5 comments about Suffering Is Optional: Three Keys to Freedom and Joy.

1. Hi,

   I love Cheri's books. I find them to be WONDERFULLY enlightening, interesting, deep and profound, yet fun and funny. A FANTASTIC way to understand deep Zen teachings and apply them to every day life. The books "There is Nothing Wrong With You" and "Suffering is Optional" especially spoke to me.

   I REALLY like the handwritten look text. It is both easy to read, and seems more "fun" somehow than regular book type. Her approach is very conversational and fun, and at times, humorous. She draws me in, and I don't want to stop reading (except to do the exercises).

   I previously tried to read some of the Zen classics, by both oriental and western writers, but their writings just seemed to philosophical, too dry, too hard to understand and apply, not to mention too small type to read comfortably. I just happened on Cheri's books at my local bookstore. Once I read one, I was hooked! I've read 5 and counting!

   Thank you Cheri!




2. I've read a lot of books on Buddhism of various flavors - Zen, Tibetan, etc. Most Zen books I've read are either very abstract, or very straightforward but lacking in detail for how to practice day-to-day. Cheri Huber has written the ultimate book that is pretty much buzzword-free and extremely simple to put to the test.
   
   /Suffering Is Optional/ is not really a Buddhist book, or a Zen book. It happens to have been written by a Zen teacher, and there are a few Buddhist-y words (mostly "karma") that are used to highlight points for which Western culture tends to lack solid terminology. But for the most part, this is simply a book about freeing yourself from the ways you (often unknowingly) punish yourself. Suffering is indeed optional, and Cheri Huber shows how to see that.
   
   This is a very fast, very simple read, but do not be fooled. /Suffering Is Optional/ does not set out some pie-in-the-sky path to happiness that involves no effort on your part. Quite the opposite, as the author herself is quick to point out:
   
   "I remind people with annoying regularity that if this practice were easy it would be more popular. Consider that, please. Look around and see what has thousands or even millions of 'adherents.' What do those things have in common? I would suggest that they all share the quality of people being exactly as they are while having something hopeful to believe. Very popular. Compare that with a practice that encourages people moment by moment to go up against, see through, and embrace the worst stuff in life. Not popular."
   
   Not popular, maybe, but I feel it is very beneficial.
   
   There's a lot of hands-on exercises to try in this book... Not of the SIT PERFECTLY STRAIGHT IN YOUR CHAIR MAKING THE SUCH-AND-SUCH MUDRA WITH YOUR HANDS sort. No, miss Huber invites you to be AWARE of the things that go on in your life, and inside you. What things lead to joy, and what things lead to suffering? She doesn't preach or politicize any of it - all she asks and guides you to do is to be aware. Through awareness and genuine commitment, much can be revealed about our interactions with this world and how often we get in the way of our own happiness.
   
   If you're ever stressed, or angry, or frustrated, I highly recommend this book. It's conversational, caring, and does not require you to run out and purchase a saffron robe and begging bowl. I've yet to discover a more wise or more powerful way for discovering "the path to freedom and joy."



3. Focuss on the core of suffering...No pep talk but realistic talk ! Anyone who has courage to step into her path ! You have already won half the battle



4. I have read just about every Cheri Huber book, and given them as gifts to friends. She has impacted my life in a very positive way. I highly recommend any of her books to anyone who is open to seeing life in a new way. The books are very easy reads, and the type of books you read more than once to let the information truly sink in.



5. Great book. Great condition. excellent read. You can read this over and over and get more out of it. She is an excellent writer. Very helpful.

5 comments about Pedid Que Ya Se Os Ha Dado: (Ask and It Is Given).

1. I think the book is very good. Perhaps some parts are difficult to believe, like the entity of Abraham.



2. Uno se ha preguntado toda su vida como lograr aquello que quiere en la vida. Cuales son las reglas de este maravilloso juego? Pues bien, he leido demasiado y casi habia decidido dejar de leer para buscar solo la sabiduria interior a traves de la meditacion, pero este libro me hizo cambiar de idea. Luego de leer los comentarios en Amazon.com y parte de algunos capitulos, decidi comprarlo y no me ha decepcionado. Lei hace meses "El secreto", esto va mucho mas alla que "El Secreto" profundiza claramente lo que alli solo se muestra superficialmente.
   Tambien me sorprende su coherencia, no parece haber puntos flojos en su filosofia, los habra seguramente para aquellos acostumbrados a criticar algo antes de comprenderlo porque creen que ser "critico", es sinonimo de ser "inteligente" y pasara mucho tiempo hasta que descubran que estan equivocados, este libro no es para ellos, al menos no aun.
   
