The Gated Garden

The Gated Garden is the final book in Bô Yin Râ's 32-volume teaching cycle (the totality of which is called by the same name), and aims to fill in gaps in the spiritual guidance offered in previous books. The book covers a wide range of topics, including: the nature of our consciousness after death and what carries over from this life, how the Luminaries help beings on earth and in the life beyond, how the concept of space differs in the temporal and timeless realms, how the approach to awakening differs in the Eastern versus Western quest for inner illumination, and the difference between what is truly eternal and ideas about the eternal. Contents: Words of Guidance at the Gate. On the Simplicity of All that Is Eternal. On Changing the Point of Perspective and on the Concept of "Steps." On Levels of Consciousness and Helping Those Who Suffer. On the Consciousness of the Departed. What a Helper is Risking to Lose. The Image Mocking the Eternal Self. Once More Concerning Truth and Reality. On Timeless and Temporal Space. On Insights of Asian Religions. On the Mystery of the Orient. On Religion and Its Forms. On Giving Consent and the Power of Faith. On Mistaken Images of God. On the Intent of All Teaching. Where I Am but the Messenger. To Whom I Have Nothing to Say. On the Soul's Eternal Salvation. How the Urge to Ask Questions Delays One's Advance. On the Timeless and Temporal Form of the Soul. What Survives After Death. On a Name and a Mere Expedient. Conclusions to Be Drawn on One's Own. On Crucial Underestimation. On the Dilemma of Pastoral Care. How Everything Eternal Is to Itself Merely Natural. Conclusion and Farewell. List of Works Comprising the Cycle Hortus Conclusus. The Kober Press publishes the only English translations of the books of Bô Yin Râ authorized by the Kober Verlag, Switzerland. The Kober Verlag publishes the books of Bô Yin Râ in the original German and has protected their integrity since the author's lifetime.