Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Many of us assume that enlightenment is the result of arduous effort intense meditation and self-denial, travel to far-flung places, encounters with teachers thought to be enlightened themselves. But in The Leap, psychologist Steve Taylor shows that ordinary people from all walks of life and every age and place can and do regularly "wake up" to a more intense reality, even if they know nothing about spiritual practices and paths. Taylor shows that spiritual awakening is much more common than we generally realize. He shows that this more expansive and harmonious state of being can be both recognized and cultivated. He also suggests that awakening may be a process that we are undergoing collectively. How is it triggered and experienced? What are its characteristics? Above all, Taylor reminds us that we don t have to join an ashram in a distant country to attain awakening but that we can find it where we are right now. Wakefulness is human beings most natural state, and is accessible to us all."
Synopsis
What does it mean to be enlightened or spiritually awakened? In The Leap, Steve Taylor shows that this state is much more common than is generally believed. He shows that ordinary people -- from all walks of life -- can and do regularly "wake up" to a more intense reality, even if they know nothing about spiritual practices and paths. Wakefulness is a more expansive and harmonious state of being that can be cultivated or that can arise accidentally. It may also be a process we are undergoing collectively. Drawing on his years of research as a psychologist and on his own experiences, Taylor provides what is perhaps the clearest psychological study of the state of wakefulness ever published. Above all, he reminds us that it is our most natural state -- accessible to us all, anytime, anyplace.