Unconditional Bliss

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Publisher : Quest Books
ISBN 13 : 0835630730
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (356 download)

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Book Synopsis Unconditional Bliss by : Howard Raphael Cushnir

Download or read book Unconditional Bliss written by Howard Raphael Cushnir and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We can be happy in spite of hardship, heartbreak, or a job we hate. Pie-in-the-sky? This down-to-earth guy shows us how. When personal tragedy struck, Howard Cushnir already knew the Zen practice of staying in the moment. But he wasn't prepared for the gift of grace he received. One day, all but lost, he was suddenly suffused with a complete sense of well-being---not a passing experience, but one available from then on. Paying close attention to the changes in his own inner states, Howard soon realized that feeling blissful is a choice we can always make, regardless of our circumstances.

The Bliss Experiment

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 145164213X
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Book Synopsis The Bliss Experiment by : Sean Meshorer

Download or read book The Bliss Experiment written by Sean Meshorer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HAPPINESS IS GOOD. BLISS IS BETTER. We have a higher standard of living and more ways to instantaneously fulfill every desire than ever before. Then why are we unhappy? Because happiness isn’t what we really want. Happiness alone is fleeting and not deeply transformative. Bliss is a spiritual state where happiness, profound meaning, and enduring truth converge. With bliss comes an unshakable joy, a practical wisdom, and a lasting solution to our personal and planetary sufferings. Based on a successful seminar taught by Sean Meshorer, a leading spiritual teacher and New Thought minister, The Bliss Experiment contains dozens of stories of real people learning from everyday situations, backed by more than five hundred scientific studies. This is the one essential book that distills and unifies seemingly competing practices, philosophies, religions, and psychologies. Meshorer includes exercises that have worked time and again for people from all walks of life—including him. Meshorer suffers with severe chronic pain and is able to live his life to the fullest through the practices he shares here. Bliss helps with stress, anxiety, and depression. It makes people more successful, better able to see and seize opportunities, and build or improve relationships. Give these ideas and practices twenty-eight days of dedicated attention and you will see results. You only need a moment of bliss to benefit the rest of your life. The text includes links to bonus videos of Sean Meshorer expanding on the book’s themes and demonstrating the exercises.

Ashramed

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Publisher : Hachette India
ISBN 13 : 9391028845
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Ashramed by : Dahlia Sen Oberoi

Download or read book Ashramed written by Dahlia Sen Oberoi and published by Hachette India. This book was released on 2022-05-25 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a new year rounds the corner, Dahlia Sen Oberoi, a hotshot lawyer whose life revolves around court appearances, client meetings and trotting around the globe, finds herself yearning for something more. With a lifelong passion for fitness, Yoga was something that she had dabbled in as an amateur enthusiast. And when she discovers a Yoga teacher's training course offered by an ashram, she forces herself to face the question: If not now, when? And so she sets off on her quest to move away from her uncompromising life as a lawyer and find some calm. Living sans her precious laptop, attending lectures on the Gita, learning and perfecting new asanas, and spending her days washing bartans and cleaning dormitories, is at first a struggle. But gradually, her self-doubt and restlessness wash away. Emotions are kept in rein, arrogance gives way to acceptance, and as Dahlia gets used to this new existence, she rediscovers herself in surprisingly new ways. At once profound and humorous, this delightfully candid account of her 30-day-long transformational sojourn will take readers on a joyous and emotionally rich journey. Ashramed is sprinkled with laughter and wisdom, and the assurance that in life, there are no timestamps, that it is always a good idea to take chances and embark on a journey of self-transformation, and most importantly, that it is never too late to do what you love.

