Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East, Vol. 4

Life and Teaching Of The Masters Of The Far East #4

by Baird T. Spalding

The teachings that Buddha received were from the same source as did those of Osiris, but in a different way. The teachings that Buddha received came from the Motherland direct to Burma, brought there by the Naacals. The teachings that Osiris had came direct to him, as his forefathers lived in the Motherland, and when he was a young man, he went to the Motherland and studied. This book takes a deep look at the Masters in the Far East from those who spent time with them and learned their life and customs.

Genres: Spirituality, Religion

204 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 30, 1975

Reviews

[John Lucy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wish I could give this book a 2.5 star rating. Goodreads really needs to add the half star feature.

Anyway, the first chapter is a little disturbing. We open the book to read about the White Brotherhood. Apparently the Aryan race goes back hundreds of thousands of years and is behind every new and great culture, invention, government, etc. The number of times that these Aryans reappear throughout the volume is minimal, thank goodness, but still incredibly ridiculous.

I considered knocking this down to a 1 star just for that crap, but didn't. Honestly, after reading three volumes of Spalding's clearly false adventures with the Masters in India, it's good to finally read a volume in which Spalding puts forward his own thoughts and system without shoving it all into the mouths of supposed Masters. From the beginning I've been saying that if Spalding had simply said, "These are things that could be true, this is a trip that could have happened; what if?" then everything he claims would at least be worth a thought. Instead he says, "This stuff HAPPENED and IS MOST DEFINITELY TRUE," which immediately destroys everything because there are a number of statements that are just plain false. Maybe at the time that he wrote the first four volumes there was no way of proving his claims true or false, and so it would have seemed amazing and miraculous that he seemed to know stuff, but seventy years later we have knowledge that makes Spalding a liar. As long as Spalding had the Masters say, "We know these things to be true," then the whole concept of human divinity gets blown out of the water. For one thing, that's bad writing. It's like using a "God of the gaps" system. So it's just refreshing to read what Spalding thinks in the mouth of Spalding with no grand claims to truth as spoken by people who apparently can become one with all past and future events. For another thing, I believe in a form of what Spalding is talking about--for entirely different reasons--and much prefer the thought that people may read Volume 4 and not instantaneously disregard what Spalding says.

Of course, Spalding still refers back to the Masters and still makes claims to truth about things that he really shouldn't, but the structure of the book sure does beat volumes 1-3. For that I think we can all be thankful. And yet I still don't recommend this or any other volume of Spalding's to anyone.

[𓂀 ✦ 𓋹 kandake 𓋹 ✦ 𓂀 of Mars X · Rating 4 out of 5]

This 4th installment in Spalding's book series focuses on some "we are all one" knowledge (better to be described in certain social circles as "a historic-to-modern take on quantum physics, in layman's terms"...yeah, we'll go with that 👍).

I have been reading alot of LOA-based information lately. So much, I am losing sight of what it is even about, where I am going with it, and which book talked about what. I feel like the only thing left to do is to just do it, to practice "reading my soul" so to speak.

The true purpose of Spalding's books is to empower the reader, for the reader to become a Master. To know the I AM. the I AM that I AM. To see things in life more clearly for what it's worth. We all know we haven't reached our true potential, but if you have, congratulations. 🎊

You don't even need this book, just quiet down all the noise of illusion and look within. And good luck fighting through the illusions. Easier said than done.

These books do help with the process by drilling your awareness/attention on the problem to be solved. They also give you examples on other people's success stories and describe how to actually do it, how the process goes about.

The formatting of this book is different from the others; this book offers a deliberation and then follows-up with a section for elaboration/clarification, for spiritual teachers to use. I didn't really like it as much as the stories in the previous books because it was hard for me to reference back on what I read... I just wanted to keep moving forward.

There is a little bit of a change in information as well. I just ordered the 5th book and intend to finish the series.

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

One of the most interesting things about this series were the bizarre behavior of the 'Masters' -- this is going into this book. What takes its place are lessons and at the end of each chapter there is a teacher's aid for group study. Not up to the level of the first three books.

2 out of 5 Stars

[Dan Keating · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed all six books of this series. The are mind expanding and I have refereed back to them on many occasions. They are permanent members of my library and I recommend them to anyone looking for who and what they are.

[Aalok Gupta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enlightening

Wisdom is timeless. Reading this book even decades after it was written is still enlightening. Are we living as we should? This books will help you align your energies to the Universal source.

[Francois_dubois_142yahoo.com.vn]

this book is very intersting