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A Net of Jewels: Daily Meditations for Seekers of Truth

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These 365 jewels, one for each day of the year, are classic Ramesh--fresh, stimulating, profound, and just plain fun. I laughed out loud several times while reading the book. The path to enlightenment, of course, is not a path. It is a progressive letting go of ideas until nothing obscures the truth. The truth confronts us every moment, but we are attached to so many silly ideas. In this book, Ramesh shows us his realization. Of all the spiritual masters alive today no one is deeper than this. If someone has not already encountered Ramesh, he or she should read "Consciousness Speaks" or one of Ramesh's other books first. Many people are shocked when they first read his writings (What? It doesn't matter what I do? I can't do anything to get enlightened? My spiritual practice won't get me there?) After having these last spiritual props knocked out from under oneself, then there is nothing left to do but relax and enjoy the show. Those who reach this stage of understanding will know that the one who is writing this review, the one who is reading this review, and Ramesh himself are all One. This is the way We entertain Ourself. For those who haven't yet given up the tiresome burden of reflective thought, or those who still think that they are entities, this book will be a wake up call. Ramesh is saying, "This is a play, and we're so lucky that it's not the kind of play most of us imagine." Today Ramesh is 81 years old and lives in Bombay, India. Fortunately, we don't have to travel to Bombay to play with him. To slightly alter the last line of one of Ryokan's poems, "Look around. This is what IS!" Indeed..

I cannot expound on Mr. Harwood's excellent, to-the-point review. What I will say is that, as a person who has over 2,000 books in her home library -- mostly to do with Truth-seeking -- this is the ultimate book on understanding what Life is about, how It works, and the human's place in it. I am ever-grateful that the book and "I" were ready to meet and that Ramesh Balsekar wrote it so succinctly. The long shipping time can be a period of wild anticipation.

I know, I know, Ramesh had a fall from Grace. Okay, he got caught by a sticky thought and landed back in the dream. It happens. In my opinion, which is certainly wrong from SOME angle, that relapse doesn't negate the stuff he wrote from outside the dream. I love a lot of Ramesh's early stuff and this book has great bits of it arranged in daily snippets to help you give up on yourself. It's a pretty package, too. Nice little book, thick, attractive jacket, good binding. Highly recommended.

clear, clean and simple messages to be read without forcing the mind to understand the subtilities : the messages will naturally work out their way soon or later.

Ramesh Balsekar's "A Net of Jewels: Daily Meditation for Seekers of Truth" is the best daily pointer to the Truth i have encountered in 40 years of practice. The message is particularly useful as it looks at some of the most complex topics, including causation, reincarnation, inquiry, practice, and non-duality in new and perceptive ways that often bring an "aaahhhh" at seeing the same thing in a completely different and insightful way. As Nisargadatta's translator and arguably best-known student, Ramesh was there at his side for years, reformulating answers to many quandries expressed by questioners. This is an incredibly valuable guide which i strongly recommend to my students.