Advaita Vedanta: Being the Self

Advaita Vedanta the philosophy of non-duality is one of Hinduisms most brilliant pearls. It is reserved for seekers of Truth who want to know their own essence and aspire to liberation or mokṣa. It proposes the path of knowledge called jñāna-yoga and its main tool is self-inquiry: who am I? This question is an expression of the highest and noblest spiritual rebellion. Vedanta restores our dignity and accepts us as the only authority on who we are. It says that our self-exploration might lead us to discover our own nature as the Self beyond time and space.Prabhuji presents the principles of Vedanta that will help seekers take their first steps on this path. Rather than offering explanations or answers he inspires us to inquire doubt and investigate our own essence. He tells us that every effort to achieve enlightenment is superfluous because we already are what we aspire to be. We simply need to turn our attention to consciousness itself and be the Self.David Ben Yosef Har-Zion who writes under the pen name Prabhuji is an artist writer painter composer and avadhūta mystic. He was born in Santiago the capital of the Republic of Chile on March 21 1958. When he was eight years old he had a mystical experience that sparked his search for the Truth. Since then he has devoted his life to deepening the early transformative experience that marked the beginning of his process of involution. For more than fifty years he has been exploring and practicing various religions and spiritual paths. In his view the awakening at the level of consciousness or the transcendence of the egoic phenomenon is the next step in humanitys evolutionary process.