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The Black Butterfly: An Invitation to Radical Aliveness
448pages. poche. Broch. Dans la grande salle de justice, l'heure de l'affrontement ultime a sonn. Pazair, devenu vizir d'Egypte, et son pouse Nfret; mdecin-chef du royaume, n'hsitent plus dfier le ministre des Finances qui se prsente ccmme le porte-parole des conjurs dtenant le testament des dieux et dont le but avou est de renverser Ramss le Grand afin de s'emparer du pouvoir. Le vizir et son pouse sont seuls dsormais, engags dans une lutte qui parat perdue d'avance. Branir, leur matre spirituel, a t assassin. Souti, leur frre de sang, pourrit dans une prison nubienne. Qui est l'me cache de ce ccmplot tnbreux Qui se cache derrire la silhouette fantomatique du mystrieux avaleur d'ombres Pazair parviendra-t-il a lui chapper et sauver l'Egypte d'une destruction programme
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300 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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About the author
Richard Moss
31 books12 followersIn 1977 Richard Moss was a practicing physician when he experienced a spontaneous state of illumination that irreversibly changed his life and profoundly transformed his understanding of our human condition.
With this opening came a new level of sensibility, including a heightened intuition, subtle insight into mystical and spiritual teachings, the ability to sense shifts of attention in others, and a comprehensive kind of intelligence that integrates and brings coherence to many seemingly disparate aspects of the human condition.
With this opening came a new level of sensibility, including a heightened intuition, subtle insight into mystical and spiritual teachings, the ability to sense shifts of attention in others, and a comprehensive kind of intelligence that integrates and brings coherence to many seemingly disparate aspects of the human condition.
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March 19, 2015
This book is mainly about the "profound awakening of consciousness" that the writer, as well as other examples of people he knew are in this book, I must be sincere and recognize that when I read the word
"God" I wanted to close the book but I already started and liked some ideas, I wanted to prove myself
I can read a book with an open mind without judging his belief and in the end it was worth it although my opinion of religion didn't change, the way I view life right now is different.
I had this book for many years sitting in my bookshelf and I didn't pick it up untill now, I have somewhat of a crisis with my life where I don't know what to do anymore, and decided I'm going to read this book in 3 days hence I had the time.
Some things said in the book make sense and i would have that "AHA!" moment in my mind where i could relate, yet some notions don't make sense and I blame my age for it but that shouldn't be the case.
When I read what he said in the book about the fact that, the deep healing of the individual
or humanity can not start with a problem or disease, it should start with the fundamental understanding
that we are all "whole" the way we are, forever. I thought about how hard this is, not controlling and overthinking every little aspect of my life is very hard for me to do.
The concept of disruptiveness that he talked about in the book described exactly what I do when I start something and leave it.
The concept of disruptiveness describes that the disruptiveness is a temporary change that occurs at the level of consciousness, such that for a time, the body-mind system shows other capabilities.
When our energy system is disrupted, We can live for a short time all the phenomena accompanying the fundamental transformation but it's not enough.
It's possible to produce a rapid healing, insights and a new understanding of the deep values when we rise to a higher level of energy through an external force such as this book, or this existential crisis that inspires the intense consciousness of the ego and it becomes temporarily disrupted and unbalanced. When you are in this "modified" state as Richard Moss states in the book, the individual uses the energy, so he can't apply the old dinamics, a problem can become irelevant, or an ilness can go away.
My conscious may be only disrupted now by this book, I don't know, I shall live and see if what I learned in this book will change me at least a bit in real life...
I read the book in my native language that's not english so I may poorly translate the ideas in english.
"God" I wanted to close the book but I already started and liked some ideas, I wanted to prove myself
I can read a book with an open mind without judging his belief and in the end it was worth it although my opinion of religion didn't change, the way I view life right now is different.
I had this book for many years sitting in my bookshelf and I didn't pick it up untill now, I have somewhat of a crisis with my life where I don't know what to do anymore, and decided I'm going to read this book in 3 days hence I had the time.
Some things said in the book make sense and i would have that "AHA!" moment in my mind where i could relate, yet some notions don't make sense and I blame my age for it but that shouldn't be the case.
When I read what he said in the book about the fact that, the deep healing of the individual
or humanity can not start with a problem or disease, it should start with the fundamental understanding
that we are all "whole" the way we are, forever. I thought about how hard this is, not controlling and overthinking every little aspect of my life is very hard for me to do.
The concept of disruptiveness that he talked about in the book described exactly what I do when I start something and leave it.
The concept of disruptiveness describes that the disruptiveness is a temporary change that occurs at the level of consciousness, such that for a time, the body-mind system shows other capabilities.
When our energy system is disrupted, We can live for a short time all the phenomena accompanying the fundamental transformation but it's not enough.
