My Way II: 'God' Is All There Is [Paperback]

Peter Maurer (Author)

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Publication Date: March 14, 2002

Blue Dolphin Publishing

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About the Author

Peter Maurer grew up in Bern, Switzerland where he apprenticed as a tool-and-die maker. After the dissolution of his first marriage, he moved to California and began a new life. In 1995 he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which forced him to slow down and really listen.

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Part 1 - Chapter One - Dealing with the Truth

1. How Does One Become a Doctor and/or a Professor?

It is well known that titles like this don't get awarded for just average performance. To earn a title, one is expected to go to school for a long time, listen to what teachers believe is right, and read a lot of what others have written. What we have to realize is that all this is yesterday's news. With this knowledge the student is now expected to make a study in a specialized area of interest. He has to relly on other people's findings since he, in his life, never really had a chance to have his own experiences. Still, the system seems to work. However, when it comes to philosophy we are expected to learn from the old masters, some of whom never even had a chance to go to school. Because they had to learn from life the way they experienced it, they did not all teach the same thing, and they also taught in different ways. But this is what philosophy is all about. It's the search for wisdom through accepting the truth that makes sense to us as individuals. This is what makes philosophy so interesting.

2. How Does One Become a Guru?

If someone mentions a guru, I picture an old, quiet man dressed in a white robe sitting on a mountaintop. I may not be the only Westerner who sees it that way. Of course, it is not at all like that.

Gurus are also women.
Gurus fit into all kinds of clothing.
Gurus are spiritual teachers.

If there were someone like this sitting on a mountaintop, it would be a lama, who is considered to rank the highest among spiritual achievers. But again, these people may be capable of receiving God, but if they were put into a monastery at eight years of age, how can they have learned from life to find their truth?

Since we should not judge them we also don't need to place them above us. If we hear someone say something "wise" like, "Those who know don't tell; those who tell don't know," we can call it a "wisecrack" and translate it to "I'm a jerk," or an anti-philosopher. When someone in the Western world wants to be a guru he or she can still

Dress in white
Find an empty hilltop to sit on with crossed legs
Buy the hill to avoid competition
Surround it with guru signs pointing up.

We have to realize that someone also could see it differently and change the signs. One thing is sure. Calling ourselves doctors, professors, lamas, or gurus does not qualify us as philosophers.

3. How Does One Become a Philosopher?

One needs to be interested in nature and life.

To be able to communicate one needs to go to school.

One must live life and experience nature, deal with differences, controversies, and emotions as an individual.

One must recognize God as the power of the universe.

One should know enough of electrodynamics to realize that the universal force has its energy supply in God as particles.

For us to find our truth, these are the basic requirements. A cook would call them ingredients. Now let's see how we can assemble all this to create out of ourselves a philosopher.

First we place ourselves, together with our knowledge and experiences, in the middle of our environment and add to this a healthy portion of imagination.

Cook it with patience until it starts to make sense.

Then add some extra logic and a lot of self-confidence.

When we now forget everything we have learned in school and start to think as aliens, as particles, or as the creating force, we will gradually find the answers to all questions that begin with "Why."

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Blue Dolphin Publishing, Inc (March 14, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577331052
• ISBN-13: 978-1577331056
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,202,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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