Beyond the illusion of the ego

By Raphael Āśram Vidyā Order

What is suggested in this small book is an operational synthesis that may be taken as the basic scheme for any possible Way to realization.

When an aspirant is stimulated to undertake the Way leading to the realization of the Self, when he or she is no longer interested in the multitude of books available on

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aurea Vidya
• Release date: Nov 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9781931406185

Raphael Āśram Vidyā Order

Raphael is a Master in the Metaphysical Tradition of East and West. He has written several books on the pathway of Non-duality (Advaita) and has translated a number of key Vedānta texts from the Sanskrit. He has also commented on the Orphic Tradition and compared it to the works of Plato, Parmenides, and Plotinus. Raphael interprets spiritual practice as a 'Pathway of Fire', which disciples follow in all branches of the Tradition; it is the 'Way of Return'. All disciples follow their own 'Path of Fire' in accordance with that branch of the Tradition to which they belong. According to Raphael, what is important is to express, through living and being, the truth that one has been able to contemplate. Thus, for all beings, their expression of thought and action must be coherent and in agreement with their own specific dharma.After more than 60 years of Teaching, in both oral and written format, Raphael withdrew into mahāsamādhi. May Raphael's Consciousness, an expression of the Unity of Tradition, guide and illumine along this Opus all those who donate their mens informalis (formless mind) to the attainment of the highest known Realisation.

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Aurea Vidyā Collection¹

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¹ For a complete list of Titles, see page 61.

This book was originally published in Italian as, Raphael, Oltre l’illusione dell’io by Associazione Ecoculurale Parmenides (formerly Edizioni Āśram Vidyā), Rome, Italy

First published in English in 2001

by Aurea Vidyā, 39 West 88th Street,

New York, N.Y. 10024, U.S.A.

©Āśram Vidyā 1995. English translation ©Āśram Vidyā 2001

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the written permission from the publisher except for the quotation of brief passages in criticism, citing the source.

The revenues from the sale of this books, for which there are no copyright obligations, will be used for re-prints.

ISBN 10: 1-931406-03-0

ISBN 13: 978-1-931406-18-5

Library of Congress Control Number: 2001098284

"Reality is not outside of Being, but within Being. The efforts are, therefore, aimed at conquering the truth of the Self, the essential nature of the supreme Reality"

Raphael

CONTENTS

Foreword

BEYOND THE ILLUSION OF THE EGO

Introduction

Awakening to the Realization of the Self

Transcending the mind

Solution of energy coagulates

Birth of energy coagulates

The jīva within the form

Glossary

Raphael: Unity of Tradition

FOREWORD

In the introduction to The Threefold Pathway of Fire¹ we read: Raphael’s ‘Pathway of Fire’ is the operative way that leads to the lighting of the Fire, to the mastery and direction of the Fire, and then to the extinction of that same Fire.

As this small book intends to offer only a synthetic approach of the process leading to realization, whoever wishes to gain a deeper knowledge of this matter should refer to the book mentioned above, where three operational paths are prospected:

a)   Realization according to Alchemy (Section I, Chapter 1)

b)   Realization according to Love of Beauty (Section I, Chapter 2)

c)   Realization according to Traditional Metaphysics (Section I, Chapter 3)

When an aspirant is stimulated to undertake the Way leading to the realization of the Self, when he or she is no longer interested in the multitude of books available on the most varied subjects and has ceased talking haphazardly of spiritual things, his consciousness demands of him a more operative and decisive action, aimed at solving his restless yearnings. At this point, from a vague wandering, a searching here