Lucid Living: A book you can read in an hour that will turn your world inside out [Paperback]

Timothy Freke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 5, 2005

Lucid Living presents the ancient wisdom of awakening in a funky new way. The author - an internationally-respected authority on world mysticism - shares seven life-transforming insights that wake us up from the numbness we call 'normality', so we experience how mysterious and miraculous existence really is. Simple, inspirational, utterly unique - and destined to become a modern spiritual classic. OCC036000

Editorial Reviews

Review

"One of the most approachable books on the true nature of the self I've come across. Everyone should read it." -- Peter Russell, Author of From Science to God and The Global Brain Awakens

"The greatest wisdom of the ages and how to become ONE with it in a book one can easily read." -- Patrick Wells, Associate producer of I Love You to Death staring Keanu Reeves

Lucid Living takes us to that place of wisdom that lies dormant in everyone. -- Larry Dossy, MD, Author: The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things

A book to be savoured and re-visited. -- Scientific and Medical Network Review

You are holding in your hands a true Gospel of Love for the future to come. -- Alice O. Howell, Author: The Dove in the Stone and The Beejum Book

About the Author

Timothy Freke has an honors degree in philosophy and is the author of more than 20 books. He is a keynote speaker at major conferences and is regularly featured in the media internationally, as well as on websites such as Ken Wilber’s “Integral Naked.” He has appeared in the History Channel documentary Beyond the Da Vinci Code, as well as several other programs about that work . . . and he is now completely fed up with talking about that damn book! He runs seminars in the USA, Europe, and South Africa exploring the experience of gnosis.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Sunwheel Books (July 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0952632098
• ISBN-13: 978-0952632092
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,317,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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129 of 145 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Let me save you $10, April 25, 2006

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This review is from: Lucid Living: A book you can read in an hour that will turn your world inside out (Paperback)

I love the Timothy Freke writings and this book will be awakening to people who have not deeply studied Buddism or Timothy's previous Gnostic slanting books.It is a very small book that uses a page for each paragraph. However let me sum his book up and save you the purchase price:

WE ARE ALL ASLEEP IN THE ILLUSION THAT WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND THAT WE HAVE A BODY AND A MIND AND HAVE THOUGHTS. HOWEVER WE CAN WAKE UP BY REALIZING THAT WE ARE NOT HUMAN WE ARE SIMPLY THE AWARENESS THAT PERCEIVES THE ILLUSION OF US BEING A HUMAN WITH A BODY.THE UNIVERSE IS NOT EXTERNAL, OUR TRUE UNIVERSE IS WHAT THE MIND CREATES FOR OUR AWARENESS THROUGH OUR SENSES.ALL OF OUR REALITY HAPPENS INSIDE OF OUR AWARENESS NOT OUTSIDE.YOUR THOUGHTS,BODY,MIND,BRAIN,SENSES,AND NAME ARE NOT YOU, YOU ARE THE ONE THAT WITNESSES ALL THESE THINGS. WAKE UP!

34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A clear presentation of Mysticism, March 18, 2006

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Theosophist (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lucid Living: A book you can read in an hour that will turn your world inside out (Paperback)

I was walking through the bookstore and I noticed that on the cover that the book will turn my world inside out. It did its job by getting my attention and I wondered what would be so surpising. I found that the suprise was life itself.

This book does a wonderful job at pointing at the extraordinary miracle of life. It brings your awareness to the present moment where the fact that this very moment is happening is truly amazing. This is a fact that many people seem to look over and take advantage of. It may seem so ordinary that existence acutally exists, but one can't deny that for existence to exist is an absolute mystery.

The book also points out the fundamental oneness of awareness. This oneness is what many mystics of the past have tried to convey. The only difference with this book and the mystics of the past is that the mystics of the past use clouded religious terms, which can make their message hard to understand. This book presents mysticism in terms of our time and situation. This material may have been all said before, but I think this type of material needs to be said over and over again for everybody to wake up.

Hope this was helpful.

Peace and Blessings on your journey.

62 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Reminder, November 1, 2005

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Eric Sterling (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lucid Living: A book you can read in an hour that will turn your world inside out (Paperback)

The first thing I noticed was, the title of the book - Lucid Living.

(Great title)

The second thing I noticed was, that it was small.

(I love that)

The third thing I noticed was, I originally intended to find Sue M. Watkins' new book.

But before I could reach for her book, this little companion caught my attention

By the way the title of Susan's new book - What A Coincidence!: The wow! factor in synchronicity and what it means in everyday life.

(I love noticing how that works)

Some comments, FWIW, about Seth and Jane Roberts since it has already been mentioned. - I've been reading Jane Roberts and Seth for that last 25 years(I was a teenager when I first started reading her). I directly attribute my success and confidence to the "answers and authority", within me, that Seth so often encouraged me to seek and experience. The Seth material is rich, complex, and open ended. In fact one of the appealing aspects about Seth for me, was his constant encouragement to go within and his admonition that the Seth material is NOT to become the new dogma.

This little book by Mr. Freke, is an awesomely concise introduction and/or reminder of some of the very profound insights offered by Jane and Seth. I applaud the author.

A suggestion for some reviewers - If something strikes you as useful, then appreciate it. If it does not, move on. If I may say so, keep your energy/feelings open and hold on to that seeking impulse which initiated you desire. There is no need to prove or disprove (be stuck). Appreciate, share, and keep on. Illumination can be experienced in the "darndest" of places.