All Else Is Bondage by Wei Wu Wei. Unlike the titles listed above, this book is not an “easy read”! Wei Wu Wei has taken on the task of speaking the wisdom of the great Chan and Advaita Vedanta Masters, in the language of western philosophy, in a form which is at the same time highly experimental. As such, the book is organized into short vignettes – parables and stories reminiscent of the Taoist sage Chuang Tzu.

The effect of the entire thing is very much like a Zen Koan: you’re not really expected to “get it” conceptually. Instead, we’re invited to come back to this writing again and again, allowing it – over time – to dismantle the very conceptual structures that are the walls and bars of our prison. Though this isn’t easy work … all else is bondage!