The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss

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ISBN 13 : 9780979726781
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (267 download)

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Book Synopsis The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss by : Michael Langford

Download or read book The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss written by Michael Langford and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book there are practice instructions for seven different methods of meditation including: 1. The Awareness Watching Awareness Method. 2. The Abandon Release Method. 3. The Eternal Method. 4. The Infinite Space Method. 5. The Loving All Method. For thousands of years humans have been stuck in the same pool of inward unsolved problems. Thousands of years ago humans had the problems of suffering, sorrow, anger, fear, violence, conning, cheating, lying, death, etc. Today humans have the problems of suffering, sorrow, anger, fear, violence, conning, cheating, lying, death, etc. All of those problems have a single cause. In this book the cause of the lack of progress and the solution that actually works is revealed. There is a secret, a missing link, a vicious circle, that is keeping humans stuck in the same pool of unsolved problems. That secret, that missing link, that vicious circle is revealed in this book. How to break free of that ancient human trap is also revealed in this book. The solutions taught in the past have failed. Not even one in a million humans has been freed from all suffering and been established in absolutely perfect infinite-eternal-awareness-love-bliss by the solutions that have been taught in the past. It is possible to be free of all sorrow and suffering and to experience absolutely perfect infinite eternal joy in this lifetime. It is possible for all humans, not just a few humans. There is a rapid means to infinite bliss. That rapid means is taught in this book. Whatever spiritual path you are on, this book will be a great help. The problem of the ego distorting, distracting and keeping the attention directed outward is a problem shared by all humans, whatever path they are on. The ego's tricks have seldom been looked at in spiritual literature. The ego's tricks are revealed in this book. How to put an end to the ego's tricks is also taught in this book, making this book a unique and immensely valuable contribution. This book is a great help to all humans, including those who are not on a spiritual path, because the most direct and rapid means to end suffering and sorrow and to live in awareness-love-bliss, is of benefit to all. For human consciousness to be transformed something new must be introduced. This book introduces something new into human consciousness. It is rare that a spiritual book goes into detail revealing the tricks the ego uses to avoid liberation. The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss is such a rare book. Step-by-step instructions in how to put an end to the ego's tricks are given in this book. This book shows how to directly experience infinite-eternal-awareness-love-bliss in this lifetime. This book contains a detailed description of the difference between the True Self and the imposter self. Detailed instructions in how to directly experience the True Self are given in this book. Of the thousands of spiritual books you could purchase, The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss is the best first choice. This is the book that created a spiritual revolution that is continuing to transform all human life. The direct experience of infinite-eternal-life is available to all humans. There is a fork in the road. One road leads to ideas, beliefs, concepts and opinions. The other road leads to Direct Experience. This book shows the difference between these two roads and how to choose the road that leads to eternal-perfect-love-bliss in this lifetime. This book is a new doorway for humanity. On a combination lock that you have been unable to open it is not the numbers on the dial that are new. It is the combination that opens the lock that is new. The more than fifteen hundred sentences in this book reveal the combination that opens the lock. On the other side of the door is eternal Life-Love-Bliss.

Devimahatmayam

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ISBN 13 : 9788120829312
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (293 download)

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Book Synopsis Devimahatmayam by : Devadatta Kālī

Download or read book Devimahatmayam written by Devadatta Kālī and published by . This book was released on 2005-08-15 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This translation combines Western scholarship with an insider's perspective, based on the author's 37 years of spiritual practice in the Hindu tradition.

The Power of infinity

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Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (85 download)

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Book Synopsis The Power of infinity by : Anupkumar Shetty

Download or read book The Power of infinity written by Anupkumar Shetty and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-07-28 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This semi-autobiography has been used to explain the science and logistics of living a cancer-free life. A sincere attempt has been made to bridge secular and spiritual life, the science of cancer, and the science of wellness. This book conveys different ways to beat cancer and prevent cancer by systematically attacking the cancer cells with an anti-cancer lifestyle. The book has five sections. The first and the fifth sections summarize the book for a busy reader. The second section is on fighting cancer as the last game of your life by comparing this battle to world cup finals of any sport you like by diligent, unfailing team building and intelligent, blissful execution. The third section is about the prevention of cancer. Cancer survivors have to prevent cancer to remain cancer free. All of us have to prevent cancer in our life to be cancer-free. This section is an amalgamation of the science of cancer, mathematics of cancer, an anticancer lifestyle, and appreciating and realizing the infinite power within us. It explains about surrounding the body with healthy five elements (earth, water, air, fire and space) as in healthy food, healthy liquids, healthy air, healthy level of stress, and healthy companions to heal from and prevent cancer. Tapping into the infinite strength within us which the author calls as ‘Infinity’ is a common thread through fighting cancer and preventing cancer. In the fourth section on a commoner experiencing infinity, various spiritual paths to unveil that infinity have been quoted as the different methods to experience it. By democratizing spirituality, the author stresses that we all have access to Infinity, God, or Brahman in this life without waiting for it to be an afterlife experience. Some universal, mostly non-denominational, contemporary, non-dualistic and potent Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist texts have been quoted to efficiently describe these methods. These are logical and contemporary and can be practiced by all citizens of this universe of all faiths and ethnicity including atheists.

