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The Heart Beyond Duality: Christianity and Kashmir Shaivism in Dialogue. Theosis, Recognition, and the Non-Dual Path of Love
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General ChristianityGeneral Eastern ReligionsHinduism
ISBN13: 9789731666662
Publisher: Editura Lumen
Published: Aug 14 2026
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.17 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
What if Christianity's deepest teaching is not separation from God, but union with Him?
Christianity is often perceived as fundamentally dualistic - Creator here, creature there, an unbridgeable gap between. Yet its mystical tradition tells a different story: theosis, deification, becoming God by grace. A story in which Jesus prays, That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I in You.
The Heart Beyond Duality offers a bold reexamination of Orthodox Christian mysticism in dialogue with one of the world's most sophisticated non-dual philosophies: Kashmir Shaivism. The result is not syncretism, but illumination - each tradition casting light on the depths of the other.
WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER
Through careful phenomenological and anthropological analysis, this study reveals surprising convergences between two seemingly distant traditions. Both place the heart - not as organ, but as the sacred center of being - at the core of divine encounter. Both are logocentric: Christianity through the incarnate Logos, Shaivism through the primordial Word. Both affirm that grace alone bridges the apparent distance between human and Divine.
Yet each preserves its distinct essence. Where Kashmir Shaivism speaks of pratyabhijñā - the recognition of one's identity with Supreme Consciousness - Christianity offers participation in divine nature through Christ. Where the Shaivite practitioner awakens to Śivoham (I am Śiva), the Christian mystic discovers that it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.
THE INSIGHT AT THE HEART OF THIS WORK
Jesus's commandment to Love thy neighbor as yourself emerges as the practical expression of lived non-duality. Not abstract philosophy, but embodied wisdom. The neighbor is not merely like yourself - the neighbor is your Self, seen through different eyes. This is non-dualism you can live, not just contemplate.
THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU IF
You are a Christian seeking the contemplative depths of your own tradition. You are a practitioner of Kashmir Shaivism, Trika philosophy, or Tantric traditions who wishes to understand Christianity beyond its popular dualistic image. You practice meditation or yoga and wonder how it relates to your Christian roots. You are a student of comparative religion looking for rigorous yet accessible scholarship. You seek a spirituality that honors both transcendence and intimacy with the Divine.
For readers formed by Eastern paths, this book is a gateway into Christian mysticism through concepts you already know: pratyabhijñā as redemption, Śakti as divine grace, the heart as the sacred meeting place.
WHAT MAKES THIS APPROACH UNIQUE
This is not New Age eclecticism that blurs all distinctions. The author - a scholar with decades of experience in both Orthodox Christianity and Kashmir Shaivism - maintains the integrity of each tradition while demonstrating their profound resonances. The Christological center of Christianity is not dissolved but deepened; the sophisticated metaphysics of Shaivism is not appropriated but appreciated as a mirror reflecting hidden facets of Christian mystical experience.
TOPICS EXPLORED
Orthodox theosis and deification - Kashmir Shaivism and Trika philosophy - The heart as sacred center in both traditions - Co-beingness (homoousios) and non-duality (advaita) - Grace, Śakti, and divine energy - The Logos in Christianity and Shaivism - Baptism, Eucharist, and initiation - Prayer, mantra, and the descent of the mind into the heart - Love as the path of lived non-duality.
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