{"product_id":"waking-from-sleep-why-awakening-experiences-occur-and-how-to-make-them-permanent-9781848501799","title":"Waking from Sleep: Why Awakening Experiences Occur and How to Make them Permanent","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow much of your waking time are you fully awake?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow often do you stumble through the day on auto-pilot, half asleep and out of contact with yourself, instead of feeling connected and alive?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this astounding book, Steve Taylor suggests that our normal consciousness is really a kind of 'sleep' from which we sometimes 'wake up', into a more intense and complete reality. \u003ci\u003eWaking from Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e provides what is perhaps the first ever clear explanation of higher states of consciousness, or 'awakening experiences'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•\tthe methods that human beings have used throughout history to induce awakening experiences, including meditation, sex, nature, sport, psychedelic drugs and sleep deprivation\u003cbr\u003e•\thow higher states of consciousness were normal and natural to some of the world's peoples (and still are in some cases) \u003cbr\u003e•\thow we can make 'wakefulness' our normal state again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy fully explaining awakening experiences, this book makes them much more accessible, and may even lead to a revolution in our psychological development as human beings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author's mind is imbued at all times with the higher faculty of spiritual awareness. -- Eckhart Tolle The most enlightening book about enlightenment I have ever read. -- Ervin Laszlo One of the best books on spiritual awakening I have ever come across. An important contribution to the shift in consciousness that is happening on our planet at this time. -- Eckhart Tolle Makes an elusive and complex subject easily comprehensible to the reader...His [Steve Taylor] enthusiasm is tangible and infectious. Kindred Spirit Magazine Taylor has created an experience for the reader that is wonderful... The book has a lovely appeal and seems to almost generate the feeling of the awakened experiences that are described so beautifully. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology","brand":"Hay House UK Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771604959575,"sku":"9781848501799","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781848501799.jpg?v=1758728468","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/waking-from-sleep-why-awakening-experiences-occur-and-how-to-make-them-permanent-9781848501799","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}