The Genius of Being: Contemplating the Profound Intelligence of Existence
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (877 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0727V444D |
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| Number of Pages | : | 241 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book is not for the faint of heart or the casual seeker, but contemplating the assertions here empowers you to personally and experientially grasp what is rarely even glimpsed: a profound consciousness of the genesis of human experience.. This universally accepted assumption persists despite the failure of exhaustive investigations to locate this inner self. The first volume, The Book of Not Knowing, garnered much praise as a comprehensive exploration of the depths of self and consciousness. This dynamic not only generates both self and reality from nothing, it imbues them with the quality of objective truth. From the time we first distinguish between self and not-self as infants, we begin making a sequence of existential assumptions that result in the illusion that a self is some ethereal "object" within. Peter Ralston's exceptionally lucid trilogy on the nature of human consciousness culminates here in The Genius of Being, a book of deep contemplations on the unseen elements that create our world. In a progression of illuminating assertions, Ralston shows us how human consciousness carves out distinctions from whatever is absolutely true. The second volume, Pursuing Consciousness, cla
A worthy capstone This book gives voice to many of the insights that will arise through a careful, contemplative reading of the preceding books in Ralston's trilogy. In The Genius of Being, connections are made between the domains of enlightenment and experiential transformation, following up on the previous works. "Another treasure" according to D. Spivak. While the least "hand-holding" of his recent books, it is also the most relevant to one's daily life and experience. I loved it from beginning to end, pausing every few paragraphs—sometimes every few words—to contemplate what was said. As soon as I finished, I immediately re-started f. cae said Marvelous and well written. Marvelous and well written