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Summary: Because of Tony I got my head caught in the tiger's mouth.
Review: Tony's first book propelled me into the world of nonduality/advaita a few years ago...Sure, there's no one to do anything...that was always the case...which means you can apparently 'do' anything...including spiritual practice to help 'you' to come to understand what Tony is talking about in an experiential manner. The appropriate spiritual practices at the appropriate time can make one like the dry wood...ready to ignite at the slightest spark. As far as all the popular neo-satsang/Advaita teachers go, I think Tony is definitely one of the most helpful if you are a westerner just getting into this stuff.
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Summary: a mirror reflecting what you are
Review: A meeting with Tony Parsons can be an invitation to rediscover your true nature, to remember what you really are. Reading a book like this may help you recognize your own doubts, hopes and questions, until no more questions come to the surface.
Jan Kersschot, author of Nobody Home
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Summary: Not quite there
Review: Even though, I fully understand I am "no one" as Mr. Parsons points out repeatedly...as a reading "no one", I experienced this book. I think the basis of it is sound, but I can't help feeling as I read it (and read it again) that there is something more that Mr. Parsons is overlooking here in his moment of pure awareness. I agree with the "Humble Guy" review...
Read this, but allow yourself your own experience of it! Your results may vary.
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Summary: yes and no
Review: Full of contradictions... "that's the mystery" is often the final explanation, or just "the mind can't get it."Are we something or we are nothing? According to Parsons we are nothing, going nowhere, nothing has any meaning...but wait!,...there is love! Now, doesn't this love has any meaning? Of course it does! Love has a meaning, an orientation, a direction. If Parsons "love" has no meaning he could called "nothing" or "apple" or anything. He uses the word love. Parsons' view is too extreme and falls in paradoxical explanations. In one sense life is a dream, I agree. But everything is part of the dream, including the self and the no self, the self contraction and the shining Presence, nothing is more illusory than anything else. In another sense everything is real...including the little me with my self centered problems in one side and the Beloved, God, or Presence in the other side. Buddha counseled the "middle way." Parsons went to far to one extreme. His non-experience of awakening (as nobody was there to start)paradoxically is extremely personal. Tony Parsons: Your view is also part of the dream, including the ground of unconditional love, the Beloved and the non-self existence.
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Summary: I didn't get it
Review: I bought this book on the previous reviews making 5 stars! I have read many books and I found this one particulaly frustrating. Tony spoke of "no one" is here so "no one" can do this or that. I found it to be in riddles and very difficult for pratical application.
For instance, Tony tells us there is no God on page 36, he says there is no God, there is no will....
But low an behold, on page 76 he says God is expressing himself as the table and the coffe cup, basically that God is expressing himself through everything! So which is it?
I am sorry, maybe I am "not ready" as he put it and I am thinking too much..which wont get you near to an awakening..
Apprantly all you have to do is nothing, but wait there is 'no me" that has to "do anything", therefore there is "no thing" the "no me" can do....Simply awaken, sit there be quiet, realize you are one with everything and nothing, which has no meaning, except as awareness....Sorry...I didn't get it Tony. If you understood my last paragraph then the book is for you! um excuse the "no you" that is an illusion...good look!
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Summary: I didn't get it
Review: I bought this book on the previous reviews making 5 stars! I have read many books and I found this one particulaly frustrating. Tony spoke of "no one" is here so "no one" can do this or that. I found it to be in riddles and very difficult for pratical application.
For instance, Tony tells us there is no God on page 36, he says there is no God, there is no will....
But low an behold, on page 76 he says God is expressing himself as the table and the coffe cup, basically that God is expressing himself through everything! So which is it?
I am sorry, maybe I am "not ready" as he put it and I am thinking too much..which wont get you near to an awakening..
Apprantly all you have to do is nothing, but wait there is 'no me" that has to "do anything", therefore there is "no thing" the "no me" can do....Simply awaken, sit there be quiet, realize you are one with everything and nothing, which has no meaning, except as awareness....Sorry...I didn't get it Tony. If you understood my last paragraph then the book is for you! um excuse the "no you" that is an illusion...good look!
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Summary: A must read....for no one.
Review: I have to admit that I have attended several of Tony Parson's Residentials in Europe and I feel he expresses better than anyone the essentials of nondualism in a very clear way with humanness, lots of humor and great caring. I have read this book and also the English version which is expanded and all I can say is that I recommend it completely and fully. Tony and his wife, Claire, are very caring, delightful and warm, non-pretentious and direct. Tony may frustrate your mind but delight your soul. Although he is very serious in his humor, he is gentle in his deep penetration. (Maybe you will laugh until you cry.) Read this book and if there is any way you can go to one of his residentials in Wales or Europe, do it. Don't think too much. And if you do that is fine too.
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Summary: Witty and enlightening!
Review: I never really understood this idea called enlightenment but was interested in it for many years. This motivated me to read many many books on this topic hoping that one of them would click someday before becoming convinced that it was just an unrealistic idea for flaky dreamers. It may have caught me at the right time but this book is really the one that clicked for me. Tony Parson's has the special ability to catch people's attention and direct it in the right way so that we can see who we really are first hand. I thought it was an amazing book and I hope many of you get that chance to read it too. I just read another absolutely stunning book called "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato. It discusses this idea of enlightenment in the context of theories about interpersonal relationships, human development, and evolution. They are both absolutely excellent books and I would recommend them to anyone interested in developing a better understanding of themselves and the world around them (which are in essence one and the same thing).
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Summary: This is true for me
Review: If the topic of spiritual enlightment is attractive to you, it probably means you are looking for it at some level. There are many teachers whose writings are similar to Tony's, but unlike many, Tony Parsons stresses that there are no exercises or practices that will bring you to an enlightened state. "Who is doing the practicing?" he would ask. If you don't 'get' this idea, keep looking. Look at what is before you, right now. Really look, without judgement, without categorizing, without thinking; just look as you did as a child. I learned something recently that changed my life forever. Tony Parsons' writings helped lead me to it.
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Summary: amazing
Review: It is always a delight to hear Tony point to the obvious. He is one of the rare authors who talks and writes about "this" without any compromise. Highly recommended.
Jan Kersschot, author of This Is It
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