Rays of enlightenment


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This book is a Source of Awareness that reflects Rays of enlightenment through short quotes that can be randomly read whenever peace is needed. Awareness is our portal to freedom even as we are standing in a world of chaos. When we become aware that we are in reality "Eternal Beings", the events of our life take up a whole new meaning! Freedom is not a place; it is a State of mind!




Touching Enlightenment


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What does it mean to "meditate with the body"? Until you answer this question, explains Reggie Ray, meditation may be no more than a mental gymnastic —something you can practice for years without fruitful results. In Touching Enlightenment, the esteemed author of five books about Buddhist history and practice guides you back to the original practice of the Buddha: a systematic process that results in a profound awareness in your body rather than in your head. Combining the scholarship that has earned him international renown with original insights from nearly four decades practicing and teaching meditation, Reggie Ray invites you to explore: How to enter fully into communion with your embodied natureThe insights of Tibetan yoga, from guidance on breathing and working with discomfort to its challenge to modern practitioners on the path to realizationWhy "rejected" experience becomes imprinted in the body —and how to receive it anew to reconstitute your human way of being Karma of cause and karma of result —taking full responsibility for your lifeYour three bodies—the physical, the interpersonal, and the cosmic "To be awake, to be enlightened, is to be fully and completely embodied. To be fully embodied means to be at one with who we are, in every respect, including our physical being, our emotions, and the totality of our karmic situation," writes Reggie Ray. In Touching Enlightenment, he offers you a map of unprecedented clarity and power for embarking on the journey toward ultimate realization in and through the body.




OM Sutra: The Pathway to Enlightenment


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In Sanskrit, the word “Sutra” means “thread”, “hints” or “guidelines”. The book explains the way to reach the ultimate zenith of human evolution. In this book the ultimate state of Om is adored and expounded. It includes fifty-five Sanskrit verses and their English translation and explanation. This is a book of wisdom for walking on the path of enlightenment. The Sutras provide the techniques and means to clear the mind from the accumulated experiences, conditioning and memories that bind humans to the world of sorrow. As one is established in Om, life is filled with peace, joy and harmony. The book is organized into twelve parts. Each part elaborates steps for breaking free of the limited identification and training the mind to achieve oneness with the universe. Each sutra is presented as Sanskrit text followed by transliteration, precise English translation and authoritative explanation.




White Enlightenment


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White Enlightenment invites its readers to embark on a journey, a quest, a pilgrimage of sorts. The terrain to be travelled lies in the country of ones own internal reality. The journey seeks to uncover the truth that resides at the roots of the readers existence. The author, Paul Longhetti, writes from the perspective of one who has madeand continues to makehis own internal journey. At the outset, White Enlightenment counsels its readers to prepare for the journey. The author writes, We shall all go deeper within our core to the essence of our universal illusive state of being, where reality stops and the truth of what we are begins. The moment is now to surrender all that you think you areto fully know yourself. You will reawaken your memory to the beginning of what you were before you chose to separate from your own oneness of enlightenment, which is the state of your own divinity, the greatness of I am. Do you have a deeply rooted and unshakeable feeling that something deeper, something profound, something more awaits you, lying just beyond your reach, but beckoning to you? If you do, then White Enlightenment offers to serve as your trusted guide as you embark on the journey of a lifetime, the journey to the truth of your life.




Nihil Unbound


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This book pushes nihilism to its ultimate conclusion by linking revisionary naturalism in Anglo-American philosophy with anti-phenomenological realism in French philosophy. Contrary to the 'post-analytic' consensus uniting Heidegger and Wittgenstein against scientism and scepticism, this book links eliminative materialism and speculative realism.




