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Discovering The Realm Beyond Appearance: Pointers to the Inexpressible Paperback – 1 January 2002
by Robert Powell (Author)
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Discovering the realm beyond appearance explores the realm beyond illusion according to the author, the meaning of your existence is primarily to realize your true nature, that you are not just an individualbut once you have realized your true nature and there is only the totality now where could the totality go? it is at once everything, completely fulfilled, it is fulfillment itself therefore, the question of meaning cannot apply for one or more accurately, for that which has realized itself
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Publisher : New Age Books (1 January 2002)
Language : English
Paperback : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 8178221306
ISBN-13 : 978-8178221304Customer Reviews:
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5.0 out of 5 stars An exceptionally clear and penetrating introduction to Advaita philosophyReviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 13 January 2014
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Having reached a certain age, a question of increasing importance to me is, “Is it possible to be something other than a creature wholly determined by cause and effect processes?”
I regard perceptions, feelings and thoughts as more or less (I’m not quite ready to say completely) mechanical processes–which, to the extent that I identify “myself” with my perceptions, feelings and thoughts, makes me more or less an automaton. Such a conclusion concerns me, even though I take pride in being willing to accept the natural world “as it is.”
I would like to believe that there is something more fundamental than cause-and-effect processes, on which to anchor my sense of presence; my existence.
In Discovering the Realm Beyond Appearance: Pointers to the Inexpressible, advaitist philosopher and teacher Robert Powell writes, “Then one can only fall silent; the whole of our ordinary so-called life experience is seen to be nothing but a series of mind-games – a juggling with projected images, with the “juggler” himself being only a mere image among images. All our certainties are seen to be like footprints in the sky! The only reality that emerges from all this is the Consciousness or the Self, upon which all sensation and thought is projected. This is how I came to my first basic recognition of the truth of advaita.”
--Hence my interest in the advaitist sages and philosophers. Without delving into endless philosophical discussion, I can simply say that experientially, it has been uplifting for me to consider the possibility that I might be something other than so-called physical, mechanical processes. It does seem possible to witness the incessant, mechanistic flow of mental activity without identifying with it; without, in fact, feeling the need to create a self-image at all. There is then a sense of freedom and playfulness, of being present and engaged in the world of appearances, but without drowning in it.
What do you think, dear reader? Do you identify with your body? Is freedom from circumstances possible?
Consider this also, from Powell's book Path Without Form, p. 104: “...the value of the question lies in the asking, in the inquiry, not in the answering. Not answering, not needing to answer it, means that one can pursue the inquiry, go very deep, without being sidetracked by the irrelevancies of words and symbols. Thus, one stays with the question, lets the question work its own magic.”
I can think of no better guide than Robert Powell, for those who want to explore advaitist philosophy and psychology. HIs writing is grounded both in a deep understanding of the ancient traditions of advaitist thought, and in his training in Western science and logic. His books on advaita are the mature expressions of a mind that has never stopped questioning and has never been willing to accept superficial explanations.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite modern writer on AdvaitaReviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 20 October 2011
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After struggling with Nisargardatta Maharaj, I was blessed to find this wonderful book by doctor Powell. His modern take on Advaita Vedanta will help clear up many questions you might have. It was this book that finally gave me the realization that the individual, the "person" that I created and called "me" does not truly, in reality, exist as such. I had known all this, been taught all this, read about all this- but it was Robert Powell that finally made me REALIZE the Truth. It's very different from knowing. It's being Truth itself, and if you're interested in that, this is a darn fine book to pick up.
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