   He leido a Wayne W. Dyer, Wallace D. Wattles, Napoleon Hill, Deepak Chopra, escritos sobre Filosofia "No-dualista", Eckhart Tolle, Un Curso de Milagros, Don Miguel Ruiz, Paramahansa Yogananda, y muchos otros, siempre parecia faltarle algo al rompecabezas, pero no a "Pedid que se os ha dado" que parece ser la sintesis de todo lo demas, la sintesis que completa las ideas de otros y va aun mas alla, mostrando facetas que quiza autores de carne y hueso no pueden ver claramente. Si, se supone que este libro esta "dictado" a Esther Hicks por una entidad no fisica autodenominada Abraham, no se si es cierto, solo se que la forma en que Abraham-Hicks dilucida las dudas que surgen durante la lectura parece casi magica, como entremetiendose en lugares de la mente de tal sutileza que se dificulta el acceso para aquellos aun vestidos de carne y hueso.
   Suena increible? Lealo y despues me cuenta. Puedo afirmar que si la vida es un juego, aqui estan las reglas que hemos estado buscando durante tanto tiempo. Sonria! Dios lo bendice!



3. Indiscutiblemente, las emociones y sentimientos nos revelan que tan cerca o alejados estamos dle camino que hemos elegido, este libro explica el importante papel de las emociones como un sistema que guia para ser, hacer otener lo que queramos. La segunda parte del libro tiene una serie de procesos muy interesantes, para tener control de nosostros, de nuestro pensamientos y emociones y poder ser unos co-creadores denuestra "realidad".
   
   Lo recomiendo.



4. A must read for anyone who really wants to understand why we sometimes have what we dont want and dont have what we want.



5. I ordered a great quantity on these books, and even though there were not in stock at the beginnig, they made an effort and delvered the entire order within the estimated time

4 comments about Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart: 101 Stories of Faith, Hope, Inspiration & Humor (Amazing Grace, 2) (Amazing Grace, 2).

1. I like to say it's like Lay's potato chips: You can't stop at just one of the stories in this book. Each story is the perfect length for a quick reading in the course of a busy life. Yet each is inspirational and you find yourself trying to sneak in just one more story before you have to get back to your duties.

   I have and will continue to give this book as gifts. It is the perfect end-of-year gift for Catholic school teachers or CCD/RE teachers. Frankly, giving it out to your family and friends is a great idea too. Easy to read, yet never "fluffy" or watered-down, it is another amazing contribution by Jeff Cavins and Matt Pinto. Thanks guys!




2. Some books warm the heart,inspiring it to hope again. The poignant storylines remind me of Katherine Valentine's Dorsetville series. This is one of those books. I highly recommend it to anyone going through tough times. It's bound to renew your faith.



3. All of the stories may not hit home with you but so many will. As the title states - stories of faith, hope, inspiration and humor. A book you want to pass on to others to read.



4. This is a wonderful collection of stories. It always sounds funny to say that a book made you laugh and cry, but this one really will! Isn't God amazing?!? These stories will certainly make you think about how God has intervened in your own life.

1 comments about Plant Seed, Pull Weed: Nurturing the Garden of Your Life.

1. Geri Larkin's life has taken her from the heights of American business to the simplicity of Buddhist practice. She began her career as a jet-setting business consultant -- and is ending it as a sort of free-lance teacher and landscape consultant living in a tiny home in the Pacific Northwest.
   
   In fact, in this new book she writes that when she volunteers at an emergency food bank -- it's impossible to tell her and the other folks running the program from the clients in need of the emergency food.
   
   It's a wonderful journey, which Geri has laid out for readers in a series of books that are half spiritual memoir and half Zen advice about everything from personal relations to -- in this new book -- cooking up the dandelions you've pulled from your front yard.
   
   Around the time her previous book, "The Chocolate Cake Sutra," was published, I invited a group of high school students to spend time interviewing Geri for a documentary film on prayer and meditation. Geri was heading back to southeast Michigan for a few days from her new home in the Pacific Northwest, and I told the students that the cost of a seat with Geri was reading her book.
   
   If you know anything about the busy lives of teenagers, the idea of reading a book on Buddhism sounds like an impossible challenge. But, on the day of the interview, an eager little crowd of students pulled couches up around Geri's own easy chair. They pulled out these beautifully well-thumbed copies of her book -- their pages sprouting bookmarks, sticky notes and slips of paper with questions scribbled to ask Geri.
   
