The Path to No-Self: Life at the Center
Language: English
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany, New York, 1991
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Albany, NY: State University, 1991. 1st soft cover edition thus, F/. Paperback has very little wear. "This book shows how , once we have adjusted to the unitive state, the spiritual journey moves on to yet another more final ending". Nice copy, 214 pp. LS1.
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- Title
- The Path to No-Self: Life at the Center
- Author
- Roberts, Bernadette
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press, Albany, New York
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Published w/out dj
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0791411427
- ISBN 13
- 9780791411421
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Printing
- 1st Printing
In our major religious traditions, the outstanding milestone in the spiritual journey is the permanent, irreversible transcendence of the self center or ego. The fact that a great deal has been written about the journey to this point means that many people have come this far. But what, we might ask, comes next? Looking ahead we see no path; even in the literature there seems to be nothing beyond an abiding awareness of oneness with God. Had this path been mapped in the literature, then at least we would have known that one existed; but where no such account exists, we assume there is no path and that union of self and God is the final goal to be achieved.
The main purpose of The Path to No-Self is to correct this assumption. It verifies that a path beyond union does indeed exist, that the eventual falling away of the unitive state happens as the culmination of a long experiential journey beyond the state. The author shows that a path exists between the transcendence of the ego (self-center), which begins the unitive state, and the later falling away of all self (the true self), which ends the unitive state.
As a first hand account, The Path to No-Self will be of interest to those with similar experiences, or those searching for a better understanding of their own spiritual journey. Since the journey is concerned with the effects of grace on human consciousness, the book will be of interest to those psychologists concerned with the transformational process.
"Ms. Roberts' experiential approach clarifies several important points that have remained obscure in the writings of Christian mystics of the past. Primary among these is her powerful affirmation that the state of Transforming Union is a preparation for a further stage of divine transformation which, for lack of any classical Christian expression, she calls the experience of no self.
"Ms. Roberts' special gift as spiritual writer is her capacity to articulate the ineffable. The clarity and sharpness of her insight and expression, her honesty about herself and her experience, the balance and groundedness of her psychological perceptiveness, and her sure touch in distinguishing accidentals from essentials--the straight and narrow path from dead-ends--make her account unique among the works of spiritual writers." -- Father Thomas Keating
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