The Vindication of the World

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040087795
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis The Vindication of the World by : Malcolm Keating

Download or read book The Vindication of the World written by Malcolm Keating and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Phillips has devoted his career to excavating some of the most valuable gems of Indian philosophy and bringing them into conversation with contemporary thought. This volume honors him and follows his lead by continuing his lifelong project: faithfully interpreting Sanskrit texts to think along with their authors about ideas that still perplex us today. It features ten new essays focusing on epistemology, logic, and metaphysics from outstanding philosophers and scholars of Sanskrit philosophy, with contributions varying in methodology: both historical and cross-cultural. Further, in addition to essays on Nyāya and Advaita Vedānta, it engages with Navya-Nyāya (“new Nyāya”), an important but understudied part of Indian philosophy. Through these investigations, in conversation with Phillips's groundbreaking work, the contributors show the value of cross-cultural engagement for philosophical progress. The Vindication of the World will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in Indian philosophy, comparative philosophy, and, more generally, epistemology, logic, and metaphysics.

Be Who You Are

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Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
ISBN 13 : 1626257183
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (262 download)

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Book Synopsis Be Who You Are by : Jean Klein

Download or read book Be Who You Are written by Jean Klein and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2015-08-16 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be Who You Are is one of the earliest published books of dialogues with Jean Klein. Written in the lucid and eloquent style which characterises his work, each chapter is composed of an introductory discourse followed by questions and answers. “The ‘eternal present’, our theme in these meetings, lies within the depth of ourselves. It is the eternal awareness of the Self. Seen from the Ultimate, the world projected by the mind appears and disappears, in other words, it "becomes". When we talk of time and space, it must be thoroughly understood that their reality is relative, it is a reality in the world of becoming. But beyond space-time is that stillness which knows no becoming." This much sought after book, by one of the most important exponents of Advaita in recent years, is now available again from Non-Duality Press.

The Infinity Principle

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Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (652 download)

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Book Synopsis The Infinity Principle by : Jann Dewit

Download or read book The Infinity Principle written by Jann Dewit and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever asked yourself why the world exists, why suffering seems unavoidable, or what the higher purpose of life might be? Well, look no further. This book delivers answers to some of our most enduring questions, clearly revealing the single truth that underpins every other truth. The author observes that while we tend to think of science and religion as opposites, they both try to understand the same reality. The problem is that understanding reality is tricky. Fortunately, the infinity principle tells us that we can understand the fundamental truths about this world. In fact, the answer is close by and is one we can find without scientific knowledge or religious creed. The infinity principle sheds light on our most haunting paradoxes and helps us grasp the ground conditions that rule our journey through space and time. Since the very first why was posed, mankind has pondered the deep enigmas of this world. Finally, a thorough answer is presented, and there is nothing mysterious about it.

The Girl with the Buddha Tattoo

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781983647468
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (474 download)

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Book Synopsis The Girl with the Buddha Tattoo by : Dasha Shar