   That's the best way I can convey the excitement of her spiritual voice. It can hook and hold a busy teenager -- or a busy middle-aged writer like myself.
   
   These are books not to be missed, because they leave you with a hopeful smile on your face -- and a fistful of good ideas to make sure that smile is shared with someone else.
   
   They're great for small groups -- easy reading, but deep provocative wisdom in each chapter.

4 comments about A Cherokee Feast of Days: Daily Meditations.

1. Inspirational books always failed to inspire me until "A Cherokee Feast of Days." Joyce Sequitchie Hifler delves into my soul and finds the very best, strongest parts of ME. By including the wisdom of native elders, she gives us a perspective of "time," of each day, as a healer and as an opportunity to, simply put, "do good." Hifler is like the sunflower: her roots run deep in the red clay earth and her face smiles up to God reflecting the blessings which he has bestowed upon her and upon all of us. I have given this book to many of my friends. Prepare to have your outlook on life uplifted forever! Hifler makes me even more proud to be blessed with my grandmother's Tsalagi blood.



2. I have had this book and gave it to a friend and now I have to replace it. I depended on the daily mediations to give me a positive or clear thought to start my day. It parallels the daily mediations of christianity so closely it makes you realize there truely is only one "Great Spirit". This book has enhanced my life. Until I found this book I only had my christian beliefs of mediations. Now I have something that I can relate to through heritage. I have shared the passages in this book with many friends and it has touched their hearts as deeply as mine. Thank you Joyce Sequichie Hifler.



3. Certainly one of the most elegant daily devotional books available today. Hifler is both poet and spiritual guide. This book is a real treat!



4. A friend gave me this book as a gift in 1993. I have read a meditation almost every day since. I find it to be uplifting and thought provoking and at the same time centering on things that really matter. The meditations remind me that family and earth matter so much more than materialistics. My daughter also reads daily and has been searching for one as a gift.

5 comments about Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can Heal the Heart.

1. I became so excited about this book that I wanted to see what other people thought about it. While the reviews in the book itself were positive the ones I read here were disappointing. I wanted to write a review that would encourage people to read this book because I found a lot of answers for my personal dilemmas in Tara's book. I was so pleased with the information I got from the book that I bought the CD even though the review I read here for the CD was not positive. I loved her voice and the background music. I identified with the tea ceremony because some one once told me how concentrating on the act of making tea in a teapot added to the relaxation one is usually seeking when stopping to have a cup of tea. I am replaying the CD over and over because my mind wants to resist the enlightenment I experience each time I hear it. I even found a schema that is particularly troublesome for me when listening to the cd that I did not see when I was reading the book. That proved to me how my schemas want to keep me deluded about my true feelings. I have had similar experiences to most of the examples in the book and I got great ideas for addressing them. I particularly got the part about the quarter second opportunity to make a different choice. Now when I get a feeling of dis-ease I turn my awareness on it and begin dialoging with myself about what I am feeling. Now I find that most of the time if I will not react a better outcome will result. I am not willing to do long meditation retreats but i am very interested in meditating more in order to experience that gap where real peace resides. I know it is there and I have felt it in the past and hope to achieve it on a regular basis. I believe we all have the ability to experience it. I do not believe you have to be a Zen monk to achieve the tranquility she speaks of. I am glad I did not read the reviews until after I read the book. If you are co-dependent like I have been it is one of the best explanations for why we are co-dependant and what to do about becoming interdependent like we were supposed to be. I want to thank the Author for writing this book. I especially like the index and Notes. I am grateful to have found this book.



2. This is a psychological self-help book which takes the approach of combining 'mindfulness' with 'schema therapy'.
   
   Mindfulness is a Buddhist method of meditation in which the practitioner pays attention to the free flowing thoughts in his mind in order to understand precisely how he thinks and what is behind his thoughts. This is very different from the more well know meditation practice in which these thoughts are dismissed and the mind concentrates on a relaxing point of focus, such as inhaling and exhaling.
   
