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Realms of Wondrous Gifts
By:Santoshan
Date: Mon,04 Aug 2008
Submitter:Santoshan
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Psychic, Mediumistic and Miraculous Powers in the Great Wisdom Traditions.
Santoshan With conversations with Glyn Edwards
Description
A wonderful and in-depth book on Psychic, Mediumistic and Miraculous Powers in the great wisdom traditions, which includes numerous profound insights into their spiritual teachings. Written by one the UK’s most illuminating writers and additionally includes two extensive conversations with one of the UK’s greatest mediums and teachers of psychic and spiritual science.
Synopsis
Join the author on a voyage of discovery through the mysteries of numerous powers in five of the great wisdom traditions.
Aspects of Hindu, Buddhist, Judaic, Sufi, Islamic and Christian spirituality, including miraculous events in the life of Jesus, are looked at in the four main chapters. The realisation of Oneness with Universal Divine Consciousness is often drawn upon, as well as different categories of Psychic, Mediumistic and Supernormal Phenomena that have been well documented in both ancient and modern times.
Realms of Wondrous Gifts also includes two extensive searching questions and answers sections with Glyn Edwards, who speaks from his vast experience as a medium and respected teacher of psychic science, in which he eloquently and succinctly shares some far-reaching thoughts on several interwoven facets of development.
In all, this is a splendid and an indispensable book on fascinating realms of spirituality, which includes numerous insights from two of the UK’s most illuminating writers on both interspiritual wisdom and the many creative stages of intuitive, holistic and transpersonal growth.
Author Details
SANTOSHAN studied World Religions and Religious Education at King’s College London, and has a creative background as a respected spiritual writer, graphic designer and musician. His last book was ‘The House of Wisdom, Yoga Spirituality of the East and West’, co-authored with the revered yoga master Swami Dharmananda Saraswati (published by O Book, 2007).
GLYN EDAWRDS is regarded throughout the world as one of the UK’s greatest mediums and teachers of psychic science and co-authored ‘Unleash your Spiritual Power and Grow’ (re-packaged by Quantum/Foulsham, 2007) with Santoshan
Reviews
By Ian Jones
This book arrived like a breath of fresh air. There are so many books suggesting how best to open up our psychic gifts, read tarot cards and communicate with spirits but most of them fail to make the connection that psychic gifts are really just tools. These tools don't in anyway define how spiritually evolved one is. In some cases these tools can affectively be a distraction on our spiritual path. This book provides interesting parallels between many of the worlds popular religions and spiritual beliefs to help us better understand that evolving spiritually doesn't always require attaining psychic gifts and that if attained should always be used in love. In an age where so many people aspire to be the next T.V medium this book helps reshape our ideas that evolving spiritually can be a different road altogether.
Psychic World
‘A real gem of a book … Highly recommended.’
EILEEN DAVIS, international medium and spiritual teacher
‘Written with both clarity and insight, this is a rare and enriching book, which integrates the wisdom of many spiritual traditions. Whilst illuminating the need now more than ever before to explore interspirituality, our universal commonality and deeper spiritual nature, it shows the way forward for embracing the Whole.’
WAMI DHARMANANDA SARASWATI, author and yoga master
‘Thought-provoking, with in-depth research by Santoshan and shared personal experience from Glyn Edwards, Realms of Wondrous Gifts draws upon ancient and modern teachings from various wisdom traditions and important sources. It is a book that will be of tremendous help to all who wish to deepen their understanding of the powers and the wider implications of spirituality.’
Extract
Realms of spiritual being
The most important openings lead us to skilful acts of compassion, to wisely and deeply connecting with the unfolding mysteries of life and the universe, to caring for the Earth and all its inhabitants and biological diversity. For within us there is the Creative Divine Impulse, which is full of wondrous gifts of numerous kinds; not just psychic, shamanistic or mediumistic ones, or the traditionally considered miraculous. For just being is miraculous. Rabbi Abraham Heschel reminds us that, “Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy”.
When there is an awakening to the spiritual realms of being, it is only natural that every moment and facet of our lives will start to become more harmonious and begin to reach out to deeply embrace and include all (other life, people, faiths and the Earth) in a unifying whole.
We have to remember why the Buddha, Muhammad, the Jewish prophets, Jesus and many of the great yogis and yoginis are remembered. The Buddha in particular, is primarily respected throughout the world for his insights into the human condition, his teachings on non-violence, loving-kindness, transforming all that inhibits our true nature and how to live in harmony with life and find peace in every step.
Without a holistic message of a compassionate unity that transcended religious dogmas and social divisions, Jesus would have soon been forgotten. Muhammad’s wisdom, and his everyday life and conduct, are held up as examples for Muslims to live by, and the central message of the Qur’an is one of peace and surrender to the spiritual will of the Divine – a life of non-harm and brotherhood and sisterhood with others (“Let there be no compulsion in religion” the Qur’an states: 2:256). For the majority of Muslims, the true message of Islam is about equality, an acceptance of differences, and to be a patient, respectful and loving person, with no discrimination or unwholesome qualities.
A popular prayer from Jewish scripture calls upon God to establish peace, goodness, blessing, graciousness, kindness and compassion upon us all and upon the people of Israel. The prophetic message of Micah in the Hebrew Bible, reminds us that every individual has an obligation to both God and his or her community to act justly, be merciful and walk humbly with God (6:8).
Throughout human history, every age has seen those who have distorted such teachings and spiritual examples of being human in order to exclude others for political ends and for self-gain, or because of a lack of understanding. But the real heroes are those who have lived by teachings of harmony, inclusiveness and unity in diversity, who were invariably inspired at certain times in their lives to call for compassionate action and to speak out when human rights were threatened. In today’s world we also have to consider the rights of non-human species and include the preservation of nature, of which we are intrinsically bound-up with.
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