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The author's mind is imbued at all times with the higher faculty of spiritual awareness. (Eckhart Tolle )
The most enlightening book about enlightenment I have ever read. (Ervin Laszlo )
One of the best books on spiritual awakening I have ever come across. An important contribution to the shift in consciousness that is happening on our planet at this time. (Eckhart Tolle )
Makes an elusive and complex subject easily comprehensible to the reader...His [Steve Taylor] enthusiasm is tangible and infectious. (Kindred Spirit Magazine )
The most enlightening book about enlightenment I have ever read. (Ervin Laszlo )
One of the best books on spiritual awakening I have ever come across. An important contribution to the shift in consciousness that is happening on our planet at this time. (Eckhart Tolle )
Makes an elusive and complex subject easily comprehensible to the reader...His [Steve Taylor] enthusiasm is tangible and infectious. (Kindred Spirit Magazine )
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How much of your waking time are you fully awake?
How often do you stumble through the day on auto-pilot, half asleep and out of contact with yourself, instead of feeling connected and alive?
In this astounding book, Steve Taylor suggests that our normal consciousness is really a kind of 'sleep' from which we sometimes 'wake up', into a more intense and complete reality. Waking from Sleep provides what is perhaps the first ever clear explanation of higher states of consciousness, or 'awakening experiences'.
This book examines:
• the methods that human beings have used throughout history to induce awakening experiences, including meditation, sex, nature, sport, psychedelic drugs and sleep deprivation
• how higher states of consciousness were normal and natural to some of the world's peoples (and still are in some cases)
• how we can make 'wakefulness' our normal state again.
By fully explaining awakening experiences, this book makes them much more accessible, and may even lead to a revolution in our psychological development as human beings.
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90 of 94 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Every one of us has at some time, or will do before long, thought that there must be more to life than this?! More than working all your life to buy 'things' that inevitably trap us into needing to earn more money; more than spending your whole life achieving 'things' for it all to be taken away at the end of your life. It is no understatement to claim that Steve Taylor's book outlines exactly what the meaning of all life is.
Whether you're already on the path looking for something more, perhaps something spiritual or religious or scientific, this book gives you the answers we are all trying to find. It is the only concise work I have come across that ties in every possible path and discipline that is trying to work out and achieve a more meaningful life. I have read many books on the Buddhist path to enlightenment, the Sharmanistic way of achieving their own version of elightenment, and many many books on Quantum physics that also explain how things work on a subatomic level - basically every discipline is talking about the same thing, that of living in a more awakened state.
I cannot rate this book highly enough as quite possibly the most important thing I have ever read, and it has confirmed my feelings about death being a joyful event rather than something to be feared - I only wish he had written it years ago. This book is life-changing and absolutely needs to be read by everyone.
Whether you're already on the path looking for something more, perhaps something spiritual or religious or scientific, this book gives you the answers we are all trying to find. It is the only concise work I have come across that ties in every possible path and discipline that is trying to work out and achieve a more meaningful life. I have read many books on the Buddhist path to enlightenment, the Sharmanistic way of achieving their own version of elightenment, and many many books on Quantum physics that also explain how things work on a subatomic level - basically every discipline is talking about the same thing, that of living in a more awakened state.
I cannot rate this book highly enough as quite possibly the most important thing I have ever read, and it has confirmed my feelings about death being a joyful event rather than something to be feared - I only wish he had written it years ago. This book is life-changing and absolutely needs to be read by everyone.
123 of 130 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Following on from Steve Taylor' previous books, The Fall and Making Time, this is a logical development, and a deepening on some of themes he touched on before. In my opinion, this is his best book. It has been 13 years in the writing, he states in the introduction, and it has the depth of insight and the kind of condensed clarity which you would expect after such a long period. The book suggests that our normal state of consciousness is a kind of 'sleep' - a state of not being fully in touch with reality, not being fully aware of our surroundings or in touch with ourselves. Steve Taylor suggests that higher states of consciousness - or awakening experiences - are moments when these normal limitations slip away. There are many examples of awakening experiences collected by the author. He analyses the situations when they often occur, such as contact with nature, sport, dancing, listening to music etc, or through fasting and psychedelic drugs. He also suggests that some of the world's indigenous peoples, and even young children, are 'awake' in ways which we are not as adults.
