Nonduality Books, Advaita Vedanta Books, Non-Duality Books

2005-10-10T08:55:00.000-07:00

FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS

Floyd Henderson

This book is only for the most advanced Advaitin seekers. It is recommended that both FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE and CONSCIOUSNESS/AWARENESS be read (in that order) and that the pointers in both of those books be understood before reading FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS.

An understanding of the pointers offered in this book can allow the advanced seeker to shift even beyond SELF-Realization, even beyond an understanding of Consciousness and Awareness, and even beyond the Absolute.

The content of this book can, in fact, allow the advanced seeker to truly comprehend the Reality of "no concept," of "no duality," of "no something," and even of "no nothing."

The Advaita Teachings offer an invitation to be free of all concepts, all beliefs, and all ideas in order to be totally free. Yet how many reach that "state," and how many who reach that "state" are able to fixate in that understanding and truly be free and thereby at peace?

This book will offer details of the way that can happen.

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FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE

(A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)

Floyd Henderson

Tyla C., California, U.S.: “This is the most important book I’ve ever read.”

Dave B., Texas, U.S.: “I read fictional books nowadays for entertainment, but this was the final book that ‘I’ NEEDED to read.”

Brian H., the U.K.: "I recently ordered "From the I to the Absolute" which only took 7 days to reach the UK. Floyd, thank you for your "life changing" book. It's a wonderful gift to the world and it's helped me to finally understand who I truly am and also the extent of my learned ignorance and domestication by society. Thank you again Floyd and I'll eventually be reading all of your books. Kind regards, Brian"

“Who Am I?” “What is this all about?” The Original Understanding that is now accessed via the Advaita Teachings intuitively provided the answer to those type questions for thousands if not millions of years, but most Advaita teachers today typically offer an assortment of discussions on a variety of topics. Others present only an overview of the Teachings. All of those have make the Teachings clear to many, but for me, I read most of the best known books and didn’t “get it” until I had my seven-part vision. Then, all of the works I’d read finally made sense. All of the topics that had been discussed in no particular order in the books I’d read finally became clear when my vision arranged them in their proper, seven-step sequence. This book provides for the first time ever the specific steps in the specific order that allows for the shift from body identification and the transcending of mental identities, moving beyond religious and spiritual identities, beyond the Child Ignorance stage to witnessing and to knowing the True Self, and then beyond beingness and non-beingness to a clear understanding of the Absolute and the functioning of the Totality.

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THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND"

(There Is Only Peace if You're Out of Your Mind)

explores the history of the human brain, including the fact that for millions of years, human and human-like beings functioned without any mind. The book uncovers the ways that the brain evolved over the ages and developed an ability to store and retrieve memories. It then shows how the original memories were used constructively but how programming and conditioning changed all that and created a "mind" that most often overrules the brain and generates relative-existence harm and destruction.

Similarly, the book shows the way that personality develops during childhood as a means for survival and adaptation but later becomes a liability when those childhood personality traits continue to drive adult thinking and behavior.

Ultimately, the book shows why Advaitin sages for centuries have correctly identitifed the "problems of the planet" as being rooted in body-mind-personality identification and offers suggestions for being free of all of that nonsense via Realization.

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CONSCIOUSNESS/AWARENESS:

The Nature of Reality Beyond Self-Realization
(Peace Every Day When Abiding as the Absolute)

"The Final Frontier" of the Advaita Teachings is transitioned when the Nature of Reality is understood and when the Advaita Teachings are "applied" on a daily basis even in the absence of any "Applier." The Final Understanding happens post-Self-Realization, and the nature of Reality cannot be understood until the nature of Consciousness/Awareness is understood. Understanding the Nature of Consciousness allows for abidance in the I AM, but what of THAT Which Is beyond, and that which is beyond the beyond?
Only abidance as the Absolute allows for the remainder of the manifestation of Consciousness to happen in Perfect Peace.
This book will distinguish explain how "Consciousness and Awareness" relate to "I Am THAT; I AM" and will define the exact Nature of Reality, will offer explanations that will allow Full Realization to happen, will allow for an understanding of the Functioning of the Totality, and will assist all earnest seekers to find the way to fixate in a state of peace from NOW until the Consciousness Unmanifests.

$14.99 + S & H

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AN OVERVIEW

The order in which the books listed above and below are to be read and how to get them at a package rate:

Consider the Meditation CD, the Meditation Guides, Bullshit, and Spiritual Sobriety to be a “Beginner’s Package,” providing a foundation from which persons can begin to consider realities that are beyond the beliefs which they accept unquestioningly as a result of their enculturation. Used as a group, the works encourage inquiry (which is at the core of the Advaita approach) where questioning has not occurred before. [See MAKE YOUR OWN PACKAGE below.]

Consider Peace of Mind, Liberation, What Happens When I Die? and The Essence of the Teachings to be a “Mid-Level Seekers” Package, freeing seekers of the false identification with body and mind and personality and explaining the basic terminology that must be understood before moving to the advanced teachings. [See MAKE YOUR OWN PACKAGE below.]

