Be Who You Are

by Jean Klein

Book Overview

Be Who You Are is one of the earliest published books of dialogues with Jean Klein. Written in the lucid and eloquent style which characterises his work, each chapter is composed of an introductory... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0955176255
• ISBN13: 9780955176258
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Non-Duality
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The Czechoslovakian Sphinx Speaks

I enjoyed this short book of 107 pages consisting of nine talks by the Master, and I felt drawn to go over these talks three times just to absorb them, inhale them like mountain air, and to understand why I felt this book warranted reading and rereading. Now I am ready to point out a few examples that answer just why this book is so enormously enchanting. For one, in taking up these nine talks, you encounter bright, creative ideas the combination and interrelatedness of which can be found nowhere else except from the mouth of this unique, articulate speaker. Some of the ideas have to do with conscious art disappearing in the West around the time of the appearance of Gothic art; others have to do with the body being only an idea within the mind, and yet others have to do with relaxation as an important enterprise in spiritual research in conjunction with being who you are. I simply loved the rejection of discipline, such as meditation, as a technique for awakening since any method or technique for awakening, says Jean Klein, simply works to condition the mind, and thus remains a technology having nothing to do with realization and discrimination but only with creating a vicious circle of force and inner resistance. What remains attractive about these talks is that one senses an artist speaking consciously behind the words. The study of painting and the making or arranging of objects for a picture, for example, was posited for (as a metaphor and an analogy), and connected to, spiritual research toward awakening in Chapter 3, thus asserting the possibility of proceeding with spiritual research without a center or central focus, the Self being no object of awareness, according to Klein. The author appears as comfortably inclined to mention Goethe, Rene Guenon, and sacred Indian music in these spiritual discussions as he is to speak of desire, ego, and nonduality. There is an austere, graceful and poetic clarity to these talks that make them perpetually magnetic. Things never keep their promises, the wise saying goes, but this book nonetheless delivers something tasteful and rare for the discriminating reader. If nothing else, this book is a direct path to inspiration and something new for one's life: acceptance of oneself and deep moments of peace and inner stillness.

An authentic Sage

Klein's words carry the authenticity of a true master, not preaching but sharing a direct apprehension of the true nature of reality. Not always easy to follow on first reading, they are nevertheless a true reflection of the Direct Path teachings inspired by the sage Atmananda Krishna Menon, one of Klein's major influences. This book is one of the four recently republished by Non-Duality Press and it is very good indeed. As with all of his books, each chapter consists of a short talk on a particular aspect followed by questions and answers that are not always related. Topics specifically addressed are: Direct Path teaching including a comparison with Yoga and meditation, objects and attributes, presence and being in the present. If you only tend to read books by current satsang teachers, you should definitely try this for a change! Dennis Waite, author of Back to the Truth: 5000 years of Advaita

A wonderful book!

I really encourage everyone to own a copy of this book. This book further explores the idea of always living in the present.

Great book available from Jean Klein Foundation

This is one of the best books, but you don't have to pay an outrageous sum for it. It is available at the Jean Klein foundation for only $8.95.