By showing how our normal state is limited, and how we can 'wake up' both through temporary experiences and permanently, this book really changes the way you think about yourself and the world. It makes you realise that there is much more to the human mind than we realise. It's a massively invigorating and stimulating book which deserves a lot of a attention.
By showing how our normal state is limited, and how we can 'wake up' both through temporary experiences and permanently, this book really changes the way you think about yourself and the world. It makes you realise that there is much more to the human mind than we realise. It's a massively invigorating and stimulating book which deserves a lot of a attention.
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
GRIPPING, AMAZING AND INSIGHTFULLY BRILLIANT! ONE OF THE BEST SPIRITUAL BOOKS ON THE MARKET
18 Aug 2010
Format:Paperback
This is a book for anyone who is going through positive changes, or for anybody who wants to transform their negative attitude into a positive one. When I read this book I was going through depression and this book helped me pull myself out of it. The author writes about poets and mystics who have also been through what Maslow called Peak Experiences, or spiritual experiences where people are suddenly transformed into a higher state of being. This book definately explains what people like Walt Whitman and Wordsword went through and what inspired them to write such flowering poetry. This book will make you think of intense and positive experiences which will inspire you to get in touch with your higher consciousness.
What I like about this book is that it gave examples and the author speaks from experience as well, so he is not just a researcher but has actually gone through his own kundalini awakening. This is for anybody who enjoys reading spiritual literature like 'The Power of Now', 'A New Earth' or any of the Hayhouse books. Don't think about it, get this book you will truly love it.
What I like about this book is that it gave examples and the author speaks from experience as well, so he is not just a researcher but has actually gone through his own kundalini awakening. This is for anybody who enjoys reading spiritual literature like 'The Power of Now', 'A New Earth' or any of the Hayhouse books. Don't think about it, get this book you will truly love it.
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Very very enlightening
A great, pioneering book which makes sense of experiences which go beyond the ordinary. A book which explains the unexplainable. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Sara
A new way of looking at the world
The great thing about this book is that it explains 'spiritual experiences' without talking about religion and reducing them to brain chemicals. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Lucy
Away with the fairies
I've always considered myself a deeply thoughtful and philosophical person, and occasionally I buy certain types of books when I feel the need to take stock of things. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Brian Richards
A Classic
I have read several of the classic studies of spiritual experiences and spiritual awakening, such as the Varieties of Religious Experiences and The Spiritual Nature of Man, and... Read more
Published 8 months ago by noone
A lucid examination of higher states of consciousness
A lucid examination of higher states of consciousness. This is the most clearly written and most easily understood book I have read that intellectualizes something that is beyond... Read more
Published 9 months ago by B. N. Jones
Very dissapointed!
Very disappointing. Author keeps repeating the same stuff on and on. Basically boring, comparing to other great books. So many quotes from other books.
Published 13 months ago by kocia
A Fascinating Analysis of Enlightenment Experiences
I had some mixed feelings while reading Steve Taylor's book : a little too cut-and-dried "reasonable" perhaps, for my "devotional" nature, and yet I find I am deeply grateful to... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Louise Thunin
helpful research into enlightenment
This book is a helpful and thorough examination into the various methods and paths which many have taken to enlightenment. Read more
Published 17 months ago by D.Taylor
Not that good
I bought this book after reading the other reviews, however, its not that good. its interesting, yet boring at the same time. rather slow to take off. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Life Guru
a no frills account
This is a clear no frills account of how we can wake up to the true nature of our being--our life force. Read more
Published 20 months ago by V. Mckenna
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