It's possible to produce a rapid healing, insights and a new understanding of the deep values when we rise to a higher level of energy through an external force such as this book, or this existential crisis that inspires the intense consciousness of the ego and it becomes temporarily disrupted and unbalanced. When you are in this "modified" state as Richard Moss states in the book, the individual uses the energy, so he can't apply the old dinamics, a problem can become irelevant, or an ilness can go away.
My conscious may be only disrupted now by this book, I don't know, I shall live and see if what I learned in this book will change me at least a bit in real life...
I read the book in my native language that's not english so I may poorly translate the ideas in english.
April 6, 2011
3 1/2 if that was available on GR. This book was written over 20 years ago. Its theme is basically awareness, something which has been very much embraced recently. Though relevant I found it a bit pedantic and the author didn't seem to leave room for any other point of view besides his own.
Overall the concepts were very well wrought, perhaps overwrought. It could have been half the size with several more anecdotal stories to back up his conclusions, and still have had the same impact.
Still, it is a book which has valuable insights. To be fair, it was somewhat of a seminal work in its time and perhaps the way it was presented was exactly what was needed to get his points across. The concepts have now been presented extensively in writing and in seminars and one wonders if the author has softened his position with the wisdom of age.
When I get a chance, I intend to pick up one of his newer books for comparison.
Overall the concepts were very well wrought, perhaps overwrought. It could have been half the size with several more anecdotal stories to back up his conclusions, and still have had the same impact.
Still, it is a book which has valuable insights. To be fair, it was somewhat of a seminal work in its time and perhaps the way it was presented was exactly what was needed to get his points across. The concepts have now been presented extensively in writing and in seminars and one wonders if the author has softened his position with the wisdom of age.
When I get a chance, I intend to pick up one of his newer books for comparison.
July 11, 2014
Read this nearly 30 years ago while living at Findhorn. I was stunned ... Later I had the privilege of getting to know the author a little, helping out in a retreat he gave in France. And yet my path into what Richard calls Radical Aliveness would probably look - at first blush - to him now as Radical Deadness.
A sad smile escapes my lips and I will simply leave a little link here to explain why ... http://corjesusacratissimum.org/2009/...
Yes the above book (in the link) was like a bomb that changed everything forever, leading to the greatest aliveness I have found.
Still, I will say that of all the New Age books and authors I consumed living at Findhorn and afterwards, I doubt any woulds be able to stir me as deeply now, as those of RM.
God be with you, Richard ...
A sad smile escapes my lips and I will simply leave a little link here to explain why ... http://corjesusacratissimum.org/2009/...
Yes the above book (in the link) was like a bomb that changed everything forever, leading to the greatest aliveness I have found.
Still, I will say that of all the New Age books and authors I consumed living at Findhorn and afterwards, I doubt any woulds be able to stir me as deeply now, as those of RM.
God be with you, Richard ...
November 17, 2016
Way to go Richard Moss! I might put you right up there with Chogyam Trungpa. You've got it; baby you're All About It. A fine book by a fine spiritual teacher. No fluffy crap here.
It's a bit of an antidote to conventional New Age teaching. He says the same thing over and over, shifting only context, chapter after chapter:
Life is its Everything. The high is the low; the good is the bad; the open is the closed. Accept it all in the humility of "I Have No Idea." Unknowing is the key to knowing, and knowing can only really be unknowing, and this is the door to true aliveness, to the tightest prison cell of infinite possibility, the wonder and vitality of supreme boredom.
And so on. Never trust false promises.
This is confirmation on the path. Keep going, he says. (You cannot help but do so.) Everyday ignorance and myopic stumbling open the doors to Transformation.
It's a bit of an antidote to conventional New Age teaching. He says the same thing over and over, shifting only context, chapter after chapter:
Life is its Everything. The high is the low; the good is the bad; the open is the closed. Accept it all in the humility of "I Have No Idea." Unknowing is the key to knowing, and knowing can only really be unknowing, and this is the door to true aliveness, to the tightest prison cell of infinite possibility, the wonder and vitality of supreme boredom.
And so on. Never trust false promises.
This is confirmation on the path. Keep going, he says. (You cannot help but do so.) Everyday ignorance and myopic stumbling open the doors to Transformation.
November 17, 2013
The author describes the process of his own awakening. What I like is that he comes with an original point of view born from the perspective of an awakened consciousness. There are some things related to his seminars that I did not understand.
November 11, 2015
The author's accounting of a spiritual awakening, a radical aliveness. This book is written in deep analysis of human awareness and delves into dimensions and transformation of higher energies. Moss is brilliant, yet his writing is very complex, which makes this book somewhat difficult to read.
July 9, 2010
i started this book 9 months ago. it's hard for me to read. i dont' understand the concepts, so i can't relate...but it's VERY interesting and i'm determined to finish it!
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August 28, 2015What the fuck was this.
June 29, 2025
Crap. "The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak..."
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