The following is a short introduction to COSMOSITY — Nirvanic Experience & Enlightenment, by John M Evans.

Whoever discovers the interpretation of these sayings will not taste death.
The Gospel of Thomas

Two mighty legends bestride the stage of spiritual history: Nirvana and the Holy Grail. Nothing stirs our imagination, or our endeavour, more than these enduring mysteries.

Nirvana arose in India in Vedic times and remains the goal of some Buddhists and Hindus. The Holy Grail originated in the Islands of Britain among the Celtic druids, but took on Christian colouring through the Arthurian connection and the influence of later French writers. I believe the two legends are intimately interconnected, not by direct link, but because they refer essentially to the same thing: a mystical state which reveals to us our essential nature, and demonstrates that consciousness continues after death. Nirvanic-type experiences are the source of many tales of immortality, including the Grail story and the Philosophers’ Stone.

For thousands of years we have explored every physical facet of the planet we live on. In the 20th century we began afresh, searching deeper into outer space for ever-remoter clues to the nature of our being and its primordial history. It is my belief that the real exploration of the 21st century will be an interior one, into consciousness and beyond : Cosmosity.

The basic premise of this book is that “Nirvanic experience” is more common than we might suppose, but often goes unrecognized. Moreover, it is not an abnormal event, but a sudden emergence of our subtle background consciousness: our Nirvanoception.

Read an extract from the Prologue of COSMOSITY.