Name: A Wake Up Call (Beyond Concepts and Illusions)
SKU: CUM681063201
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Book Specification

Item Code:	NAM856
Author:	Sabina Oberoi and Beverly Chapman
Publisher:	Radha Soami Satsang Beas
Language:	English
Edition:	2016
ISBN:	9788184664850
Pages:	167
Cover:	Paperback
Other Details	8.5 inch X 5.5 inch
Weight	190 gm

Book Description

Contents

	Publishers Note	ix
	First Words	1
	What is our Objective?	3
1	Our Present Position	5
	Words or action?	5
	Why did we ask for initiation?	8
	You have a living master	9
2	How Far Can Words Take Us?	11
	Prisoners of words	11
	Myths and metaphors	13
	Paradoxes	14
	Concepts	17
	Mud can Have many flavours	19
3	The Choice is Ours	21
	An ‘expiry date’ on concepts	21
	Truth is simple – we are not	24
	An individual choice	25
	Words, Concepts & Illusion	29
4	About Spirituality	31
	Illusion: Physical objects have spiritual power	31
	Illusion: Spirituality demands blind faith	35
	Illusion: Spirituality means morality so who needs meditation?	37
	Illusion: Spirituality can be measured by appearances	39
	Illusion: A Spiritual path should meet our social needs	40
5	About Initiation	43
	Illusion: Only four births after initiation	44
	Illusion: Our way of life can remain unchanged	47
	Illusion: No return to the animal kingdom	48
	Illusion: Hey! We need those guarantees! They help us!	50
	Illusion: Six months of meditation ensures enlightenment	52
6	About the Sangat	55
	Illusion: Satsangis are special, and non-satsangis are	56
	Illusion: It’s our duty to enforce Sant Mat values in the sangat	59
	Illusion: The RSSB sangat represents an ‘ideal world’	61
	Illusion: Representatives are evolved souls	62
	Illusion: The master’s close associates must be spiritually elevated	63
	Illusion: He or she is a very important person	66
7	About Darshan	71
	Illusion: Being closer means better darshan	72
	Illusion: Darshan on the screen is not real darshan	73
	Illusion: The more darshan we ‘do’ the more we ‘get’ from him	74
	Illusion: There’s right way to do darshan	75
8	About Satsang	77
	Illusion: Attending satsang is mandatory	78
	Illusion: Attending satsang is enough	79
	Illusion: Satsangs Should be entertaining so they engage us	80
	Illusion: Some satsangs are ‘good’, some are bad’	82
	Illusion: Satsang speakers are elevated souls	85
9	About Seva	89
	Illusion: Physical seva can replace meditation	90
	Illusion: No common sense is required in seva	91
	Illusion: The tangible rewards of seva matter	93
	Illusion: Certain seva positions confer power and prestige	94
	Illusion: Seva needs us	97
10	About Meditation	101
	Illusion: We must make progress now!	102
	Illusion: Progress means light and sound	103
	Illusion: Bhajan is not essential to meditation	106
	Illusion: Meditation is about getting result	107
11	About the Master	109
	Illusion: The master just waves a magic wand	109
	Illusion: The master does it all	112
	Illusion: A perfect living master should	114
	Let’s Get Real	119
12	The Mystery of the living Master	121
	Our beloved master – who is he?	122
	Trust	124
	Dancing on the edge of a sword	126
	Infinite is his freedom	128
13	A way of life to Be lived	131
	Living in obedience and surrender	132
	Living gracefully and cheerfully	133
	keeping a balance	135
	Taking refuge	137
	Loving him	137
14	The Mystic Path	141
	We are making a choice	142
	Meditation	143
	Getting real	145
	Last Words	149
	Glossary	151
	Books on This Science	153
	Addresses for Information and Books	155