Handbook to Higher Consciousness (Paperback)

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Product Description

This perennial bestseller is more popular than ever and has helped countless people experience dramatic changes in their lives from the time they begin applying the simple, effective techniques.

Product Details

• Paperback: 215 pages
• Publisher: Love Line Books; 5 edition (August 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0960068880
• ISBN-13: 978-0960068883
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #78,787 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The one book that really changed my life, December 3, 1999

By A Customer

I first picked this book up about 20 years ago just to see what kind of a silly book would have a title like that, but after reading just a couple of pages I realized that it actually contained some wisdom. After reading a few more pages I decided to buy it, and I can honestly say that it's been the single most helpful book I've ever read in my life. I've probably read it a dozen times since then and it's the one book that's actually changed my life. For anyone willing to make the effort, these methods truly do work, and you can start feeling the benefits almost immediately. One thing that may put off some readers is that it contains a few leftover 60's words like "groovy," but, if one can overlook that, the underlying message in valuable beyond words. Ken Keyes draws somewhat on Buddhist ideas and other philosophies (as he notes in the introduction), but only a genius could organize them into such a practical and usable system. This book has benefited me so much that I almost feel like it's my duty to write this review to recommend it to others as well.

62 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book That Changed My Life Forever, April 13, 2002

By A Customer

> Today I received a request from a metaphysics student
named Mike. He asked if I would share my experience
with this book. After I responded to him, it occurred
to me to leave an edited copy of what I sent him,
at Amazon. com. for others who may enjoy hearing from
someone who has loved the book for over 2 decades.

Dear Mike,

> The Handbook To Higher Consciousness by Ken
> Keyes needs to be experienced, to be understood
> and to be learned. As you probably know, what is
> truly learned, is life changing.
>
> What is learned from "The Handbook To Higher
> Conscious" by Ken Keyes stays the same, but
> it will reveal continual
> "Ah-ha's" as it is experienced through the years.
>
> I have found that no matter what pathway explored
> that everything boils down to what Ken defines
> as "Addictions/Demands" and
> Preferences". (Demands bring unhappiness,
> Preferences bring happiness. What is a demand
> for one person, may not be for another.)
>
The key seems to be to become aware of ones own demands (not other people's)and then to go to work on up-leveling them. Not to become a BETTER person, but to be a HAPPIER person.
>
> The book and its methods, makes
> one increasingly aware, that everyday life
> is a school; a school filled with people and circumstances
> that makes you aware of what triggers your own
> demands, and interferes with your happiness,
> and consequently the happiness of others. As Ken says:
1. Everyone and everything, becomes your teacher.

2. Everything is either perfect for your growth or for your
pleasure.

I have found that as the ego driven demands I acquired early in life become uplifted to preferences, I have been able to operate
> more and more consistently from a peaceful and loving
> basis. When I do not, at least I am soon able to identify what demand I was experiencing, and be reminded, that once again
life was checking me out.

Preferences have brought the experience of
> happiness. Demands have created the experience of pain.
>
> Example: A pyschologist might say "Conditioning"
> creates unhappiness"
> A Christian may believe that happiness in the Lord
> depends on "Letting go, and letting God."
>
> A Buddhist may say, "When it rains,
> than rain is my choice." Course In
> Miracles might say, "Nothing real
> can be threatened. Nothing unreal
> exists. Herein lies the peace of
> God." OR
>
> "The world we see merely
> reflects our own internal frame of reference --
> the dominant ideas, wishes and emotions in our
> minds. 'Projection makes perception'.
> (You may wish to explore Jampolsky's
> "Love is Letting Go of Fear."
>
> The methods in Keyes book provides a precise
> way to reprogram whatever it is that one may find
> he or she needs to reprogram. The methods always work
> regardless of ones particular "religious"
> leanings, or the lack of. It is one of
> many paths to the top of the mountain, and a book
that you never outgrow.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> M.S

38 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars not as goofy as it looks!, February 15, 2005

By	L. Maupin "drop-dead-books" (zapperville) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I found this book in my friend's car. I had a broken leg and he was taking me along on his chores one day. I thought it looked hokey but got hooked fast. I liked his ideas about reprogramming the mind--a bit like reframing and NLP He talks about the different centers of consciousness from which we are coming from at any time. He teaches us how to be aware where we are at any time. This is the awareness I needed when I was sitting there with my broken leg I learned about the centers that produce unhappiness---security, sensation and power--which produces fear of loss In my life i have read over 20,000 books This is in the top 10