Saturday, 15 August 2015

The Secret of Tapas - Book Review by Indian Express,

Book Review by Indian Express, 1982

Secret of Fulfillment
(The Secret of Tapas)
 Amarakavi Ramachandra
107 Big Street, Triplicane, Madras – 5
            The book reveals the secret of self-fulfillment as experienced by the author in the “periods of deepest illumination”.  These moments of pervasive intuition are the state of “Nishta” or that of the “Vacant Look” where common human perception is surpassed and cosmic consciousness achieved.
            The author in this book explores the inner recesses of the self to show its ultimate oneness with the plenitude of cosmic being.  His is not an exhortation for renunciation or rejection of the phenomenal world.  He aims of bringing back the perfected soul to the world of everyday existence.
            Amarakavi’s Sadhana (process of penance) is to silence thought and awaken and help the physical to an awareness of its dimensions.  The individual ‘Sadhak’ sets out on the high seas of ‘tapas’ (penance) by three stages.  The aspirant begins his journey by awareness of what he is in himself truly and fully.  Thereafter he proceeds on the path of perfection through consolidation of himself.  When the consolidation is complete, he attains the state of that essential identity of his being with the cosmic source and all that there is anywhere in any sense.
            Keats said “this world is the valley of soul-making”.  Amarakavi says “this world is the theater for soul-discovery” through the whisper of intuition, the voice of mental silence.  The divine principle in one’s nature unfailingly indicates the way of “nature’s cruises with the eternal”.  The practical philosophy of Amarakavi shows the way of achieving “that peace which passeth understanding”.  The troubled world is in dire need of Amarakavi’s magnificent message, and men everywhere eager for eternal bliss, should listen to his clarion call as set out so clearly and convincingly in “The Secret of Tapas”.
            A.L. Pandiya

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