Radical awakening : cutting through the conditioned mind

by Stephen Jourdain

Other authorsGilles Farcet (Editor)

Paperback, 2001

Publication

Imprint: Carlsbad, California : InnerDirections Pub., c2001. Edition: First North American edition. Responsibility: dialogues with Stephen Jourdain ; edited by Gilles Farcet ; translated from the French by Candace Lyons. OCLC Number: 48040825. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Call number

UT / Jourd

Barcode

BK-05341

ISBN

9781878019165

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Other Mystics

CSS Library Notes

Description: Radical Awakening is a collection of extraordinary dialogues between Jourdain and the well-known writer, Gilles Farcet. These spirited talks--provocative and highly original--offer the reader an exceptional vantage point into the nature of authentic spiritual awakening and its embodiment. Jourdain lives the gift of awakening in the most ordinary manner, clearly articulating both the reality and the myth of enlightenment through deep understanding and piercing discernment. Jourdain's passionate call to awaken to our true nature is delivered in a manner that is completely original, with the spontaneity of a child and the profound insight of one who lives in a state of natural freedom.

Table of Contents: Introduction: Mr. Jourdain
Dialogues
Observations

Location: COLLECTION: Teachings & Practices -- AREA: Interspiritual-- SECTION: Unaffiliated & Eclectic Teachings / Filing name: Jourdain

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Physical description

197 p.; 23 cm

Description

At the age of sixteen, Stephen Jourdain experienced a radical awakening while contemplating (in the manner of a Zen koan) the famous Descartes statement "I think, therefore I am." As a result of this fundamental change in perception--and at that very moment--the essential basis of Jourdain's identity collapsed once and for all, as he realized the truth of what all of us essentially are: the fundamental "I" principle, or Consciousness.Radical Awakening is a collection of extraordinary dialogues between Jourdain and the well-known writer, Gilles Farcet. These spirited talks--provocative and highly original--offer the reader an exceptional vantage point into the nature of authentic spiritual awakening and its embodiment. Jourdain lives the gift of awakening in the most ordinary manner, clearly articulating both the reality and the myth of enlightenment through deep understanding and piercing discernment.… (more)