The Light Within: A Path of Spiritual Unfolding

by Rob Butler

Born into a world of separation we forget who we really are and where we come from. The light within us, which is the essence of who we are, becomes shrouded in ignorance.As we buy into the illusion that we are separate from the world around us, we start to believe that we must look to other people to make us feel whole. In so doing we seek validation and approval from others as we aim to play by their rules. Identified with our body and mind we begin to see ourselves as a person who needs to acquire something or get somewhere in order to be free, forgetting that our true Self, our eternal Self, walks with us every step of the way. The Light Within is a treasure trove of spiritual wisdom, suitable for any sincere seeker on a spiritual path. Full of useful insights it covers a broad range of spiritual cultivation qualities like surrender, non-attachment, non-identification and acceptance, as well as tackling the more thorny issues of anger, fear and worry. In The Light Within Rob also delves into the murky world of spiritual clichés and discusses old favourites such as “Everything is in divine order” and asks the question “Do we really create our own reality?”The Light Within looks at Advaita Vedanta teachings of non-duality and asks what it means if we treat the idea of Oneness as a daily cultivation practice rather than a theoretical construct.There are several central themes within the be true to yourself; be open-minded and open-hearted; and have the courage to follow your own Inner Truth. The Light Within is not a book of spiritual shortcuts but rather a manual for embodying our highest truth. Rather refreshingly it starts off by suggesting that we only need to engage in personal development if we believe we are a person. If we can see that who we really are is not a separate individual after all, we discover a fast lane approach to our spiritual practice in which we find that our Eternal Self – our True Self – has been with us every step of the way.The Light Within is an invitation to step into the joy of Oneness every day of our lives and become the givers and receivers of the magic which flows when we live our lives from a place of true feeling.

232 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 6, 2014