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FROM A SITE VISITOR: [Received 15 March 2007] I’ve spent some time reading all the book descriptions on your site and I want to buy some of the non-duality books but there’s a wide variety and no directions about the order to read them in. Should they be read in the order on the home page? Tell me what I need and the order I need to read them in. Also, I don’t see a package on the order page that includes all of the Advaita books. Any discounts if I order them all? Philip
F.: Hello, Philip. First, the books are not to be read in the order shown on the home page. Your e-mail does not reveal where you might be on the “path” (or if you are not even on that “path” but preparing to begin the “journey”). Since this has not been fully addressed on the site during the last two years, the order for reading—from “the most basic” to “the most advanced”—will be provided for you (and for the other site visitors who have asked the same question). You can read the information below on each and determine what might be relevant for you. The first four books on the list are used to prepare you for receiving the final teachings, preparation that cannot be skipped or avoided. (As for quantity discounts, another site visitor just ordered all six books and his price was reduced from $87 + S&H to $75 + S&H. You and other site visitors are welcomed to the same discount if ordering all six). Finally, the Daily Meditation Guides and the CD are for those who want tools to use throughout the year. They can be researched separately on the site.
IT ALL BULLSHIT (And Why Knowing It Sets You Free)
This book contains a series of “propositionalities” that would be worthless except to the extent that they prepare all seekers to become willing to question the sacred cows of your culture. Ultimately, this all deals more with the relative than the Absolute, but one cannot abide sanely as the Absolute without first seeing the insanity of the relative. If one can question his/her core beliefs that are generally held sacred by the masses, then discarding all of the other nonsense of the culture might become easier. That alone can begin the "journey" toward total freedom and total peace. Few will ever be able to discard the minor cows, much less these six sacred cows, but this book is an invitation to begin questioning what is usually taken for granted after years of programming and enculturation.
SPIRITUAL SOBRIETY (Recovering What Religions Lost)
This book is for the 6 billion+ persons who have been programmed with the dogma of the planets’ religions, especially the three outgrowths of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It is also for those who are playing a spiritual role or who have become spiritually intoxicated (which prevents moving beyond all role-playing and Realizing Fully). It's intent is to allow persons on the "path" to transition beyond the religious and spiritual identities that are assumed at the third step of the "journey." The focus is on those three since their dogma has programmed—and corrupted the consciousness of—most persons on the planet, but the overall message reflects the truth about all religions and all “spiritual” programs or movements as well. The content reveals the 16 tenets common to those religions which evolved from the killing of virgins; exposes the contradictions of those teachings; discusses the glorification of suffering; catalogues and exposes the false promises that are made in order to attract and control the masses; explains the way that their leaders' addiction to power drives them to manipulate their followers; exposes the lies upon which those institutions are based; identifies the results of religious and spiritual intoxication; and uncovers the mental disorders that result from strict adherence to the dogma and ideology. If you have been exposed to any religious or spiritual indoctrination, or if you live in a culture where the leaders have been indoctrinated by religion, this one should be read.
LIBERATION
This book helps remove the next barrier to Realization: personality. After being freed from body-mind identification, transitioning into the next step begins the process of being freed from identification with personas and being unconsciously controlled by personality traits. This book studies the nine most basic persona types as identified in the enneagram method and offers the way to be freed of the influences of personality.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?
This book offers the opportunity to shift to the next level of understanding, the level at which you come to realize that you cannot die since you were not born. Fears generally begin to fall away after reading this work. The Foreword offers this: “If you find the answer to ‘What happens when I die—what happens after the body ends?’ the result will be that the remainder of your relative existence will be marked by an incredible lightness of being. Persons addicted to chaos will hate that possibility. Those seeking to be restored to sanity will seek the answer until it is found.”
THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS
This book is used by many as a primer and companion piece to FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE. "PART ONE" includes answers to frequently-asked questions and provides an overview of terms used during the teachings. "PART TWO" provides information for those who are “close” but haven’t yet “gotten it.” "PART TWO" moves the seeker to a depth of understanding that sets the stage for the final message in FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE.
FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)
Most of the so-called “Spiritual Masters” addressed all of the steps that must be taken, in a very exact order, to shift from identifying with the false “I” to abiding as the Absolute. All of the steps (or “stages” to use Maharaj’s term) have been discussed for centuries, but this is the first time that the steps have been offered and explained in simple language in the exact order in which the seven steps must be taken in order to move from “the lie of the I” to Full Realization. Most of the content of this book contains the complete set of transcripts from audio tapings of a series of satsang sessions that guided the participants from step one to Realization. Some have said that by reading the questions from seekers and the immediate responses by floyd (all offered in their original easy, conversational format), they have felt as if they were present in the room, actively engaged in the satsang along with fellow seekers. This one should be read last.
