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Book One of Jed McKenna's Enlightenment Trilogy: From a spiritual master unlike any, a spiritual masterpiece like no other. AUTHOR, TEACHER AND SPIRITUAL MASTER Jed McKenna tells it like it's never been told before. A true American original, Jed succeeds where countless others have failed by reducing this highest of attainments - Spiritual Enlightenment - to the simplest of terms. Never before has this elusive topic been treated in so engaging and accessible a manner. A masterpiece of illuminative writing, Spiritual Enlightenment is mandatory reading for anyone following a spiritual path.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Reading this made me realize I've subscribed for years to enlightenment as the mystical ever-bliss gained through perfection of my "self" (my ego).
This book shows me how real Enlightenment is actually the complete process of hacking away at the ego to find what is really true. E is purely about realising the basic truth of my human life: that the ego - "I" - used to separate me from the rest of the world (and think to write this), is just a character I've come up with. The real truth of oneness is behind this complex façade. Jed says this takes 2 years of unravelling the many beliefs used to hold up our ego layers to get there. The huge shift in viewpoint doesn't mean that you'll be permanently blissful, but you will erase the fear of death (as well as public ridicule and self tax forms)
Jed still dons a minimised version of his old ego when a social necessity for decent conversation, enjoys the small things in life and is clearly enlightened. Think you may be? Apparently you'll know it for sure when you are. From this comes true spiritual freedom (while still hacking merrily at my own ego, Conversations With God 1 by Walsch, helps me best decide how to use this freedom from an unenlightened perspective)
This book shows me how real Enlightenment is actually the complete process of hacking away at the ego to find what is really true. E is purely about realising the basic truth of my human life: that the ego - "I" - used to separate me from the rest of the world (and think to write this), is just a character I've come up with. The real truth of oneness is behind this complex façade. Jed says this takes 2 years of unravelling the many beliefs used to hold up our ego layers to get there. The huge shift in viewpoint doesn't mean that you'll be permanently blissful, but you will erase the fear of death (as well as public ridicule and self tax forms)
Jed still dons a minimised version of his old ego when a social necessity for decent conversation, enjoys the small things in life and is clearly enlightened. Think you may be? Apparently you'll know it for sure when you are. From this comes true spiritual freedom (while still hacking merrily at my own ego, Conversations With God 1 by Walsch, helps me best decide how to use this freedom from an unenlightened perspective)
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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Jed McKenna's book is a delight to read. Its clarity and simplicity make it accessible for everyone. It provides an insight into the life of a modern day spiritual teacher, who just happens to be an every day guy like the rest of us. The book is not for spiritual seekers still looking for the extraordinary, for states of bliss, or for someone to bow down to in exchange for being granted ever deeper and more meaningful personal experiences. It is a book for those who want to cut through all the spiritual games and are prepared do what is necessary to discover Truth for themselves. It will also be useful for those new to the spiritual search. For them, McKenna provides a first - and possibly last! - step in the right direction.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This book is written in a journal style format; anecdotes, memories and poems are combined with everyday happenings and encounters with 'seekers' at various points in their journeys in the form of dialogue. For readers already aquainted with non-path approaches to Truth, there are no great revelations, but it is an entertaining read. McKenna is delightfully irreverent, an anti-guru, and playfully breaks spiritual taboos; impatience, boredom, restlessness, likes & dislikes, judgements & assumptions abound - as well as compassion, sensitivity and patience. It is unlikely that you will ever have read anyone state 'I am enlightened and you are not' quite as many times and in as many different ways as McKenna manages to!
The book is aimed at blowing holes in any mystical 'all is love and bliss' models of enlightenment, with repeated emphasis on deconstructing all beliefs, whether they are 'spiritual' or otherwise - as these are all means by which the ego seeks identity. There are very few tips or techniques included for challenging cherished beliefs, other than truth work and writing down what you KNOW you know 'I am...', but perhaps it will put an end to any growing library of spiritual literature.....
"If I were to reduce this book and my teachings to their essence, I would say it all comes down to nothing more than this: Think for yourself and figure out what's true. That's it. Ask yourself what's true until you know. Everything else in this book, everything else I have to say on the subject, turns on that centre.
That's the note I'd like to end on. It's your show. It's your universe. There's no one else here, just you, and nothing is being withheld. you are completely on your own, and everything is available for direct knowing. No one else has anything you need. no one else can lead you, pull you, push you or carry you. No one else is necessary for your success. It cannot be simpler; you are asleep and you can wake up. If you understand that, you'll understand that it's the best news you could possibly receive. Behold! The way is open to thee."
McKenna also states that you are almost certain to fail in truth realisation: "You're embarking on an undertaking that millions upon millions of sincere, intelligent men and women have committed their lives to without success."
The book is aimed at blowing holes in any mystical 'all is love and bliss' models of enlightenment, with repeated emphasis on deconstructing all beliefs, whether they are 'spiritual' or otherwise - as these are all means by which the ego seeks identity. There are very few tips or techniques included for challenging cherished beliefs, other than truth work and writing down what you KNOW you know 'I am...', but perhaps it will put an end to any growing library of spiritual literature.....
"If I were to reduce this book and my teachings to their essence, I would say it all comes down to nothing more than this: Think for yourself and figure out what's true. That's it. Ask yourself what's true until you know. Everything else in this book, everything else I have to say on the subject, turns on that centre.
That's the note I'd like to end on. It's your show. It's your universe. There's no one else here, just you, and nothing is being withheld. you are completely on your own, and everything is available for direct knowing. No one else has anything you need. no one else can lead you, pull you, push you or carry you. No one else is necessary for your success. It cannot be simpler; you are asleep and you can wake up. If you understand that, you'll understand that it's the best news you could possibly receive. Behold! The way is open to thee."
McKenna also states that you are almost certain to fail in truth realisation: "You're embarking on an undertaking that millions upon millions of sincere, intelligent men and women have committed their lives to without success."
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Recommended reading for all on a Spiritual Path
Entertaining, funny and cutting to the chase sums the book up.
Although I do wonder if it's simply a rebellion against "New Agey" , pure love, soul purpose. Read more
Although I do wonder if it's simply a rebellion against "New Agey" , pure love, soul purpose. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr. R. Aries
ENLIGHTENTAINMENT
I really enjoyed this book, although I would not in any way describe it as a spiritual masterpiece, because it is not. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Neil
Very enlightening.
Great book. Could not put it down. This guy is crazy enough to make you believe he is genuinely enlightened. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Fresh Ink
Entertaining, yes. Useful? ...
Like most reviews say here it does cut through the crap that the New Age have shovelled onto us. But his method is Self Enquiry, the non-relational kind. Read more
Published 22 months ago by A. Watson
This book was a pinacle for me...
Well, I feel that I'd be understating if I began to describe this book in "it will change your life" tones. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2009 by C. Bullen
Sounding Brass in an Infinite Universe?
It's a good read, simply yet beautifully constructed, and it makes a great point, built largely around an embellished Plato's Cave metaphor. Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2008 by Mr. Andrew Phillips
A true enlightenment book!
Jed's book reads a lot like a novel which is a nice change from most other books on this subject. It's lighthearted but full to the throat with deep insights. Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2008 by Larry Purcell
Undecided
I'm undecided on how useful this book is today. On the one hand it does cut through a lot of the spirituality stuff which has become a religion in itself. Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2007 by A. Gillies
Jed likes to play Tomb Raider
He also likes cycling, walking, skydiving and Walt Whitman's poems. That sums the book up really, the ordinary life, simple, and just the way it is. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2007 by C. White
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