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Originally Posted by Rain95
Yes Buddhism for dummies!
I don't really see Buddhism as a religion or path, I see it as a good pointing towards truth or things we can learn about ourselves and life. I would recommend one read about these "truths" from different perspectives to get a truer sense of what is being pointed at.
Like:
Journey of Souls by Michael Newton
The Awakening of Intelligence by Jiddu Krishnamurti
White Fire by Mooji (Zen)
A Separate Reality by Casteneda
The Way of Zen by Alan Watts
Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton
Or just watch these movies:
Billy jack 1971 Tom Laughlin
Hair (1979) John Savage, Treat Williams.
Little Buddha - Keanu Reeves, Bridget Fonda
Defending Your Life (2001) Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep
Thunderheart 1992 Val Kilmer
All of these movies deal with making choices that change what we are.
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Truth of who you are, what reality is and what life is are certainly the goal but all we can really do to become directly conscious of it is to examine the truth of the self we think we are, the mind that identifies as a self and the reality we create thru ignorance. Breaking down the mind-self is something we can do, see and expose but it’s hard and it doesn’t offer anything in its place which makes it even harder. Most books only offer something else to identify with, and that’s the reality of it. Following a path, at best shows us that.
I recommend “The book of not knowing” by Peter Ralston. It’s about breaking down the Self-mind which is the source of realty as we see it. What’s left in its place is not truth. What’s left is a state of not knowing, an open state which no book can fill.