(P/B) BITTEN BY THE BLACK SNAKE

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The Ashtavakra Gita is a very ancient Sanskrit text, probably dating back to the classic Vedanta period. It was appreciated and quoted by Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Ramana Maharshi, and Radhakrishnan, as it presents the traditional teachings of Advaita Vedanta with a clarity and power very rarely matched. It has been called 'a quantum leap into the absolute'. Its message is that there is neither existence nor non existence, right nor wrong, moral nor immoral. In the view of the sage Ashtavakra, the apparent author of this text, one's true identity can be found by simply recogniSing oneself as pure existence, or the awareness of all things. The text is the response to a question posed by King Janaka to Sage Ashtavakra: "Tell me, O Lord, how can true knowledge be acquired, renunciation made possible and liberation attained?" Ashtavakra's answer is a sincere and unhesitating statement of the ultimate truth. It is said that Janaka posed his question to Ashtavakra while placing one foot in the saddle to mount his horse. Ashtavakra told him that by following his instructions, Janaka could attain liberation by the time he sat astride the horse. With Ashtavakra's forceful, direct instructions Janaka is emancipated instantaneously. In this edition, the text is expounded on by Swiss mystic and therapist, Manuel Schoch. (From the publisher)

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Foreword
The First Sutra
The Witnessing Consciousness
The Doer and the Observer
Getting in the Way of Liberation
Games of the Mind
Desire for Enlightenment
A State of Happiness
Behind the Mask
Free Will
Modern Meditation
The Space of Stillness
Perceiving with the Senses
Light vs. Religion
Consciousness and Heart Energy
Stillness of the Heart
The Second Sutra
Looking Out, Looking In
The Act of Projection
The Art of Observation
The Space of No Reaction
Awareness and Observation
No Separation
Observing the Whole
The Freedom of One Mind
The Power of Rebelling
As You Think, So You Are
Reality and Projection
The Serpent of Ego
Thought Processes
The Process of Doing
Creating Desire
Waking Up
Observing Desire
The Third Sutra
Being the Observer
The End of Separation
Bondage and Innocence
Confusion Creates Observation
The Bondage of Motivation
Nothing to Do
Faith and Belief
Faith in Consciousness
Form and Stillness
Stillness of the Heart
Being with What Is
Reflecting Consciousness
The Stillness of Emptiness
The Fourth Sutra
The Spiritual Ego
Bypassing the Ego
Becoming Still
The Structure of Feelings
A Third State
Lost Connections
Beyond the Ego
Knowing There Is Nothing
Sneaking Around the Ego
Feeding the Climate
Dropping into Stillness
The Fifth Sutra
Creating Illusion
Living in the Heart
Beyond Desire
Fear and Desire
A Question of Motivation
Forgetting the Self
Effortless Awareness
Nothing Special
Seeing the Whole
Attachment to Detaching
Desiring Liberation
Working with the Heart
The Sixth Sutra
Happiness Itself
Creating Fear
The Ego Is Like the Apple
Transformation Through Observation
Off the Map
The Identification Game
Can the Climate Change
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