Piercing Human Experience - by Tushar Choksi (Paperback)

About the Book

The true identity of a human being is concealed as the very basis of the states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep of human experience. The discovery of the self of human experience is peace, freedom, happiness, and fearlessness in itself.

Book Synopsis

Winner of the 15th Annual National Indie Excellence(R) Awards (NIEA)

Understanding the human experience is about finding its essence. The true identity of a human being is concealed as the very basis of the states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep of human experience. To find the core of the experience is to recognize the self of a human being, who is always free from suffering, never born, always enlightened, and always peaceful.

The book analyzes and decodes the human experience in-depth in the light of Vedanta. We need to untangle ourselves from the maze of experiences to remain unaffected by it. To penetrate the human experience is an effort for our ultimate well-being and gives us the ever satisfying result of being self-fulfilled. The freedom from desire, grief, sorrow, and establishment in fearlessness is the ultimate well-being and liberation for a thinking person.

The book tells us about the importance of the mind, its control, meditation methods, and how the mind affects our experience. It inquires into the relationship between consciousness, mind, and its objects. It focuses on Yoga, the functioning of the mind, and the means to master the mind. The discovery of the self of the experience is the most profound and liberation in itself while living.

Review Quotes

Piercing Human Experience Based on Mandukya Karika is recommended for readers of Indian Eastern philosophy, and uses the Vedanta to translate human experience and perception and its spiritual lessons.

The mind affects our experience in a myriad of ways and consists of "...the experiencer, experience, and the means of experience." Piercing this experience with the help of the Vedant or Shruti reveals consistency and foundation that unifies the seemingly disparate individual experiences.

From detaching from personal self to true self in order to shine, to focusing the mind on God and training the mind not only for meditation but absorbing Godly qualities in a form of mental worship, Piercing Human Experience demonstrates how to achieve a new level of understanding and awareness. It applies tried and true methods of contemplation, reflection, meditation and awareness towards a central, key goal, expanding beyond a focus on the nature of the self to consider greater purposes and connections.

The mind affects our experiences as it translates them. This may also be the element that leads to a better relationship between experience, consciousness, and spiritual perceptions.

As chapters discuss waking and dream states, the causes and remedies of suffering, different states of experience, and restraining the mind using self-knowledge, they provide important insights that readers of Eastern spirituality and philosophy, in particular, will find both enlightening and practical for applying to daily living.

Eastern religion readers will find that Piercing Human Experience connects dots between experience, mind, and consciousness, making for an enlightening and thought-provoking reflection. - D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review