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Summary: An excellent book for explaining the unexplainable.
Review: After reading many books on non-dualism, I found that when I read this book a sense of a personal self disappeared. The center that I had known to be me fled and has never returned. As he says understanding is everything, and this book conveys that understanding.
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Summary: Extraordinary
Review: I had read many books on non-dualism. When I read this book I finally got it. I had a transformative experience where my separate sense of self dropped away and has not returned. It has been over five years since my experience while reading this book. Since then I have read another account of somebody having the same "experience" while reading this particular book. It is so clear and moves so directly to the point that it has the potential to be very transformative. Contemplate deeply the information that Balsekar gives here.
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Summary: Fascinating and compelling
Review: I read this book after attending a talk by Wayne Liquorman. Wayne recommended it as an introduction to a philosophy that he had adopted. I bought it because I felt upset and threatened by the ideas that Wayne presented. I wanted to have the philosophy in writing so I could find fault with it and remain attached to other ideas. But the book made more sense than those other ideas, and I have since decided that Ramesh and Wayne present the most reasonable model of reality that I have come across. This book was the catalyst for a transformation in my beliefs, and I am grateful! I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is open minded and trying to make sense of the world. Thank you, Ramesh!
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Summary: The End of Suffering
Review: I stumbled across this book at the Vedanta bookstore in Hollywood and could not put it down. I was utterly fascinated with Balsekar's simple and thorough answers to his interviewer (the entire book is a question and answer session.) Being a serious aspirant to Enlightenment i.e. Nirvana, Buddhahood, Braham, Truth..I appreciated the author's unpretentious description of the state/form of existing as consciousness itself. It was simply one of the most clearly and concisely written books I've yet come across on the subject. I do believe it worth mentioning that beginners to esoteric religious philosophy may find much of the material difficult to grasp, at the same time some of the book's passages were so simple and literally brilliant (a stand out to me was Balsekar's mention of the lack of a "me" and/or "I" that exists in all action and doership upon realizing oneself as consciousness itself) that I found myself becoming excited/enthusiastic about my own spiritual practice especially in my potential for the attainment of the discussed state of consciousness. Moreover, I wanted to take notes in order to share the passages with others. This book will provide those all to rare glimmers of insight which, by the sublime process of grace, can propell an individual's true spiritual advancement.
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Summary: Ordinariness of Enlightenment
Review: I stumbled across this book at the Vedanta bookstore in Hollywood and could not put it down. I was utterly fascinated with Balsekar's simple and thorough answers to his interviewer (the entire book is a question and answer session.) Being a serious aspirant to Enlightenment i.e. Nirvana, Buddhahood, Braham, Truth..I appreciated the author's unpretentious description of the state/form of existing as consciousness itself. It was simply one of the most clearly and concisely written books I've yet come across on the subject. I do believe it worth mentioning that beginners to esoteric religious philosophy may find much of the material difficult to grasp, at the same time some of the book's passages were so simple and literally brilliant (a stand out to me was Balsekar's mention of the lack of a "me" and/or "I" that exists in all action and doership upon realizing oneself as consciousness itself) that I found myself becoming excited/enthusiastic about my own spiritual practice especially in my potential for the attainment of the discussed state of consciousness. Moreover, I wanted to take notes in order to share the passages with others. This book will provide those all to rare glimmers of insight which, by the sublime process of grace, can propell an individual's true spiritual advancement.
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Summary: From consciousness to paper... a great book!
Review: Like the book says, if you understand that all there is is Consciousness, then you need not read the book...Otherwise, you will enjoy the book thoroughly... however, be prepared for the unexpected...
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Summary: Ramesh ends the Confusion about what Enlightenment IS
Review: Ramesh elegantly and eloquently brings us right straight to the Heart of the matter of Enlightenment. Ramesh has an uncanny ability to cut through all the noise and nonsense and bring the mind to rest in its own true nature ... "The Peace that Passeth Understanding."
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Summary: If it's good for him then it's good for the rest of us!
Review: Suffice to say that this book is recommended to everyone by Leonard Cohen. He was moved enough by his philosophy to travel to India and meet Balsekar in person and spend sometime studying with him.
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Summary: Great book on non-dual, impersonal Oneness of All
Review: This is a great book. Though I am a student of Hindu Advaita Vedanta for some time, reading this book has been illuminating. I seem to find some answers to my long bothering questions, and more importantly drawing me to a new level of understanding and practical approach. The repeated attention paid to 'Impersonal Consciousness' and bringing it to answer every question is really superb and essentially serves the purpose of teaching non-duality. This 'Impersonal Consciousness' and the explanation of 'Karma' themselves should be sufficient 'Teaching' to transform our out-look to life and practice to realise our nature. There are other very subtle important teachings which are spread every where for a careful reader. Though initially I had some 'non-acceptance' in me for some of these ideas, as I am a student of Traditional Hindu Advaita Vedanta, as I read through the book carefully, I am quite helped by the teaching. I would recommend this to any religious, irrelegious, or non-religious person. It was illuminating joy reading the book.
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Summary: The End of Suffering
Review: Tho a few may be gifted w/ deep and abiding insight from an early age, most on the path to enlightment struggle w/ such questions as: Have I got it yet? When will I get it? How do I keep it? Regrettably these questions can only be answered by paradox: Awareness is available when "I" is not. To the thirsy pilgrim, the message is that s/he may only drink when the mirage of self has disappeared. Ramesh, in the clear, simple language, states that there is nothing to do to achieve enlightenment. This lifting of effort, this recognition of Grace, is a bountiful gift. Many other teachers, either consciously or unconsciously, create a doing around enlightenment. The seeker often becomes burdened w/ guilt: Am I doing it right? Ramesh lifts that burden.
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