Light Upon Light: Five Master Paths to Awakening the Mindful Self
Author
Andrew Vidich, PhD
Publisher
Elite Books
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Light Upon Light is a book to touch the heart, and awaken the spirit. It takes the lives of some of the great spiritual masters of the last millennium, from Rumi, to twentieth century saint Darshan Singh, and illuminates their inner quests. More than simply biography, Light Upon Light delves into their perceptions of the world, the innermost workings of their minds, and the life incidents that led them to enlightenment. In this sense Light Upon Light is not about the spiritual path; it is designed to take the reader and carry them into the spiritual path, and perceive the wisdom of the masters from within. While author Andrew Vidich PhD has exemplary academic credentials, he writes from the heart, and calls the reader to a direct experience, a "felt sense" of the core of these masters' teachings. He also emphasizes meditation as the universal constant taught by all masters, and has provocative exercises in each chapter to stimulate self-reflection, contemplation, and to give the reader experience of practical meditation techniques. This is a book to be treasured by both long-time spiritual students, and those new to the great masters of the path.
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A great book of spiritual enlightenment is the book by Andrew Vidich, Phd, Light Upon Light, Five Masters Paths to Awakening the Mindful Self. The book opens your mind and opens your heart. It takes you on the path of some of the greatest spiritual masters of all time, from Rumi to Darshan Singh. The book explores the different religions to point out the fact that one light shines through all of us regardless of our own religion or belief.
The book starts off by stating that meditation is the beginning of your journey. Meditation is also your key to staying on track to becoming enlightened. Everyday you should practice meditation and become an expert at the practice. No matter how good at meditation you may be it basically states you can always do better. Meditaion opens your mind and opens your heart and soul to recieve the light and love that we need to stay on a spiritual path.
The seven principles of self-transformation is explained in the book to continue your spiritual learning. The first step is to decide your aim in life, basically to decide where you want to be on this journey.The second step is prioritizing and goes on to step three of quality. By opening your mind and heart step four helps you to see the end in the beginning. Step five is regularity, develop a schedule and follow it. Patience and perseverance is the sixth step, it takes time to learn and grow, nothing happens over night. The last step to helping you understand and follow your spiritual path is to have flexibility and adjustment to your everyday life.
The book then goes into the great spiritual masters, starting with Kabir. Kabir is the path of perfect faith. The path of ecstatic love is from Rumi. The master had so much love and everyone should read and learn from his teachings. Joyous surrender is the path Hafiz. Guru Nanak takes you on the path of compassionate service. The last master that the book examines is Darshan Singh and the path of self-effacement.
What a great book to read. It truly opens the mind and the heart to the practice of following the path to spiritual growth.
Reviewed on 11/03/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Jessica Williams
