THE MOST DIRECT AND RAPID MEANS TO ETERNAL BLISS by Michael Langford Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of THE MOST DIRECT AND RAPID MEANS TO ETERNAL BLISS
Book Review: really a rapid means to eternal bliss
Summary: 5 Stars
This book summarize what non-duality is about. This book should not be read for the purpose of intellectual entertainment. This book is to be read rather slowly to awaken insight. In order to benefit fully from this book, the reader should have read other books or have at least a basic knowledge of what awareness/presence is about. I have read this book five times since I bought it, and it is really amazing. The techniques provided in this book is simple and yet it has tremendous impact on me. It has definitely changed me. Book Review: No more excuses!
Summary: 5 Stars
Chances are, by the time you've come across this book, you've probably read dozens more like it. You may have even gone to seminars, workshops, satsangs, and the like. You just may have even -gasp- done a little meditation or self-observation here and there! :) But the questions keep popping up: If I want to know or be the Truth right now - then what's stopping me? What is ego? How does it work? Or you may have some beliefs about the path: I've read all about theories and accounts of experiences that ended the search. But I just NEED the instructions! The exact do-this-and-that. Never mind that these questions and beliefs are just part of the dodge: you've read the answers to all these things over and over! All those books, all those seminars - but you were looking for the distilled instructions!
But, if by some Grace-filled movement of the light and sound show, you encounter this book, you will quickly discover that the style of teaching herein is VERY straightforward. Langford here addresses each of the issues mentioned above. No more excuses! It can't be explained any more simply (besides silence itself). If you fancy yourself a seeker, or you've been living with that yearning to end suffering and separation, do yourself a favor and read this book. And in the way that Langford suggests. You asked for a book that gets right to the point. Here it is.
Book Review: Taking the red pill and seeing how deep the rabbit hole goes
Summary: 5 Stars
Like the choice Neo is given in the movie The Matrix, the author of THE MOST DIRECT AND RAPID MEANS TO ETERNAL BLISS gives us a choice between the blue pill of our thoughts, concepts and ideas or instead offers us the red pill of things revealed as they are. This invitation has been offered before in other traditions for thousands of years, but as Mr. Langford energetically points out, it is historically the rare bird that actually rents the veil and enters into the timeless and eternal. This book pulls no punches and leaves little room for compromise regarding the rigors of the path and its goal of love, peace and atonement. I feel that some of the value in parallel paths is at times too quickly dismissed, but I must agree with the author that it seems most seekers today only read about and never live the message of the great teachers. Awareness Watching Awareness may indeed, as the author purports, be a kind of revolution in terms of having a clear, direct and simple guide to the heart of that which could be regarded as the purpose of all spiritual traditions.
My thanks go to Mr. Langford for his efforts and dedication to peace and liberation, may his vision help to heal this suffering world.
Book Review: The Most Important Book You'll Ever Read
Summary: 5 Stars
There is no way that words can capture just how powerful and potentially life-altering this book really is.
We, as a species have been searching.
But we've not been finding!
And so we go from one idea to another, from one system to another, from one book to another, hoping that we will stumble upon some way out of the suffering and confusion.
If you are interested in ending this seemingly endless search, you must own this book. When discussing books dealing with spirituality, the phrase "this is the last book you'll ever need" is tossed around a lot. Well, take it from someone who has read nearly a thousand books which could be considered "spiritual", if you are reading this, you've finally found it! You've truly found the last book you will ever need! And I don't say that lightly.
Michael Langford has written a book which shows the way to Freedom. I would even go so far as to say that it is the ONLY way to Freedom. If there is another, I have not been able to find it!
After reading the book, you'll understand why the human race is in the situation it is, collectively and personally. And more importantly, you'll understand how to end the delusion, end the fear, end the conflict. It is a very deep and incredibly profound book. But it is written very simply. There are no fancy concepts here. There is only Truth.
You can get this book and save yourself years of continued searching, or you can look for yet "one more door". But I urge you from my heart to get this book, do as it instructs, and walk through THIS door.
It is the doorway Home.
Book Review: The Clearest And Most Profound Book I Have Ever Read
Summary: 5 Stars
I had read that there was a difference between the false self and the true self in books I had read before. But I never knew exactly what that difference was until I read this book,
The Most Direct and Rapid Means to Eternal Bliss. Because the difference was described so clearly in this book, now I can tell the difference between the false self and the true self in my daily life. I also can now see how the false self has fooled all of the people of the earth and caused all of our problems. This book is written in such a clear, easy to understand language that I can for the first time see all of that and so much more! The solutions for all the problems of all the earth's people can be found in this book. I wasted so much time reading hundreds of religious books, books about meditation and new age books. I wish I had read this book, The Most Direct and Rapid Means to Eternal Bliss, fifty years ago.
I would not have wasted all that time reading all those other books that have so many extra words and so many detours and so many false paths. This book, The Most Direct and Rapid Means to Eternal Bliss, is the greatest book I have ever read. There is nothing else like it.
