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Awakening Inner Guru
The book is about awakening your inner wisdom, inner power, inner beauty and your inner Self. Living a fulfilling life is a skill that requires both practice and understanding. This book provides both. It can be used for inspiration, or as an instruction handbook. It contains several meditation and other practices for self improvement. It is a very comprehensive manual for Self realization. This book is must for any sincere for spiritual development. It can be read countless times for added insight. You may also enjoy reading this book if you really want to explore the full potential of your inner strength. It offers a very down-to-earth approach to understanding, in detail and simple language. For those who are truly interested to attain spiritual freedom and fulfillment in every sphere of life, this book is a practical and personal guidebook.
232 pages, Paperback
First published June 9, 2010
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Banani Ray
8 books21 followersBanani Ray is a mystic, spiritual guide and an authority on meditation and transformation of consciousness. She teaches Om Inner Sun Meditation, a powerful but simple meditation technique that brings out your inner potential, activates the solar energy in your body, balances the Chakras and enlighten the mind. She is author of several books on meditation, mysticism and infinite human potential. Her passion is to de-mystify meditation and teach meditation as a simple practice for improving lives. She is an outstanding meditation master and spiritual guide who teaches how with a simple daily meditation technique we can reprogram our consciousness and biology to improve health, wealth, relationship and every aspect of our lives. Simple, yet profound and effective, her teaching integrates her knowledge of modern neuroscience, biology, psychology and epigenetics with ancient wisdom revealed to her through deep meditation.
While she was teaching in a women's college, she experienced an awakening, and underwent a massive inner transformation, which led her to undertake deep spiritual practices in the quest for realization of the ultimate truth. For the next nine years, she devoted all her time to meditation.
Ultimately, her quest motivated her to undertake austere spiritual practices and self-enquiry in solitude. For several years, she lived in Himalaya with her husband Amit Ray, living a life dedicated to meditation and spiritual practices. Over the years, a series of mystic experiences opened up for her the door for profound realization of the underlying connectedness and oneness of all beings. She started living her realization, sharing her wisdom through her writings and teaching.
While she was teaching in a women's college, she experienced an awakening, and underwent a massive inner transformation, which led her to undertake deep spiritual practices in the quest for realization of the ultimate truth. For the next nine years, she devoted all her time to meditation.
Ultimately, her quest motivated her to undertake austere spiritual practices and self-enquiry in solitude. For several years, she lived in Himalaya with her husband Amit Ray, living a life dedicated to meditation and spiritual practices. Over the years, a series of mystic experiences opened up for her the door for profound realization of the underlying connectedness and oneness of all beings. She started living her realization, sharing her wisdom through her writings and teaching.
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July 18, 2010
This is a warm, inspiring and, above all, practical book. Its gentle wisdom will guide you through the ups and downs of contemporary living, such as emotional healing, problems with relationships and the difficulties of achieving balance in life.
The book is about awakening your inner wisdom, inner power, inner beauty, your inner self.
You may also enjoy reading this book if you really want to explore the full potential of your inner strength.
I found this book most inspiring. The writing style is inherently calming to me. This book is absolutely Great!!! Is very easy to read. The authors make the concept of Inner Awakening easy to understand.
The book is about awakening your inner wisdom, inner power, inner beauty, your inner self.
You may also enjoy reading this book if you really want to explore the full potential of your inner strength.
I found this book most inspiring. The writing style is inherently calming to me. This book is absolutely Great!!! Is very easy to read. The authors make the concept of Inner Awakening easy to understand.
July 19, 2010
A great book!! Once I pocked this up I couldn't put it down.
It is a very nice book if you want to go deep within. This is the book.
Highly, recommended.
It is a very nice book if you want to go deep within. This is the book.
Highly, recommended.
July 22, 2012
Thanks to my friend who suggested me this book, which inspired me a lot. I feel the familiarity with the "Inner Guide" concept. It takes me to a totally new but simple view of life. To live, is to feel and enjoy the inner power. Very good reading. I recomend this book to anyone who believes that the power to accomplish what we want comes from within.
July 6, 2012
The True Teacher of Life is Within Us. This is a fantastic book on spiritual awakening. The inner guide is our supreme teacher in all circumstance of life and beyond. This book is about accessing that inner guide in every circumstances of life. The practices are explained very nicely. I liked the book.
March 23, 2012
I have read the book and can say with joy that it is one of the most simple, beautiful and profound things I have ever read. An excellent guide for anyone attempting to utilize the inner power, streangth and wisdom. Highly recommended as a possible life-changer.
