Free Yourself of Everything
Radical Guidance in the Spirit of Zen and Christian Mysticism
Published on 6. December 2011
150 pages
978-1-4629-0134-0 (ISBN)
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This guide to meditation and spirituality draws on both Buddhist and Christian sources to present a unique path to enlightenment.
Intended for those who earnestly seek spiritual guidance, this book conveys, with clear structure and precise language, the deepest wisdom of eastern and western mysticism. Drawing from his vast experience as a practicing meditation master, and using examples from great masters of Zen and Christian mysticism, Wolfgang Kopp presents the fundamental elements necessary for a successful journey to inner freedom.
The reader is instructed directly, as though he or she is under the present guidance of the author. As closely as the written world permits, the reader experiences the compassionate love and spiritual power that otherwise could be felt only in the immediate presence of a great enlightened master. Free Yourself of Everything will lead readers to that extraordinary experience where the belief in a conceptual God is replaced by enlightenment in one's own mind.
Intended for those who earnestly seek spiritual guidance, this book conveys, with clear structure and precise language, the deepest wisdom of eastern and western mysticism. Drawing from his vast experience as a practicing meditation master, and using examples from great masters of Zen and Christian mysticism, Wolfgang Kopp presents the fundamental elements necessary for a successful journey to inner freedom.
The reader is instructed directly, as though he or she is under the present guidance of the author. As closely as the written world permits, the reader experiences the compassionate love and spiritual power that otherwise could be felt only in the immediate presence of a great enlightened master. Free Yourself of Everything will lead readers to that extraordinary experience where the belief in a conceptual God is replaced by enlightenment in one's own mind.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Translator's Note
- Forward
- 1. The University of the Mind
- The World Is an Illusion
- The Illusion of Multiplicity
- The Mind-The Source of Everything
- 2. The Depersonification of the Personality
- The Teaching of the Skandhas
- The Teaching of Anatman
- I Am That I Am
- 3. The Way to Liberation
- The Consistency of the Spiritual Way
- The Cheerfulness of the Soul
- The World as Our Reflection
- Turning to the Divine
- The Noble Truth of Suffering
- The Deceptive Nature of Phenomena
- Radical Letting Go
- 4. From an Imagined God to a Nameless Divinity
- It Is for Your Good That I Go Away
- Liberation From Signs and Symbols
- The Inexpressible Divine Reality
- The Finger Is Not the Moon
- Birth and Death
- 5. The Way of Active Meditation
- Longing for a Direct Experience of God
- The Mystery Beyond the Scriptures
- The Prayer of Silence
- The Pitfall of the Dead Void
- Active Meditation
- Meditation Practice
- Grace and Surrender
- Beyond Life and Death
- At the Moment of Death
- 6. Crucifixion and Transformation
- The Misunderstood Crucifixion
- Church Dogma
- The Abyss of the Divine Void
- 7. Ascent to Light
- The Cave of the Heart
- A Boundless Light
- Breakthrough to the Ultimate Reality
- 8. Encounter with the Master
- The Search for a Master
- The Direct Method of the Zen Master
- The Enlightenment of Lin-chi
- False Gurus
- Esoteric Drug-Cult
- The Necessity of the Master
- The Inevitability of Death
- 9. The Zen Way: Free Yourselves of Everything!
- Grasping the Truth Directly
- The Original Condition of the Mind
- The Koan MU
- Do Not Be Deceived
- Notes
