My Master is My Self

by Andrew Cohen

Book Overview

My Master Is My Self is the compelling story of one man's single-hearted dedication to the discovery of the truth and the profound spiritual realization that irrevocably transformed his life. It... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883929075
• ISBN13: 9781883929077
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: What Is Enlighenment? Press
• Length: 103 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Shelley Souza

I read My Master Is My Self shortly after meeting Andrew Cohen in 1994. I had been with a teacher for almost ten years and in a sudden and irrevocable moment our relationship ended. The details are unimportant but the result of our break catapulted me into an experience of awakening. I didn't know it was that at the time. I only knew that my entire history had fallen away including that with my family and that I had to find the answer to why my spiritual search had gone wrong. A friend had mentioned Andrew Cohen to me about six months before, saying I should see him when he came to New York. My friend described Andrew as a master teacher but I thought I had it all, already. I listened but without much interest to my friend as he extolled Andrew's virtues as a teacher and an enlightened human being. I saw no reason to go and see another spiritual teacher: after all, I already had one. But then came the break (mentioned above). I was bereft. It was one of the most devastating experiences of my life. I knew without a doubt that my relationship with my teacher was over and at the same time I was heartbroken. A couple of days after the parting of ways with my teacher, I started to feel compelled to see this person, Andrew Cohen. I called my friend and got the information of where Andrew would be teaching in New York. When I arrived at the place where the teaching would take place I was struck by the liveliness of the crowd gathered to hear him speak. But more than the crowd I remember his entrance. It was quiet, understated, I sensed I was witnessing something I had never experienced before. There was an utter simplicity to this man, no fuss, no drama, almost as if he was invisible. In those days, Andrew would ask new people to wait 45 minutes before speaking. I listened intently. I had to find out what had gone wrong with my search for enlightenment. A young woman began with a question related to something Andrew had said the night before. It was about the boxer Evander Holyfield. Andrew had apparently observed that Holyfield would pray to God before beating up his opponent. The woman wanted to know why Andrew didn't see the good in praying to God for comfort. Andrew's response was very simple, he said: "There are two types of seekers, those who want to wake up and those who want to escape." In that instant I knew what had gone wrong with my search. Over the next two hours, without ever speaking to me directly (because I never raised my hand to speak with him), Andrew answered every important question I had about how to wake up permanently, and what it would take. I recently re-read My Master Is My Self to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of Andrew's awakening through his last teacher, H.W.L. Poonja. Reading Andrew's description of his fleeting (but it turned out permanent) insight of Freedom upon hearing Poonja tell him that he didn't need to make effort, I realized I had experienced the same Freedom upon hearing Andrew's answer to the yo