Does enlightenment have a dark side? It does, explains David Deida, but instead of closing to what seems unloving, we can learn to open as what we would rather avoid. In Instant Enlightenment, this maverick author and teacher offers a "rude awakening" through a collection of daring exercises and practices intended to provoke, challenge, and immediately reveal the ever-present "love that lives all things." Each pithy chapter encourages readers to blast the light of consciousness on the taboos we hide in shadow, from our ideas about sex and money to emotions and spirituality. Instant Enlightenment will surprise and possibly offend you-but it will lead you "fast and suddenly" to the realization of the sacred entirety of your experience. "Dive straight into this book. Open to any page and read for two minutes, and you'll see that you are instant enlightenment."-Ken Wilber, author of A Brief History of Everything David Deida offers trainings around the world on spiritual growth and sacred intimacy. He has taught at the University of CaliforniaSan Diego School of Medicine, the University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz, Lexington Institute in Boston, and Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France. His many books are published in more than 20 languages, and include The Way of the Superior Man (Sounds True, 2004) Blue Truth (Sounds True, 2004), and Finding God Through Sex (Sounds True, 2005). For more information, visit www.deida.info. |