A Wake Up Call (Beyond Concepts and Illusions)

A Wake Up Call (Beyond Concepts and Illusions)

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Book Specification

Item Code: NAM856
Author: Sabina Oberoi and Beverly Chapman
Publisher: Radha Soami Satsang Beas
Language: English
Edition: 2016
ISBN: 9788184664850
Pages: 167
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8.5 inch X 5.5 inch
Weight 190 gm

Book Description

Contents

Publishers Note ix
First Words 1
What is our Objective? 3
1 Our Present Position 5
Words or action? 5
Why did we ask for initiation? 8
You have a living master 9
2 How Far Can Words Take Us? 11
Prisoners of words 11
Myths and metaphors 13
Paradoxes 14
Concepts 17
Mud can Have many flavours 19
3 The Choice is Ours 21
An 'expiry date' on concepts 21
Truth is simple - we are not 24
An individual choice 25
Words, Concepts & Illusion 29
4 About Spirituality 31
Illusion: Physical objects have spiritual power 31
Illusion: Spirituality demands blind faith 35
Illusion: Spirituality means morality so who needs meditation? 37
Illusion: Spirituality can be measured by appearances 39
Illusion: A Spiritual path should meet our social needs 40
5 About Initiation 43
Illusion: Only four births after initiation 44
Illusion: Our way of life can remain unchanged 47
Illusion: No return to the animal kingdom 48
Illusion: Hey! We need those guarantees! They help us! 50
Illusion: Six months of meditation ensures enlightenment 52
6 About the Sangat 55
Illusion: Satsangis are special, and non-satsangis are… 56
Illusion: It's our duty to enforce Sant Mat values in the sangat 59
Illusion: The RSSB sangat represents an 'ideal world' 61
Illusion: Representatives are evolved souls 62
Illusion: The master's close associates must be spiritually elevated 63
Illusion: He or she is a very important person 66
7 About Darshan 71
Illusion: Being closer means better darshan 72
Illusion: Darshan on the screen is not real darshan 73
Illusion: The more darshan we 'do' the more we 'get' from him 74
Illusion: There's right way to do darshan 75
8 About Satsang 77
Illusion: Attending satsang is mandatory 78
Illusion: Attending satsang is enough 79
Illusion: Satsangs Should be entertaining so they engage us 80
Illusion: Some satsangs are 'good', some are bad' 82
Illusion: Satsang speakers are elevated souls 85
9 About Seva 89
Illusion: Physical seva can replace meditation 90
Illusion: No common sense is required in seva 91
Illusion: The tangible rewards of seva matter 93
Illusion: Certain seva positions confer power and prestige 94
Illusion: Seva needs us 97
10 About Meditation 101
Illusion: We must make progress… now! 102
Illusion: Progress means light and sound 103
Illusion: Bhajan is not essential to meditation 106
Illusion: Meditation is about getting result 107
11 About the Master 109
Illusion: The master just waves a magic wand 109
Illusion: The master does it all 112
Illusion: A perfect living master should… 114
Let's Get Real 119
12 The Mystery of the living Master 121
Our beloved master - who is he? 122
Trust 124
Dancing on the edge of a sword 126
Infinite is his freedom 128
13 A way of life to Be lived 131
Living in obedience and surrender 132
Living gracefully and cheerfully 133
keeping a balance 135
Taking refuge 137
Loving him 137
14 The Mystic Path 141
We are making a choice 142
Meditation 143
Getting real 145
Last Words 149
Glossary 151
Books on This Science 153
Addresses for Information and Books 155
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