Download or read book The Girl with the Buddha Tattoo written by Dasha Shar and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I hate you, Mom !" "You made my life miserable." "Why did you do those things to me? Sitting by her weak, helpless body, I started feeling ashamed for harboring so much hate. In the end, I learned a few principles, a few ideas; I grew some more. Two weeks before she passed, Mom told me that she abused me because her brothers abused her. At that moment, I began to understand that her abusing me had nothing to do with me. She simply couldn't find a way to heal her childhood wounds. Forgiveness is a path less traveled, and it all begins with the recognition that, few things anyone does to us, individually, has anything to do with us, specifically. A whole new world of possibilities opened once I learned to forgive and take responsibility for healing me. A fascination with the source of pain led me to dissecting myself to the core of my being. I began to ask questions, reading hundreds of books, going to seminars, and experimenting on my body. I discovered the beautiful world within, which is a million times more beautiful than the physical world. I was given a body to find my purpose and learn how to trek my own path in order to co-create my reality. I was given this body to understand I'm a limitless being, learn to love, respect, and cherish my body. We are all given this gift of life to discover our full potential, fully immerse ourselves in spirit, and allow our creative juices to flow. We were given our bodies to understand suffering and to embrace joy that we might grow. When I learned to trust and attract into my life what I wanted, the impossible became possible, effortlessly. If we open our minds and hearts and see the world the way it is meant to be seen, then we will dance in the arms of the unexplainable, exciting, future - doing what we love - for the sake of personal growth. Take responsibility and don't look outside for answers, they are found within. Remember, we are not alone, so don't be afraid to speak or ask questions. All of our "issues" are not our own; we are all in this together, we are all here to help each other grow.

Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000879917
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy by : Joseph Loizzo

Download or read book Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy written by Joseph Loizzo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy offers mental health professionals of all disciplines and orientations the most comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the art of integrating contemplative psychology, ethics, and practices, including mindfulness, compassion, and embodiment techniques. It brings together clinicians, scholars, and thought leaders of unprecedented caliber, featuring some of the most eminent pioneers in the rapidly growing field of contemplative psychotherapy. The new edition offers an expanded array of effective contemplative interventions, contemplative psychotherapies, and contemplative approaches to clinical practice. New chapters discuss how contemplative work can effect positive psychosocial change at the personal, interpersonal, and collective levels to address racial, gender, and other forms of systemic oppression. The new edition also explores the cross-cultural nuances in the integration of Buddhist psychology and healing practices by Western researchers and clinicians and includes the voices of leading Tibetan doctors. Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy offers a profound and synoptic overview of one of psychotherapy’s most intriguing and promising fields.

The Initiate

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Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 1609257502
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (92 download)

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Book Synopsis The Initiate by : Cyril Scott

Download or read book The Initiate written by Cyril Scott and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 1981-06-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Initiate presents the unfolding story of the fascinating and mysterious personality known as Justin Moreward Haig. The story is of absorbing interest to students of the spiritual path because they learn that Mahatmas and Masters do not live in seclusion, nor are they necessarily wellknown teachers and authorities. The spiritual path can be found by people of diverse nationalities and races. Here we learn the veiled history of an Adept who lived and worked within his community, hiding his true identity for the convincing reason discussed in this book. Also included are excerpts from the discourse of the author’s Master, in which some of the most profound truths are stated in an original and compelling manner.

Vajrabhaiava

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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3751984003
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (519 download)

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Book Synopsis Vajrabhaiava by : Annegret Hahn

Download or read book Vajrabhaiava written by Annegret Hahn and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practice of Vajrabhairava is a practice of Anuttara Yogatantra. You must have an initiation and teachings by a qualified teacher. Please ask a center of Tibetan Buddhism for information. The word "Yoga" means exercise and the word "tantra" continuum. The exercise is to meditate and to understand the teachings. The sadhana practice should be done daily. The text is a symbolic text. You must have explanations. So you need teachings. Tantra is a practice exclusively for the advanced.

The Mystery of Spirit

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Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1982233796
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (822 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mystery of Spirit by : George Robbins

Download or read book The Mystery of Spirit written by George Robbins and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on techniques of spiritual development and awareness of the presence of spirit in ordinary life, Robbins challenges the reader to move beyond spiritual blockages and obstacles and raise the vibrational frequencies that bring us to greater enlightenment. This reduces negative emotions such as despair, meaninglessness, and unhappiness. Robbins wants to help us increase our pro-social activity thereby contributing to a more open-minded service towards others. In this book he shows how to use effective techniques for practical and spiritual change while following a path of heart.

