The Mystic Christ The Light Of Non-Duality And The Path Of Love According To The Life And Teachings Of Jesus by Ethan Walker, III Price: $ .00 * Price subject to change Paperback 267 pages (July 1, 2003) Devi Press ISBN: 0972931708 Bookshelf Categories Christian Mysticism Yoga & Hinduism

Synopsis:

The Mystic Christ is an ancient tale of mystic union, salvation, and enlightenment. It is the careful uncovering of a lost treasure of immeasurable value, long buried in the suffocating darkness of conventional orthodoxy on one side, and blind fundamentalist extremism on the other. From the viewpoint of the worldıs mystical religious traditions, the brilliant light of the Masterıs way is revealed as a penetrating radical non-duality unifying all people and all of life. His path to this all-embracing unity is the spiritual practice of pure selfless love. Love God intensely, love our neighbor as our own Self, bless those that curse us, and pray for those that mistreat us. Love has been lost, becoming nothing more than a word in the dictionary and, yet, it remains the foundation of Jesusı message.

The Mystic Christ is also a compelling story of the ego, the personification of ignorance, and how it has distorted and subverted the sublime sayings of the Master, twisting reality into unreality and light into darkness. The ego is the Antichrist in this ancient drama that has gripped every culture for all time in its talons of self-centered perception. The ego is anti-love.

Adam and Eve were not the first people, the nature of man is good, scripture is not infallible, Jesus is one of the ways, all religions are paths to God, reincarnation is in the Bible, the resurrection as a personal spiritual awakening, and the error of eternal damnation are all carefully and lovingly revealed in the life and sayings of Jesus.

The Mystic Christ is at once profoundly fascinating, deeply historic and electric with the vibration of the mystical experience.

Reviews:

The Non-Dualist Message of Christ	4/16/2004
Reviewer: New Vision Bookshelf
The Mystic Christ is a thoroughly engaging exploration of the teachings of Jesus from a non-dualist perspective. Some readers may be put off by the authorıs frequent references to statements by Ammachi -- the much-loved ³hugging saint² of India -- presenting them as authoritative statements in a book on Christ and the inner meanings of the Gospels. But if you have already come to the conclusion that the core truth of all religions is the same, you will find deep meaning and genuine insight on each page. I would particularly recommend this book to Westerners who have rejected the overly dogmatic Christianity of their youth and adopted the philosophies and spiritual traditions of the East. The Mystic Christ might just open you to the idea that Christ revealed a genuinely universal spiritual path and worldview. Mr. Walker frees the words of Jesus from the accretion of centuries of dogma. Mr. Walker argues convincingly that Jesus taught a non-dualistic perspective that emphasized the unity of all things and the inherent union of the individual soul with God. He also makes a good case that Satan is an archetypal embodiment of the ego, the true ³adversary.² This is not a book to be rushed through. You will often want to close the book after reading a brief passage in order to contemplate the full spiritual implications. You wonıt look at the Bible in the same way after reading The Mystic Christ. A recommended book.

A thought-provoking and insightfully emphatic exploration,	3/8/2004
Reviewer: Midwest Book Review
Very highly recommended reading, The Mystic Christ: The Light Of Non-Duality And The Path Of Love According To The Life And Teachings Of Jesus by Ethan Walker is a passionate and deeply spiritual exploration of embracing the unity of selfless love for God, and following the divine message of Jesus given 2,000 years ago. Casting the uncontrolled ego as the Antichrist, and its self-centeredness as anti-love, The Mystic Christ is stark in its message that the greatest thing wrong with society today is that love has been lost. A thought-provoking and insightfully emphatic exploration of the hard road to spiritual renewal, Walker's seminal work is enhanced with more than 230 scriptural references from the Old and New Testaments, as well as quotations from Buddha, Krishna, Lao Tzu, the Gnostic Gospels, the Koran, and the Jewish Kabbalah.

