One

One
$12.99
it's refreshing to find a novel in the post-apocalyptic survival genre that's so well-written, this book really stands head and shoulders above the pack. Be prepared for a harrowing vision of the end of times, where survival seems like a near total impossibility. The main character is complex and well conceived, and his lucid narration will draw you in and carry you through the grim, unfolding story.
There is a bit towards the end that seems to trip over itself, but that's a minor hiccup in an otherwise solid piece of work. It's also very anglo-centric, the majority of the story takes place in and around London and there are many references and catch phrases that might be lost on the average (non British) reader.
Overall a great read, I'll definitely be looking into this author's other works.

One: Essential Writings on Nonduality
$15.95
This slim volume collecting excerpts from some of the world's well known sacred texts and enlightened writers makes a simple point, that awakening to our true nature is not a process or experience bound by culture or theology.

Most of One's selections are quite short, ranging from 5-10 pages, and are served with up with introductions setting time, place, and context. If the title and the introduction hadn't already clued you in, it very quickly becomes obvious that sages of ancient India to the script writers of the popular film series The Matrix all have an identical message to convey, that conventional reality is only surface reality, the mind like a movie screen on which fleeting images of light are projected. What lies below, the real reality, can never be described, is approached through humility and abandonment of all conception and striving, and leads to loss of self, the dissolution of I into God, the union of subject and object - enlightenment, rapture, nonduality.

While the religious writings (including selections from Hinduism, Buddhism,Taosim, Native American animism, mystical Judaism, Christianity and Islam) are interesting enough, it's the book's latter half that has the most direct appeal to the modern reader. In it, writers working in such diverse fields as the arts, psychotherapy, and education present perspectives of their professions informed by nonduality.

Most of the selections should be fairly comprehensible to anyone with a decent secondary education. The introductions go a long way in helping explain concepts and expressions used in traditions the typical Western reader may not be familiar with, for example in Hinduism or Buddhism. Ironically for a collection issued in the US, I found one of the densest and least penetrable texts to be of a Christian enlightenment experience.

This is a wonderful book for a new spiritual seeker, or an old one who hasn't been exposed to the well-trod paths winding through other corners of the world. Reading it may help us recall that, despite differences in language or ideology, our quest for awakening is after all is a quest to be fully human.

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One
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Like many others I was introduced to Richard Bach through Illusions when I was a teenager. When One was suggested to me years later I had high hopes for the book but I could have had no idea how much this book would really affect me. One is a book for soul-searches and dreamers. It came to me in a time in my life I questioned everything about the world and brought me a sense of peace. I highly recommend this book to anyone who feels they have lost their way in life.