Beyond the Now: Essays on the Heart of Nonduality

The true enlightening or awakening state does not split the human being into pieces -personal vs. transcendent, egoic vs non-egoic- but sees all of them as vital and useful parts of the great totality of being human. Enlightenment seeks to heal rather than divide. In this groundbreaking book, Jason Shulman shows how our egoic self, with its flaws and imperfections, is the perfect vehicle for manifesting the universal consciousness we all long for. The personal self and the larger transcendent or impersonal self actually need each other to exist. They are born together as co-dependently arising phenomena. Jason Shulman's great work of kindness has helped thousands of people walk the path of healing the human spirit and return to their "perfectly imperfect," loving nature. Through this true path of awakening, we heal ourselves, and in this way, help heal the world.