October 27, 2010
This is a well written book about inner guide and inner power. I am highly impressed.
September 11, 2018
This book is so enlightening. Sometimes we can get all caught up in the gloom and doom that goes on around us and forget to look up.
This book came as a God-send. I am an undergrad student of philosophy and linguistics, a branch of the humanities. I was going through a personal problem for the last two years. This book has personally helped me triumph over many, many challenges. This is why I decided to write a review here.
The study of modern science and philosophy can make people skeptic, because, often language is used in various cultures to create belief systems. A belief system is basically a set of instructions inculcated inside your brain based on language. These instructions help you navigate the stressful world around you so you can survive. We are psychologically wired to think our belief systems are accurate and experience deep stress if we find them to be inaccurate.
Now, the trouble is, our belief systems are almost ALWAYS inaccurate.
When you study philosophy, you study belief systems about how the world works, and explore important questions like: 'Why I am here on Earth?', "is there a God?" or "What is consciousness?" You may not be surprised to find out that philosophy majors have not come up with answers to these questions, because there is always a case of counter argument. Much of the study of philosophy is the collection of vocabulary words to describe beliefs. In fact all our beliefs are based on language and language can never "touch reality", because language is just an arbitrary description of reality. It's like you can't accurately give describe exactly how the milk tastes to a person who had never drunk milk.
Scientists and academics in the millions have tried and tried and tried to find "the true belief" for thousands, maybe tens of thousands of years and we have not yet arrived at any truth. For the first time in my life I stumbled over a book of spirituality that doesn't require you to subscribe to a belief system. The best thing I like about the book is it doesn't preach any belief system. It just invites you to take the journey with an open mind.
HOW THIS BOOK HAS PERSONALLY HELPED ME ? IT HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND:
1. I am A unique human being. God loves me and I have the right to love myself.
2. No one can force me to do anything unless I choose to .
3. I have all the power on earth within me.
4. It’s possible to be authentic with yourself and others.
5. Forgiveness is divine. When we forgive others we are not doing any favor to them. Rather, we are giving permissions to us to move forward and write a new chapter of our lives that is filled with goodness.
Thanks, Banani. This book was all I needed to move forward in my life with an unbiased mind.
This book came as a God-send. I am an undergrad student of philosophy and linguistics, a branch of the humanities. I was going through a personal problem for the last two years. This book has personally helped me triumph over many, many challenges. This is why I decided to write a review here.
The study of modern science and philosophy can make people skeptic, because, often language is used in various cultures to create belief systems. A belief system is basically a set of instructions inculcated inside your brain based on language. These instructions help you navigate the stressful world around you so you can survive. We are psychologically wired to think our belief systems are accurate and experience deep stress if we find them to be inaccurate.
Now, the trouble is, our belief systems are almost ALWAYS inaccurate.
When you study philosophy, you study belief systems about how the world works, and explore important questions like: 'Why I am here on Earth?', "is there a God?" or "What is consciousness?" You may not be surprised to find out that philosophy majors have not come up with answers to these questions, because there is always a case of counter argument. Much of the study of philosophy is the collection of vocabulary words to describe beliefs. In fact all our beliefs are based on language and language can never "touch reality", because language is just an arbitrary description of reality. It's like you can't accurately give describe exactly how the milk tastes to a person who had never drunk milk.
Scientists and academics in the millions have tried and tried and tried to find "the true belief" for thousands, maybe tens of thousands of years and we have not yet arrived at any truth. For the first time in my life I stumbled over a book of spirituality that doesn't require you to subscribe to a belief system. The best thing I like about the book is it doesn't preach any belief system. It just invites you to take the journey with an open mind.
HOW THIS BOOK HAS PERSONALLY HELPED ME ? IT HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND:
1. I am A unique human being. God loves me and I have the right to love myself.
2. No one can force me to do anything unless I choose to .
3. I have all the power on earth within me.
4. It’s possible to be authentic with yourself and others.
5. Forgiveness is divine. When we forgive others we are not doing any favor to them. Rather, we are giving permissions to us to move forward and write a new chapter of our lives that is filled with goodness.
Thanks, Banani. This book was all I needed to move forward in my life with an unbiased mind.
October 15, 2016
Reading this book, I realize the importance of grounding. When you are grounded, no negativity can enter your space. You are connected to the source, no harm can come to you. The journey starts from acceptance. The moment you completely accept yourself, your worries becomes transmuted into peace. Ray has great wisdom of the world's religions and modern spirituality. In my opinion real knowledge that explained in the book is straight and easy to understand.
