Diamond Heart. Book 3: Being and the Meaning of Life

The third book in the series "Diamond Heart," composed of lectures by Kuwaiti-American psychologist and spiritual teacher A. H. Almaas, is dedicated to the practice of realizing Essence - the true core of personality, the authentic self of a person. The path to this realization begins with a sincere search and desire to know oneself and leads through complex psychological processes and events to the experience of unity with Being. The path of self-knowledge begins with the question "Who am I?" and opens up a new perspective on familiar things - one's goals, values, knowledge, actions, desires, ideals. You learn to distinguish the false image of yourself (ego-ideal) from the true presence. You learn to acknowledge (rather than reject) your negative states and to immerse yourself in the inner darkness to gain freedom.