The mystery of true self-recognition

By Zensho W. Kopp

With extraordinary clarity, one of the great spiritual masters of our time shows us the way to realising our innermost, true nature in these brilliantly formulated sayings.
He raises us above the limitations of our habitual way of seeing, so that we are able to realise the peace and happiness of our inherent divine nature - the secret of true self-knowledge.

Knowing yourself and realising your true, immortal self is the real purpose of your life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
• Release date: Jun 25, 2024
• ISBN: 9783759700568

Zensho W. Kopp

Zensho W. Kopp, born 1938, is one of the most significant spiritual masters of our present times and teaches a contemporary path to spiritual realisation. The internationally renowned author of numerous Zen books and audio books instructs a large community of students and directs the Zen Center Tao Chan in Wiesbaden, Germany.

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At the base of the heart, there shines the inexpressible mystery of our true being as the all-embracing divine love that is God Himself.

This pure love and all-embracing oneness of the divine being reveals itself to you when you abide in pure, unintentional awareness, resting within yourself.

The inner emptiness of all things and creatures carries the soul up to God.

The space deep inside the heart is filled with radiant light, like a thousand rising suns. This light is the reality of our true, immortal being.

It is the glory of our true, divine nature beyond birth and death, which thus endures beyond all our rebirths and deaths.

We have lived in many different external forms. The form has changed again and again in our reincarnations, but our inner, immortal self is beyond all change and always remains the same.

Only the outer appearance is constantly changing, but the essence remains eternally the same.

Free yourself from everything, Zen says. But how does that happen? It happens by freeing yourself from your dualistic views and the automatic urge to form everything into concepts.

Thus it is about becoming