The Kingdom Within
A Path to Eternal Consciousness
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“To expose ones heart for the world to see is a humbling realization, for another to gain compassion as a result of it is to be humbled completely.” This book came to fruition out of a lifetime of research into the nature of spirituality. Several life-changing events over the past 40 years verified there is in fact a state of being called Eternal Consciousness. My research was conducted through extensive hands on practice that involved years of contemplation, meditation, and self analysis. Over this period of time I accumulated a significant personal library. The combination of hands-on spiritual practice coupled with detailed analysis of a broad range of spiritual theories cited at the end of this book, provided the necessary justification to write The Kingdom Within. The book points toward the mental process whereby the mind is stilled and a higher reality is realized. Unless the mental dynamics that arise in man’s daily patterns of social life are neutralized the possibility of obtaining a state called enlightenment will not manifest. The old cliché, a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step works for spirituality too. The mind is like a wild horse, it must be corralled, tamed, road, then finally put out to pasture. Likewise, there are progressive steps to identify the root source of the mind and how it evolves into self with all the faculties of sensuality. You may be wondering do I have to be a hermit or a spiritual scholar to find the answers. In some ways you have to give to get and through this giving one will find the meaning of life. One must first enter the water to get wet. What gets you wet is deciding to take action. The process for spiritual ascension evolves naturally. Rather than wonder about the reality of this question all your life wouldn’t it be liberating to find the true answer? If I had it all to do over again would I do again? Yes without hesitation because through the process of obtaining clear insight into the nature of eternal reality outlined in this book you can tame the horse and leave it in the pasture. This book will present several different views of similar concepts. This is because the subject matter must tackle the self (you) that thinks it is separate from the Higher Self (God). Throughout the book the definition of self and “Self” will be explained along with many other words that conceptualize higher reality. The topics covered in this book are not for the faint-hearted. If you are a serious spiritual seeker the book will be invaluable in your search for the meaning of life. If you are a classical student of religion and are motivated by cultural trends that teach the principles of institutional linear religion this book would be of great benefit to understanding the reality of being human. Some spiritual seekers just want to verify their on the right path, this book will definitely challenge the mind to open into a higher reality. As with all mental dynamics played out on the earth there is a time and place for everything. The Kingdom Within is a progressive teaching to turn the outward motions of the mind inward where ultimate consciousness will be realized to be the source of being. Part 1 digs into the definitions of cosmic reality and many of the theories that have been carried throughout human history. Part 1 begins the progressive steps to tame the mind and then release the boundaries of ego. Part 2 blends the nature of higher awareness into the concept that man is a perceiver of life and is part of the eternal kingdom that has no boundaries. Part 2 answers difficult questions about spirituality. It clarifies in a practical way the reality of an enlightened state of being. INDEX INTRODUCTION PART 1 COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS (CC) CHAPTER 1 GOD'S PRESENCE IN THE WORLD WHO IS GOD WHAT GOD IS NOT CHAPTER 2 ETERNAL CONSCIOUSNESS CHRIST CONSCIOUSNESS HUMAN LIFE CONSCIOUSNESS HUMAN CRISIS CHAPTER 3 ETERNAL POTENTIALS LATERAL ILLUSION VERTICAL RELEASE STILLING THE MIND THE STILLING METHOD CONSCIOUS REVERSAL MANS GIFT CONSCIOUS REVERSAL TECHNIQUE AWAKENED CONSCIOUSNESS JUSTIFICATION OF COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS CHAPTER 4 PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS CHOOSING HIGHEST TRUTH REINCARNATION CHRISTIAN SALVATION WALKING ON SACRED GROUND SERIOUSNESS OF ENLIGHTENMENT THE BIG PICTURE HIDDEN GOSPEL THE COMMISSION TRANSCENDANCE MEDITATION PROCESS SUFFERING PART 2 THE PATH TO ETERNAL CONSCIOUSNESS CHAPTER 5 BEGINNI NGS BODY CONSCIOUSNESS CHAPTER 6 KEYS TO THE KINGDOM WITHIN (KEYS 1 – 2) SPIRITUALITY (KEYS 3 – 4) BODY AWARENESS (KEYS 5 – 6) CHAPTER 7 SELFISH vs. SELFLESS (KEY 7) SEXUALITY (KEY 8) EMOTION (KEY 9 - 10) COMPASSION (KEY 11) CHAPTER 8 EXPRESSING HIGHER WISDOM (KEY 12) INTUITION (KEY 13) HIGHER WISDOM KNOWLEDGE (KEYS 14 – 23) A PERSONAL NOTE (KEYS 24 – 25) CHAPTER 9 THE VERIFICATION PROCESS STILLING THE MIND (KEYS 26 - 66) CHAPTER 10 TOOLS FOR EXAMINING AND STILLING THE DIMENSIONS OF THE MIND (KEY 67) ONE'S MIND AFFIRMATIONS OF REALITY (KEYS 68 - 73) THE SUPREME METHOD OF STILLING THE MIND (KEYS 74 - 79) CHAPTER 11 THE SUPREME MEDITATION (KEYS 80 - 87) CHAPTER 12 THE CONFIRMATION OF FAITH (KEYS 88 - 100) CHAPTER 13 SYMBOLS OF THE MIND (KEYS 102 - 119) CHAPTER 14 RADIANCE CHAPTER 15 NATURAL LIBERATION CHAPTER 16 SPIRITUAL HEALTH FINAL COMMENTS
