The Notebooks of Paul Brunton, The Ego: From Birth to Rebirth

The Notebooks of Paul Brunton #6

by Paul Brunton

A pivotal piece in PB’s work, a unique gift to the literature of realization. How to attack, at an existential level, the most intractable obscurations of what needs doing and how to do it.

297 pages, Hardcover

First published November 30, 1983

About the author

Paul Brunton was a British philosopher, researcher, mystic, and adventurer. He left a journalistic career to live among yogis, mystics, and holy men, and studied a wide variety of Eastern and Western esoteric teachings. With his entire life dedicated to the spiritual quest, Brunton felt charged with the task of communicating his knowledge and experiences in layperson's terms. He was one of the first persons to write accounts of what he learned about spirituality in the East, and his works have had a major influence on the spread of Eastern philosophy and mysticism to the West. Paul Brunton continued to write after his final publication in 1952, and a significant portion of his large archive of original writings was posthumously published by Larson Publications as "The Notebooks of Paul Brunton" (in 16 volumes). The entire archive will soon be housed at a university (2017) and available to read online (2019).

Reviews

[Lalitha Sarma · Rating 5 out of 5]

A bridge between the Occident and the Orient

[Kristina 113kw Weiserová · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of best philosphical books of my life. Contains extract of his whole life life teachings.

[Greg Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty heavy duty look at what the mind has control over and the factors that influence life beyond ones control.
I am not deep into all the different beliefs be it Karma, Predestination or Fate, total free will and the like but this book offered food for thought.
The underlying concept I got was God had some control in who we are and great control on who we should be.
Reincarnation is a concept brought forth and I buy into that.
To me, it is all about being a better person than you used to be and I like that concept.