   Schema therapy is a new form of cognitive therapy which identifies repeat patterns of behavior that originate from disturbed childhood experiences. A schema is a cluster of habits (automatic thoughts and behaviors). There are ten different schemas. The first five schemas originate in early childhood and have to do with parental influence They are Abandonment, Deprivation, Subjugation, Mistrust and Unlovability. The next five schemas originate later in childhood, or even in adulthood, and have to do with peer-group influence. They are Exclusion, Vulnerability, Failure, Perfectionism, and Entitlement. The therapy challenges these bad habits replacing them with more logical, conscious patterns of behavior. Schema therapy was developed by Dr. Jeffery Young, who is a protégé of Dr. Aaron Beck, the founder of cognitive therapy.
   
   The main emphasis of the book is on mindfulness as a method of exploring the motivations of schemas, and of distancing oneself from the habitual behavior by maintaining a calm, distant observation of ones thoughts and emotions. The notion of building equanimity features strongly. Most chapters end with mindful exercises you can try by yourself at home. Schema therapy receives a brief three chapter overview. Then in the next eight chapters schemas are mentioned largely in terms of providing examples of maladaptive behavior on which mindfulness is demonstrated to act. The last four chapters of the book develop the idea of meditation as a method of 'spiritual' development beyond ordinary psychological self-improvement.
   
   If you are interested in learning more about schema therapy try Schema Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide.



3. This is a psychological self-help book which takes the approach of combining 'mindfulness' with 'schema therapy'.
   
   Mindfulness is a Buddhist method of meditation in which the practitioner pays attention to the free flowing thoughts in his mind in order to understand precisely how he thinks and what is behind his thoughts. This is very different from the more well know meditation practice in which these thoughts are dismissed and the mind concentrates on a relaxing point of focus, such as inhaling and exhaling.
   
   Schema therapy is a new form of cognitive therapy which identifies repeat patterns of behavior that originate from disturbed childhood experiences. A schema is a cluster of habits (automatic thoughts and behaviors). There are ten different schemas. The first five schemas originate in early childhood and have to do with parental influence They are Abandonment, Deprivation, Subjugation, Mistrust and Unlovability. The next five schemas originate later in childhood, or even in adulthood, and have to do with peer-group influence. They are Exclusion, Vulnerability, Failure, Perfectionism, and Entitlement. The therapy challenges these bad habits replacing them with more logical, conscious patterns of behavior. Schema therapy was developed by Dr. Jeffery Young, who is a protégé of Dr. Aaron Beck, the founder of cognitive therapy.
   
   The main emphasis of the book is on mindfulness as a method of exploring the motivations of schemas, and of distancing oneself from the habitual behavior by maintaining a calm, distant observation of ones thoughts and emotions. The notion of building equanimity features strongly. Most chapters end with mindful exercises you can try by yourself at home. Schema therapy receives a brief three chapter overview. Then in the next eight chapters schemas are mentioned largely in terms of providing examples of maladaptive behavior on which mindfulness is demonstrated to act. The last four chapters of the book develop the idea of meditation as a method of 'spiritual' development beyond ordinary psychological self-improvement.
   
   If you are interested in learning more about schema therapy try Schema Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide.



4. This book goes beyond simple meditative practices, by helping the reader free themselves from established maladaptive habits that not only harm others but deteriorate our well being. Tara Goleman combines Buddhists fundamentals with schema therapy to give us a deeper understanding about the dynamic-self that help us to come to better terms with reality.



5. I'm a person with certain amorphous but very pervasive personality issues, I have had good psychotherapy, NLP hypnotherapy, have read dozens of self-help books, and have had several peak experiences and spiritual-like experiences. But this pervasive thing has continued to come back in full force, time and time again. I would give this book three stars for similar reasons that other reviewers gave it low scores, but I am very thankful that this author introduced me into schema therapy. Personally, the spirituality and mindfulness is nothing new for me. I have read much in the realm of spirituality.
   I personally go for the genius of Dr. Young's books. But I will not recommend against this book. My specific opinions are subjective.
   I have read authors like A.H. Almaas, who integrate spirituality and psycholgy.
   Personally, I find schema therapy to be much more effective and less convoluted than the object-relations that Wilber and Almaas focus on.
   I highly recommend investigating schema psychology, and this book is an adequate introduction for the person who is tired of pop-psychlogy books, who speak for the common denominator.

5 comments about How to Duck a Suckah: A Guide to Living a Drama-Free Life.

