This book of essays presents the essential teachings of the Western Baul spiritual master Lee Lozowick, with special emphasis on what he has named Enlightened Duality. This dynamic spiritual principle suggests that one can combine a firmly-rooted and integrated awareness of the nondual (all is One) nature of reality, with a lively, conscious relationship to the duality or play of opposites that characterizes our everyday lives. In the tradition of the Bauls of Bengal, India, Enlightened Duality is called sahaj samadhi, ...
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This book of essays presents the essential teachings of the Western Baul spiritual master Lee Lozowick, with special emphasis on what he has named Enlightened Duality. This dynamic spiritual principle suggests that one can combine a firmly-rooted and integrated awareness of the nondual (all is One) nature of reality, with a lively, conscious relationship to the duality or play of opposites that characterizes our everyday lives. In the tradition of the Bauls of Bengal, India, Enlightened Duality is called sahaj samadhi, meaning an open-eyed resting in the Ultimate, even while living in ordinary ways. Unlike those strictly nondual perspectives that claim a oneness that relegates the human experience to an illusion of mind, Lozowick asserts that unity is the law and Life is Real. The individual who has incorporated Enlightened Duality lives in a state of union with the Divine while remaining naturally functional within the world of appearances. The truth of Enlightened Duality can be found in the writings of many of the worlds great traditions, including the Sufi, Vajrayana Buddhist, and both bhakti and tantric Hindu Paths. At the same time, Lee Lozowicks teaching on Enlightened Duality is unique; although firmly rooted in theistic ancient tradition, these are teachings that carry their own flavorstreetwise, humorous, passionate and eminently practical. This is a vast treatment of age-old spiritual questions, yet it remains immediate and usable. Many essays focus on relationships, both personal and planetarydealing with love, sex, family, and the ecology of the Earth. Because this integration of spiritual principles into the whirl of daily relational life is often so challenging, a students perspective is offered throughout the book, in commentaries by
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New. Trade paperback (6 x 9 inches). 570 p. Illustrated with 4 pps. of photographs, b&w chapter heading designs. This book of essays presents the essential teachings of the Western Baul spiritual master Lee Lozowick, with special emphasis on what he has named 'Enlightened Duality'. This dynamic spiritual principle suggests that one can combine a firmly-rooted and integrated awareness of the non-dual ('all is One') nature of reality, with a lively, conscious relationship to the 'duality' (or play of opposites) that characterises our everyday lives. Unlike those strictly non-dual perspectives that support a 'oneness' that relegates the human experience to an illusion of mind, Lozowick asserts that 'unity is the law' and 'Life is Real'. The individual who has incorporated Enlightened Duality lives in a state of union with the Divine while remaining naturally functional within the world of appearances. Many essays focus on relationships, both personal and planetary-dealing with love, sex, family, and the ecology of the Earth. Because this integration of spiritual principles into the whirl of daily relational life is often so challenging, a student's perspective is offered throughout the book in essays by M Young, a long-time apprentice of Lozowick's. (Amazon)
