Ravi Ravindra, a native of India, emigrated to Canada following his early education, and, in 1977, was made Member of the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton. He served from 1978 through 1980 as the Founding Director of the Threshold Award for Integrative Knowledge and, in 1989, was the pilot Professor of Science and Spirituality at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Dr. Ravindra at present holds the position of Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he has served as Chair of Comparative Religion, Professor of International Development Studies, and Adjunct Professor of Physics. In addition to his study of the world's great traditions, Ravi Ravindra's spiritual search has involved him in the teachings of J. Krishnamurti, G. Gurdjieff, and Zen. The author of numerous books on religion, mysticism, and spirituality, Dr. Ravindra lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Acknowledgments

Preface to the Revised Edition

Introduction

Chapter 1
Verses
1-9 Intelligence Beyond Time
10-13 All Who Receive the Word Are Begotten by God
14-18 Eternity in Love with Time
19-34 The Witness as the Midwife of the Spirit
35-51 Preparation for Withstanding Truth

Chapter 2
1-11 Transformation Water into Wine
12-25 Temple, Body, and Spirit

Chapter 3
1-21 New Birth
22-36 None but the Groom Has the Bride and the Fire

Chapter 4
1-3 Beware the Hollow Men
4-15 The Inner Spring of Living Water
16-18 The Need for Inner Unity
19-24 The Worshippers Whom the Father Seeks
25-42 The Secret Name of God
43-54 Belief in Signs and Wonders

Chapter 5
1-9 The Struggle Between the Self and the Ego
10-17 Action and Rest from Action
18-30 Only They Can Be Just Who Do Nothing by Themselves
31-47 The Esoteric Message of the Tradition

Chapter 6
1-13 The Bread from the Simple Heart
14-15 The Fear and Temptation of Becoming King
16-21 The Power of I AM
22-58 I AM as the Bread of Eternal Life
59-71 Levels of Struggle

Chapter 7
1-13 Conflict Between the Spirit and the World
14-32 My Teaching Is Not My Own
33-36 Where I AM, No One Can Come
37-52 Rivers of Living Water from the Belly

Chapter 8
1-11 Adultery: Mixing of Levels
12-20 The Highest Person as the Witness Within
21-30 Without Knowing I AM, We Die Missing the Mark
31-47 A Disciple Is One Who Lives the Teaching
48-59 Losing Our Minds Rightly

Chapter 9
1-7 Spiritual Blindness Is Natural
8-17 Sight as New Birth
18-34 Insight or More Sights?
35-41 The Sighted and the Sightless Chapter
10 1-21 Many Sheep and One Shepherd
22-42 The Father and You Are One

Chapter 11
1-16 They Whom Christ Loves Die to Themselves
17-44 Awake, O Sleeper, Arise from the Dead
45-57 Alien People Clutching Their Gods

Chapter 12
1-8 Giving Our All to the Master
9-19 The Kingdom of Christ Is Not of This World
20-36 Unless a Seed Dies, It Bears No Fruit
37-43 Levels of Seeing
44-50 The Yoga of the Cross

Chapter 13
1-17 Washing Off the Surface Self
18-32 The Trial of Judas
33-38 Only Those Who Know Can Love

Chapter 14
1-14 I AM the Way and the Truth and the Life
15-26 Those Who Love Can Come to Truth
27-31 Those Who Have Nothing Will Not Die

Chapter 15
1-6 Right Order Internal and External
7-13 Love from Above, Obedience from Below
14-17 Levels of Disciples
18-25 Leave the World in Order to Change It
26-27 The Eternal Witness from the Beginning

Chapter 16
1-6 The Scandal of the Cross
7-15 The Inner Guide
16-23 Death and New Birth
23-33 Participating in the Mind of Christ

Chapter 17
1-13 The Work of the Father
14-26 Consecration in Truth

Chapter 18
1-12 The Overwhelming Force of I AM
13-27 The Trial of Peter
28-40 The King of the Inner Kingdom

Chapter 19
1-22 The Crown of Thorns and the Inner Kingdom
23-42 Delivering the Spirit to the One Whom He Loved

Chapter 20
1-18 I Sleep, but My Heart Waketh
19-31 The Spirit of Truth as the Subtle Body of Christ

Chapter 21
1-14 A New Beginning
15-19 The Lamb of Christ Among the Wolves of the World
20-25 Let Not Him Who Seeks Cease Until He Finds

Bibliography

Index

Explores St. John's Gospel from an Eastern perspective to reveal the interconnectedness of all faiths and the need for interfaith dialogue
• Takes readers beyond academic and historical analyses by exploring the mystical foundation of the Gospel
• Includes the full text of the Gospel of John interwoven with passage-by-passage interpretations
The Gospel of John is different from the other canonical gospels in its overall point of view concerning Jesus Christ and his mission on earth. It is much more cosmological in scale and mystical in nature and has long been considered more esoteric. The Gospel of John in the Light of Indian Mysticism presents an unusual and rewarding exploration of this Christian text from a Hindu perspective as Ravi Ravindra takes us into the heart of St. John's words, eloquently and convincingly revealing the interconnectedness of all faiths and the growing need in today's world for interfaith dialogue. For those concerned with the emergence of a universal spirituality, Ravindra provides a source of light, a translucent pool of wisdom that offers from its depths an immense and lasting spiritual vision.