Open Path
Recognizing Nondual Awareness
Published on 11. October 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
223 pages
978-1-59181-179-4 (ISBN)
Description
In the Open Path, acclaimed Sufi teacher and thinker Pir Elias Amidon delivers timeless wisdom and steadfast companionship for those of us grappling with fear, confusion, and spiritual aimlessness in an uncertain world.
In the Open Path, acclaimed Sufi teacher and thinker Pir Elias Amidon delivers timeless wisdom and steadfast companionship for those of us grappling with fear, confusion, and spiritual aimlessness in an uncertain world.
Interest in nondual awareness as the essence of spiritual awakening, free from the obligations and cultural references of a particular religion, is rapidly expanding throughout the Western world. Those who have sought out and followed spiritual paths, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Sufism, Kabbalism, etc., have often found themselves coming up against a kind of ceiling in their longing for spiritual awakening. This can be a result of the religion’s cultural context or a belief system that may not see awakening as something within the reach of adherents. The Open Path is an excellent guide to the realization of the silent ground of all being and to the expression of that realization in the diverse conditions of their lives.
In the Open Path, acclaimed Sufi teacher and thinker Pir Elias Amidon delivers timeless wisdom and steadfast companionship for those of us grappling with fear, confusion, and spiritual aimlessness in an uncertain world.
Interest in nondual awareness as the essence of spiritual awakening, free from the obligations and cultural references of a particular religion, is rapidly expanding throughout the Western world. Those who have sought out and followed spiritual paths, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Sufism, Kabbalism, etc., have often found themselves coming up against a kind of ceiling in their longing for spiritual awakening. This can be a result of the religion’s cultural context or a belief system that may not see awakening as something within the reach of adherents. The Open Path is an excellent guide to the realization of the silent ground of all being and to the expression of that realization in the diverse conditions of their lives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boulder, Colorado
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59181-179-4 (9781591811794)
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Person
Elias Amidon is the spiritual director (Pir) of the Sufi Way International. He has been an initiate of the Sufi Way for the past forty-two years. Pir Elias has also studied with Qadiri Sufis in Morocco, Theravaden Buddhist teachers in Thailand, Native American teachers of the Assemblies of the Morning Star, Christian monks in Syria, Zen teachers of the White Plum Sangha, and contemporary teachers in the Dzogchen tradition.He helped develop several schools, including the Boulder Institute for Nature and the Human Spirit, the graduate program in Environmental Leadership at Naropa University, and the Open Path. He has a Bachelors degree in literature from Antioch College and has written six books. Pir Elias has been leading programs in Sufism for over three decades, and Open Path programs for the past six years. He resides in Boulder, Colorado but continues to travel widely, both teaching Open Path programs and engaging in citizen diplomacy.