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The End of Suffering: Fearless Living in Troubled Times | 
| Authors: Russell Targ, J. J. Hurtak
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Pages: 180
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 1571744681
Dewey Decimal Number: 128.4
EAN: 9781571744685
ASIN: 1571744681
Publication Date: March 1, 2006
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The End Of Suffering: A Guide to Fearless Living is an inspiring step-by-step guide to surrendering the story of who we think we are and experiencing the end of our suffering. The authors goal is to provide direct experience of the fact that the peace, love, and spaciousness we are all looking for is already within us it is who we are! This book is a collaboration between Russell Targ, a laser physicist, pioneering psychical researcher, and writer, and J. J. Hurtak, a social scientist and spiritual teacher in both Judeo-Christian and Buddhist traditions. This practical guide brings together the enduring teachings of the East on peacefulness and self-realization, and puts them into a modern framework emphasizing experience over belief. The End of Suffering demonstrates that the dualistic logic of Aristotle is a significant source of suffering today. It is through his writings on non-contradiction that we are falsely taught that we and the Divine are separate rather than one. Aristotelian logic leads people to say absurd dualistic things like, "Those who are not with us are with the terrorists." Buddha taught us to live a helpful and compassionate life, and to surrender our ego to the peace of spaciousness. This Mahayana middle path was greatly expanded by the Second Century genius Nagarjuna. Whereas Aristotle taught that an idea is either true of false, Nagarjuna demonstrated that most things are neither true, nor not true. The so-called complementarity of waves and particles in modern physics support this view, along with the famous indeterminacy theorem of Kurt Goedel. The modern physics of nonlocality and our own laboratory experience with remote viewing (psychical) research all show our potential for experiencing expanded awareness. This book is a uniquely understandable treatment of Nagarjunas peerless teachings on logical thought and emptiness. The Dalai Lama described Nagarjuna as one of the truly enlightened people of all time. Targ and Hurtak describe a peaceful and joyful path based on these teachings.
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 unnecessesarily complicated January 23, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I picked up this book by way of recommendation because I wanted to expand my conscious horrizon and the RV aspect. I found it esoteric at best but that's probably because I am not familiar with the notion of non locality and the like.
I don't agree with the thought of demonstratively forgiving people who have hurt me and my family and going further and apologising to them. This invites more hurt by such people as they thrive on such actions. Remember that there is evil out there and it's up to us to guard from it, not invite it by ignoring hurtful intention so as to accept it, this results in evil being justified in its own right. Give evil latitude and it will take every inch.
However, forgiving such people in your heart is more the way to a peaceful state which is important for healthy living. Jesus' "turn the other cheek" expression was not literal. He was talking about a heart condition.
Overall the book was a hard read for me mainly because it used unnecessesarily complicated verbiage with little explanation.
 A scientific and logical approach to spirituality August 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Most of the new age books and spiritual related literature present to us a lot of information that most of the times seems too abstract or too "up in the sky" (by this I do not mean that all that information is not real or authentic).
I believe there needs to be a bridge between everyday reality and spirituality, or to put it in other words, we need to start bringing and applying spirituality to our every day life. This is a great book for adressing this sense of separation. In my opinion, it can help a logic mind to start awakening to a more intuitive way of thinking and a more holistic perception of reality.
The title may not sound like a very scientific book, but it is mainly about physics and phylosophy, written on a very simple way (I think understandable to anyone).
It also may be great to "ground" a lot of people on the spiritual path to a more concrete way of living without losing any "connection" to the spiritual realm.
Wether you enjoy this book or not, I think is a must. Besides the essence of the content itself (which obviously is the teachings that the authors are attemping to transmit), it is also an excellent reference about the development of science and spirituallity in our times.
On top of everything, it is not a long book, so that makes it even more readable.
This is a fine book, but... July 1, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Dr. Richard Moss has a more lucid and well-defined program for putting the ego in its proper place. That program is in his 2007 book called The Mandala of Being.
 I Neither Liked Nor Disliked This Book June 10, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Essentially, this book is a scattered assortment of topics from psi research, quantum theory and Buddhism which are supposed to culminate in the reader a sense of connectivity to the universe and in turn trivialize our earthy sufferings; sort of a new age version of the "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff." However, I really don't think that the authors have delivered on this premise. Although to some readers this book may serve as a semi-decent introduction to such topics as psychic phenomenon, quantum mechanics and Buddhism, overall, the explanations are superficial and don't come together in a coherent fashion to support what the book claims in its title. If you are looking for a more meaningful coverage of the relationship between quantum theory and psi, may I recommend "Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality" by Dean Radin.
Why such an angry response? January 14, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
R. Parness "BULL's" angry review reminds me of the emotional reactions readers have when they don't take the time to (or learn the art of) careful reading. Aristotle is an important component of this innovative book's thesis about Buddhism: it is as connected to a different kind of logic as it is to the "truths" and "pathways" we so often associate Buddhism with. I'm finding the book extremely helpful in its claims that we in the West still hang on to our ancient Greek ways of dualistic thinking, and that these ways cause so much mental (and even physical)suffering. Aristotle's logic is carefully explained, is not mentioned more than necessary, and is not a reason for careful readers to tear up the book. On the contrary, I would hope if any reader finds the sections on logic puzzling, he or she might simply patiently retrace reading steps to find an enlightening stance on Buddhist awareness vs. Western habits of thinking.
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