TOWARD A SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS Meditational Theory and Practice
HIROSHI MOTOYAMA Translation by Shigenori Naga
TOWARD A SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS This book is designed to be a guidebook for the initiates as well as seasoned practitioners of Yoga meditation, and ap proaches the subject from the comprehensive standpoints of physiology, neurophysiology, psychology, para psychology, philosophy and religion. People who practice other forms of Eastern or Western meditation should also benefit from this book, because it clearly demarcates the phenomena that characterize each stage of meditational prac tice and hence serves as a yardstick for their progress in spiritual growth.
"In this book, Dr. Motoyama presents a superb overview of oriental theories and techniques to achieve SelfRealization, supported by convincing evidence from the research laboratory." Steven Brena, M.D. Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia "For the scholar, this book provides an East-West perspective that will stimulate many insights and research directions. For the adept and seeker it provides "how to" knowledge that cross-culturally and developmentally seeks to unite body, mind and spirit. For the materialistic skeptic, there are challenges on every page." Philip Singer, Ph.D. Professor, Health Behavioral Sciences Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
ASIAN HUMANITIES PRESS Berkeley, California
TOWARD A SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS This book is designed to be a guidebook for the initiates as well as seasoned practitioners of Yoga meditation, and ap proaches the subject from the comprehensive standpoints of physiology, neurophysiology, psychology, para psychology, philosophy and religion. People who practice other forms of Eastern or Western meditation should also benefit from this book, because it clearly demarcates the phenomena that characterize each stage of meditational prac tice and hence serves as a yardstick for their progress in spiritual growth.
"In this book, Dr. Motoyama presents a superb overview of oriental theories and techniques to achieve SelfRealization, supported by convincing evidence from the research laboratory." Steven Brena, M.D. Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia "For the scholar, this book provides an East-West perspective that will stimulate many insights and research directions. For the adept and seeker it provides "how to" knowledge that cross-culturally and developmentally seeks to unite body, mind and spirit. For the materialistic skeptic, there are challenges on every page." Philip Singer, Ph.D. Professor, Health Behavioral Sciences Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
ASIAN HUMANITIES PRESS Berkeley, California
Toward a Superconsciousness: Meditati Meditational onal Theory & Practice
By Hiroshi Motoyama Translation by: Shigenori Nagatomo & Clifford R. Ames
ASIAN HUMANITIES PRESS Berkeley, California
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Copyright @ 1990 by Hiroshi Motoyama. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electron ic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, with out the written permission of the publisher except for brief passages quoted in a review.
ISBN 0-89581-914-7 Printed in the United States of America
