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The Secret Language of Waking Dreams

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I would happily pay $1000 or more for this book.

The greatest revelation is that of the "Waking Dream." This idea, which I have seen several times at work in my own life, says that a series of physical "coincidences" can actually be messages from Spirit to guide you into greater understanding or lead you from harm. The idea is phenemonal. It requires you to understand that there really is no separation between the physical and the spiritual. When you realize this, you can begin to see Spirit at work through everyday events!

The author is a member of Eckankar, granted. But I have never found such clear, concise and loving language anywhere. Avery just sets out his ideas and leaves us to take another step. Or not.

The techniques for dreaming and expanding our lives must be tried with open mind. I'm sure they're not for everyone--but well worth knowing about. Any dream/spiritual teaching that one feels is complete and transformational is the one to go for. They all have their place.

---Enjoy.

On the surface the book seems to be tidbits from well known authors and fellow Eckankar members (the author is an Eckist). There is some interesting waking dream information, but there are also many distortions. The author gradually slips Eckankar dogma into the stories and comments, and increases the dogma in the final few pages.

I found the piece on "The Pseudomaster" to be rather ironic since Harold Klemp (Avery's master) is the real pseudomaster. The piece on "The True Reality" was also very far from being "True" or "Reality!" The waking/sleeping dreamer will see mental constructs of "masters" presented to them by Eckankar as descriptions and visual images. At times, however, ones own higher self (God-soul) will present a friendly and trustworthy construct to communicate with the perceiver/dreamer as a means to assist with spiritual growth (Golden-Tongued Wisdom). The problem with Eckankar is that all trust and surrender is placed with another (the Mahanta or Dream/Inner/Outer Master) which leads to spiritual dependency rather than spiritual freedom.

The piece on "Child in the Wilderness" is also a distortion because Harold Klemp was in a state of imbalance way before the events on the "bridge." He jumped off the bridge, stripped at an airport, and was arrested. His choice was to either go to jail or to a mental lock-down unit and klemp chose the mental lock-down. He was released when he learned how to "play the game." I think he is still playing games when it comes to covering up the truth about Twitchell, Eckankar, and the phony Mahanta. The author must still be under Klemp's spell in order to write such a subtle and yet a deceptively innocent Eckankar spin of waking dreams. Be cautious though... your sleeping dreams will be affected as well.