A Natural Awakening

Description

A Natural Awakening:

Realizing the True Self in Everyday Life

By P. T. Mistlberger

This webpage contains copyrighted excerpts of the book "A Natural Awakening: Realizing the True Self in Everyday Life", ISBN: 0-9733419-0-4. Cost for one copy is $14.95 U.S., or $19.95 Canadian. Copies may be obtained by emailing the author at pmistlberger@yahoo.com. All rights reserved. No parts may be reproduced or transmitted without permission in writing from the author. Cover photograph, "Blue Forest", is the property of Thomas DeVange, Copyright 2004, all rights reserved, photo may not be reproduced or transmitted without permission.

Contents

Forword

Introduction

Note to the Reader

1-The Essence of Spiritual Enlightenment

Seeking for Enlightenment in All the Wrong Places

Consciousness and External Reality

What is Enlightenment?

Pure Consciousness (the Natural State) and Separate Identity (the ego)

The True Self and No-self

2-The Problem

The Cause of all Suffering

3-Thought

The Difference Between Thought and Consciousness

The Purpose of Thought

The Source of Thought

4-Feeling and Emotion

The Emotional Body

The Lightening ...

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