I thought there was nothing new under the sun, and this book appears! There is something new under the sun. It is like thinking that the light of the sun is the most powerful light and suddenly the light of a million suns appears! This book is like that. I think this book is destined to change the consciousness of the earth's people more than all the religions of the past combined. The reasons why we have not changed in the past are clearly pointed out in this book. How we can finally change and know the eternal beauty is also clearly pointed out in this book. Do yourself and all of the people of the earth a favor and read this book. This book is written so clearly it makes all the other books I read look like mud. This book was written from the heart of reality. Every word in this book is a valuable precious jewel.
These are my favorite quotes from the book:
Introduction: 11. It is possible to be free of all sorrow and suffering and to experience absolutely perfect infinite eternal joy here and now in this lifetime. 12. It is possible for all humans, not just a few humans. 13. There is a rapid means to infinite bliss. 14. That rapid means is taught in this book.
Chapter One: 17. If you turn your attention towards the awareness that wakes up in the morning, instead of towards people, places, things, thoughts, etc., eventually you will discover that awareness is infinite-eternal-awareness-love-bliss.
Chapter Three: 78. If you really wanted Truth, you would insist on Direct Experience. 80. The extremely intense desire for liberation is the key to ending the ego's tricks, and the book you are now reading contains step-by-step instructions for awakening the extremely intense desire for liberation. 84. Your motivation while reading is very important. 85. The correct motivations are (86-89): 86. Extremely intense Self-honesty. 87. An extremely intense desire to directly experience the infinite-eternal-absolute Truth. 88. A willingness to let go of all the ideas you have accumulated in the past. 89. An extremely intense longing to be free of sorrow and to live in eternal-joy.
Chapter Four: 23. When the desire for Freedom becomes even more intense you can see all of the ego's preservation strategies. 24. When the extremely intense desire for Liberation is awakened you will marvel at how it was possible you did not see the ego's preservation strategies before. 49. What if your desire for Liberation were a million times greater and more intense than it is now? 55. After the extremely intense desire for Freedom arises all is made clear and you have no doubts! 56. After the extremely intense desire for Freedom arises, for the first time you can see!
Chapter Five: 37. The extremely intense desire for Liberation is like an infinitely strong grip that grabs hold of the absolute goodness that has never known falsehood with a hold so strong that nothing can weaken that grip.
Chapter Six: 85. The significance of the Awareness Watching Awareness discovery is one of communication. 86. A human could be told to focus on the I AM and even after one hundred million lifetimes, still not know what the I AM is. 87. However, if told that the I AM is the awareness that appears to wake up in the morning, the background of awareness that is there during all the waking hours, and given specific instructions in how to turn the attention away from thought, etc., and towards awareness watching awareness, one can end the ego and suffering in this lifetime and remain eternally in bliss. 88. Those specific instructions are in Chapter Seven.
Chapter Eight: 131. If you remain content with awareness watching awareness, your problems will start to disappear. 132. Your misery will start to disappear. 133. Peace will come unexpectedly. 134. Joy will come unexpectedly. 135. Infinite Love will come unexpectedly. 143. Watching thoughts is not looking inward. 144. Watching feelings is not looking inward. 145. Watching breathing is not looking inward. 146. Only turning the attention away from the observed and towards the observer is looking inward. 147. Only awareness watching awareness is looking inward. 148. Looking inward is eternal liberation. 149. Looking inward is eternal life. 150. Looking inward is eternal awareness. 151. Looking inward is eternal peace. 152. Looking inward is eternal joy. 153. Looking inward is eternal Love that is absolutely perfect and free of all forms of sorrow and misery.
Chapter Eleven: 30. That infinite space is your awareness. 31. That infinite space is infinite love. 32. That infinite space is eternal life. 33. See the infinite freedom of infinite space. 65. Never again imagine that space is just nothing. 66. Space is that which is truly valuable. 67. Space is eternal life-awareness. 68. Space is infinite Love. 69. One being, one space, one infinite Love. 83. You are not a thinker living in a body in a world. 84. You are infinite-eternal-awareness-love-joy.
Chapter Thirteen: 70. This book contains a unique step-by-step formula beginning from the Introduction, through Chapter 13. 71. All of the steps, from a detailed description of the imposter, to understanding how the imposter arose, seeing the difference between the imposter and the true Self, understanding the imposter's tricks, the methods used to see that thought has no real foundation, the importance of awakening the extremely intense desire for liberation, the methods to awaken the extremely intense desire for liberation, the Awareness Watching Awareness Method, The Abandon Release Method, The Eternal Method, The Infinite Space Method, and the Loving All method are essential for most people, due to the tricks of the ego. 99. Doubt is a very valuable tool in the process of awakening. 100. You could begin by doubting all of the religious and spiritual teachings of the past. 101. Then doubt every human belief in all fields including science and philosophy. 102. Then doubt the validity, sincerity and existence of the doubter. Find out: who or what is the doubter? 103. Then practice the most direct and rapid means to eternal bliss. 104. Then, eventually, sooner or later, experience the absolute perfection of Infinite-Eternal-Awareness-Love-Bliss. Then continue to practice. 105. For this to happen you have to begin to care. 106. Care about Truth enough to see that the human past has been a falsehood. 107. Care about Truth enough to drop the past ideas, beliefs, concepts and opinions. Then begin a new life.