Who Cares?! The Unique Teaching of Ramesh S. Balsekar by Ramesh S Blasekar (1-Jan-1999) Paperback

by Ramesh S. Balsekar

Consciousness is all there is. So 'who' is to know or seek 'what'? All there is is the impersonal functioning of Consciousness, or God, reflecting within Itself the totality of manifestation. Live life making decisions and accepting the consequences as if you have free will knowing it is Consciousness seeking, doing, living deciding... Ramesh Balsekar is an awakened sage whose long life has been devoted to Ramana Maharshi and whose final Guru was Nisargadatta Maharaj. He perfectly reflects both East and West-born and raised in Bombay, India, thinking and speaking in English, student of Sanskrit and translator of the Bhagavad Gita, intimately familiar with the Taoist and Chan classics as well as the new paradigm (Consciousness is all there is) which has emerged from quantum mechanics. Poignantly clear and precise and delightfully, humorous, his teaching makes life simple.

Genres: Spirituality

Paperback

First published November 1, 1999

About the author

Ramesh S. Balsekar was a disciple of the late Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, a renowned Advaita master. From early childhood, Balsekar was drawn to Advaita, a nondual teaching, particularly the teachings of Ramana Maharshi and Wei Wu Wei. He wrote more than 20 books, was president of the Bank of India, and received guests daily in his home in Mumbai until shortly before his death.

Balsekar taught from the tradition of Advaita Vedanta nondualism. His teaching begins with the idea of an ultimate Source, Brahman, from which creation arises. Once creation has arisen, the world and life operate mechanistically according to both Divine and natural laws. While people believe that they are actually doing things and making choices, free will is in fact an illusion. All that happens is caused by this one source, and the actual identity of this source is pure Consciousness, which is incapable of choosing or doing.

Reviews

[Frank Dobner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book that I have read several times. Ramesh Balsekar communicates existence in simple and practical terms. Ramesh delivers a reassurance of living in the one source with a very good sense in humor. This book is a distillation of all the contributions of Ramesh in communicating truth. This is the one book to read of Ramesh Balsekar.

[Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

How would one even rate a book such as this? You basically can't, it's off any chart. Ramesh is clear, precise and unerring in his pointing towards that which the mind will never understand. Highly recommend this book to anyone inclined towards reading it.

[Ravendra Shrivastava · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Book

The book is intended to dissolve the identity as an individual. The intellectual understanding should be followed with deep perception.

[Will Harrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love

[Blake Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dude...changed my whole perspective on shit