Consider From the I to the Absolute, Consciousness/Awareness, and From the Absolute to the Nothingness to be an “Advanced Seekers” Package. From the I to the Absolute can serve as a guide for earnest and capable seekers, putting the teachings into an orderly context that reveals the exact steps that must be taken in an exact order to move through all of the degrees of separation from belief in the false “I” to Realization. Consciousness/Awareness offers the next level of understanding, explaining that which is beyond the beingness and how happiness can manifest each day via the understanding. Finally, From the Absolute to the Nothingness will allow earnest and capable seekers to understand the state that is even prior to beingness and non-beingness, even prior to the Absolute. The seeker who understands the content of this book will realize how it is that—from a state of non-existence or nothingness—everything in this universe (and all universes) came to be. [See MAKE YOUR OWN PACKAGE below.]
MAKE YOUR OWN PACKAGE: 10% OFF if two books are ordered at the same time; 15% OFF if three books are ordered at the same time; 20% OFF if four or more books are ordered at the same time. Visit http://www.floydhenderson.com/

"WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?" by Floyd Henderson

2005-10-09T09:35:00.000-07:00

First, consider this: what if there is no one to die since there is no "one" who was born? If you find the answer to “What happens when I die—what happens after the body ends?” the result will be that the remainder of your relative existence will be marked by an incredible lightness of being. Persons addicted to chaos will hate that possibility. Those seeking to be restored to sanity will seek the answer until it is found.

A NOTE TO THE READERS

A visitor to the website

http://www.advaitavedantameditations.blogspot.com

named “Frank” asked, “What happens when the body ends?” This book is the answer.

Of course, the variety of answers to that question that have been offered by self-proclaimed “holy” men and their “holy” texts has led to more confusion and speculation and yes—even anxiety—than any other question. It is one of the three questions that humans have been occupied and preoccupied with for ages:

1. “How did I get here?”
2. “Who Am I, really?”
3. “What happens when the body (or “this life”) ends?”

This book will guide you to finding the answer for yourself. Why even take the time to ask that question that Frank asked? It was explained this way in one entry:

Two very distinct answers to your question, "What happens when the body ends?" are before you. One is rooted in logic and fact; the other is rooted in emotional intoxication and fiction. One answer will result in continued darkness and misery, in fear and desire, in valuing or accepting suffering in "this life" in anticipation of a reward in "that life," in rigidity and inflexibility, in arrogance, in a false sense of separation, in "dual-mindedness," in spiritual workaholism, in believing ancient myths and superstitions, and in the remainder of your relative existence being marred by the duality of occasions of happiness while otherwise being heavy and burdensome. The other answer will result in the remainder of your relative existence being marked by an incredible lightness of being.”

May you find the answer if an incredible lightness of being has any appeal at all.

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THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS (A Prequel to "From the I to the Absolute") by Floyd Henderson

2005-10-08T09:22:00.000-07:00

The Essence of the Teachings

is a companion to FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality). PART ONE can be read in one sitting. The content includes answers to frequently asked questions and provides an overview of terms used during the teaching. I suggest setting aside a period of quiet time every day and reading PART ONE straight for several days, contemplating the teachings in the five readings and considerations offered at the end of the section.
PART TWO is a sharing of comments and questions dealing with Advaita-related topics and can aid those who are ‘close’ but have not yet ‘gotten it’ in its entirety. The pointers shared in the second session provide more depth and deeper insight.

Some have benefited from using the accompanying CD available at: http://floydhenderson.com/spiritjourney.htm.

If you use the booklet continuously, what you may experience one day is this: at some point during the reading, you will drop the arm that is holding the booklet before your eyes, you’ll look off into the distance, and you’ll hear words coming from somewhere deep inside you, words that say, “Oh…my….gosh. Yes. Yes! Now I see!” Let us begin. Enjoy.

An Advaita Vedanta CD: SPIRIT JOURNEY TO YOUR TRUE SELF (Guided Meditation for Relaxation, Healing and Visualization) by Floyd Henderson

2005-10-07T09:10:00.000-07:00

Floyd Henderson's

"SPIRIT JOURNEY TO YOUR TRUE SELF"

(Guided Meditation for Relaxation, Healing, and Visualization)

This is a CD/Audio Cassette based in a vision that came to Floyd years ago. He has used the meditation process with hundreds of people since 1998 and the response has been overwhelming.

Here are comments from users:

Erin R.: “I haven’t experienced this degree of calmness in years.”

Marie L., L.P.C., L.M.F.T., M.A. (with New Pathways Counseling Center): “I encourage all of my clients to purchase and use this tape. All reported that the regular use of this aid had a positive impact on them and has thus become a part of the holistic treatment approach I use.”

Danny D. “Listening to this meditation aid each morning played a vital role in my recovery.”

Most find that the CD provides an entirely new level of experiential healing. Many have reported that they were able to empty their minds of the mundane and that the words and sounds gave flight to the spirit instead. More significantly, the CD will guide you to a Realization of the Seven Degrees of Separation from the TRUE SELF, and you will experience the freedom of knowing Who You Really Are.