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The Kingdom Within will change your life! The book resulted from a spiritual transformation that occured in 1989. After twenty years of practice and study a profound experience with higher reality suddenly manifested after a seven mile run near my home at that time in East Tennessee, USA. Suddenly my conscious awareness expanded beyond my body to include all the surroundings of the country side. I never spoke of the significance of this transformation at that time because I did not know how to put into words a spiritual realization that can’t be adequately expressed in human terms. It wasn’t until 1995 that the full impact of the now present awakened eternal consciousness stablilized within my being. It would have been very easy to just bath in the radiance of God’s image because His love is so fufilling yet the pressure within increased to the point in 2002 that it was time to put into words the way to the inner kingdom of eternal life. The book is for you! It stills the chaos in your life by showing you how to live and what wonder of wonders was placed in all humans at the time of their birth. If you are serious about the search for eternal life NOW and how to understand the ways of the world you need the message in this book! The Kingdom Within is a book about L E Madden’s spiritual transformation that occurred 1989. He spent twenty years previous to this event studying the major spiritual teachings of the world. Why wait so many years to let others know? The book tells the reason for the delay and it’s importance for a complex society. With forty years of spiritual depth and wisdom presented to a spiritual seeker the steps to obtain an enlightened awarness in this lifetime is now possible! Sitting in silence for several years contemplating the meaning of life the full measure of this revelation is now available for all to use. L E Madden has worked in management and engineering capacities for industrial manufacturing firms since 1982. Balancing spirit and business he has successfully integrated the life-changing spiritual transformation of 1989 into daily life. He presently works for a Fortune 100 company as a senior process engineer. Married since 1977 with two successful adult children, he lives near Kansas City, Missouri.
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The Kingdom Within is a book about L E Madden's spiritual transformation that occurred 1989. Since the publication of this book in 2010 the author has verified serveral leading research scientist in the fields of physics, integrative medicine, biology, and morphogenics. These scientist have published credible evidence that the mind is outside the body rather than just in the brain. In addition to studying the major spiritual teachings of the world prior to publishing The Kingdom Within, the author acutally EXPERIENCED what many of the past teachers and scientest have proven to be factual evidence there is a living connection to a higher consciousness. With forty years of spiritual depth and wisdom presented to a spiritual seeker the steps to obtain an enlightened awarness in this lifetime is now possible! Rather than just offer the theories of obtaining an enlighened view the author presents they modern way to transcend bodily awarness and experience the states of being mentioned in authoritive spiritual literature. The chapters in the book are presented in such a way as to set up the necessay mental state to intiate the transition to the mind outside of body awareness. For questions or comments please visit his website at www.consciousreality.net L E Madden has worked in management and engineering capacities for industrial manufacturing firms since 1982. Balancing spirit and business he has successfully integrated the life-changing spiritual transformation of 1989 into daily life. He presently works for a Fortune 100 company as a senior process engineer. Married since 1977 with two successful adult children, he lives near Kansas City, Missouri. He can be reached at: www.consciousreality.net