What They Are Saying
"'WISDOM' in words " - is a paradox that Sages and Saints alone could successfully 'tackle' ! Fortunate is a seeker that drowns himself in this "Pool of Wisdom" and survives 'headless' happily re-established in the unseen Heart !
The world labels him : 'mad', 'beggar', 'Wizard' ; thereby unsuccessfully attempting to identify him, push him into the non-reality of 'moving' movie frames !
A true seeker rejoices in the 'NOW' of the reality of movement-lessness - that a 'madman' , a 'beggar' , a 'Wizard' is portraying only the non-noticed 'Screen' in every projected moving movies –
"Millions of body-'I'-s dissolved in one 'I AM'-Eternity !”
~V. Ganesan~
“A very wise book. You don't meditate, you just ARE. Your book reveals you as very practical in your approach to Reality. In fact, sages are the most practical people. They are not dreamers. They come out of sleep and dream. They are wide awake, totally alert and attentive. In that attent8ion, the myth that we call samsara ceases to exist. You strike a deep chord in my heart and evoke fellow-feeling, when you come clean as a self-confessed rascal. This is true self-knowledge. There are two kinds of people, one hypocrites, the other rascals. Many have called me a rascal in my life, and I felt fulfilled.”
~KVS~
“I picked up your beautiful and clear book which arrived at my friend's parents' house. And read it with great joy, thank you so very much for this clear and original expression of what Is and what we Are!”
~Aum Krishna~
“I am so happy that you recorded your wisdom for posterity. It is not hyperbole to say it is a gift to humanity. Few have been blessed with the capacity to abide in the truth AND express it so well. I am incredibly blessed by your friendship and spiritual wisdom. Everything you have shared with me has become part of me and brought peace. I have paid attention to NOTHING in this life like I've paid attention to your teachings. I recognize that peace is an individual matter and not a competition; however, I must say that when I look around me I don't see very many people as ensconced in the truth as I am. I credit you with most of that as you have taken your precious time to edify me with powerful, penetrating words and images that provided a window into that which can never be expressed in words. And your sat sang has been the direct experience. All of this you have given freely.
“First and foremost you are my friend. While you may have more spiritual experiences than I, more business acumen, and greater financial resources you have not let that go to your head and placed yourself above me or anyone else. You have modeled the truth that we are all one. Your transparency is the living proof that you walk your talk. You take no offense to any question - no matter how personal. I have known you for seventeen years now and I have not found a single inconsistency in your walk and your talk. That is rare. You are an utterly confessed realized being and I will cherish you always. The non contractual love that you share with Carol has also been a model for me. Carol's steady, simple, generous loving ways have given me an appreciation for living quietly in the truth without a lot of fanfare. And of course, you are both rascals, misbehaving with sufficient regularity to guarantee that I may also be completely human without apology. What more beautiful, generous, complete, awakened "pair" of sweetie pies could there be?!!!”
~Trip Overholt~
“Read every page! Awesome, Dear Wizard! Thank you for Lighting the Path all these years and putting it down in simple, yet Brilliant words for all...a Great Steamboat to carry those lucky enough to find Wisdom's Soft Whisper across the ocean of apparent birth and death.ven while taking a peek in your book. So beautiful, so lofty, and so elevating!”
~Paula Roberts~
“In response to a prevalent longing for peace and wisdom, one folk wizard in North Carolina offers an immediate means of discovering our inherent wisdom. Wizards understand insight is essential in revealing who we are. In Wisdom’s Soft Whisper, Wizard Baldour illumines the path to the domicile of the wise, wisdom. Wisdom’s Soft Whisper extricates wisdom from knowledge and provides a clear and secular roadmap to enlightenment. This introspection reveals the inherent peace of one’s true Self. The Wizard delves into the most commonly mistaken ideas that are associated with wisdom and those dwelling in that state. Wizards are not magicians or tricksters. Wizards are more correctly depicted as sages, saints and seers of other traditions. Moses, Jesus, Lao-Tzu, Buddha and other ancients were wizards and sages that dropped pearls of wisdom in their own time and way.”
“In the book’s first part, the manuscript holds attention immediate in the vertical paradigm, the here and now. This section is particularly deep and paradoxical. It assumes and affirms the reader’s awakening from the mortal storyline. The second part John’s owns horizontal storyline and the sojourn from being the person, John, to discovering wisdom and growing beyond form to be Wizard Baldour. Tending towards the mysterious and incomprehensible, Wisdom’s Soft Whisper points to that which cannot be spoken in words, as pure wisdom is beyond the capacity of language, concepts and the mind. This book challenges deeply held beliefs and everything that a person has ever believed and grown accustomed as real. Even as such, Wizard Baldour challenges readers to set aside their mental wanderings, and open their minds to the very foundation of their own being and abide in the domicile of the wise, wisdom’s sweet peace.”
~Xlibris~
"Thank you John Maharaj for sharing your book with me, the manual is having inward effect in me. Going through it again and again and pondering over is making me touch the awareness and feel the Presence. Feel the joy, peace and love. Namaskar"
~Charanbir Singh Bedi~
“We love your Wisdom's Soft Whisper, Wizard Baldour---you are such a sweetheart for sending two copies. I know the young Wizard Charles will be amazed there is an actual wizard in NC. And you know what? He'll read your book from cover to cover. He's a reader. Gifted, really. Thank you so much!”
~ Zoe Helene~
“I want you to know I have been reading and thoroughly enjoying your book. The material is timeless and the writing style is smooth and accessible. There is much in there to ponder, and you nicely sort out material that others have left cloudy. I love the exploration of "I" as it nicely flows into one of my revisited reflective topics - afterlife. When faced with afterlife options from various paths, ranging from ghosts to reincarnation to progressive spiritual ascension, I have often said to myself “that’s all well and good, now who is the I that lives on??" You ask the same question, although yours seems rhetorical. You say the witness to the thought is who I am, so it would be fair to conclude the witness or the listener is who lives on. It seems to me to be worthwhile to get to know that chap, identify with him, and to explore his character. However, I suspect you may not conclude that the witness has the quality of character... or do you? For myself, I perceive a uniqueness of character in the true self, even as the true self is aware of its connection to the great unity. Like a thundering avalanche, the power of the collective tumbling snow is undiminished by the unique structure of the individual snow flake within, and vice versa.”
~Joel Dee~
“The brilliance of attention free in this present context heartens me. Thanks for sharing...now and ever...I'll listen again to the interview, just as I go back
to the Escher sketch at the beginning of Wisdom’s Soft Whisper...and again drink from the fountain.”
~Anne Whitefield”
“Read every page that you had given while taking a peek in your book. So beautiful, so lofty, and so elevating!”
~TRR~
"I am so excited about your book, it is really inspiring and I have already gleaned so much
from it. I really have! Thank you so much."
~ Blake Tedder~