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THE TWICE-STOLEN NECKLACE MURDERS (The Advaita Message in Novel Format) by Floyd Henderson

2005-10-06T09:37:00.000-07:00

The Advaita Vedanta Novel

entitled

The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders

Floyd Henderson

Introduces a New Genre:
A “Personal Growth/Self-Help” Book in Mystery-Romance Format

What Readers Are Saying:

From Dr. R.F. Maley, Professor Emeritus and former Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Houston: “Floyd Henderson’s book, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders, is a fun read and an interesting mystery, but perhaps more importantly it serves as a vehicle for blending Eastern Philosophy and Native American Spirituality to make an intellectually challenging novel. The book’s insights into both relationships and authoritarian conditioning of people in our society make it a must read, tracing the roots of narcissistic, sociopathic and psychopathic behaviors to the very core of the culture. This truly witty and politically-incorrect study of the aggressive nature of ‘the American character’ offers not only a diagnosis but also a treatment plan.”

“The author invites us to challenge every belief we have in order to be free of all the faulty programming and conditioning, and in this book he challenges almost every belief that many hold dear or deem sacred!”

“If you ever asked, ‘Who am I?” or “Where did I come from?’ or “Where am I going?’ then you have a source that can give you the answer.”

“This book shows how one person came to Full Realization and transcended pain and healing to experience the awakening and peace.”

“The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders is a wonderful slaughterhouse for all the sacred cows of this culture.”

“‘Challenging,’ ‘Politically-incorrect’ and ‘No-holds barred’.”

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Other Advaita-Related sites that might be of interest include:

http://advaitavedantaretreats.blogspot.com/

http://floydhenderson.com/twicestolen1.htm
and
http://floydhenderson.com/twicestolen2.htm

http://floydhenderson.com/iamabsolute.htm

http://floydhenderson.com/theessence.htm

http://floydhenderson.com/spiritjourney.htm

http://floydhenderson.com/castinglight.htm

http://floydhenderson.com/liberation.htm

2005-10-04T11:39:00.000-07:00

Back to the Truth: 5000 years of Advaita
by
Dennis Waite

Advaita is a spiritual philosophy based on the Upanishads, older than most other religious systems we know about but also the most logical and scientific in its approach. This book is a systematic treatment of Advaita which demystifies it, differentiating between approaches and teachers, enabling you to decide which approach is most suitable for you. It compares the scriptures of traditional Advaita with the words of contemporary sages and neo-Advaita. Should we ignore the mind? Is the world real? Is there anything we can do to become enlightened? These questions and many more are addressed, with explanations given in their own words from those who discovered the truth. A massively comprehensive, definitive work.
Order at www.advaita.org.uk

HOW TO MEET YOURSELF

...and find true happiness

Dennis Waite

You think that your life is in a mess and wonder what it all means. You are looking for an explanation and a sense of purpose. You just want to be happy. This is not a self-help book – who you really are does not need any help. The problem is that you have completely mistaken the nature of yourself and the world. You are confusing what is real with what is unreal. Once this confusion has been untangled, both meaning and purpose will be revealed. This book will disentangle your mind! It will explain to you what you are not so that you can understand who you really are and, ultimately, come to the realization that you are already happy now! This work of popular philosophy from an Eastern perspective analyzes our perennial search for happiness and explains why we will never find it in modern lifestyles, pleasure or fame.
It enlists the help of polls by sociologists, findings of evolutionary psychologists, historians, philosophers and others, as well as drawing on personal experience and examples, to show that we are not separate from the world and the essence of our nature is already happiness.
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THE BOOK OF ONE

Dennis Waite

In reality, there are 'not two things' - this is the literal meaning of the Sanskrit word 'Advaita', the eastern philosophy of the Self and reality. This book is the story of Advaita, an elucidation of that philosophy; this is the Book of One.A 21st Century treatment of the ancient eastern philosophy of Advaita, this book addresses all of the issues that are covered by both traditional teachers from the lineage of Shankara and by modern Direct Path methods stemming from Ramana Maharshi and Krishnamenon. Topics are explained in an accessible and readable manner, using amusing quotations and stories along with an abundance of metaphors from a wide variety of sources. Some of the most difficult concepts are clarified, whilst recognising that this knowledge is ultimately beyond language or intellectual understanding.

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AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO SANSKRIT FOR SPIRITUAL SEEKERS

Dennis Waite

Review in 'Mountain Path' Journal:
This lovely book provides two levels of Sanskrit instruction. It is a wonderful guide to all those individuals that would like to know the basic Sanskrit religious vocabulary and how to read, write, and pronounce Sanskrit terms. The book introduces the transliterated Sanskrit alphabet and secondly, it teaches the Devanagari script/alphabet. The second level also teaches the main rules for combining Sanskrit letters and words – which is often a headache for the beginner. Many examples are provided from the Hindu scriptures to illustrate these two levels of teaching. As well, there is a comprehensive glossary of the most commonly encountered spiritual terms. This useful book will appeal to all serious spiritual seekers interested in the Hindu scriptures and Sanskrit terminology. Its aim is to teach the reader so as to be able to look up Sanskrit words in a dictionary and to write and pronounce them correctly. I am sure that all ‘beginners’ or even more advanced seekers of Hindu wisdom will find this a wonderful guide.

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