LOVE AND AWARENESS is a rather unusual study showing the mutual interdependence between love and awareness. The author asks the uncanny questions if love is not perhaps an intense level of awareness or if not, vice versa, awareness is perhaps just another word for love? Taking an integrative approach, the author shows that we have by and large suppressed the intuitive wisdom of the ancient world and replaced it by what we use to call knowledge or science but which has little to do with the quality of our perception, but rather deals with information processing. Hence, the bold question to answer for the author was, what actually is perception, and how does it work? Retracing the research of Edward de Bono and others on the human memory surface, the author shows with many examples why what we call 'reality' is actually a 'processed reality', and not one that is pure and that we perceive directly; while the author doesn't deny the existence of direct perception, he concludes that this form of purity in perceiving reality is laid away with those who have gone through pychotherapy, and else those yogis, saints or masters who have integrated their perception bias and are aware of the pitfalls inherent in the perception process. Based upon his experience as a human resource facilitator, the author notes that people often do not realize their highest potential because they lack a critical mindset in the face of conformity pressure and the general solidifying framework of modern consumer culture that models citizens instead of accepting them as they are - in their full humanity. To develop humanity at a level beyond the norm, self-awareness, love and critical thinking must go together, whereas mere criticism leads to inevitable projections. The study also contains a rather extended discussion of Krishnamurti's teaching regarding love and awareness, including a discussion about what K meant when he spoke about the 'content of consciousness' and what was his position regarding the interrelatedness of love and awareness.
About the Author: PIERRE F. WALTER is an international lawyer, researcher, author and lecturer. After finalizing his studies in German law and European integration with diplomas in both disciplines in 1982, he graduated in December 1987 at the law faculty of the University of Geneva as Docteur en Droit in international law. The doctorate was funded by scholarships from the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne, and from the University of Geneva, as well as a Fulbright Travel Grant for an assistantship with Professor Louis B. Sohn at UGA Law School Department of International Law, Athens, Georgia, USA, in 1985. Pierre F. Walter also served as a research assistant to Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer, Cologne, Germany in 1983 and to Lalive Lawyers, Geneva, in 1987. In his criminal law studies, he was specialized on elucidating the roots of violent crime and was for several years caring for prisoners who have been convicted for sexual crimes against children. Since 1994, he works as a consultant to government and industry, specialized upon service training and human resource development. In addition, he is a personal coach and has developed a self-coaching approach termed 'Life Authoring'. Pierre F. Walter writes, lectures and teaches in English, German and French; he has written more than ten thousand pages embracing all literary genres, including novels, short stories, film scripts, essays, selfhelp books, monographs and extended book reviews. Also a pianist and composer, he has realized 40 CDs with jazz, newage and relaxation music. Pierre F. Walter's professional publications span the domains International Law, Criminal Law, Holistic Science, Psychology, Education, Shamanism, Ecology, Spirituality, Quantum Physics, Systems Theory, Natural Healing, Peace Research, Personal Growth, Selfhelp and Consciousness Research. 110 Book Reviews, thirty-eight audio books and more than hundred video lectures were realized in the years 2005-2010. Besides, Pierre F. Walter is editor of a series 'Great Minds', which features scientists, artists and authors of genius from Leonardo to Fritjof Capra. Pierre F. Walter publishes via his Delaware firm Sirius-C Media Galaxy LLC and the imprints IPUBLICA and Sirius-C Media (SCM).