEMPLATIVE THINKING 1 The European and Asian Approaches of Heidegger and Krishnamurti CHAPTER TWO THE TANTRIC WAY OF THE GODDESS KALI 25 Ramakrishna of Bengal CHAPTER THREE THE WAY OF NATURAL ENLIGHTENMENT 41 Ramana Maharshi CHAPTERFOUR TEN SEASONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT 60 Zen Ox-herding CHAPTER FIVE THERE IS ONLY THE ONE 92 Plotinus and the Metaphysics of Spiritual Quest CHAPTERSIX THE LANDSCAPE THAT LAUGHS 110 Jewish Soul Masters of the Hasidic Way CHAPTERSEVEN THE NEW AEON HAS DAWNED 129 Letters of Saint Paul CHAPTER EIGHT ALLAH ALONE CAN KNOW ALLAH 144 Teachings of the Contemporary Sufi Bawa Muhaiyadeen CHAPTER NINE CONVERSATION WITH 163 AN ANCIENT CHINESE SAGE The Oracle Text of the I Ching C HAPTER TEN DESIGNING AN EXPERIMENT 187 IN CONTEMPLATION Toward the Turiya of Advaita Vedanta BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 210