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Robert K. C. Forman

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August 10, 1957

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http://enlightenmentaint.com

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Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality

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Marilynne Robinson, Simone Weil, Ken Wilber, Paramahansa Yogananda, [a...more

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June 2011

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Forty years of daily meditation practice led me to become professor of comparative religions, (CUNY), to found both the Forge Institute & The Journal of Consciousness Studies, and to a rethinking of the spiritual goal in our complex modern lives. That's why I wrote Enlightenment Ain't What It's Cracked Up to Be: A Journey of Discovery, Snow and Jazz in the Soul. It answers the question, what if you spent years of your life seeking spiritual enlightenment, but were looking in the wrong place over a long time? It's happening right now to millions of seekers around the world.

Told in often poetic prose, it capitalizes on author's years of scholarly research into and his own 39 year experience of spiritual enlightenment, and uses bot...more

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Lessons from a Heart Attack

As you have probably noticed, I have been offline for about a month now. In case you haven't heard, I had a heart attack and a quadruple bypass operation. I know it's a shoddy reason for being offline, but hey, its the only one I've got! Thank you to all the folks that have sent [...] read more »

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Average rating: 3.65 · 20 ratings · 4 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Enlightenment Ain't What It's Cracked Up to Be: A Journey of Discovery, Snow and Jazz in the Soul 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Mysticism, Mind, Consciousness 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Problem of Pure Consciousness: Mysticism and Philosophy 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Meister Eckhart: The Mystic As Theologian : An Experiment in Methodology 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994	My rating:
	The Innate Capacity 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	Meister Eckhart 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	Black Ghettos, White Ghettos, And Slums 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Religions of Asia by John Y. Fenton, Frank E. Reynolds, Alan L. Miller 2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Religions of the World, 3rd Edition & Worlds of History, 3rd Edition, Volume 1 by Niels C. Nielsen, Norvin Hein, Frank E. Reynolds 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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Robert K. C. Forman wrote a new blog post: Lessons from a Heart Attack Lessons from a Heart Attack As you have probably noticed, I have been offline for about a month now. In case you haven't heard, I had a heart attack and a quadruple bypass opera... read more »
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Robert Forman made a comment on his review of Enlightenment Ain't What It's Cracked Up to Be: A Journey of Discovery, Snow and Jazz in the Soul "Jenneke wrote: "Is this the book you were planning to write when we talked on the porch in the fall of 2007? The one with peronal experiences you didn...more"
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Robert Forman gave to: Enlightenment Ain't What It's Cracked Up to Be: A Journey of Discovery, Snow and Jazz in the Soul by Robert K. C. Forman (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
I know I'm the author, but this is by far the best book I've ever written. Not that all my academic books give it much competition. As a scholar of mysticism, I've probably read 2000 books on spirituality. I got frustrated with them all because ...more
Nov 23, 2011 01:52pm · see review
Robert Forman made a comment on Politics in the Wrong Direction: "Wow, your the first commented, and you like it!! This is very reassuring, as I think soooo differently than most. What did v d hulst have to say re...more"
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Robert Forman and 1 other person liked Robert K. C. Forman's blog post: What Matters Most "Here's what I live by: In the end what matters most is How well did you live? How deeply did you love? How much did you give? And how well did you learn to let go? It's the letting go piece that I'm t" ...read it »
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