The Enlightened Idiot
Guidelines for Fundamental Personal Development through Spirituality and Self-inquiryBy J.J. de JongRecorded TrackLength4h 29m
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“I lay down because of a very painful ‘knot’ in my stomach. The pain became so intense that I curled up in a fetal position to endure it.
I cried out something like: ‘Holy mother, help me!’ I have no idea where that came from.
Suddenly, I ‘stood’ at the beginning of a round tunnel, like the undulating inside of a ringworm. I heard a pulsating hum and saw three scenes in succession.
[...]
Then I realized that I might be in the ‘tunnel with light at the end,’ an archetypal image for dying!
I recoiled from it, because I didn't feel like dying yet.”
The memory of this near-death experience prompted the author to undertake self-inquiry. After nearly three years, this led to an unity and enlightenment experience. In this book he describes his challenging and sometimes provocative observations as a self-inquirer and life coach, hoping to offer support to readers interested in personal development.
Audiobook details
GenreSelf-Help, Spirituality and Religion
Length4 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 1, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1openingcredits
2Disclaimer
3Prologue
4Overview
5I. THE (LONG) WAY TO SELF-INQUIRY
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6Chapter 1 - The Enlightened Idiot
7Chapter 2 - It Begins
8Chapter 3 - On the Way to Self-Inquiry: Losing our Way
9Chapter 4 - The Mountain and the Dancehall. The Greatest Gain of Starting Self-Inquiry
10Chapter 5 - Closer to Self-Realization. The Simplest and Most Challenging Thing.
11Chapter 6 - Is Spirituality Safe?
12The Nature of Change
13Emotions and Fear
14Other Aspects
15Trust (Objective and Subjective Measures of 'Safety')
16Two Types of Resistance
17Chapter 7 - Shadow Aspects
18Chapter 8 - Recognizing a Guru
19Chapter 9 - The First Step. Tools for Beginning Self-Inquiry.
20Awakening and Dreamstate
21Who am I? And What am I?
22The Balloons of the Confinement State
23The First Step. Obtaining energy.
24II. TOOLS FOR SELF-INQUIRY
25Chapter 10 - The Four Areas of Work in Self-Inquiry
26Interview part 1
27Influence of Parents/Caregivers
28Keeping People or Letting Go?
29Interview part 2
30Introduction to Love, Sex, and Relationships
31Interview part 3
32Chapter 11 - A Dialogue with Yourself
33Chapter 12 - On Creation and Manifestation
34Chapter 13 - Gratitude as a Practice
35Chapter 14 - Your Truth. Is What Comes. Before Thought.
36Your truth
37Is what comes.
38Before thought
39Chapter 15 - In Line with Arrows
40Chapter 16 - Self-Inquiry and Enlightenment
41III. CONCEPTS AND DEEPENING
42Introduction to Part III
43Chapter 17 - Enlightenment
44Chapter 18 - Nonduality, Now, Ego, and Illusion
45Nonduality and Ego
46Now
47Illusion
48Usefulness in our Self-Inquiry
49Chapter 19 - We. The concept of illusion in the context of other people.
50Chapter 20 - Detachment
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