The Ultimate Medicine
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The Ultimate Medicine

Paperback – January 1, 1994

Price
$5.98
Format
Paperback
Pages
240
Publisher
Blue Dove Press
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1884997099
Dimensions
5.75 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
Weight
11.3 ounces

Description

"In the Ultimate Medicine, Nisargadatta, like the great sages of old India, elucidated the nature of Ultimate Reality clearly and simply. He makes the highest Self-realization a matter of common understanding so that any sincere seeker can grasp the essence of it." -- David Frawley, OMD, author of Beyond the Mind,Tantric Yoga,and Ayurvedic Healing "Nisargadatta Maharaj is my greatest teacher. His words guide my writing, speaking and all of my relationships." -- Dr. Wayne Dyer, author of Your Sacred Self and Your Erroneous Zones Dr. Powell is recognized as one of the most inspired and knowledgeable writers on the subject of Advaita, the teaching of non-duality. He guides us beyond the realm of ego, beyond the illusion of subject and object, self and other. This is where the mind and cognition cannot take us, and Dr. Powell does a masterful job of lighting the path to where we have never been.

Features & Highlights

  • Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj was one of the important spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. A realized master of the Tantric Nath lineage, he lived and taught in the slums of Bombay, India.
  • A steady stream of students, Indians and Westerners, fortunate enough to discover Maharaj during his lifetime, came to sit at his feet in the small loft where he received visitors. In the tradition of Ramana Maharshi, he shared the highest Truth of nonduality in his own unique way, from the depths of his own realization. The profound yet simple words of this extraordinary teacher jolt us into awareness. Like the Zen masters of old, Nisargadatta's style is abrupt, provocative, and immensely profound. His terse, potent sayings trigger shifts in consciousness, just by hearing, or even reading them.
  • Compiled during the last year of Nisargadatta 's life, The Ultimate Medicine provides advanced instruction for spiritual aspirants. Not for those who like their spirituality watered down, but for serious students seeking powerful antidotes to unawareness. Edited by Robert Powell, renowned spiritual author.

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The key to Self-Realistaion through knowledge

Unlike the first book produced on Nisargadatta, "I AM THAT" which was stripped bare of all religious trappings, the discussions recorded in "The Ultimate Medicine" between Nisargadatta and his visitors have many more references to Hindu terminology and concepts. I would therefore recommend that anyone new to Nisragadatta's teachings begin with "I AM THAT".

Something I found very interesting in this book were the discussions that centered around one understanding one's birth, which is not really discussed in "I AM THAT". Nisargadatta says several times that alöl will be clear when one can, underrstand, experientially, (through meditation), how this consciousness came about, how birth came about.

The book was written shortly before Nisargadatta died from cancer, and he was suffering from the illness at during these recordings. His comments concerning this illness are also something to ponder over.

This is really a unique and important book, and anyone who seeks enlightenment through *knowledge* should look at this and Nisargadatta's other books. You won't find these ideas more clearly expressed anywhere else.

Nisargadatta was a unique teacher, and we're fortunate indeed to have his teachings available in book form like this.
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This book is also good supplemental reading to the main core of Maharaj's "I Am That". There are several instances where the core is expanded on in new ways that further the understanding of the material. In this one, he is getting down to brass tacks, so to speak, and isn't putting up with much of the silly questions from neophytes any more.
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A must book for the spiritual seeker.

I have read this book at least 4 times and each time I find some new insight..some new understanding. This book helped me to findly obtain a glimpish into the world of a fully realized being..a Guru. I find a clear and precise look at a reality that was so unknown to me in my own spiritual process. I can sense into the place 'within'...where he exist. A must book for the spiritual seeker.
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