Let's read Karl Renz together

Thank you Richard for the book Without a Second. Renz has indeed a very original way of expressing Advaita. He doesn`t hesitate to shake his audience which shouldn`t be too sensitive when they need to be shaken.Reading was really fun.
Specially I liked the last part of the book with the deep discussions about life and death.

There is yet a concept which awakens my perplexity every time I hear it from advaita teachers and Renz expresses it too:It is that everything that arises in the realm of apparences happens randomly, with no direction whatsoever. To me this sounds weird. Maybe I misunderstand what is meant by that, but as I see Emptiness is Form and - I would add, Form is evolving. It is not a random process but it moves in a clear direction from the simple to the more complex in an ever changing flow of novelties, the human brain being just the more recent one. Even consciousness seems to evolve in this direction, probably with a goal or purpose. In fact we don`t know, but we can`t say that there is no goal either.
Nonduality teachers usually don`t deal with the idea of evolution. Is it perhaps because of the more static Eastern traditions vs. our more dynamic Western?
Anyhow we should ask ourselves if the evolution of consciousness and Cosmos couldn`t be a silent pointer to be aware of the Mystery unfolding in such a way.
Of course this concept might be quite limited, this process being only a negligible part of all Brahma and Kalpa years in a infinite cyclic movement, who knows?
But having recognized the ever presence of the Source being one with its Creation, should`t we also consider the direction in which the Creation moves and our place and purpose in it?
I just wonder...

Thank you Richard for offering this wonderful Karl Renz book, "One Without A Second"!
I do not think scriptual pointers to nondual reality can be more direct and uncompromising than this remarkable document!
Not since experiencing satsangs with Jac O'Keeffe several months back, both live and in recordings provided on NeverNotHere, have I felt so grounded and ably guided toward a very clear and tangible sense of the numerous obstacles to direct awareness we employ to shield us from that fearful ecstasy. I think it's time to throw down our weapons and allow the inevitable surrender to the peace and safety of our one true home and divine Self to be restored in our awareness as it is in fact.
A Course In Miracles, in one place, puts it this way: "Heaven is here. There is nowhere else. Heaven is now. There is no other time."

Peace to One in All!