NEW ESSAY: "Forcing-The-Fit"
Unpublished, 2008: 116 page spiral-bound manuscript
Bernadette has written a commentary on the interpretations of her works by three authors: A.H. Almaas, James Marion and Jim Arraj. The commentary is available as a 116 page, spiral bound manuscript.
COST (including shipping) is:
$25 within the U.S.
$35 outside the U.S
Excerpt from the Preface:
Although these papers were written years ago, it only now dawned on me the particular vision of spirituality that these authors represent. This version is a combination of Western psychology and Hindu philosophy, more especially, its Advaitic, nondual school of thought. Sooner or later people seeking a spiritual life will come across authors whose psychological paradigm culminates in Hinduism’s Advaitic realization. There is no underestimating the wide-spread influence of this new spirituality, its influence is such you can hardly talk to anyone about the spiritual journey who has not already bought into this popular way of thinking. Converts have not only bought into this particular view of the spiritual life, but bought into its same belief system. This is what accounts for much of the West’s present Advaitic understanding of man’s spiritual journey. No guru promotes this as well as those who have adopted this modern paradigm of spirituality.
The advantage of this paradigm is that it by-passes the traditional spirituality of the West’s monotheistic religions, thus it has particular appeal to its disenfranchised members. Now they no longer have to deal with the spiritual “soul” (it’s just the “self”), or with any “Transcendent” (“self” turns out to be the Transcendent), or deal with anything “supernatural” (an inherent psychic phenomena). In short this new spirituality boils down to a focus on self alone.
Bernadette has written a commentary on the interpretations of her works by three authors: A.H. Almaas, James Marion and Jim Arraj. The commentary is available as a 116 page, spiral bound manuscript.
COST (including shipping) is:
$25 within the U.S.
$35 outside the U.S
Excerpt from the Preface:
Although these papers were written years ago, it only now dawned on me the particular vision of spirituality that these authors represent. This version is a combination of Western psychology and Hindu philosophy, more especially, its Advaitic, nondual school of thought. Sooner or later people seeking a spiritual life will come across authors whose psychological paradigm culminates in Hinduism’s Advaitic realization. There is no underestimating the wide-spread influence of this new spirituality, its influence is such you can hardly talk to anyone about the spiritual journey who has not already bought into this popular way of thinking. Converts have not only bought into this particular view of the spiritual life, but bought into its same belief system. This is what accounts for much of the West’s present Advaitic understanding of man’s spiritual journey. No guru promotes this as well as those who have adopted this modern paradigm of spirituality.
The advantage of this paradigm is that it by-passes the traditional spirituality of the West’s monotheistic religions, thus it has particular appeal to its disenfranchised members. Now they no longer have to deal with the spiritual “soul” (it’s just the “self”), or with any “Transcendent” (“self” turns out to be the Transcendent), or deal with anything “supernatural” (an inherent psychic phenomena). In short this new spirituality boils down to a focus on self alone.
