Introduction to Enlightenment 101


Book Description

This booklet is the Introduction to my forthcoming book Enlightenment 101: A Guide to God-Realization and Higher Human Culture. It begins: Enlightenment. What is it? How do we get it? Why should we try? How do we know when we're enlightened? What do we do when we're enlightened? What would happen to society if a large number of people were enlightened? What if that occurred on a global scale? I'll try to answer these questions clearly and comprehensively, but nontechnically. I'll also try to answer them in a way which connects with your own life and makes enlightenment personally valuable to you. Hopefully speaking, it will become the most valuable thing in life for you-because in the big scheme of things, it truly is just that.




Enlightenment 101


Book Description

Why a book about fallacies? Why be so negative and focus on what is wrong? Well, first of all because correcting wrong notions is an important part of any teaching, second because it becomes an excuse to propose correct understanding in the context of misunderstanding. For this reason, I have examined common ideas and beliefs that have become widely accepted, but which upon closer examination are seen to be fallacious. Here are a few examples: * Our only obstacle keeping us from fully awakening is our mind - therefore we must stop the mind. * To attain Spiritual enlightenment, you must still your mind, detach from all the worldly distractions. * The very entry point into the ego-less state or the enlightened state is the present moment. The ego can only be transcended by accessing the present moment. * Our own intense emotions - even negative ones - can be a path for spiritual growth towards enlightenment. * The common basic definition of enlightenment is that the enlightened one lives in total and constant contact with the divine, that this persons ego is permanently dissolved in divine ecstasy, and that the person in all acts and words is a pure channel for the divine energy. * Enlightenment is the understanding that I am everything that is. * Enlightenment is a process of peeling back the many layers of the ego to experience your true radiant infinite Self.




The Enlightenment


Book Description

This introduction explores the history of the 18th-century Enlightenment movement. Considering its intellectual commitments, Robertson then turns to their impact on society, and the ways in which Enlightenment thinkers sought to further the goal of human betterment, by promoting economic improvement and civil and political justice.




Pagan Metaphysics 101


Book Description

Gain an introductory understanding of metaphysical concepts from a pagan perspective, beginning with the first principles of the creation of the Universe through the Celestial Soul Groups and their influence upon the evolution of life and expansion of spirit. From basic metaphysical models, the reader learns about the anatomy of the Soul and how it is connected to the Spirit and the Divine Universal Energy. Answers are provided for important questions: Of what is the Soul made? How does it learn? Where are those memories kept within the Spiritual Being? How does the Soul connect through energy to the physical body, other spirits, and the Greater Divine Consciousness within the Universe? Through this learning process, individuals can walk through every moment of the day with a sense of higher purpose, greater connection to their spiritual mission, and with insight to meet their personal and spiritual goals.




Enlightenment On 101


Book Description

Many seekers believe they are on a pathway toward a state of Enlightenment, but they never seem to arrive. This short and sometimes humorous guide will let you exit that long road to Enlightenment and show you that you are already there.




Awakening 101


Book Description

Pocket-book / mini-book format, 4-color cover with UV coating. Awakening 101 is a pocket reference to the basics and ultimate teachings on actualizing our potential for continual presence, awareness, love, joy, and peace. It is for anyone who wants real freedom and fulfillment in the present moment. This new edition includes the first Ch'an Sutra, Xin Xin Ming, wedding the heart of Zen and essence of Tao.




Introducing the Enlightenment


Book Description

"Introducing The Enlightenment" is the essential guide to the giants of the Enlightenment - Voltaire, Diderot, Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Immanuel Kant, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. The Enlightenment of the 18th century was a crucial time in human history - a vast moral, scientific and political movement, the work of intellectuals across Europe and the New World, who began to free themselves from despotism, bigotry and superstition and tried to change the world. "Introducing The Enlightenment" is a clear and accessible introduction to the leading thinkers of the age, the men and women who believed that rational endeavour could reveal the secrets of the universe.




Enlightenment 101


Book Description

Written by medium and spiritual healer Joan M. Downs, Enlightenment 101 is a step-by-step guide to help everyone access the psychic gifts she says we have all been given. For those who may not consider themselves believers, the self-help aspect has been designed to help you "remain calm and productive in any situation" and to teach you "how to go about getting whatever it is" you want in life. Downs shares the spiritual and metaphysical knowledge she has gathered over fifty years of study to help others begin their own path to enlightenment, guided by her accumulated knowledge. Detailed instructions, meditations, and games are intended to help readers further explore and develop their own abilities, and ultimately, to improve their lives. Early chapters focus readers on opening themselves to development and to the spiritual guides they might rely on along the way. In later chapters, Downs takes the reader into more in-depth aspects of specific gifts, including mediumship, healing, and divination. Finally, she empowers readers to live an enlightened life, regardless of what they have come to believe and regardless of how connected they may feel to their own spiritual gifts.




The Enlightenment


Book Description

This oustanding sourcebook brings together the work of major Enlightenment thinkers to illustrate the full importance and achievements of this great period of change.




Introducing the Enlightenment


Book Description

This book examines some of the key foundations of modern thought.