1. I have a co-worker who picked up this book because of all the "hoopla" of the author being on the Steve Harvey morning radio show and I reviewed this book after she read it and (to me) it has some of the same things that the book "Sucka Free Love" by Debra Cooper talked about (that I have also read). The view points on dating and experiences women face in dating are related the same in each book, only Ms. Cooper was the 1st to share this with & entitle it with similar language "Sucka/Suckah". I can't discredit any work that Big Boom has done but the similarities in this title would make you think that he has copied it from the title of Ms. Cooper's book or it has been regurgitated (re*gur*gi*tate - Function: verb: to become thrown or poured back transitive senses: to throw or pour back or out from or as if from a cavity.) from the title to the story line. Ms. Cooper gives accounts in her book based of facts of dating from the female perspective and Big Boom's story/book is being told based on a "reformed pimp/player".
   My choice regarding the dueling "Sucka/Suckah's" would be: Sucka Free Love - How to Avoid Dating The Dumb, The Deceitful, The Dastardly, The Dysfunctional and The Deranged!



2. Black women need to expand their dating options to include all race of men....Author OfBlack Women Deserve Better



3. I like this book. It was easy to read and conversational in tone. It was like a big brother or uncle giving me advice. I love how Big Boom jumps right into it and in Chapter 2 he breaks down the different types of suckahs from the Preacher Types to the Down Low men.
   
   He challenges women to develop their self esteem and wait for Mr. Right instead of settling for Mr. Right Now. He also challenges women to investigate men more and warns of the dangers in letting men know where you live too soon, having sex too soon and of the dangers of exposing them to your children too soon.
   
   The questions he lists in the Appendix are really deep and require you to do some soul searching in order to answer them. I think that those who really invest the time in doing this exercise will learn a great deal about themselves (possibly things they'd never considered before) and this will help you regarding your future choices in selecting a mate.



4. This was a great continuation of his 1st book "If You Want Closure, Start With Your Legs".



5. This book is tight. Tells the secrets of how the players think, manipulate, lie, cheat, and ways they will us to get the ladies to give "it" up. From a former player himself, Big Boom, tells his story and all the player rules to help the ladies eliminate the game and find the real men who are looking for a really good woman. Even after reading the book, I spotted some of the "gamers" and put a halt to all of their manuvering. A really interesting read.

5 comments about Empowered by Empathy : 25 Ways to Fly in Spirit.

1. Some of things are long winded and not all that well explained, such as some of the exercises. I got the impression that you sort of had to understand things a bit more to really get use out of some of the exercises. Unfortunately, shutting it off and turning it back on isn't quite as simple as she'd have you believe. My empathy is very ingrained in me and I still have trouble doing it without the aid of my guides, and I'm far more advanced now. BUT... it is a wonderful book for beginning to understand more about a latent gift I didn't realize I had.



2. There are few books out there that both inspire and inform at the same time. With each sentence, I kept nodding my head in approval because it all applied to me. As I read the part on emotional onneness and emotional intuition, I could not help getting teary eyed because for the first time I had an explanation for what I had. I was not abnormal, or an emotional wreck. I had a gift all along and I did not even know it. Also the fact that it is written by one who has actually been there is a a sigh of relief because you are not alone. I recommend this book to anyone who believes that empathy might be a part of their every day life, and I hope it is as much a blessing to you as it was to me.



3. Over the years I'd hear comments like "you're so empathic", but I know now that I didn't really understand what empathy was - what it wasn't - and how to use it wisely or turn it off. In reading Empowered by Empathy I began to understand the differing styles of empathy. And most importantly I recognized myself as an untrained empath.
   The teachable moment for me was when my neighbor and I were talking and I began rubbing my right knee as it had begun to ache. I asked (silently) Is this MY pain? If not, I don't want it. And remarkably, the pain left. Now I have tools to protect myself from the moods and pains of others or I can use the information to assist if and when appropriate. I have choices that I did not know I had. This book Empowered by Empathy is aptly named. I highly recommend it to empower your life!



4. A decent book; I especially liked the Aura bounce & aura rub. Not enough information on using technology or crystals to protect yourself. FYI though, there is plenty of free material out there which is just as good and won't cost you, like Dr. Michael Smith's Inner Power material at his website.



5. This book taught me more about myself than I had ever known. I kept stopping while reading with amazement, so much of it resonated with my own struggles, I got answers to a lot of questions I did not even know I needed to ask.

5 comments about Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love: Daily Meditations to Help You Through the Grieving Process.

1. As a funeral directer, I highly recommend this little booklet. We give these books out as a gift on a regular basis to grieving families. The chapters are short, informative, inspiritional and filled with pracitical help. Those in grief find it hard to concentrate for long periods of time. The chapters are short and well catagorized to find help without having to read volumns of material.



