Talk 1a: Desire: Our Real Wealth - Easwaran lays out a map of spiritual progress seen from the standpoint of desire, and gives several entertaining examples of how desire can be wasted, or harnessed.
Talk 1b: Meeting the Beloved - Easwaran paints a vivid portrait of the climax of meditation, called samadhi in Sanskrit, and described as union with God, or the mystic union, in many other traditions.