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9781935387923 English 1935387928 Self Remembering: The Path to Non-Judgmental Love is a companion piece, volume ii, to the authors previous book Self Observation: The Awakening of Conscience, also from Hohm Press, which is fast becoming a classic. Taken together, they present the most detailed examination of the practice available in English. Red Hawk clearly points out that self remembering is only one half of a foundational spiritual practice called self observation/self remembering. Where other authors/teachers have gone wrong in the past is to take only one half of this practice and consider it the whole, entire unto itself. There has not been a booklength study on self remembering that examines the practice from the many angles that Red Hawks does. His chapters cover such diverse yet integrated topics as: the Removal of Self Importance; Kaya Sadhana or the wisdom of the body; and Separation Grief, i.e., addressing the terror of our current situation without denial or dramatics. Red Hawk offers detailed practical guidelines that allow one to know with certaintynot from imagination, theory, thought, or lyingwhen one is Present and Awake; it details the objective feedback mechanisms available to everyone for attaining this certainty: Am I awake now? How do I know? Sincere readers will find that help in answering these two questions is invaluable and life-changing., Self Remembering: The Path to Non-Judgmental Love is a manual for practitioners, and the companion volume to the author's previous, much acclaimed, Self Observation: The Awakening of Conscience. Red Hawk clearly points out that self remembering is only one half of a foundational spiritual practice called "self remembering / self observation". Here Red Hawk offers practical guidelines that allow one to know with certainty-not from imagination, theory, thought, or lying-when one is Present and Awake, it details the objective feedback mechanism available to everyone attaining this certainty: Am I awake now? How do I know? Sincere readers will find that help in answering these two questions is both invaluable and life-changing. The body is our home, but we spend our whole lives in slavery to it, laboring long hours at work we mostly hate, for what? To feed, clothe, and shelter the body. We send our life force, that precious breath, on a mind which gives itself to desire and goes mad, utterly berserk with an unending thirst for more, and is loathe to yield to the smallest discipline, like a horse, who has taken the bit and run over a cliff, taking us with it to our inevitable doom. Life lived in insatiable desire is grief, robs us of dignity, leaves us empty and undone. A vigilant man guards his home against that thief, never sleeps, keeps a watchful eye on every room. Book jacket., With hundreds of books on the market today urging readers to develop mindfulness, pointing to the condition of "awakening" that most religious/philosophical traditions aim toward, this new addition by Red Hawk stands head and shoulders above the crowd. It offers detailed practical guidelines that allow one to know with certainty--not from imagination, theory, thought, or lying--when one is Present and Awake; it details the objective feedback mechanisms available to everyone for attaining this certainty: Am I awake now? How do I know? Sincere readers will find that help in answering these two questions is invaluable and life-changing. Written from the perspective of a practitioner of more than thirty years--one who has studied the significant work of his predecessors, received instruction from two spiritual masters (Osho Rajneesh and Mister Lee Lozowick), and trained rigorously within daily life. This book is the first detailed examination of the Practice-of-Presence (called "self remembering" in the Gurdjieff tradition). The author's aim is to give general guidelines in this practice, discuss its implications, and then offer specific instruction. Self Remembering: The Path to Non-Judgmental Love is meant to be a companion piece, volume ii, to the author's previous book Self Observation: The Awakening of Conscience, which is fast becoming a classic. Taken together, they present the most detailed examination of the practice available in English. He clearly points out that self remembering is only one half of a foundational spiritual practice called "self observation/self remembering." Where other authors/teachers have gone wrong in the past is to take only one half of this practice and consider it the whole, entire unto itself. Mister Gurdjieff's student, A.R. Orage (1873-1934), made this mistake with self observation; contemporary teacher Robert Burton made a similar error with his book, also titled Self Remembering. While P.D. Ouspensky speaks of the practice of self remembering in his seminal book In Search of the Miraculous, and Rodney Collin in The Theory of Celestial Influence, there has not been a book-length study on self remembering that examines the practice from the many angles that Red Hawk's does. His chapters cover such diverse yet integrated topics as The Removal of Self Importance; Kaya Sadhana or the wisdom of the body; and Separation Grief, i.e., addressing the terror of our current situation without denial or dramatics.
