Synopsis
This Guidebook to Higher Consciousness is a manual for awakening our inner wisdom through practical, accessible, commonsense spiritual principles that can change our lives. Consciously or unconsciously, we are all seeking fulfillment in life, whether it is through a relationship, career, knowledge, talents, empowerment, helping others or spiritual enlightenment. The Light That Awakens reveals that the source of our seeking is not outside of us but within a boundless reservoir of wisdom, peace, power, light and bliss. That reservoir has been called consciousness. While science is currently exploring consciousness to understand the secrets of the universe, the sages of ancient India utilized meditation to explore the Reality behind creation. It is this universal wisdom that Swami Amar Jyoti imparts in simple and transparent language for today s seeker. Speaking from direct experience of the highest spiritual attainment, Swami Amar Jyoti shows us that spirituality does not have to be austere or difficult. Aspirants from many paths and traditions will appreciate this gentle guide for finding the sublime in every moment.
About the Author
Prabhushri Swami Amar Jyoti was born in 1928 in northwestern India, not far from the Indus River. A brilliant student and much loved by all, He left home a few months before college graduation and traveled to the border of Bengal where refugees from East Bengal (now Bangladesh) were pouring by the thousands into India each day. He headed the volunteer corps there for ten months until the refugees subsided, then moved to Calcutta. Visions began awakening in Him and soon He departed for the Himalayas where he spent 10 years in yogic meditation). A small cave at Gangotri, the temple village near the source of the Ganga River, was the place of His greatest spiritual disciplines, awakenings and Illumination. In 1958 He took Vidyut Sannyas initiation, a form of monasticism that is Self-initiated at the holy site of Badrinath and taking the name Swami Amar Jyoti (Swami Knower of the Self; Amar Jyoti Immortal Light) descended into the plains of India for His God-given mission. Reverently called Gurudeva, He founded Jyoti Ashram in Pune, India, in 1961 and then visited the United States, traveling unknown. In 1974 He founded Sacred Mountain Ashram in Boulder, CO, followed by Desert Ashram in Tucson, AZ, in 1978 under Truth Consciousness, a nonprofit organization that serves as a vehicle for His work in the USA. The spiritual awakening that Gurudeva reveals is the glorious destiny of mankind, freed from our limited identity of self. Lovingly and ceaselessly He continues to uplift and purify each of us for this awakening. His way is the ancient relationship of the Guru to the disciple, the candle lit from the burning flame of Truth. After four decades of guiding innumerable souls to higher consciousness, Gurudeva took Mahasamadhi on June 13, 2001 in Colorado. In 2002 a Samadhi Sthal in white marble was created for permanent consecration in Jyoti Ashram. Immortal Light: The Blissful Life and Wisdom of Swami Amar Jyoti, was published by Truth Consciousness in 2004.
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