The Last Barrier: The Universal Search for Self-Discovery

by Reshad Feild

Book Overview

This classic work by Reshad Feild, one of today s best-known Sufi teachers in the West, tells the compelling story of his journey into an ancient and powerful spiritual path. Starting as a London... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852308524
• ISBN13: 9781852308520
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Element Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

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Fascinating book

If you like spirit books and would like to discover your self and the Sufism world, read this book. This book will put its footprints on your soul for ever after. Where ever you are and what ever you do, you'll feel a strong power by your side which keeps you warm, gives you hope and Strength to continue your life and make the right decisions.

Extraordinary Conversations

Finding this book in print is like finding an insider's multi-million dollar stock tip in the pages of the Wall Street Journal, or an original Rembrandt etching at a yard sale. Such things aren't supposed to happen. But when they do, the finder is perversely negligent not to take advantage of them. We all know that the way to learn an art or a skill is to apprentice to a master, and this is truest of all in the case of the ultimate art - the art of becoming fully human, becoming what Jesus and St. Paul called "perfect", "completed". However, though it's easy to find a fine surgeon or an expert carpenter, it's not so easy to locate a reliable teacher in the realm of the spirit. The field is full of frauds since so few of us are equipped to judge true quality. And instruction in this art is usually private and secret, for good and sufficient reasons. The fate of those who go public can be unhappy. Here is the autobiographical record of a young British pop musician who went east on a spiritual journey. So far not unusual. He found a capable teacher who was not a fraud and was willling to talk: less usual. And he took notes! He took copious notes, and put the record of his experiential learning into a book, and this book is available on the internet.Only in these strange times, when, as Jesus said, there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing whispered in a private room that will not be shouted from the rooftops, could such a thing be possible. Thank goodness that Reshad went looking, that Bulent was willing to teach, that Reshad took notes, and that Lindisfarne Press has brought the book out again. It contains instructions for learning to live, a skill most of us are still beginners at.

A Sufi approach to gnosticism

I found this book fascinating, and read it three times before feeling like I really "got it" --- it is a simple narrative with deep, multiple levels of meaning. Although the word is never used, this book is a witness to the validity of gnosticism, the idea that it is possible for a human to directly experience God, or Allah, and the truth of Divine Love --- and that the path to such experience does not necessarily lead through a particular religion. The story demonstrates skillfully the relationship of "faith" and "trust" and "knowing" --- that ultimately each is a level of aligning more and more closely with the Divine.

Spiritual Adventure Story

This book is great! I read it over a year ago and much of the imagery is still right here with me, partly due to Feild's descriptive prose, but partly due to his strong beautiful message and captivating story. The spiritual truths revealed in this novel of a man's spiritual search in the land of the Sufis can be an inspiration to the seeker of today, in whatever culture he or she happens to be. Great reading!

A must have book for all truth seekers

I was very excited to find a book that is so simple and so deep. I am interested in the Sufis and especially in Rummy's teaching and this book teaches me a lot about the way to enlightenment. Each chapter starts with notes from Sufi teachers that will stay in your mind for a long time. I was very identified with the struggle of Reshad to leave all he knows behind and start the real work. A book that will make you laugh, cry and pray at the same time.