FROM A SITE VISITOR: [Received 15 March 2007] I’ve spent some time reading all the book descriptions on your site and I want to buy some of the non-duality books but there’s a wide variety and no directions about the order to read them in. Should they be read in the order on the home page? Tell me what I need and the order I need to read them in. Also, I don’t see a package on the order page that includes all of the Advaita books. Any discounts if I order them all? Philip
F.: Hello, Philip. First, the books are not to be read in the order shown on the home page. Your e-mail does not reveal where you might be on the “path” (or if you are not even on that “path” but preparing to begin the “journey”). Since this has not been fully addressed on the site during the last two years, the order for reading—from “the most basic” to “the most advanced”—will be provided for you (and for the other site visitors who have asked the same question). You can read the information below on each and determine what might be relevant for you. The first four books on the list are used to prepare you for receiving the final teachings, preparation that cannot be skipped or avoided. (As for quantity discounts, another site visitor just ordered all six books and his price was reduced from $87 + S&H to $75 + S&H. You and other site visitors are welcomed to the same discount if ordering all six). Finally, the Daily Meditation Guides and the CD are for those who want tools to use throughout the year. They can be researched separately on the site.
IT ALL BULLSHIT (And Why Knowing It Sets You Free)
This book contains a series of “propositionalities” that would be worthless except to the extent that they prepare all seekers to become willing to question the sacred cows of your culture. Ultimately, this all deals more with the relative than the Absolute, but one cannot abide sanely as the Absolute without first seeing the insanity of the relative. If one can question his/her core beliefs that are generally held sacred by the masses, then discarding all of the other nonsense of the culture might become easier. That alone can begin the "journey" toward total freedom and total peace. Few will ever be able to discard the minor cows, much less these six sacred cows, but this book is an invitation to begin questioning what is usually taken for granted after years of programming and enculturation.
SPIRITUAL SOBRIETY (Recovering What Religions Lost)
This book is for the 6 billion+ persons who have been programmed with the dogma of the planets’ religions, especially the three outgrowths of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It is also for those who are playing a spiritual role or who have become spiritually intoxicated (which prevents moving beyond all role-playing and Realizing Fully). It's intent is to allow persons on the "path" to transition beyond the religious and spiritual identities that are assumed at the third step of the "journey." The focus is on those three since their dogma has programmed—and corrupted the consciousness of—most persons on the planet, but the overall message reflects the truth about all religions and all “spiritual” programs or movements as well. The content reveals the 16 tenets common to those religions which evolved from the killing of virgins; exposes the contradictions of those teachings; discusses the glorification of suffering; catalogues and exposes the false promises that are made in order to attract and control the masses; explains the way that their leaders' addiction to power drives them to manipulate their followers; exposes the lies upon which those institutions are based; identifies the results of religious and spiritual intoxication; and uncovers the mental disorders that result from strict adherence to the dogma and ideology. If you have been exposed to any religious or spiritual indoctrination, or if you live in a culture where the leaders have been indoctrinated by religion, this one should be read.
LIBERATION
This book helps remove the next barrier to Realization: personality. After being freed from body-mind identification, transitioning into the next step begins the process of being freed from identification with personas and being unconsciously controlled by personality traits. This book studies the nine most basic persona types as identified in the enneagram method and offers the way to be freed of the influences of personality.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?
This book offers the opportunity to shift to the next level of understanding, the level at which you come to realize that you cannot die since you were not born. Fears generally begin to fall away after reading this work. The Foreword offers this: “If you find the answer to ‘What happens when I die—what happens after the body ends?’ the result will be that the remainder of your relative existence will be marked by an incredible lightness of being. Persons addicted to chaos will hate that possibility. Those seeking to be restored to sanity will seek the answer until it is found.”
THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS
This book is used by many as a primer and companion piece to FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE. "PART ONE" includes answers to frequently-asked questions and provides an overview of terms used during the teachings. "PART TWO" provides information for those who are “close” but haven’t yet “gotten it.” "PART TWO" moves the seeker to a depth of understanding that sets the stage for the final message in FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE.
FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)
Most of the so-called “Spiritual Masters” addressed all of the steps that must be taken, in a very exact order, to shift from identifying with the false “I” to abiding as the Absolute. All of the steps (or “stages” to use Maharaj’s term) have been discussed for centuries, but this is the first time that the steps have been offered and explained in simple language in the exact order in which the seven steps must be taken in order to move from “the lie of the I” to Full Realization. Most of the content of this book contains the complete set of transcripts from audio tapings of a series of satsang sessions that guided the participants from step one to Realization. Some have said that by reading the questions from seekers and the immediate responses by floyd (all offered in their original easy, conversational format), they have felt as if they were present in the room, actively engaged in the satsang along with fellow seekers. This one should be read last.
See the links above to order.
Know that even after the readings, some require a brief period of tutelage, one-on-one, with a Realized teacher for the full and final and ultimate transition to happen. The Advaita site provides one opportunity for such exchanges and face-to-face satsang is also available. [ www.advaitavedantaretreats.blogspot.com ]
So, Philip, there you have the order in which the books are to be read. Best regards as you either begin (or finally complete) the “journey.” If you want to order all six books and get that discount, write a note to that effect in the message box at the links provided above.
Know that even after the readings, some require a brief period of tutelage, one-on-one, with a Realized teacher for the full and final and ultimate transition to happen. The Advaita site provides one opportunity for such exchanges and face-to-face satsang is also available. [ www.advaitavedantaretreats.blogspot.com ]
So, Philip, there you have the order in which the books are to be read. Best regards as you either begin (or finally complete) the “journey.” If you want to order all six books and get that discount, write a note to that effect in the message box at the links provided above.
NOTE: Postings will continue Thursday. Traveling to Austin, Texas to present the Teachings to a group there. On Thursday, a new series begins entitled, "MIND" and "MEMORIES": When Nature's "Assets" Are Warped into "Liabilities"