December 23, 2015
Best book on inner awakening.
December 24, 2015
Great book for spiritual journey.
March 8, 2016
Very inspiring book for awakening.
November 27, 2016
Inspirational and a detailed instruction handbook on meditation.
February 15, 2018
This is the best book to rediscover your intuitive power.
June 17, 2018
The main strengths of this books is that it doesn't promote only one kind of meditation.
Banani Ray has explained all the different forms of meditation - from concentration meditation to contemplative, from focusing on breath to chakra meditation, from chants to self inquiry. This is extremely useful since different methods will appeal to different people and in the end meditation should not be about dogma - about following one method only, but about letting the mind settle down, irrespective of the method involved. Like an expert spiritual teacher she takes us through the journey. I highly recommend this book to anyone sincere to learn and practice.
Banani Ray has explained all the different forms of meditation - from concentration meditation to contemplative, from focusing on breath to chakra meditation, from chants to self inquiry. This is extremely useful since different methods will appeal to different people and in the end meditation should not be about dogma - about following one method only, but about letting the mind settle down, irrespective of the method involved. Like an expert spiritual teacher she takes us through the journey. I highly recommend this book to anyone sincere to learn and practice.
September 11, 2018
Insightful and practical guidebook on aligning your consciousness, your being to the energy of the Universe, so that you can effortlessly release your wish to the Universe, and learn to light the lamp within you, and let the Universe make things happen when the time is perfect.
The practice of forgiveness for the day, and the practice of silence are particularly useful to me. Thank you, Banani!
The practice of forgiveness for the day, and the practice of silence are particularly useful to me. Thank you, Banani!
September 12, 2018
This book will enlighten you and help you to know life as it is. It will make you think and act upon transforming yourself. This is the book which you might have to read again and again to understand it more profoundly. One who is looking for insight into the non physical dimension and have penchant to know more about life must read this spectacular piece which is soul awakening. This is the kind of book that will stay with you.
June 15, 2018
Finally I stumbled upon this book on meditation which I could fully trust. The book shows how to meditate correctly, how to practice various styles of meditation and how to become proficient in the many yogic practices that will lead to the ultimate spiritual self-fulfillment.
June 16, 2018
I purchased this book in recommendation of a friend of my meditation group, and I'm grateful to him for recommending this book. This book will work as guide to any one irrespective of their religion... even the atheists reading this book will gain some perspective... A must read for all.
June 21, 2018
It's an amazing book. By reading and applying the thoughts of this book one can uplift his/her mind & life. Only thing is there are a few repetitions, but then it must be necessary to drive the points home. For a long while didn't read such an extraordinary book.
February 10, 2019
Really enjoy this book. Quite often during reading, I feel peace inside.
May 3, 2020
This book describes spiritual concepts which theoretically should not be describable in words and also gives very concrete guides and practices for finding something more inside you than your body and mind.
Authors say that you are not your mind or body but you are some kind of the unborn energy which is pure consciousness, inner guru, eternal bliss, soundless sound etc.
When you learn to find that in yourself then you will feel infinite joy.
The good side of this book are tips to control your mind and live guidelines. Thanks to that you can learn to be calm and peaceful and not overreacting to difficult live situations. This is the ground for the more advanced practices for finding the inner bliss.
The authors promise very great benefits of Awakening this inner guru. Nevertheless they don't give any evidence or examples that anyone did that. This makes me sceptical and unmotivated to take the advanced practices seriously.
Authors say that you are not your mind or body but you are some kind of the unborn energy which is pure consciousness, inner guru, eternal bliss, soundless sound etc.
When you learn to find that in yourself then you will feel infinite joy.
The good side of this book are tips to control your mind and live guidelines. Thanks to that you can learn to be calm and peaceful and not overreacting to difficult live situations. This is the ground for the more advanced practices for finding the inner bliss.
The authors promise very great benefits of Awakening this inner guru. Nevertheless they don't give any evidence or examples that anyone did that. This makes me sceptical and unmotivated to take the advanced practices seriously.
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June 24, 2021
This book is absolutely great
November 25, 2015
Great Inspiring book
April 4, 2016
Simple but profound wisdom of life.
October 4, 2015
Excellent book for inner awakening.
August 5, 2016
For long I was searching for this type of knowledge. Extraordinary insights for self-inquiry.
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