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Collision with the Infinite: A Life Beyond the Personal Self (Paperback)

by S. Segal (Author)
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  • Paperback: 177 pages
  • Publisher: The Windrush Press; 2 edition (Dec 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1884997279
  • ISBN-13: 978-1884997273
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 836,979 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars An instant classic that tells how a selfless life feels, 6 May 1999
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This memoir offers some insight on how one might interiorly feel about having no sense of personal self or ego. This near legendary state of some advanced contemplative is here given an autobiographical setting. It is important for its hints of psychological insights but even more revealing as an historic document to show how difficult such states are in the context of current spiritual culture. This an extraordinary account of the experience of selflessness points to the heart of spiritual experience that is fully gifted and not an achievement of practice as self-control. The simplicity of the narrative and its reasonable honesty provides an illuminating account of one woman's experience of loss of personal identity and constant sense of Emptiness. Her eventual discovery, after much fear and pain, the emptiness become a calm entrance to unity and peace.  Segal's opinions in COLLISION WITH THE INFINITE will also poke holes in the work-ethic of Buddhist practice and other forms of spiritual go-gettering. Highly recommended.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A mind-bending, provocative spiritual autobiography, 22 April 1997
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I woke up at 4 in the morning and I decided that, rather than complain about my unintentional wakefulness, I would embrace it and see what happens. How perfect that I decided to reach for Collision with the Infinite, the story of an American woman who, during the un-enlightening act of stepping on a bus in France, spontaneously realized the goal of mystics throughout the ages -- stepping beyond any notion of an "I," a "self" to whom things happen. More incredible than her instantaneous realization was the terror and confusion that, for ten years, arose in the mind of this woman along with her lack of awareness of "who" was experiencing this terror. Ms. Segal's search to understand her experience and the evolving awareness that arose kept me wide awake until I had finished her story only 2 hours later. And her story sparked my story. To say that Collision altered *my* sense of self would be simplistic at best. A must read for seekers of all kinds.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading for the genuine spiritual aspirant!, 27 Oct 2003
Suzanne Segal is one of those rare people who sponteniously and permanently experienced total ego collapse and found herself face to face with the reality of the emptiness of all things. To most spiritual aspirants this sounds like a dream come true, but Ms. Segals revelatory account drives home just how unprepared most people would be when faced with such an experience.

For twelve years she suffered extremes of fear and terror, not fully understanding what had happened. She spent her day-to-day life walking on the edge of sanity, convinced that at any moment she would fall into the abyss of madness. And yet hers was the highest of spiritual revelations!

This book does a superb job of explaining just how it was that she so completely misunderstood the nature of her experience. It is also a warning to the rest of us not to aim for what we do not really understand.

In plain language she describes the real experience of the total loss of all sense of personal identity, and the potential horror inherent in the realisation of the empty nature of all things, including Suzanne Segal herself. This is indeed essential reading for all genuine spiritual aspirants.

Buy It!

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