2. I have used this book repeatedly - both with myself in the loss of a child - and as an offering to others experiencing loss of loved ones. It is an excellent daily aid to the confusion following shock. It is brief and to the point and offers so much hope - hope that the nightmare will come to an end and one will be happy again.



3. This book is written is such a good way to help you through the grieving process. It details what's "normal" and helps the grieving person sort out their feelings. Though nobody goes through the grieving process the same way another person may, this book gives guidance on how to cope with the feelings of loss and sadness. I found it encouraging and supportive and at the same time, it seemed to help me recover a little more from my loss.



4. This book was given to me when I lost my wife at 58 years of age to heart disease. It helped me in my grief. I have passed it to others and all have been very appreciative of it. It has been placed in the bookstore of a Seattle area church because it was so well received by a grief support group.



5. I have purchased many copies of this little book to give to those who
   are suffering over the loss of a loved one. It's a great book to give to
   Christians or those who may be open to hearing what Christianity is all about. I met someone while on vacation and he shared with me that his young niece drowned in a swift water accident. He is not a beleiver but after I gave him a copy of this book he contacted me and asked where he might buy more because he wanted to give everyone in his family a copy for Christmas. Another really good book for those who have experienced a miscarriage or infant loss is "Losing you too soon" by Bernadette Keaggy.
   I purchase those by the case because I work in a pregnancy clinic.

5 comments about Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing.

1. This book has absolutely moved me on from where I didnt even know I needed moving on from. It has peeled the scales from my eyes about the nature of the spiritual world I have been part of for years. It has made a bonfire in my heart for truth that had died down to comfortable, manageable embers. It has made so much of my life and thoughts about spirituality seem shallow and I am grateful for that- that I get to see that. I definitely feel it's a book that read at the right time can be enormously beneficial. Awakening. I am very glad it came into my life- actually, gratitude is too small a word. I can only guess it wasn't the right time, maybe, for the negative reviewers, to trigger what it has triggered in me. An opening, a moving forward.
   I feel it is possibly the most powerful spiritual book, well, just forget the spiritual, the most powerful book I have ever read, although many others may have prepared me to be able to hear it.
   And I am reading the 2nd book right now, and it's awesome too. Actually, I just don't feel I can accurately put into words the effects of these books on me.



2. If Jed is enlightened, it's difficult to know in what sense this is so. He experiences low level dread on the way to parachute jumps, thus he is not beyond fear and suffering. He doesn't relate to other people and he doesn't on the whole seem to like them very much. He claims he has stripped away every false part of himself, so that only truth remains. This process, which he calls 'spiritual autolysis', is painful and unpleasant. So what remains? Absolutely nothing, according to Jed. There is no self. All beliefs are untrue. Everything and everybody are bu*****t. Nothing is real, life is just a fiction on the movie screen. He can't describe what is good about being enlightened. He provides us with no motive to follow a similar path.
   
   Yet somehow Jed is able to write a book and talk with young people and drive a car and go bicycling and enjoy watching TV. All these activities require some knowledge, surely, of true ideas? Somehow he is able to believe that all beliefs are untrue. Somehow he is able to play his role on the movie screen of Plato's cinema. Whether or not you regard life as just a movie, the actors and props in that drama do interact in complex and autonomous ways. Doesn't that make them real?
   
   This overpriced book is nothing but a new, macho-style variation of the spiritual literature and razzmatazz which Jed advises us to avoid. Please take his advice.



3. I recently bought another copy of this for a friend because this is possbibly THE most Profound book that I have ever read on the subject.



4. Thoughts,emotions,ideas,deck chairs, are all a slice of the same pie. Consciousness!Thats it! It is all an illusion, sequential events separated into many experiences from the source.The bible, vedas, koran, say it.Buddha has said it, Jesus, Ramana, Nisargadatta, Krishnamurti, et. al. Now Jed has said it.If perhaps we could only get Homer Simpson to say it to confirm it, or we could just stop right now !



5. It reads much like a novel which makes it a gripping read. Jed McKenna has boldly gone where few spiritual teachers have dared to go before. He clears out the erroneous beliefs surrounding enlightenment and clarifies what it really is. He is funny at times and portrays himself as an average man who happened to become enlightened. He's honest about the subject and there is no airs and graces. This book combined with another witty and powerful book by Keith Loy Finding Reality 'Awakening to Spiritual Freedom' will provide all of the clarity you will ever need on this subject.