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The Void: Inner Spaciousness and Ego Structure

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So far I've read three of the Diamond Approach books: "Essence," "The Diamond Approach," and "Diamond Heart, Book One." For someone working alone, "The Void" is the most helpful because it is the most specific about techniques.

Well written, very interesting. Helped me get some space from all the structures, self imposed rules I have placed on my self. Short book, it doesn't take long to go through it, but you'll want to read it again.

You've read Freud, Jung, perhaps Teillard de Chardin, Aurobindo, J.G. Bennett, Idries Shah, and so on. The poetry of Rumi and Hafiz calls you to the 'beloved' 'like a broken man walking behind a farting camel'. You have done group and individual psychotherapy, yoga, zen and so on. You have attended workshops, prayed, found a 'right livelihood'. Travel is a genuine adventure. Something propels you to examine the mysteries of the perennial philosophy, it is just something you must do. Your appetite is voracious; you yearn for that 'missing piece'. The great novel that is your life is page turner you just cannot put down.

Almaas is one of the great teachers of the age, and this little book is a good place to meet him.

Excellent, easy to read, insightful book from a trustworthy author who knows what he is talking about. I found it very useful for personal reflection and the marriage of psychological and spiritual direct knowledge and understanding extremely valuable.