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Summary: An excellent book for those already familiar with the Path.
Review: For those already familiar with the mystical path in the tradition of St. John of the Cross, this is an exceptional book. You see, Ms. Roberts does not stop at the Unitive State which is the highest state of mystic consciousness that I was aware of through years of reading. She goes beyond this and beyond consciousness into God's way of knowing which is different from our own. She truly parallels the life of Christ by following Him in His descent into hell, ascention into heaven, and incarnation. Truly incredible reading that makes one wonder what her advanced state means for the rest of humanity. Credible? Definitely! No less than Fr. Thomas Keating vouches for her!
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Summary: The map.
Review: Having discovered Miss Roberts by suggestion from a Religious Studies college classmate almost 20 years ago, I was thrilled to see another book by this wonderful author who has devoted her life to explaining the unexplainable. Without her understanding and excellent ability to convey, so many aspects of the contemplative path, and beyond, would go unnoticed-or worse yet- misunderstood. This latest effort puts it all into perspective. Explains it all in a deeper more matured way, as though her own journey "grew clearer with distance." There is one statement in the book that I must take issue with. When descibing an especially bewidering aspect of the journey, she states that she could not point to one person she ever helped. Bernadette- point over here!
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Summary: Correction
Review: Ms. Roberts stated she wrote this book because her previous two (The Experience of Noself and The Path to Noself) missed the mark: it is true. In reality, the reader should reverse the sequence. I wrote a review here for The Path to Noself. Know that it is incorrect. I now understand her views on the ego and the self, which are different from those of Jung and Hinduism, which she used as comparison. However, I marvel at the lack of insight regarding reincarnation, which is barely mentioned. Ms. Robert also writes that this path: first the falling away of the ego, then the falling away of the self, is unavoidable and every one must go through it...but when? Obviously the majority dies without this experience. Where do they go? Let's look at the classic example: a seemingly innocent one year old baby dies. What happened? His ego or self did not fall, he did not experience the unitive phase. If he did not "merge" with God, what happened? What a hoax this life then is! It was around the year 500 that the Christian Church, in the Council of Nicaea, decided to make reincarnation "anathema", a concept accepted by many Christians since anno domino, including fathers of the church like Origen. With a stroke of their pens these intolerant fanatics made metempsychosis heresy. Reincarnation does not collide with Christianity, and if some believe, like Roberts, that Jesus was born sinless, meaning already without ego, isn't it possible that this happened in a previous incarnation? Following Roberts' line, then Jesus only needed to get rid of his self. Many Westerners look to Eastern religions out of the impossibility to answer similar questions like the baby's posed above? Finally, none of her books tells us how to get started. Do this unitive condition falls on us out of the blue? What do we need to do? In her favour, I must say that this book is the best summary I have ever seen of the concepts of ego, self, and Self or Atman.
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Summary: Correction
Review: Ms. Roberts stated she wrote this book because her previous two (The Experience of Noself and The Path to Noself) missed the mark: it is true. In reality, the reader should reverse the sequence. I wrote a review here for The Path to Noself. Know that it is incorrect. I now understand her views on the ego and the self, which are different from those of Jung and Hinduism, which she used as comparison. However, I marvel at the lack of insight regarding reincarnation, which is barely mentioned. Ms. Robert also writes that this path: first the falling away of the ego, then the falling away of the self, is unavoidable and every one must go through it...but when? Obviously the majority dies without this experience. Where do they go? Let's look at the classic example: a seemingly innocent one year old baby dies. What happened? His ego or self did not fall, he did not experience the unitive phase. If he did not "merge" with God, what happened? What a hoax this life then is! It was around the year 500 that the Christian Church, in the Council of Nicaea, decided to make reincarnation "anathema", a concept accepted by many Christians since anno domino, including fathers of the church like Origen. With a stroke of their pens these intolerant fanatics made metempsychosis heresy. Reincarnation does not collide with Christianity, and if some believe, like Roberts, that Jesus was born sinless, meaning already without ego, isn't it possible that this happened in a previous incarnation? Following Roberts' line, then Jesus only needed to get rid of his self. Many Westerners look to Eastern religions out of the impossibility to answer similar questions like the baby's posed above? Finally, none of her books tells us how to get started. Do this unitive condition falls on us out of the blue? What do we need to do? In her favour, I must say that this book is the best summary I have ever seen of the concepts of ego, self, and Self or Atman.
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