Dürckheim's "The Way of Transformation"

• Correct posture is always determined by the right 'center of gravity'. . . When we come across such instances of incorrect posture, the reason is never solely physical nor is it without importance. . . . Whenever a wrong posture has become deeply ingrained it blocks the redeeming, renewing and preserving forces that arise from the depths of Being." (39)
• The word 'mediation' comes from 'mediari', which is a passive form of the verb meaning 'being moved to the centre' rather than the active which is 'moving to the centre'."  (53)
• To achieve such a [peaceful] attitude to life is the aim of all practice and meditation; it can never represent a state of 'having arrived' but is always a process of 'being on the way' (62)
• The correct attitude is never static; it is not something that is achieved once and for all. Rather it is a living, moving and changing process within which we can remain receptive towards our essence, in spite of the fact that to bodily form we may have at any given moment is bound by conditions of space and time. (72-73)
• In a state of identification with our ego we are dependent on the world; we need the world and rely upon it to give ourselves meaning. (85) 
• The more sensitive we are to the incorrect inner attitudes that signify an equally incorrect approach to life, the more it is a sign that we are interpenetrated by the Divine Presence . . . . Eventually, this sensing of what is erroneous in our attitudes coincides with the impulse to let go that which is wrong or stands in the way of the right attitude (90-91)
• We should have the courage to face life and to encounter all that is most perilous in the world.  When this is possible, meditation itself becomes the means by which we accept and welcome the demons which arise from the unconscious. (108)

Works Cited: 
Dürckheim, Karlfried Graf. The Way of Tranformation: Daily Life as Spiritual Practice.  Trans. P.L Travers and Ruth Lewinnek. Sandpoint: Morning Light Press. 2007. Print.