Amitabh Parasher

The Riddle Of Self-Recognition Amitabh Parasher

What is it that we absolutely must have? What is our ultimate goal? How do we master this life? The answer to all of our questions is within us, even if we haven't haven't found it yet. After serving in the Marines, and then living a reckless life bringing him to the cusp of self-destruction, the author shares his experience of a spiritual awakening. This awakening completely transformed how he saw the world. It led him to devote decades searching for answers to some of the toughest spiritual questions we all may have. Along with careful study through the great books of enlightened sages he discovered genuine meditation. The framework for the metaphysical journey is Self-Recognition. This is the Philosophy of Recognition, or Pratyabhijñ? developed in Kashmir, India over one thousand years ago. Self-Recognition is the non-dual experience of universal consciousness. The potential for this experience exists within each person. It something we have largely forgotten and the individual need only reacquaint with it to be whole again. In sharing some of his encounters with both the practice of meditation and the teachings of the Masters of Self-Recognition, the author's sincere aspiration is to form a bridge between the modern reader and the esoteric doctrines of extraordinary enlightened beings. The author seamlessly integrates his own unique metaphysical experiences along with providing clear perspective on the writings of Kashmir sages such as K?emar?ja and Vasugupta Acharya. He also explores many spiritual parallels with the Stoics and even the relatively modern scientific discoveries of quantum physics. With the great changes taking place in the world today, the author suggests now is the time for each of us to find our own true center, our own limitless source of power and fulfillment in the footsteps of perfected masters.