Rediscovering Our True Nature
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"Never for one second have you been face to face with anyone in your life. It's always been face to No-face...face there, Space Here." Meaning, Harding is pointing first to his own self while speaking, and then to a different person he is seeing in front of him. This book begins with simplistic exercises of Harding's philosophical axiom: that a person may look out and see another human being's face, but is actually looking out of a kind of big picture window, but not a visually seen face. The author's voice, presented through these collected workshops and interviews, is philosophical, learned, and has a cozy conversational British accent. Harding has written seven books and numerous articles, was a professor at Cambridge University, and spent his early years as an architect and then a major in World War II. His theoretical views denote extensive research in virtually all religions, and include poignant quotes from famous spiritual leaders. Lang edits together four main aspects of Harding's belief system entitled: The Big One and the Little One, Death, The Mystery of Self-origination, and Surrender...