
Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Learn more
Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.
Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.


The Relevance of Kabir Paperback – January 18, 2015
- Print length298 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJanuary 18, 2015
- Dimensions8.5 x 0.26 x 11 inches
- ISBN-101507606184
- ISBN-13978-1507606186
Customers who bought this item also bought
Product details
- Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 18, 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 298 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1507606184
- ISBN-13 : 978-1507606186
- Item Weight : 1.54 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.26 x 11 inches
- Customer Reviews:
About the author

As a writer, personal tragedies sparked my interest in philosophy as a teen, leading me to explore the meaning of existence. Altered states of consciousness, through meditation and sexuality, opened up a new dimension of awareness. My writing draws from personal experiences to encourage readers to approach beliefs with skepticism. Magical thinking and half-truths often undermine spiritual practices, leading to dire consequences. Honesty is crucial in understanding the world, and interpretation is just as vital as experience. My hope is to inspire curiosity and self-discovery in readers.
Vickers, T. (2015). The Relevance of Kabir. Vickers Publications. ISBN: 9-7813100307-0-3
Vickers, T. (2001). Truth Like Fire. Vickers Publications. ISBN: 0-9672632-1-2
Vickers, T. (1999). The Paradox of Self Realization. Vickers Publications. ISBN: 0-9672632-0-4
http://noshameinsex.com
Customer reviews
Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.
Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon-
Top reviews
Top reviews from the United States
There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.
Here are a some excerpts from the book that stood out to me. Writing about Todd's book cannot do it justice. It really must be experienced.
"How consciousness exists is not the problem I am interested in, instead, I am interested in the problem of human misery that arises from identifying ourselves with experiences and ideas. Let us remember that what we mean by consciousness does not come with a label. Any explanation of consciousness (or anything else) must be a product of the mind, a hypothesis."
"The more serious the disillusionment, the more difficult it becomes to explain away contradictions. When events of our lives surpass our capacities to rationalize, then our confidence will shatter, particularly regarding beliefs about ourselves. Kabir’s poems take the place of disillusioning events to quicken our understanding about life. When we let go of prejudices, we gain access to alternative ways of responding."
"It is important to make a distinction between the two different types of spiritual seekers. Someone looking for a reflection of themselves in their spiritual experiences is doing something different than someone who quiets the mind without getting lost in the novelty of an altered state. In other words, the latter does not seek to prove an idea about the self through experiences that come and go."
"When we use people, we probably destroy or limit our affections in the process. Emancipate others from being just a prop in a cerebral autobiography."
"Meditation is driving into the neutrality of our being. The various forms of introspection are vulnerable to the contamination of wishful thinking. Unfortunately, people mistake meditation as a means to attain some imagined state. Con artists make use of the altered states generated in meditation as proof of their nonsense. We will not gain anything from silence and, instead, will temporarily lose what we build out of thought."
"There are two treasures hidden in our own life, one is the recognition of our joy and the second is the recognition of what we cannot accomplish through the satisfaction of desire. When we stop expecting our delights to achieve some other ideal, then we find ourselves without as many disappointments. Such a loss of misery is a great gain."
"Kabir points toward an understanding of the mind that allows creativity without the burden of identifying ourselves with what we create. Quiet the mind, see the fictions and live."
As I was reading and reflecting, I realized more and more that we are the prisoners of our own thoughts and ego. It's hard not to appreciate how brilliantly Todd explains how much sense Kabir's teachings made to this century questioning the norms,so called values & beliefs of our forebears and the mistakes they have made. This therefore helps introspect, think freely and apply reasoning at every stage of life to live consciously.
This is a straight-forward book, lays simple yet profound wisdom which we can take with us and apply in our daily lives. But beware! This book can make you question all that you have believed in your entire life-time and almost every important decision you have taken in your life based on those beliefs. It touches many controversial and rarely outspoken subjects especially among the highly conservative audience like in India and inspire some radical change in the way we think.
It's a book that you can pick up at anytime, and each time you discover further insights and learn something new.