This is one of the most beautiful and easy to understand books about enlightenment, personal peace and conscious creation. Thomas Razzeto's tremendous clarity brings many significant new insights while also dispelling some important commonly held false beliefs. This is all done in simple, clear English, with great fun, kindness and compassion.
Outstanding! A fresh, new perspective on timeless spiritual wisdom. — Linda Ann Hance
When I find myself hovering over a book with my highlighter, I know I have really found a gem. — Sharon R. Giannini
From Thomas:
Even if you have read many of the books by the biggest names in this field, you will still find plenty of precious treasure in my work. I write so passionately and clearly that you will easily develop a deeper wisdom. This can be life changing!
The core of what I talk about is truly ancient and yet what I offer feels fresh in many ways with significant differences from most of what is now commonly found elsewhere. This is why I say that my teachings are unique. Perhaps my work will help you understand this ancient wisdom in the deepest way possible and inspire us all to respect one another, treat each other kindly, and work together for both personal and world peace.
In my humble opinion, there is tremendous confusion around the subject of enlightenment. For example, the person you appear to be is not what you really are in a fundamental way. But just because this person is not fundamentally what you are does not mean that the person does not exist or that you do not exist or that there is no self. It just means that the person is not your fundamental self. And this brings up a good question. What is your fundamental self?
You exist fundamentally as the power of sentience, pure awareness, the open capacity for experience. This is a formless Reality that has two capacities: the capacity to perceive and the capacity to create what it perceives. This awareness is the One Awareness, the Divine Awareness. This Awareness was never created yet it is the Source of all of creation. You exist fundamentally as this Source-Awareness, which has no form and therefore cannot be seen, heard, felt or sensed in any way. It is not a thing and has no thing-like qualities that can change or be perceived.
Now, when it comes to conscious creation, well, this is another area with significant confusion. Many of us have heard the phrase “you create your own reality.” In a general sense, you (as a soul) can incarnate in every way imaginable yet you have chosen a certain theme to explore in this life. What is most helpful now is releasing your unnecessary limiting beliefs about yourself, the world, and how you fit into it. You will then be free to joyfully explore your chosen theme and put your values of kindness and compassion spontaneously into action with an aliveness that cannot be matched!
So what do you think? Are you inspired to learn more about the paradox of enlightenment? If so, this book will surely help you develop a deeper wisdom that offers tremendous practical benefits in many surprising ways!
Second Edition - Revised slightly for clarity in May 2022
Best Seller Notes: The Kindle edition reached #1 in New Age Mysticism on Sept 4, 2021. This was during a 5-Day Free Book Promotion and free books are ranked separately from paid books. The Kindle edition reached #29 in the paid New Age Mysticism category on Sept 11, 2021.
Your True Self Is the One Divine Awareness!
My most passionate teaching offers you the idea that you exist in the most fundamental way as pure awareness, as the open capacity for experience. We have all heard it said that you are not a human being having a spiritual experience, but instead, you are a spiritual being having a human experience. While that shift in understanding is of course very important, there is still a deeper wisdom. In truth, you are not a being of any kind, physical or spiritual. You are pure awareness! And most importantly, this awareness is the Divine Awareness, the only reality that was not created. This Divine Awareness is the source of all of creation and it is the only witness to it. This is your true fundamental self and this Source-Awareness is looking out of your eyes right now!
By “fundamental self,” I mean what you are when stripped of everything that is not essential to what you really are. Although you are fundamentally “only” pure, formless, transcendent Awareness, through the mystery of creation, you arise as the totality of created reality (all form) and you experience your life from the perspective of your own “personal self.” In this way, the One Self arises as all apparent selves. This is how the One becomes the many. The intuitive recognition of this is what creates tremendous love and compassion for everyOne. You are inspired to engage in life in a wholesome, unselfish way and to make the world a “better” place, as seen from the perspective of our ordinary world.
The deep, intuitive recognition of your True Self is one of the core aspects of enlightenment. The other aspect is the ability to unselfishly flow in harmony with all that life brings forth. This book will help you become more skillful in the art of love and acceptance and in doing so, you will more easily experience a deep and lasting personal peace.
Yet you were not created just to sit still in a state of peaceful acceptance. You are here to joyfully and fearlessly dive head first into your life in your own unique way. Many of us have heard the phrase “you create your own reality,” but this does not mean that the universe is your personal mail order catalog simply waiting for you to clearly make up your mind and place your order. If you are open to a deeper understanding of that phrase, then you are ready to make some real progress. This is about removing blockages, not pursuing specific outer circumstances.
When you release your limiting beliefs about yourself, the world, and how you fit into it, you will be free to put your values of kindness and compassion spontaneously into action with an aliveness that cannot be matched!
So what do you think? Are you inspired to learn more about the paradox of enlightenment? If so, this book just might offer you the clarity you have been looking for!
Second Edition - April 2017, revised November 2017
