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When actor Christopher Reeve was asked in a BBC interview which book he would want if stranded on a desert island, he replied, The Inner Reality by the philosopher Paul Brunton.
A provocative and compelling work, The Inner Reality is an essential guide for spiritual seekers. First published in the 1930s, this remarkable book interweaves the teachings of two great religious figures: Jesus and Krishna. Identifying a common current running through both Christianity and Hinduism, Paul Brunton argues that an inner reality or kingdom of heaven can be found within each of us. Defining religion as simply the practice of binding oneself with divinity, he encourages readers to embark on the quest for self-knowledge and spiritual communion through a commitment to the contemplative path. With his profound interpretations of the worlds sacred texts, from the Gospel of St. John to the Bhagavad Gita, Brunton bridges East and West to guide the reader into the living heart of these ancient traditions.
This new edition has been updated to incorporate the authors final revisions and includes a foreword by the Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation.

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The Inner Reality
JESUS, KRISHNA, AND THE WAY OF AWAKENING

PAUL BRUNTON

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North Atlantic Books

Berkeley, California

Copyright 2016 by The Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation. All rights reserved. No portion of this book, except for brief review, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwisewithout the written permission of the publisher. For information contact North Atlantic Books.

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Berkeley, California

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Cover design by Claudia Smelser

Also published as Discover Yourself in 1939 by E.P. Dutton and Co., Inc.

The Inner Reality: Jesus, Krishna, and the Way of Awakening is sponsored and published by the Society for the Study of Native Arts and Sciences (dba North Atlantic Books), an educational nonprofit based in Berkeley, California, that collaborates with partners to develop cross-cultural perspectives, nurture holistic views of art, science, the humanities, and healing, and seed personal and global transformation by publishing work on the relationship of body, spirit, and nature.

North Atlantic Books publications are available through most bookstores. For further information, visit our website at www.northatlanticbooks.com or call 800-733-3000.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Names: Brunton, Paul, 1898-1981.

Title: The inner reality : Jesus, Krishna, and the way of awakening / Paul Brunton.

Description: Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, 2016. | Previously published: London : Rider, 1970.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015021430 | ISBN 9781623170165 (trade pbk.) | ISBN 9781623170172 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Yoga.

Classification: LCC B132.Y6 B724 2016 | DDC 204/.4dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015021430

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF PAUL BRUNTON

EARLY PUBLICATIONS

A Search in Secret India

The Secret Path

A Search in Secret Egypt

A Message from Arunachala

A Hermit in the Himalayas

The Quest of the Overself

The Inner Reality (Discover Yourself)

Indian Philosophy and Modern Culture

The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga

The Wisdom of the Overself

The Spiritual Crisis of Man

PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY

The Notebooks of Paul Brunton

Volume 1: Perspectives

Volume 2: The Quest

Volume 3: Practices for the Quest; Relax and Retreat

Volume 4: Meditation; The Body

Volume 5: Emotions and Ethics; The Intellect

Volume 6: The Ego; From Birth to Rebirth

Volume 7: Healing of the Self; The Negatives

Volume 8: Reflections on My Life and Writings

Volume 9: Human Experience; The Arts in Culture

Volume 10: The Orient

Volume 11: The Sensitives

Volume 12: The Religious Urge; The Reverential Life

Volume 13: Relativity, Philosophy, and Mind

Volume 14: Inspiration and the Overself

Volume 15: Advanced Contemplation; The Peace Within You

Volume 16: Enlightened Mind, Divine Mind

Essays on the Quest

Paul Brunton: Essential Readings

Meditations for People in Charge

Meditations for People in Crisis

What Is Karma?

The Gift of Grace

The Short Path to Enlightenment

Realizing Soul

To discover yourself is to find the inner reality.

How beautiful is this long-dreamed event.

Can it really happen to you?

Why not?

Paul Bruntons summary of The Inner Reality,
as dictated to a visitor.

CONTENTS

Prophets and teachers, sages and saints have come among us in all times to speak of that inner life and inner reality which they have found.

Paul Brunton

IN THE FEW YEARS following the publication of his very popular introductions to the spirituality of India and Egypt, Paul Brunton wrote a number of books for people eager to practice and benefit from the wisdom teachings of the East and West. Because of Bruntons inner development, acute understanding, and extraordinary access to living masters, he was able to re-create for modern readers those core teachings that are essential to spiritual realization.

In The Inner Reality, Brunton reveals the mystical meaning of the teachings of Jesus and Krishna. The Sermon on the Mount and the Gospel According to John in particular have inspired much of Christian thought and practice. Krishnas teaching in the Bhagavad Gita is undoubtedly the most revered source for understanding the different yogas of Indian spirituality. The heart teachings of these great beings speak directly to people hungry for the spirit, who are primarily seeking inner rather than outer sustenance. This is the essence of the mystic path, to aspire and meditate to awaken to ones own divinitythe Overself within each and every one of us. As Brunton says:

He who has the courage to put first things first, to seek the inner reality, which is changeless and enduring, finds with it an ever-satisfying happiness from which nothing can dislodge him. This got, it will not prevent him seeking and finding the lesser earthly happinesses. Only he will put them in a subordinate and secondary place because they are necessarily imperfect, liable to change, and even to go altogether. And then if he fails to find them or if he loses them

Paul Bruntons son, Kenneth Hurst, served on the board of the Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation, which is responsible for publishing and preserving the extensive archive of Bruntons writings. Reminiscing on his father, he wrote, P.B., as he is known to his followers, was a gentle man. An aura of kindliness emanated from him. His scholarly learning was forged in the crucible of life. His spirituality shone forth like a beacon. But he discouraged attempts to form a cult around him. P.B. encouraged those he met to find their inner guru:

Even in the case of those who take the guidance of a guru, it should not be forgotten that if development advances sufficiently the pupil must start somewhere to be his own teacher, must start looking for, and finding, the inner guruhis own soul. A sincere competent guru would demand this.

In preparing this new, updated, and definitive edition of The Inner Reality, a team of editors compared the earlier British and US editions and incorporated Bruntons final corrections. It should be noted that Paul Brunton wrote in the mid twentieth century when the literary convention was to use he rather than he or she, but certainly he intended these teachings for all those drawn to study them.

The Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation, 2016

www.PaulBrunton.org

PREFATORY

HAD THE GODS so gifted me at birth, I would rather have played the laughing and satirical philosopher, like Democritus, than have acted my present part of the wise owl. How pleasant to have held the credo that in life it is not the matter that matters, but the manner, and that dullness is the essence of dignity! Anyway, it is a poor pen that never slips a leash and that can produce only a smileless progeny. It would have afforded me a greater pleasure to throw off a few pleasantries in prose than to exhibit the sad and saturnine face of the night bird. But my stars were dark ones and compelled me to brood over the mystery of lifes spectacle when I should have liked to draw some fun from the show and to have contemplated its comedy rather than its tragedy.

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