Průhlednost věcí - Rozjímání nad povahou zkušenosti – Spira Rupert (2020)

What is the 'I'? What is the 'other', what is the 'world'? Who is that 'experiencer' who seems to connect both poles together? What is the essence of the experience or pro-experience that we are having right now, in this moment? Recognizing our true nature does not require arduous study of spiritual texts and years of meditation practices. It only requires the willingness to engage in uncompromising and sincere exploration of the nature of awareness itself, in the search for what we truly are. Rupert Spira, in his book Transparency of Things, not only captures the essence of this inquiry in everyday language but does so without reference to any metaphysical or esoteric doctrines. He invites us to embark on a personal exploration of what it means to be conscious, relying solely on our direct experience. If we take up his invitation and begin to explore our own experience, we will find that we are experiencing a knowledge that awakened beings have enjoyed for ages. Transparency of Things is a collection of contemplative essays aimed at looking clearly and simply at the nature of experience without attempting to change it. It gently but directly leads us to the realization that our essential nature is neither body nor mind, but conscious Presence...