{"product_id":"four-paths-one-truth-robert-jude-lingvall-9798249229641","title":"Four Paths, One Truth: Meditations of the Non-Dual Traditions: Volume III - The Realized Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eVolume 3: The Realized Life \u003c\/b\u003emarks the arrival at the heart of the great traditions. After the stages of seeking and refinement, the path narrows to a single point: the lived experience of the Absolute. By looking through the lenses of \u003cb\u003eAdvaita Vedanta, Madhyamika Buddhism, Sufism, and Christian Apophatic Mysticism\u003c\/b\u003e, this final volume explores the summit of the spiritual life, not as a concept to be understood, but as a reality to be inhabited. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these pages, the \u003cb\u003eTao\u003c\/b\u003e offers a sparse and beautiful model of what it means to live in total freedom. It offers no badges for the ego and no ladder for the ambitious; instead, it provides a mirror showing us how the Truth moves and breathes in the world once the seeker has finally disappeared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this final volume, you will discover the face of the Realized Life: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Advaitic Reality: \u003c\/b\u003e Abiding as the \"Fourth State\" (\u003ci\u003eTuriya\u003c\/i\u003e), where the illusion of the \"I\" is permanently replaced by the effortless presence of the Self.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Buddhist Suchness: \u003c\/b\u003e Resting in the radical \"Suchness\" (\u003ci\u003eTathata\u003c\/i\u003e) of things exactly as they are, free from the desire for things to be otherwise.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Sufi Subsistence: \u003c\/b\u003e The state of \u003ci\u003eBaqa\u003c\/i\u003e-living and acting in the world only after the separate self has been utterly consumed by the Truth (\u003ci\u003eAl-Haqq\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Apophatic Union: \u003c\/b\u003e A life of \"Poverty of Spirit,\" where the soul is so empty of personal will that it becomes a transparent vessel for the \"Pure Act\" of Divine Love.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Taoist Spontaneity: \u003c\/b\u003e Here, the practitioner becomes the \"Uncarved Block,\" moving with a grace that is both silent and unstoppable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThis is the conclusion of the trilogy, a final invitation to stop seeking the Truth and begin living it. Volume 3 is a guide for the final transition: from the one who knows, to the one who is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Jude Lingvall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249229641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Robert Jude Lingvall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172509262079,"sku":"9798249229641","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/four-paths-one-truth-robert-jude-lingvall-9798249229641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}