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This book is a compilation of nine short books written between 2007
and 2021, in the ninth and tenth decades of the author's life. It
contains his spiritual philosophy expressed in simple language
accessible to all. The book tells of what the author has come to
believe after a lifetime of seeking for the meaning of life, and
how one should live that life at its optimum level. He explains
that this cannot be proved: it is ultimately not susceptible to the
usual scientific methods, for it lies in a different realm of
reality which has to be experienced inwardly. However, its main
tenets lie behind world religions and go back to mankind`s earliest
thinkings and feelings. Believe it or not as you will, suggests the
author. All he can say is that it has sustained him throughout his
life and has made that life harmonious and joyous. The teachings of
which he speaks are often referred to as the Ancient Wisdom. He
first came across them at the age of twenty-five when he met a man
who was well versed in that ancient wisdom which is to be found
woven throughout major religions, philosophies and mystical
teachings. This man was Eugene Halliday, who, the author says, was
said to be one of the great spirits of the modern age. The phrase
he used to describe the ultimate result of these teachings was
'Reflexive Self-Consciousness'. This, the author explains, was the
same message taught by those of old, although expressed by his
mentor Halliday in more modern terms. A wise but modest man, the
author says that he is no academic or scholar or learned man -
adding, with gentle humour, that it is written that an academic is
an ass with a load of books on his back. He writes for the average
person - of any age - who has no time left to think on these things
but who may like to know more. He writes for this person - for he
is such a one himself, he says. It is this which makes his story
and his accumulated wisdom both inspiring and accessible.
This book is a compilation of nine short books written between 2007
and 2021, in the ninth and tenth decades of the author's life. It
contains his spiritual philosophy expressed in simple language
accessible to all. The book tells of what the author has come to
believe after a lifetime of seeking for the meaning of life, and
how one should live that life at its optimum level. He explains
that this cannot be proved: it is ultimately not susceptible to the
usual scientific methods, for it lies in a different realm of
reality which has to be experienced inwardly. However, its main
tenets lie behind world religions and go back to mankind`s earliest
thinkings and feelings. Believe it or not as you will, suggests the
author. All he can say is that it has sustained him throughout his
life and has made that life harmonious and joyous. The teachings of
which he speaks are often referred to as the Ancient Wisdom. He
first came across them at the age of twenty-five when he met a man
who was well versed in that ancient wisdom which is to be found
woven throughout major religions, philosophies and mystical
teachings. This man was Eugene Halliday, who, the author says, was
said to be one of the great spirits of the modern age. The phrase
he used to describe the ultimate result of these teachings was
'Reflexive Self-Consciousness'. This, the author explains, was the
same message taught by those of old, although expressed by his
mentor Halliday in more modern terms. A wise but modest man, the
author says that he is no academic or scholar or learned man -
adding, with gentle humour, that it is written that an academic is
an ass with a load of books on his back. He writes for the average
person - of any age - who has no time left to think on these things
but who may like to know more. He writes for this person - for he
is such a one himself, he says. It is this which makes his story
and his accumulated wisdom both inspiring and accessible.
This valuable study guide is a comprehensive index to the fifteen
books comprising The Collected Works of Eugene Halliday. Born in
1911, he was an artist, writer and psychotherapist who drew on many
traditions of human knowledge and experience: the texts of world
religions; mystical schools such as Qabalah; poetry, philosophy and
theology (Blake, Milton, Nietzsche, Boehme); psychology (Jung) and
modern science (Einstein). He formulated a psychotherapeutic method
from which many were to benefit in the years following the second
world war, and which is still of relevance and benefit to us today.
His books form a comprehensive guide to self-development, both
psychological and spiritual; and an interpretation of the wisdom
tradition, East and West, for modern students of consciousness
studies, philosophy, psychology, science, religion and
hermeneutics.
How can we deal with the rapidly increasing pace and complexity of
life, fear of terrorism and the threatening state of world affairs,
climate breakdown, the confusions of personal relationships-without
succumbing to stress, depression and illness? Halliday provides a
way to assimilate the shocks of life experiences, so that we might
live a more balanced life. The way to achieve this is through
reconnecting with the centre of our own being, our consciousness.
Halliday sets out not only the nature of this consciousness, but
also its relation to the world of phenomena, to the nature of
being, and in particular, to mankind. He begins by examining the
meaning of terms such as sentience, consciousness and awareness.
They are to some degree interchangeable and refer to, `That in and
by which we know what we know, and that we know.' If we ask
ourselves what this statement means, we can only say that, `We know
what we mean. Consciousness is its own evidence', and thus we
cannot indicate what we mean by one of these consciousness-related
words, `without appealing to that in us, which corresponds with
their significance, that is, to that in us which knows that it
knows'. Halliday sees a complex structure such as the brain, as `a
vehicle for the expression of the complex processes of an [already
existing] sentience'. He posits that the ultimate source and origin
of our being resides in an absolute field of sentience, and states
that the true nature of the self is `consciousness itself'. But, as
beings with physical bodies, we are tyrannised by the limitations
of our sense organs; by the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance
of pain, by emotional charges in the records of our experiences, so
that we often behave in a reactive manner-as if we were no more
than animals with no free choice. But, if we remember the nature of
our true self, and our source in consciousness, we can free
ourselves from this enslavement and become human, that is, capable
of free choice and action.
The young John Zaradin felt driven to make his life in music
against all 'sensible' career advice offered by his peers and
parents. An interest in philosophy led him to a circle of creative
people dedicated to self-development. They demonstrated to him that
a life in the arts was indeed possible, if he worked with some
tried and tested guidelines. These included - in addition to all
aspects of music, its performance and the business of survival - a
rigorous self-examination and a continual re-focusing on his stated
aim. His choice to both listen and act on what he was absorbing
helped him to make his first steps on the way to living and shaping
his life as a musician. Many years later, a conversation with a
friend resulted in the writing of his Personal Journey, in which he
reveals the story of how he transformed his own life and developed
his career as musician, guitarist and composer.
The young John Zaradin felt driven to make his life in music
against all 'sensible' career advice offered by his peers and
parents. An interest in philosophy led him to a circle of creative
people dedicated to self-development. They demonstrated to him that
a life in the arts was indeed possible, if he worked with some
tried and tested guidelines. These included - in addition to all
aspects of music, its performance and the business of survival - a
rigorous self-examination and a continual re-focusing on his stated
aim. His choice to both listen and act on what he was absorbing
helped him to make his first steps on the way to living and shaping
his life as a musician. Many years later, a conversation with a
friend resulted in the writing of his Personal Journey, in which he
reveals the story of how he transformed his own life and developed
his career as musician, guitarist and composer.
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