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This Pathway of Non duality Advaitavada provides an answer to the apparently rational doubts and contradictions that are expressed both in the realm of philosophy and in the realm of science which focuses nowdays on discovering a constant or law which will serve as the foundation for every branch of scientific knowledge br br Non dualism dualism monism the Real and the unreal Parmenides and his vision Advaita Vedanta metaphysical Realization these are just some of the topics covered by Raphael in a series of writings couched in the form of questions and answers and gathered together in this volume It constitutes a valid means of approach to the most important issues ever discussed by philosophers and seekers of the truth Being and non being the One and the many the Absolute and the relative br br Having realized the Unity of the Tradition which considers the Whole as Plato would say Raphael expresses himself with a conceptual methodology well suited to the receptivity of the modern mind He enables his readers to deepen their understanding at the conscious as well as the conceptual level of what may be described as the most difficult metaphysical visions Having traversed the Path without support or relationship Asparshavada he brings into the light of knowledge the fundamental realities of the most daring pathways to realization ever propounded by the greatest thinkers and philosophers of both East and West br br The Path of non generation Ajativada as expounded by Gaudapada makes it clear that the supreme Being is pure actuality which excludes all multiplicity all duality and all ontological unity as well as all transition from potentiality to actuality In the text this view is compared to that of Parmenides for whom Being is and does not become it is unity and actuality everlasting and not subject to birth ajati or death br br Advaita Vedanta Non duality as presented by Shankara envisages a Unity beyond the realm of mathematics a Not two which does not grow and which is without any relationship asparsha This metaphysical non dual Unity may be compared to the One Good or the Supreme Good of Plato and to the One of Plotinus br br The text makes references both to the Upanishads and to the most illuminating passages from those Philosophers who have the closest links with the initiatory Tradition of the Sacred Mysteries in ancient Greece br br From Orpheus to Pythagoras from Plato to Plotinus the vision of the metaphysical unity has always been reflected upon and transmitted Since these teachings engage the very consciousness of our being we may speak of a Western metaphysics of realization and in this volume Raphael accentuates and enlivens this ever present Philosophia perennis and encourages us to actually realize it