{"id":6008,"date":"2015-07-23T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=6008"},"modified":"2015-07-08T10:49:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T14:49:03","slug":"a-spiritual-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2015\/07\/23\/a-spiritual-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spiritual Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Enlightenment\"<\/a>Charles Berner offers his road to spiritual freedom in the short, pamphlet-like book, Enlightenment. <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Illustrated by Peter Max, this book has detailed instructions, including a sample schedule for a day of Enlightenment Intensive at the Institute of Ability, for how most people can achieve enlightenment.\u00a0 \u00a0Although Berner mentions different ways to gain spiritual fulfillment, his specific path to enlightenment involves \u201cpresentation\u201d or the technique of continual interaction with other people.\u00a0 \u00a0This is a rather different approach than the more common personal spiritual journeys that are often espoused by gurus.\u00a0 \u00a0This guide uses the question \u201cWho Am I?\u201d as the basis for the journey.\u00a0 The participants work with a partner or a group to pursue self-inquiry.\"Enlightenment\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Enlightenment\"<\/a>Charles Berner was the founder of the Enlightenment Intensive program, \u00a0\u00a0a specific technique for achieving enlightenment that he taught participants at the Institute of Ability.\u00a0 On his website he explains, \u201cFor three days 18 hours a day the participants are focused on contemplating the Truth of themselves. Each aspect of the intensive is designed to support the process. A unique technique, a structured, non-distracting environment, regular nourishing meals, and experienced staff all add to the ability to experience the Truth of oneself. This is a powerful technique. Charles Berner said, \u2018I have tested this technique and I have compared it to other methods of enlightenment. This technique is about 50-100 times more rapid in producing enlightenment experiences than the classical techniques.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 This program is taught with an enlightenment master who is there to help inspire, guide and can discern when the participants have achieved their goal.\u00a0 Berner outlines the 8 stages of enlightenment, and explains that although there are different degrees of enlightenment, there is only one kind.<\/p>\n

Enlightenment<\/a><\/em>, part of the Santo Domingo Collection, can be found in Widener Library\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Emma Clement, Santo Domingo Library Assistant, for contributing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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