How to get out of this world Alive?
ego
It’s a fascinating book, one of the best I’ve ever read and the language is incredibly lucid because the author has experienced or realized that which he wishes to expound. I read it in one sitting with a smile on my face. When was the last time I read a book, smiling all along as I read it? I can’t think of any.
This book is on par with that of Eckhart Tolle’s ‘Power of Now’ and I am surprised not many know of it. A must read for everyone, even if you don’t understand it, go through it, for when you reach a point in life where everything around you is crumbling, you will think of this book and when you read it again, you will understand everything that the author wishes to convey.
The two keys and the four maps is a system that has the ability to destroy itself which is of utmost importance if one has to die as a caterpillar and take birth as a butterfly. The book shows you the path to dissolve yourself or attain unity consciousness and for that everything that you stand for has to melt into nothingness just as the awareness of the sun’s rays melt the snow, and the flowing water is turned into vapor where it becomes formless and merges with the universe.
The questions that the author asks you to ask yourself are very thought provoking and help you uncover your true self. He puts it very nicely – Myths and folk tales often tell the same story. A knight clad in armor, the ego rides deep in the dark forest. His task is to vanquish dragons and demons – his guilt, his fears, his conflicts. On setting foot in the castle, he removes his armour and embraces the Sleeping Beauty lying in a glass coffin who instantly wakes up. This scene represents the union with your true nature.
To put things in perspective a human goes through four phases – kama (sensual), artha (wealth), dharma (righteousness), and sanyasa (enlightenment). This book will be well understood by those who have crossed the Artha phase. The author is aware of this and says ‘No matter your position in life, economic stability is an invaluable base if you wish to have enough time to learn about yourself.’
