Living in the Light: Follow Your Inner Guidance to Create a New Life and a New World [Paperback]

Shakti Gawain (Author), Laurel King (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 6, 2011

Are you searching for deeper meaning and purpose in your life? Do you sense that you have an inner wisdom that can be a guiding force for you, yet wonder how to connect with that intuitive self? How do you know which inner voices to listen to?

For over thirty years, Shakti Gawain has helped readers address these questions. Living in the Light has given literally millions of people clear and gentle guidance to create a new way of life — one in which we listen to our intuition and rely on it as a guiding force. The key lies in bringing the light of our awareness to every aspect of ourselves, including our disowned energies — our shadow side.

With great insight and clarity, Shakti shows us the transformative power of bringing awareness to every part of ourselves. Simple yet powerful exercises on subjects including creativity, relationships, parenting, health, money, and transforming the world help us put these teachings to practical use in our daily lives.

Living in the Light is a comprehensive map to growth, fulfillment, and consciousness. As we grapple with personal, national, and global challenges on many fronts, this classic work is timelier than ever.

Editorial Reviews

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“Living in the Light is very powerful....It can transform your life.”
— Wayne Dyer

“Shakti Gawain’s work is a great contribution.”
— Deepak Chopra, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

About the Author

Shakti Gawain is a bestselling author and a leader in the world consciousness movement. Her books, including the classic Creative Visualization, have sold over ten million copies in thirty-five languages. She lives in Mill Valley, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: New World Library, Nataraj; 25th Anniversary Edition edition (December 6, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1608680487
• ISBN-13: 978-1608680481
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,677 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic of Genre May 16, 2012

By Bill Gallagher

Format:Paperback

Living in the Light is not for everyone. If you're someone who looks to the scientific method as a validation for whether something is true or not, you're likely to be frustrated with this book. If, however, you're someone who likes to view the world with a sense of magic, then you'll likely enjoy it. As Shakti writes after in her preface about her first experience with psychic intuition, "I remember thinking, `Ever since I was a child I have always known that there is magic - that somehow, somewhere magic really exists. This seems like the closest thing to it that I've ever heard of.'"

What I like about the book is that even if you don't believe that the universe manifests itself according to what we really need to learn, there are still valuable lessons. (In defense of at least a "soft defense" of the idea that the universe does unfold as we need it to, even if events are unwanted, since there is always something for us to learn, we are always presented with the challenges we need to work on; combine that with the fact that our way of looking at and acting in the world does tend to create a web of our own making.)

Anyhow, here's an example of lessons from Shakti that are helpful regardless of what you believe (pg. 100):

"To be a creative channel, you just have to be real - be yourself. The more authentic, honest, and spontaneous you are, the more freely the creative force can flow through you. As it does so, it cleans out the remnants of old blockages. What comes out may sometimes be unpleasant or uncomfortable, but the energy moving through you will freel great!"

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Living in the Light 25years On January 1, 2012

By karenbinda

Format:Paperback

I first discovered "Creative Visualization" by Shakti Gawain 25years ago, at a time in my life when the wisdom and pratical applications in the book turned my life around. "Living in the Light" by Shakti Gawain gave me a deeper understanding and more exercises, meditations and affirmations to apply to everyday life. 25years on, and my own personal visualizations of living in a mudbrick house on a beautiful 25acres with a loving partner has manifested in my life......and so much more. I have "Reflections in the Light" Shakti Gawain by my bed and read the daily thoughts and affirmations. All Shakti Gawain's books are a perfect example of how powerful and life-changing the written word can be. Thank you Shakti from the bottom of my heart. Karenbinda - Australia

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Living in The Light January 1, 2012

By Darcy Lynn Izzo

Format:Paperback

Living in the Light is a super book. Shakti is inspiring and continues to motivate the reader. She has inspired me to believe in ME! Because of all of her work I will never stop believing.