Finally, Electrical Christianity has hit the marketplace, and I am excited to see how it does. Frankly, I’m very optimistic about its long-term sales performance. I’ve read, or at least perused, almost all major works on Christian mysticism, and in my unvarnished opinion, it’s the best practical, non-academic book ever written on the subject. Thanks to my expertise in all the major schools mysticism and ability to correlate mystical, or Divine (or Holy) Communion, with Ohm’s Law and an electrical circuit, I believe this book will revolutionize not only Christianity, but mysticism in general.
Because I seek to emulate Goethe’s Universal Man, I have no intention of limiting my Electrical Spiritual Paradigm to Christianity. I plan on next applying it to Buddhism. It will be fun, and not hard, for me to integrate it with the Pali, Madhyamika, Yogacara, Zen, and Tibetan traditions. I can hardly wait to see and confront see all the negative reactions from the Buddhist community to my “Fifth Turning” of the Wheel of Dharma. I love Dharma battles, and I’m sure I’ll have them to my heart’s content after this revolutionary text hits the marketplace.
I expect to start on Electrical Buddhism in about six months, and to finish it in about six months. If all goes according to plan, it will be in print fall of next year. Right now, I’m 90,000 words into my novel about the return of Jesus, and I’ll finish it within three months. I’ll spend a couple months editing it, then look for a publisher. If I can’t find one, I’ll follow the author of super-successful Wool, and offer it in parts, as an Ebook.
I don’t read fiction; the only novels I’ve read in the past twenty years are Ayn Rand’s, which didn’t excite me. Hence, I’m in uncharted waters trying to compose fiction—but I’m sure Goethe’s Universal Man would applaud my undelimited aspiration.
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It seems ,you are very cocky man … ”Holy wars” in Internet will be inevitable
Albert, I’m a reasonably smart guy, but I have no idea what you’re talking about. Maybe you can elaborate, and once I’m clear on what you’re saying, I can respond.
Apologies, my keyboard malfunctioned and posted (has a mind of it’s own).
I was hoping for your perspective because very often people use the same terms to mean very different things. They talk about realizing Awareness as in the start of the second article but I think somehow they are talking about something different from the spiritual Heart that you speak of.
I wish I could be more clear and precise but I am long-term ill and thinking clearly and being able to place my thoughts on paper is intensely difficult, like having an over-heating engine filled with molasses.
Stage 5 in the first article where he is talking about ‘inherency’ and anatta as no subject/object division, no doer-ship and absence of agent, I find very interesting. I have a little experience with Kashmir Shaivism and I heard teachers in that tradition talk about the Self as being beyond the buddhist emptiness or void but I’m not sure that they are talking about the same things mentioned in these two articles.
Thanks Robert
Robert, I read the links, and I’ve read all of that Zen (on top of Advaita Vedanta) stuff before. The problem with it is twofold : 1) It has been infected with Madhyamika, and 2) it doesn’t clearly elucidate the highest Dharma.
Eventually, I’ll write books on Buddhism that deconstruct this type of flat, or one-dimensional, spirituality, and that “upgrade” Buddhadharma.
I meant to say when I read the second article I began to intuit the heartspace.
Mr. Gardner,
When are you publishing your book on Electrical Buddhism?
IJ
IJ, I am working on a Dzogchen text. If all goes well, it will be published the end of 2018. Then, I will begin a book on Zen, and after that one on Mindfulness and what the Buddha really taught. Then, I will move on from Buddhism to writing on Kabbalah, alchemy, and hermeticism. After that I’ll focus my writings on the Yoga Sutras, Advaita Vedanta, and Kashmir Shaivism.
Mr. Gardner,
Best wishes and good luck with your books. I am saddened that more people at Amazon and elsewhere don’t appreciate your spiritual expertise and wide ranging knowledge from different religions. Do you have any who you knew from your younger days who do appreciate and recognize you for your spiritual know-how?
IJ.
Yes. But I didn’t start writing on the subject until 8 years ago.