The True Message Of Jesus About Non-Duality	2/26/2004
Reviewer: Mindquest Recommendations from Del Rio, Texas United States
The author provides substantiated research and a higher conscious awareness about the esoteric message of Christ. Like the distant rumble of thunder the concept of non-duality is heralding flashes of higher spiritual insight into non-duality which acts as a catalyst sparking a realilzation of the universal nucelus of truth within all religions. With quotes from Buddha, Krishna, the Gnostic Gospels, the Jewish Kabbalah and more sources, the author is advancing an awareness for fostering religious tolerance and world peace. Read this noteworthy book and the entire concept of non-duality will peel away the layers of myth, and the root truth will become clear.

This is the Christianity that appeals to all religions	12/21/2003
Reviewer: A reader from San Francisco, California
I very much appreciate these writings on Jesus the Christ, by Ethan Walker. It takes a lot of research, a gathering of many facts, dispelling a lot of propoganda generated and manipulated over ages by the existing religious order. I grew up a Hindu in India, studying in a Jesuit school and always wondered why the missionaries were so hell bent on saying their way was the only way (Jesus never said that) and realize that the greatest lesson I have learned is that Ego (being proud of only your religion is also a sign of the ugly EGO at play) is what inhibits love and peace. I think this book makes it clear that there are many paths to Love (our Father or heaven) and that seeing God evident in all his creation and in your neighbor is the only doctrine that really matters. This is a Jesus that I can believe in. Ethan's book will do more good for Christianity and other faiths than centuries of evangelism. God bless.

About the Author:

Walker was a practicing counter-culture hippie in 1967 at the age of 18 when he began to explore eastern philosophy and the European mystery schools. He spent two years in the Rosicrucian Order followed by four years under the tutelage of Mark Prophet, the founder of The Summit Lighthouse. He studied, lived and worked at that organization as a renunciate. After the death of Mr. Prophet, Walker had an intense spiritual experience while studying the teachings of Ramana Maharshi. This prompted him to dedicate himself to the philosophy of advaita or non-duality and the practice of atma vichara or meditation on the formless Self. This culminated in a deep understanding of the nature of the ego. A strong desire to be permanently rid of the ego arose within him. Shortly thereafter, Walker met his guru, Mata Amritanandamayi or Ammachi, the hugging saint, in 1988.

Ammachi advised that practicing non-duality alone is dry, like eating stones. She directed him to practice the devotional path. She explained that non-duality is the goal and devotion is the means. Walkerıs devotional practices began with the Divine Mother as the point of concentration. At this stage he saw her as a benign, loving and compassionate Mother Mary figure. This continued for several years until he began to focus on the Divine Mother in the form of the goddess Kali who wields the compassionate sword of liberation. As his devotional meditations continued, he developed a close relationship with and absorption in Mother Kali. After several years of this, he began to see the Divine Mother in everyone and everything. All along this journey, Walker was guided by Ammachi.

Throughout this 35-year spiritual odyssey, Walker has also maintained a deep interest in Buddhism with particular fondness for the Zen master Suzuki Roshi and the Tibetan tradition. Walker is greatly influenced by the Indian saints Ramakrishna and Nisargadatta Maharaj. Later in his practice, he pursued the study of Jesus, his life and teachings, and experienced deep devotion to the Master. Inspired by the similarity between Jesusı life and teachings and the path of the eastern masters, Walker spent five years researching and writing The Mystic Christ.

Walker is the author of two other books. Soft Moon Shining is a collection of 230 devotional poems and 60 illustrations that revolve around his relationship with the Divine Mother. Finding Godıs Love is a how-to book exploring the theory and practice of the path of love and devotion.

Walker was married in 1978 to his wife Marsha and has three children and two grandchildren. He hand-built the house in which he and his wife have lived for 24 years. They have owned and operated an electronics and software manufacturing company since 1990. Walker is also an accomplished musician, singer and composer.