Finding Wholeness, Harmony and Rest: Exposing the Conflict in All Thinking

by Darryl Bailey

Another in the series of books by Darryl Bailey in which he explores the ever-changing nuances of perception, thought, and circumstance. “I want to consider a major difficulty that arises in the life of every person, and within society in general. It is perhaps the single largest barrier to the happiness and health of every human being and the largest barrier to the happiness and health of society as a whole.

This difficulty has to do with the relationship of thinking to our actual experience of existence, and the fact that every thought that we have is in conflict with our experience of life.”

About the Author

Spontaneously drawn to meditation at age fourteen, Darryl spent the next seventeen years exploring awareness and concentration exercises from both Eastern and Western traditions. He then spent nine years apprenticed with mindfulness teacher Ruth Denison and another six years as a meditation monk in the Thai Forest Tradition, under the guidance of Ajahn Sumedho.

Along the way he had recurring contact with the independent philosopher, Jiddu Krishnamurti, and a significant connection with the Advaita sage, Robert Adams.

Darryl is the author of four other books, Dismantling the Fantasy, Essence Revisited, Buddhessence and “What the …”. www.darrylbailey.net

72 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 20, 2021

Reviews

[Maja · Rating 3 out of 5]

Upprepningarna fyller säkert en funktion men oavsett var gränsen går för hur många gånger samma sak kan skrivas så har den gränsen passerats. Jag inser att jag svär i kyrkan nu men det är synd att tänkandet inte berörs mer i relation till poängen. Framförallt har jag personligen svårt för implikationerna, om vi inte får något att hända är vi också friskrivna vårt moraliska ansvar. Det visste jag visserligen att jag skulle ha men hade hoppats på att det skulle adresseras. Att kalla det för friskrivningen är min laddning, väljer man att istället kalla det för en acceptans av sakers naturliga tillstånd kan man säkert hitta harmoni och vila, både i bokens budskap och i de väldigt många upprepningarna av detsamma.

[Darren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple and direct

My only criticism is that the act of thinking isnt given its due as the miracle it is. To say all thinking is delusion doesnt work for me. Its an expression of this moment just as much anything else and I dont find that simple acknowledgment in this book. Otherwise, non duality explained simply and briefly which I think is the way to go.

[Pete Holdsworth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tells it like it is

I know of no one who expresses ‘what this is’ and isn’t, as brilliantly clearly as Darryl does here in this beautiful little book. You need no more than to simply look.

[Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marvellous

A wonderfully woven and simply expressed view on a different living perspective for seekers everywhere. Short, sweet and profoundly honest.

[Scrim Door · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's about 39 pages of text between the preface and the endnote. In those 39 pages the word 'vibrant' is used 39 times. There are multiple occasions where it is used 2, 3 and 4 (!) times in a single page.

Pretty good if you're into this sort of thing, and I am. But still, 39 times. That's a lot.

His other books are better. Better written for sure, but also they avoid the confusion that this one falls into. Those, particularly the first two are in a sense more purely descriptive. Calling them descriptive is itself a little odd since one of his major points is that this (or better put: THIS) is beyond description. And yet, they are. In this one he tries to provide some help, and no doubt respond to some of the entreaties of his readers, as to how one might come to recognize and respond to this state of affairs. And this advice contradicts his description. After all there is no one who could exercise an autonomous will that would choose to follow his advice or not. It's more like he is providing a condition that may have an effect on the reader bringing about some sort of recognition. Maybe it will. But it reads a little muddled compared to his earlier.

Worth reading for those who appreciated his earlier books and others in this vein. Don't start here though, read them in order of publication.

[Nessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sublime and true.