Rays of Light, Volume 1


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"These Rays of Light will inspire people to live a life of purpose and prosperity filled with positive energy. They are truly brilliant and ingenious"-Charles Woodson,2009 NFL Defensive Player of the YearEverything is everythingSee life and "see" lifeMarcus Ray introduces an inspiring way to live a life of purpose via creative, clever, accurate, and enlightening quotes and sayings. He uses the common categories of Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding, Life, Relationships, Problem-Solving, Self-Help, Perspective, Do not Just because, and Light to guide the reader to see the light and embrace a new perspective on everyday life issues, experiences, and decision-making. Everything in this universe acts on one accord. Marcus Ray calls this concept 'everything is everything'. Rays of Light, Volume 1 "Let There Be Light" puts a different twist on traditional word play and quote books because it explains how everyday life experiences and everyday life activities are simply one in the same. If you live your life the same way you drive your car, there will be less life accidents. Rays of Light, Volume 1 "Let There Be Light" is full of energy, which is the fuel that drives the ship on this journey we call life. This non-traditional quote book encourages people to think on another level and view things in the physical with abstract eyes. Readers will handle situations more wisely and capture a new outlook on life. Look with your eyes, but see with your mind. Come out of the dark and enter the world of light.




Inevitable and Invincible


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Panorama of the Enlightenment


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"In this book, the Enlightenment derives its special appeal as the historical staging ground for an intellectual ferment across Europe and America. Dorinda Outram places ideas in their widest possible context, expounding upon their social, political, and cultural implications and how they condition society's conduct in a variety of ways. She looks at what "Enlightenment" meant to contemporaries, how it affected day-to-day life - for instance, by the spread of reading, the open discussion of religion and the relationship between the sexes, self-knowledge and introspection, scientific research, and advances in medicine."--BOOK JACKET.




The Atheist and the Afterlife - an Autobiography


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This is a book that could change your life ... and death. What would happen if an atheist visited the afterlife? Once an atheist, now a clairvoyant medium. Follow one man's extreme transformation in this multifaceted memoir, which brings you through a life filled with trauma, death, denial, personal development, paranormal experiences, mediumship, spiritual gifts, true love, and triumph in his ultimate search for enlightenment. From atheist to clairvoyant medium; Ray Catania's The Atheist and The Afterlife is the first book in the Awakening series. This is a book that can change your life and death, or at the very least, the way you envision both to be. Follow along one man's extreme transformation from a complete non- believing atheist to the undeniable confirmation of an afterlife. The book includes the details of his experiencing death firsthand in which he describes his death as the best day of his life. This event sparked a journey spanning many years of researching the science of life, death, the afterlife, energy, consciousness, Quantum Physics, and pursuing the development of his 6th sense. A skill that he says anyone can develop and utilize for their own personal wellbeing. You will read along in real time as these paranormal events took place, including speaking with the dead. Each story is taken directly from Ray's personal journal and written with humility, sarcasm, and humor. Although the subject matter may be quite serious and a little gritty at times, it is the author's wish that those who can relate to having these traumatic experiences, learn that regardless of your past nothing can stop you from achieving your goals in the future and accomplishing everything you set out to do. By tapping into the universal collective consciousness structure, all can be yours for the asking. This book takes you from the very beginning of this realization and through the events that transpired for him to learn and accept the laws of the universe and the fact that they were undeniably real. This book is not simply about becoming a medium. Although that aspect of the book certainly adds some comic relief, it is about the pursuit of happiness, love, and enlightenment when the odds are stacked against you having any of that. We wish you peace, love, and light, throughout your journey. Based on real-life accounts of the author. This book contains sensitive subject matter that may not be suitable for all ages and contains a list of triggers that you should review before reading this book.




The Ecstasy of Enlightenment


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The Ecstasy of Enlightenment is an inside look at the spiritual world of Tantra--one of the most sophisticated, alluring, and controversial forms of Buddhism. Cleary unlocks the mysteries of the Carya-Giti, a collections of teachings by more than twenty famous Siddhas, or Tantric adepts, who lived during the illustrius Pala dynasty of old Bengal. These teachings emanate from one of the most dynamic sources of international Buddhism, at the height of its religious development, and as such, they are completely nonsectarian. Particularly noteworth is Cleary's demonstration of the parallels between Tantric Buddhism in Old Bengal and the original Zen Buddhism of China.