Description
As we move towards a one world consciousness, we need an evolved spirituality to follow. We can have an adult, non-dogmatic spiritual life that transcends borders and language. This book is a mixture of talks on truth and recorded satsangs. It is an attempt to reveal, that, knowing oneself has nothing to do with spirituality or religion. Truth is discovering who you are. This enquiry has no conditions to it. It does not matter where you are from, what culture, language, religion. Who you are, is who you are! It is time to move forward in a culture of oneness. One world, one religion - truth seeking, one prayer - silence.
About the Author
Choboji was fortunate to grow up in a non-religious household. Instead he was encouraged to be a free thinker. As a result of having no beliefs imposed on him he naturally sought the truth and joined his first group at the age seven! The enquiry was strong in him and as a teenager, instead of only playing football or other sports he would often lie on his bed and contemplate death and nothingness. This would arise spontaneously as he had no intellectual ideas about these.At high school his compassionate comments would have the other kids call him Gandhi, and his presence would change the atmosphere. He learned then it was more skillfull to keep the quest secret. At this age he saw there was more to life than just paying the rent and saw through the circular nature of the 'carrot on the stick system' of a purely materialistic way of living. He wondered if it was possible to have eternal bliss. His insights born from his own enquiry led him on a spiritual search.It was difficult to fit in with normal teenage life and he quit his first job after leaving school. The most accessible route to truth at this point was through creativity. It was through music that his way was moving.Although becoming more and more successful in his band, his heart ached to meet a living master. A nexus point happened at age twenty two. After a period of intense depression and the end of a relationship he decided it was either suicide or leave home to find a master. As he left the next morning to tell his family he was leaving, his brother, also a seeker, told him of a buddhist group he was attending.Wary of organised groups but open to pointers by friends, he decided to attend before he left.The encounter with the monk giving the talk was life changing. Through this monk Choboji found his first living master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. He asked to receive ordination a few weeks later, and was initiated in 1995. Never considering himself to be a buddhist but only a seeker of truth, he spent 3 years in intense inner search meditating 10 hours a day, every day, for the first year. During this time he received many tantric empowerments including those of Medicine Buddha and Vajrayogini.However, after a while he felt there was something missing with this path. It was too passive and didn't incorporate the physical body. A great need to be in the world arose and he moved back to Edinburgh to be a monk in a full embodied life.This year of being a monk in the world was another turning point. He met his heart sangha and realised true spirituality arose naturally. He disrobed happily without breaking any of his vows. During this time he met master Niraja. Master Niraja introduced Chobo to the world of Osho. At this point he had no desire to learn from books or teachers. However, the non-dogmatic dynamic meditations had a deep impact.The day Choboji took sannyas he had an instant satori and was left purely in the here and now. Very soon after he had an awakening. Which he describes as 'Seeing the divine in all things, or consciousness recognising consciousness'.This awakening was a great shock to the system. Choboji changed his outer life completely when he realised people could not recognise what had happened. He decided to live anonymously. Quite naturally friendships fell away while living a life of simplicity. He also decided to alter his lifestyle and became a performing arts student and never mentioned spirituality for years.Something inside still needed completing and through master Niraja he was introduced to Mooji. Within a few weeks of hearing Mooji all doubts were removed, and the search was over.Before this and during the settling in period of awakening Choboji received many requests to share his truth.Although he talks about his three living masters: Geshe Kelsang, Osho and Mooji. Choboji feels the creative and artistic path is just as important in living a full life of awakening. Choboji shares his truth with anyone, regardless of religious back grounds.
Book Information
ISBN 9781780995472
Author - Chobo
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint John Hunt Publishing
Publisher Collective Ink
Weight(grams) 120g
Dimensions(mm) 217mm * 141mm * 6mm
About the Author
Choboji was fortunate to grow up in a non-religious household. Instead he was encouraged to be a free thinker. As a result of having no beliefs imposed on him he naturally sought the truth and joined his first group at the age seven! The enquiry was strong in him and as a teenager, instead of only playing football or other sports he would often lie on his bed and contemplate death and nothingness. This would arise spontaneously as he had no intellectual ideas about these.At high school his compassionate comments would have the other kids call him Gandhi, and his presence would change the atmosphere. He learned then it was more skillfull to keep the quest secret. At this age he saw there was more to life than just paying the rent and saw through the circular nature of the 'carrot on the stick system' of a purely materialistic way of living. He wondered if it was possible to have eternal bliss. His insights born from his own enquiry led him on a spiritual search.It was difficult to fit in with normal teenage life and he quit his first job after leaving school. The most accessible route to truth at this point was through creativity. It was through music that his way was moving.Although becoming more and more successful in his band, his heart ached to meet a living master. A nexus point happened at age twenty two. After a period of intense depression and the end of a relationship he decided it was either suicide or leave home to find a master. As he left the next morning to tell his family he was leaving, his brother, also a seeker, told him of a buddhist group he was attending.Wary of organised groups but open to pointers by friends, he decided to attend before he left.The encounter with the monk giving the talk was life changing. Through this monk Choboji found his first living master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. He asked to receive ordination a few weeks later, and was initiated in 1995. Never considering himself to be a buddhist but only a seeker of truth, he spent 3 years in intense inner search meditating 10 hours a day, every day, for the first year. During this time he received many tantric empowerments including those of Medicine Buddha and Vajrayogini.However, after a while he felt there was something missing with this path. It was too passive and didn't incorporate the physical body. A great need to be in the world arose and he moved back to Edinburgh to be a monk in a full embodied life.This year of being a monk in the world was another turning point. He met his heart sangha and realised true spirituality arose naturally. He disrobed happily without breaking any of his vows. During this time he met master Niraja. Master Niraja introduced Chobo to the world of Osho. At this point he had no desire to learn from books or teachers. However, the non-dogmatic dynamic meditations had a deep impact.The day Choboji took sannyas he had an instant satori and was left purely in the here and now. Very soon after he had an awakening. Which he describes as 'Seeing the divine in all things, or consciousness recognising consciousness'.This awakening was a great shock to the system. Choboji changed his outer life completely when he realised people could not recognise what had happened. He decided to live anonymously. Quite naturally friendships fell away while living a life of simplicity. He also decided to alter his lifestyle and became a performing arts student and never mentioned spirituality for years.Something inside still needed completing and through master Niraja he was introduced to Mooji. Within a few weeks of hearing Mooji all doubts were removed, and the search was over.Before this and during the settling in period of awakening Choboji received many requests to share his truth.Although he talks about his three living masters: Geshe Kelsang, Osho and Mooji. Choboji feels the creative and artistic path is just as important in living a full life of awakening. Choboji shares his truth with anyone, regardless of religious back grounds.
Book Information
ISBN 9781780995472
Author - Chobo
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint John Hunt Publishing
Publisher Collective Ink
Weight(grams) 120g
Dimensions(mm) 217mm * 141mm * 6mm