Passionate Enlightenment

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691235597
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Book Synopsis Passionate Enlightenment by : Miranda Shaw

Download or read book Passionate Enlightenment written by Miranda Shaw and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The now-classic exploration of the role of women and the feminine in Buddhist Tantra The crowning cultural achievement of medieval India, Tantric Buddhism is known in the West primarily for the sexual practices of its adherents, who strive to transform erotic passion into spiritual bliss. Historians of religion have long held that this attempted enlightenment was for men only, and that women in the movement were at best marginal and subordinated and at worst degraded and exploited. In Passionate Enlightenment, Miranda Shaw argues to the contrary and presents extensive evidence of the outspoken and independent female founders of the Tantric movement and their creative role in shaping its distinctive vision of gender relations and sacred sexuality. Including a new preface by the author, this Princeton Classics edition makes an essential work available for new audiences.

The Natural Bliss of Being

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781482020175
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)

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Book Synopsis The Natural Bliss of Being by : Jackson Peterson

Download or read book The Natural Bliss of Being written by Jackson Peterson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author designed his book to be a transformative journey that conclusively reveals one's own "enlightened self-nature" directly, leaving no room for doubt or uncertainty. For those who are serious about self-realization, this book offers explanations, insights and practical methods that can easily be applied without prior knowledge or experience with meditation or Eastern practices. The key teachings originate in the Tibetan wisdom tradition known as the "The Great Perfection", but are inclusive of other traditions such as Zen, that offer insights and methods into discovering our True Nature immediately and directly, not after months or years of study, meditation and practice. The author also studied deeply the teachings of the Sufis in Kashmir, India which revealed the wisdom of the Heart and Love, both necessary qualities in realizing one's true nature. The approach shared is very direct and capable of revealing immediate benefits. The overall goal is the acquisition of a completely new perspective on life that is grounded in spontaneity, freedom, joy and unconditional love for the benefit of oneself and others.The journey includes delving into the nature of thought, mind and ego-self to learn how we create our own suffering. From there we are introduced to our own inner jewel of enlightened awareness and knowingness that has always been present but never or rarely noticed. We then learn methods of how to broaden the "recognition" and how to stabilize and integrate this wisdom awareness into all aspects of our lives. Finally we are introduced to the nature of our spiritual Heart the seat of unconditional love and True Being. We learn how we are all just "one life", and with this recognition we find joy for ourselves and love for all beings. The author has spent over forty-seven years in pursuit of the wisdom teachings that can bring about enlightenment and liberation from personal suffering. As a result his travels to meet actual masters who were themselves accomplished in this path, took him to India, China, Nepal, Japan, Korea, Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. This book represents the essence of those teachings yet are presented in a completely generic and unique approach that anyone can benefit from. The author shares: "It is my hope that seekers of all types may find the realization of their goals fulfilled through the reading and application of the teachings as offered in this book and are able to realize the immediate presence of the Natural Bliss of Being for themselves as I have, and realize: 'Relishing and celebrating life's journey is the realization of Enlightenment itself!'"

22 Minutes of Unconditional Love

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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374711933
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Book Synopsis 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love by : Daphne Merkin

Download or read book 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love written by Daphne Merkin and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Daphne Merkin meets the formidable challenge of describing female lust and romantic obsession with all the desired daring, candor, and skill. The result is a bracingly honest, keenly insightful, utterly compelling book.” —Sigrid Nunez, author of The Friend A harrowing, compulsively readable novel about breaking free of sexual obsession A novel of unsurpassed candor, punctuated by bold ruminations on love, marriage, family, sex, gender, and relationships, 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love depicts one woman’s psychological descent into sexual captivity. This is the story of the extremes to which she will go to achieve erotic bliss—and of her struggle to regain her soul. As Daphne Merkin’s audacious new novel opens, a wife and mother looks back at the moment when her life as a young book editor is upended by a casual encounter with an intriguing man who seems to intuit her every thought. Convinced she’s found the one, Judith Stone succumbs to the push and pull of her sexual entanglement with Howard Rose, constantly seeking his attention and approval. That is, until she realizes that beneath his erotic obsession with her, Howard is intent on obliterating any sense of self she possesses. As Merkin writes, his was “the allure of remoteness, affection edged in ice.” Escaping Howard’s grasp—and her own perverse enjoyment of being under his control—will test the limits of Judith’s capacity to resist the siren call of submission. Narrated by Judith in a time before the #MeToo movement, 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love charts the persistent hold the past has on us and the way it shapes our present.