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Instant Enlightenment: Fast, Deep, and Sexy

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David Deida is best known for "bringing sexy back" to contemporary spirituality, and now in his latest offering he's bringing real life back. Instant Enlightenment contains a vast array of subjects that other `spiritual' teachings fear to touch - oral sex, swearing, car crashes, death, masturbation, to name a few. These taboo areas get the much-needed shot in the arm they deserve. Each chapter is poetically precise, humorous, and challenges the reader to bring their awareness to life experiences that would ordinarily make us contract and shut down. It is in these moments that our separation to what is gets easily forgotten. Can you remember to stay open and loving in the midst of extreme suffering - and banality? This is the core of Deida's teaching: feel open to what you resist, deny and recoil from. What could simply look like a throwaway, aphoristic pocket book, turns out to be a whole lot deeper. The way to read this book is by randomly dipping into any chapter, reading it slowly and contemplating its content. Deida's words and enlightenment will undo you - instantly.

Sometimes shocking, sometimes radical, but always humorous and entertaining, this little yellow book by David Deida contains very profound insights for dealing with many foibles of mundane existence. Quoting or describing it would only dilute the experience. I recommend a non-linear approach to reading this tome: scan the table of contents for a relevant topic and devote yourself only to that section for the duration of one sitting. It will work wonders!

Since the 'Way of the Superior Man' I think this is my favourite of Davids books. A series of very practical, short and simple observations and exercises expanding ones perception of realtiy. Fun and easy, it is a great book to carry with you to read an exercise on the train, during a pause at work or any time you have a spare moment during the day. If you are looking to open to and move into something larger than yourself in your everyday life this book is for you. Recomended for anyone of any spiritual inclination including fatalists and athiests.

I'm a big Deida fan and I've really loved all of his other stuff. There was a period of time where I carried "Blue Truth" around in my purse or pocket and read a line or two here and there on a constant basis- and this from a bookaholic who reads a book and gets rid of it in order to move on to the next one. But this was uninspiring and far from his best.

In this book Deida reminds us that there is nothing outside of the sacred. Truly, in any moment and any situation, we can choose to be fully present, and thus, more fully alive.

Loved this book. An easy read with powerful, cut to the core exercises.

This very fun & useful book by an extraordinary author, skips over the garbage and gets down to key aspects of reality. Its title is a bit flashy but its apt. Stands out among many (quite a few perhaps overly basic ones) from this prolific psychologist.

I'd recommend the superior man. I'm a huge fan of deida, but this one is basically the superior man, condensed and vulgar. It has certain appeal to those who like small, quick readings, but in the long run you'd be much better off with superior man.

A wonderful, quick, pick-me-up book on the go for those too busy to sit through entire chapters of David Deida's books to learn lessons on Sacred Love and Sensuality. Wonderful insight by a man geared mostly for men.

Farrah Nayka Ashline

I was able to borrow this from the library. I'm glad I didn't buy it as although it was witty and wise, it took me all of 15 minutes to read. My recommendation is to save your money and spend it on one of his other books.

This book is a great little handbook to take along, or just pick up occasionaly to boost your consciousness. It says things that have been unspoken for some time. It is a jolt to kick you out of the box of your previous thinking. In fact,it appears we "think" too much and as a result, we have been "experiencing" less. This book takes you a notch or two up in your reality...