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What do you think of Paul Brunton?

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janis Gager Feb 14, 2012 @ 7:08 pm | delete

I believe that Paul Brunton,Edgar Cayce, Robert Monroe, Alexandra David Neel and many many others of this ilk are brave, adventuresome pathfinders who are paving the way for the rest of us who wish to follow in their footsteps to who knows where. How exciting. I thank the universe for them!

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Alan Zimmerman May 2, 2011 @ 7:41 am | delete

I was raised on the Paul Brunton books since I was 14. I'm now 55. It's all Real Logical the meditation on "Who am I" which concludes with the supplication of Paul Brunton's Overself. I personally never came in contact with Paul Brunton's Overself, But I did have my head drawn backwards and also to my chest Mysteriously when concluding the exercise. I didn't do it, it wasn't me drawing my head back and to my chest. The Overself? I don't know. I read "My father's Guru", and yes, it was highly wrong of Paul Brunton to have this trusting family move to Uruguay during the Cuban Missle Crisis, because Brunton psychically foresaw nuclear war with The Soviet Union. But, does it make a 4000 meditation exercise wrong, because a man was wrong with psychic prognostication. I want to believe that God can be reached whilw we're still in the flesh. I don't know what Brunton actually experienced, and I hope his whole motive wasn't just trying to sell his books. Bruntonis is dead, and God is his judge now, as He will be for us all, Alan Zimmerman

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lesley gorton Nov 1, 2009 @ 1:40 pm | delete

Paul Brunton has given my life meaning, I have read his books from the age of 21 to 70

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V.S.SURY / vssury@rediffmail.com Nov 15, 2010 @ 4:31 am | delete

I agree. We should not focus on the(an) author's personal life. In fact I do not know much of his personal life. His books are very inspiring and exposition is clear. THAT is the thing that matters.

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Alan Zimmerman May 2, 2011 @ 8:16 am | delete

I'm 55, Lesley. I followed the Paul Brunton book series since I was 14. I didn't find Brunton's Overself as he described, although I did have my head mysteriously drawn back and to my chest, while concluding Brunton's "What am I" meditation exercise. I sure that Brunton would say that I had not yet attained the Grace of the Overself. But, Christ, Leslie, how many years does one have to meditate to come into contact with The Overself? And in "My Father's Guru", Brunton actually sent that poor family to Uruguay during The Cuban Missle crisis, so they would avoid the nuclear war that Brunton psychically foresaw. I want to believe, Leslie, there would be nothing more wonderful than a pathway to God while were still in the flesh. Brunton's method is logical. But some things leave me cold, it's like Madame Blavatsky's statement "To rule man, you must deceive him." So you see, I'm still searching ardently, and next month I'm going to pick up a CD from the Unexplainable Store that has binaural beats for astral projection. Best wishes. Alan Zimmerman email:alanslittledogpamela2@yahoo.com

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