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Title: Ask the Awakened: The Negative Way
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| Ask the Awakened: The Negative Way by Sentient Publications Editorial issues | | This is a collection of meditations, musings and aphorisms by a cultured and somewhat awakened Westerner, one of the first wave to really encounter the non-dualist teachings. As such it depicts a number of classic themes and ideas, but in a very sketchy manner. It might have been groundbreaking 30 years ago, but now seems somewhat fragmentary. From the same vintage, Teachings of Ramana Maharishi, Alan Watt's Way of Zen, and Krishnamurti's First and Last Freedom are much better edited and written works. The insight is there, the sentiment is real, but as a book it leaves a lot to be desired. | | Ask the Awakened: The Negative Way by Sentient Publications Get some Tylenol! | | Whenever I read Wei Wu Wei I get dizzy. You have to really be a thinker to understand a lot of what he writes. It's good stuff though. It's what The Buddha would've written if he was born in the scientific age. Get some Tylenol! | | Ask the Awakened: The Negative Way by Sentient Publications Am I Missing Something Here? | Okay...I consider myself a spiritual human being and I have been so enlightened by the Dalai Lama book 'The Art of Happiness' or Marlo Morgan's 'Mutant Message from Forever' or even "As It Is" (another great one by Tony Parsons); however, this one did NOT awaken me. If anything I wanted to fall asleep many times. It's a bunch of mish-mosh for some so-called person to think they're "enlightened" when (if you've read 'As It Is') one will realize that NO ONE can ever be "enlightened"--let alone "awakened". So, if you want to 'Ask the Awakened' don't bother reading this book. Instead, ask your ownself 'What is RIGHT for you'? There were a few lines that managed to grasp my attention. For instance:
"What we seek to describe by the word "love" is emotion experienced in certain highly personal channels, charged with possesiveness, shadowed by jealousy, with its counterpart "hate" ever ready to take its place."
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"Words can never transfer understanding: they can only open the way for pre-existing knowledge to rise into consciousness."
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"If the mind could be looked-at, it would then be an OBJECT OF KNOWLEDGE."
And so, I did take away something (but things I already knew--just not formulated in this manner). I was just turned on when I saw that every reviewer before me gave this book 5 STARS. Hello? I just don't see why. Read one of the three aforementioned books above and you'll definitely be "awakened". | | Ask the Awakened: The Negative Way by Sentient Publications Definitely one of the best! | | This book is the single most amazing thing that has happened to my life! It is a book to read over and over again because what you get from it is very different depending on what stage of development you are at when you read it. Regardless of when you read it, it is full of inspiration! If you are searching for a book full of wisdom, look no further. If you are exploring the meaning of the non-dual, look no further. If you are exploring the nature of consciosuness and the subject-object differentiation, look no further. This book would benefit people best if they had a little background on Eastern philosophy. If you are not informed about Eastern philosophy, I would highly recommend the delightfully written book, "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato. It is an excellent book that explains all of these things starting from a "Western" perspective but ultimately leading up to an understanding of non-dualism. It is quite amazing also. I truly think that these are perhaps the two best books on this topic. | | Ask the Awakened: The Negative Way by Sentient Publications When the Dreamer Wakens..... | | This is a rich and beautiful collection of short essays, quotes, and commentaries regarding the glorious "path" of Nondualist Realization. The mysterious Wei Wu Wei shares wondrous bits of the highest wisdom from his own understandings and insights but also quotes liberally from Taoism, Zen, Vedanta, Buddhism, and other more obscure sources. This vital collection includes over 100 short pieces, some a page or two, some only a paragraph. We know little about the "author". We know he spent time with the great Ramana Maharshi in India before Ramana left the body. However, the author's own high realization shines through as he beautifully developes his "negative way" theme in this great book. For the reader interested in giving up his self in favor of his Self, this grand collection offers much to ponder, numerous fingers pointing at the moon. If we think, however, that finally these wise sayings will enlighten us while we retain ego and selfish interests, we will enjoy a good read but still not get the message: "There is no path. The image is misleading - for there is nowhere to go and no one to go anywhere. There is only looking in the right direction...no one does it, nor is anything done..." I highly recommend you get the book. Its beyond the understanding of the rational mind, but these pithy koan like sayings may very well move us a little closer to the Real. A little closer to seeing we are no thing. A little closer to a clear view of the void. A little closer to finding the key to the gateless gate. A little closer to realizing the greatest secret of them all. | | Ask the Awakened: The Negative Way by Sentient Publications Product Description | | The author shares his deep understanding of Taosim--specifically the texts attribued the Heart, Diamond and Lankavatara sutras; and attributed to Cahn Buddhism as taught by Hui Neng, Huang Po, Hui Hai, rct. |
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