9781935387923 English 1935387928 Self Remembering: The Path to Non-Judgmental Love is a companion piece, volume ii, to the authors previous book Self Observation: The Awakening of Conscience, also from Hohm Press, which is fast becoming a classic. Taken together, they present the most detailed examination of the practice available in English. Red Hawk clearly points out that self remembering is only one half of a foundational spiritual practice called self observation/self remembering. Where other authors/teachers have gone wrong in the past is to take only one half of this practice and consider it the whole, entire unto itself. There has not been a booklength study on self remembering that examines the practice from the many angles that Red Hawks does. His chapters cover such diverse yet integrated topics as: the Removal of Self Importance; Kaya Sadhana or the wisdom of the body; and Separation Grief, i.e., addressing the terror of our current situation without denial or dramatics. Red Hawk offers detailed practical guidelines that allow one to know with certaintynot from imagination, theory, thought, or lyingwhen one is Present and Awake; it details the objective feedback mechanisms available to everyone for attaining this certainty: Am I awake now? How do I know? Sincere readers will find that help in answering these two questions is invaluable and life-changing., Self Remembering: The Path to Non-Judgmental Love is a manual for practitioners, and the companion volume to the author's previous, much acclaimed, Self Observation: The Awakening of Conscience. Red Hawk clearly points out that self remembering is only one half of a foundational spiritual practice called "self remembering / self observation". Here Red Hawk offers practical guidelines that allow one to know with certainty-not from imagination, theory, thought, or lying-when one is Present and Awake, it details the objective feedback mechanism available to everyone attaining this certainty: Am I awake now? How do I know? Sincere readers will find that help in answering these two questions is both invaluable and life-changing. The body is our home, but we spend our whole lives in slavery to it, laboring long hours at work we mostly hate, for what? To feed, clothe, and shelter the body. We send our life force, that precious breath, on a mind which gives itself to desire and goes mad, utterly berserk with an unending thirst for more, and is loathe to yield to the smallest discipline, like a horse, who has taken the bit and run over a cliff, taking us with it to our inevitable doom. Life lived in insatiable desire is grief, robs us of dignity, leaves us empty and undone. A vigilant man guards his home against that thief, never sleeps, keeps a watchful eye on every room. Book jacket., With hundreds of books on the market today urging readers to develop mindfulness, pointing to the condition of "awakening" that most religious/philosophical traditions aim toward, this new addition by Red Hawk stands head and shoulders above the crowd. It offers detailed practical guidelines that allow one to know with certainty--not from imagination, theory, thought, or lying--when one is Present and Awake; it details the objective feedback mechanisms available to everyone for attaining this certainty: Am I awake now? How do I know? Sincere readers will find that help in answering these two questions is invaluable and life-changing. Written from the perspective of a practitioner of more than thirty years--one who has studied the significant work of his predecessors, received instruction from two spiritual masters (Osho Rajneesh and Mister Lee Lozowick), and trained rigorously within daily life. This book is the first detailed examination of the Practice-of-Presence (called "self remembering" in the Gurdjieff tradition). The author's aim is to give general guidelines in this practice, discuss its implications, and then offer specific instruction. Self Remembering: The Path to Non-Judgmental Love is meant to be a companion piece, volume ii, to the author's previous book Self Observation: The Awakening of Conscience, which is fast becoming a classic. Taken together, they present the most detailed examination of the practice available in English. He clearly points out that self remembering is only one half of a foundational spiritual practice called "self observation/self remembering." Where other authors/teachers have gone wrong in the past is to take only one half of this practice and consider it the whole, entire unto itself. Mister Gurdjieff's student, A.R. Orage (1873-1934), made this mistake with self observation; contemporary teacher Robert Burton made a similar error with his book, also titled Self Remembering. While P.D. Ouspensky speaks of the practice of self remembering in his seminal book In Search of the Miraculous, and Rodney Collin in The Theory of Celestial Influence, there has not been a book-length study on self remembering that examines the practice from the many angles that Red Hawk's does. His chapters cover such diverse yet integrated topics as The Removal of Self Importance; Kaya Sadhana or the wisdom of the body; and Separation Grief, i.e., addressing the terror of our current situation without denial or dramatics.