Radical Happiness: A Guide to Awakening [Paperback]

Gina Lake (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 31, 2005

This edition is no longer in print but is available in another edition.

Radical Happiness provides the keys to experiencing the happiness that is ever-present and not dependent on circumstances. This happiness doesn’t come from getting what we want but from wanting what already is. It comes from realizing that who we think we are is not who we really are. This is a radical perspective! This true, or radical, happiness is what we all are seeking, but it can’t be found in things, experiences, or even states of mind or states of consciousness. However, it is ever available in the moment when our attention is given to that instead of to the mind and what it thinks it needs and wants to be happy.

Radical Happiness describes the purpose of free will and how free it is, where drives and desires come from, the nature of the egoic state of consciousness, the mind’s role in maintaining it and how this interferes with happiness, what awakening and enlightenment are, and how to live in this world following awakening. Exercises are included to help the reader apply the information and transform his or her experience of life—and become happier!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Gina Lake is a spiritual teacher and the author of numerous books about awakening to one's true nature, including Embracing the Now, Radical Happiness, Living in the Now, Return to Essence, Trusting Life, Loving in the Moment, What About Now? Anatomy of Desire, and Getting Free. She is also a gifted intuitive with a master's degree in counseling psychology and over twenty years experience supporting people in their spiritual growth. Her website offers information about her books, free e-books, book excerpts, a monthly newsletter, a blog, and audio and video recordings.

Product Details

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (July 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595348335
• ISBN-13: 978-0595348336
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,919 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gina Lake is a spiritual teacher who is devoted to helping others awaken and live in the moment through her books, online courses, and intensives. She is the author of nine books, including Embracing the Now, Radical Happiness, Trusting Life, Living in the Now, Return to Essence, Loving in the Moment, What About Now? Anatomy of Desire, and Getting Free.

The focus of her writing and teaching is on helping people be in the present moment and live the happy and fulfilled life that is possible and on shedding light on the programming that interferes with awakening to one's true nature. Gina's teachings are most similar to Eckhart Tolle's, Byron Katie's, and Adyashanti's.

She is also a gifted intuitive with a master's degree in counseling psychology and over twenty years experience supporting people in their spiritual growth. Her website offers information about her books, intensives, teleseminars, and online courses as well as free e-books, book excerpts, a monthly newsletter, a blog, and audio and video recordings: http://www.radicalhappiness.com

Customer Reviews

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Sacred Guidebook, September 10, 2007

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Jeff Bronson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Radical Happiness: A Guide To Awakening (Paperback)

Let us suppose that you have been a spiritual seeker for many, many years and then you are suddenly being pulled into Awakening. You begin to understand what the Bhagavad Gita and other sacred texts are talking about when they speak of the Self. This understanding is not at the level of the intellect, but at the core of your being. a direct and tangible experience. Let us suppose further that as this process begins to unfold, you begin seeking practical advice and knowledge for this spiritual re-birth that is happening through you because you have no grounding in how to embody and stabilize this realization and you need to learn how to deal with the intense energy that is amping up your nervous system and making your life a little different than usual.

This book is like the scene in the movie where the hero, after an exhausting, arduous journey is searching for the sacred, secret text that is the master key to his/her further unfoldment. Finally, late at night in an ancient library, the hero stumbles upon this book and everything he/she is going through suddenly makes sense, like the proverbial piece that completes the puzzle and after which everything becomes clear and nothing is ever the same again. All of the searching is completed and there is just the continued deepening in the Self.

This is an incredible book. I have been reading spiritual literature for 30+ years and this came for me at the exact right time. It is essential reading and practice for anyone in the midst of Self-realization. The book provides expert guidance and practices. It explains the process of Awakening and provides the means to help you ground and stabilize your connection with the Self.

The author clearly writes from the perspective of an enlightened being; indeed she is a master teacher and guide. I was prompted to do a counseling session with her after reading another of her books and found it, along with this book, to be among the most beneficial things I have ever done.

This book is indispensable.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER, READ THIS INCREDIBLE BOOK!!!, July 6, 2006

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Alessandro DeNino (Perugia, Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Radical Happiness: A Guide to Awakening (Paperback)

Here is a work of true genius and heart that could possibly shift your entire perspective and approach to everyday life. My heart is pumping from joy as I write this review because Gina has shown me in a simple and effective manner how to access the True and Indestructable Happiness that exists for each of us right here in this moment. Have you trusted the guidance of your mind to lead you to a happier state? Has it ever succeeded in bringing you a lasting and fullfilling joy? For me the answer is, Absolutely Never! Gina shows you through many practical and observational meditations, how to shift Awareness from the confines of the mind to the spaciousness of our hearts, helping us move away from the ego's image of self to the True Self.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A radical awakening..., September 24, 2005

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Black Dot Publications "Chuck Hillig, Author/... (Ojai, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Radical Happiness: A Guide to Awakening (Paperback)

In "Radical Happiness," Gina Lake reminds us that happiness is basically an inside job. By blending western psychology with the wisdom of eastern non-dualism, the Author points to the reality that all of "IT" is arising from the very same source. Although this book is relatively short, Gina still doesn't hesitate in tackling many of the great questions of life: "Who are you? What's the cause of suffering? What does it really mean to wake up?" Throughout the book, Gina presents the readers with practical exercises to expand their awareness and appreciation of who (and what) they really are...deep down. "Radical Happiness" is a thoroughly enjoyable read and one that I am most happy to recommend.