How to Find What Isn't Lost: A Short, Pro-Intellectual, Pro-Desire Guide to Enlightenment

by Akilesh Ayyar

That there is a source of permanent and pure happiness that is accessible to us that is the eternal promise of spiritual enlightenment. Our dualistic sense of ourselves, which splits experience into "me" and "everything but me," is not the whole picture. There is a way to a higher truth, a truth based on nonduality.

This book offers an innovative, rational, and realistic approach to enlightenment that explains why it is possible and how to achieve it. Its findings are based on a successful twenty-year spiritual journey and a study of eastern mysticism as it relates to many other disciplines. It argues that enlightenment involves both the mystical search and, crucially, the intellectual and emotional preparation for it.

As a result, it offers an approach to spiritual truth that is comprehensive and unique. Unlike many other spiritual systems, it encourages critical thinking and explains enlightenment within a persuasive philosophical framework. It suggests the need to be honest about our own desires and to find the messages in our emotions, and it offers powerful new methods to accomplish this. Finally, it gives simple, concise explanations of the techniques of the Hindu mystical tradition of Advaita Vedanta that are the royal road to enlightenment. Together, these form a powerful and unusual instrument for seeking the truth.

113 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 19, 2017

Reviews

[Dan Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

First section shoves a lot of wild claims and assumptions in your face that turned me off, but I kept reading out of curiosity. I actually found the second and third sections of the book very interesting and presented well. Worthwhile read overall, especially since it is a short book.

[Sanjeev Ayyar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Book! Love the NEEM method!

Insightful and interesting! Well worth reading! Definitely a new take on living life in a more measured calm way. Excellent!

[Curtis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was pretty good. I like that he gave specific exercises to follow. I admit I don't see the value in metaphorization, but I'll give the self-seeking a try. He has some fondness for deepities which is always a bit of a turn-off. I liked hearing the perspective of someone who isn't so deep into the world of public spirituality; it felt more authentic, approachable, and understandable.

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I very much enjoyed this short book on enlightenment.

[Adilbek Sultanov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book