Self-Realization and Other Awakenings

WILSONVILLE, Ore. - May 2, 2013 - PRLog -- Ed Muzika received his Ph.D. in Psychology during 1987 after having spent 12 years as a Zen monk under six Zen masters, and a two year stint with Baba Muktananda. In 1989 he met his Advaita teachers: Robert Adams, a student of Ramana Maharshi, and Jean Dunn, successor to Nisargadatta; both were highly instrumental for his own awakening. Ed went on to develop his own style of teaching, which is more personal, more about bringing "God," the Self-Transcendent, back into everyday life, loving relationships, and helping all sentient beings through compassionate action. This book is about the practical aspects of attaining Self-Realization, an awakening as to all that YOU are by getting rid of all of the concepts, habits, conventions and conditioning that blind you to the greater YOU. To become the Self that you are you have to become naked and unknowing. Can you walk with me into Nothingness to discover the miracle you really are?

"Self-Realization and Other Awakenings" by Ed Muzika is a unique work. Not only does it describe in some detail various awakenings and Self-Realization, but is in many ways a manual for deep emotional work. The focus of the work revolves around the feeling component, and the sense of presence or the I AM. The emphasis on love and bhakti is a departure for the author from his previous teaching, and the import of the Path of the Heart is discussed in depth.

Muzika is brutally honest about the ways we can deceive ourselves, how easy it is to fall into the trap of thinking about feeling rather than simply, authentically feeling. He describes a freedom from conceptual boundaries that allows for not just better personal integration, but also opens oneself to the various "energies" or Shakti so that they may more freely move through us.

The book is not likely to please those who think that by being more spiritual they will escape the human condition, as Muzika strongly proclaims the importance of embracing fully one's own humanity. Nevertheless, readers and practitioners of Ramana Maharshi, Robert Adams and Nisargadatta will find in these pages much to clarify and expand their understanding.

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