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Summary: Persist with it and you will benefit!
Review: "Who am I?" is the question that comes up often or atleast once in the life time of every thinking, rational being. This question has been studied and answered by several thinkers over the ages. Is there really a separate entity? Or is the sense of separation/ego an illusion? Advaitins (Non-dualists) maintain that the concept of ego as a distinct entity is an illusion or a trick perpetrated by the ego. Other thinkers have come up with different schools of thought. Jan Kersschot explores this question and the logical follow ups to this question in his earlier book, "Coming Home" and in the present book.
The author doesn't ask for much of believing and accepting. He asks the reader to explore the subject in an objective manner, but at the same time doesn't leave the reader to rediscover the wheel all by him/herself. He provides many insights from other philosophers and thinkers of various ages and lands/religions. He extracts the common ideas and suggests some innovative experiments to the reader to check out these ideas.
The book is certainly thought provoking and will appeal to an intelligent and persistent reader. Persistent because the book is not uniformly easy to read. You may need to read it a little at a time or reread it two or three times before you can say, "Aha! It is now clear!"
There are many books on the subject but Jan's is probably unique in not asking the reader to accept the metaphysical concepts without questioning and experience. A good read.
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Summary: An opening for the Heart
Review: "Jan Kersschot's new book is a clear and focused inquiry into the reality of "who" you really are. Through the inspired use of metaphors, quotations and experiential techniques, Jan gently points us into the very Heart of "what is" and reminds us, once again, that we already are "who" we've been looking for. Highly recommended for those ready to finally discover that, beneath all of the drama, nobody is really home."
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Summary: A Direct Path to Transformation
Review: Have read your book many times and found it illuminating. The sense of transformation is awesome. I am Amazed at your clarity.
John Hamilton, Melbourne
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Summary: Simple and enlightening!
Review: I have read many many many books on spirituality and enlightenment but this one is very special because it is both simple but extremely poignant. I always go back to this book when I feel like my life is in turmoil because it brings things back into perspective. What a great piece of work! I recently found another great book on spiritual and personal development related to this called "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato. It is an absolute gem! If you what to know what the heck life is all about, I suggest you read these books!
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Summary: The end of "spiritual Apartheid"
Review: In South Africa there used to be job reservation for whites. In the game of seeking self realization, there seems to have been a myth of "enlightenment reservation"; a myth played out and sustained in the paradigm of "special guru's" versus "ignorant disciples".
I have come to see that the greatest gift a so-called "spiritual teacher" can give to a seeker is to completely abandon the paradigm of teacher versus seeker. Not just in words, but by actually being completely and utterly ordinary. My deeply felt gratitude goes out to all those people, of which Jan is one, who embody this ordinariness, thus demystifying enlightenment and destroying the myth of the "special few".
Thank you Jan, for giving your own, uniquely beautiful expression to the all-inclusiveness of enlightenment.
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Summary: Bring the spiritual search to an end.
Review: Jan Kersschot knows how to keep it simple. He refuses to compromise and points the reader to her own centre instead of to outside authorities and gurus. This core of Beingness he refers to, is immediately available when you look to where this book is pointing. Its message is clear and simple for those ready to hear it. "You are not what you think you are, but a lot more and a lot less at the same time." Highly recommended to those who want to bring the spiritual search to an end.
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Summary: something utterly simple
Review: Jan Kersschot's work points to a clarity that lays at the heart of all apparent complexity and diversity. This clarity is based in the non dualistic perspective; a perspective that has found expression throughout the ages in texts from sources as diverse as Taoism, Tibetan Dzogchen, Indian Advaita and even in the bible and modern science.
Now this might give the impression that we are dealing here with something very esoteric and complex, but nothing could be farther from the truth. Although it is often said that it is something beyond the mind, it is also often stated that it is something utterly simple.
Nisargadatta Maharaj and Ramana Maharshi pointed to this non dual source in a way that might be hard to digest for people not versed in the Indian Advaita tradition.
Jan Kersschot talks in everyday language and without mystification, making a seemingly complex subject accessible to the apparent many.
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Summary: a beautiful message
Review: Reading Jan's book and sensing the deeper essence of its message was a wonderful experience. Each page is a lyrically beautiful expression of an essential truth. Zen-like in its simplicity, it communicates directly with the awareness of the reader, gently inviting a response from the deepest levels of Being.
In these pages you will learn not just the principles behind coming home to your true nature, but simple, practical ways to apply those principles in everyday life and bring an end to your path of spiritual seeking.
What a joy to discover this book.
Christine
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