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Book Review

The Creation of a Consciousness Shift

by Paul Lenda

When The Secret became a viral marketing phenomenon several years ago the world seemed to be on the verge of a new dynamic. Even though the “secrets” in the book of that name have been openly talked about for hundreds if not thousands of years our emerging planetary society seemed ready to accept the idea of the Law of Attraction on a massive scale.

Not long after that, Oprah Winfred went on the airwaves with a brand new broadcasting concept where she interview Eckhart Tolle about his new book “A New Earth” using the latest in interactive technology to connect live to people all over the world. She conducted what I consider the first global classroom where the world came together for ten lessons to work together through Tolle’s book, to ask question of the author Tolle’s live on TV, and to relate with each other around the frame work of the book. His work followed the theme of an arising planetary consciousness taking hold and changing the world in unimaginable ways. Eckhart and Oprah did just that before our eyes.

Since then we have seen the cell phone revolution engulfing one Arab state after another where one man taking his own life in a protest sparked people revolutions in several Arab countries. Out new mobile technology played and continues to play a leading role in the scenes that cross our sights every day. Facebook pages, endless video uploading to YouTube, and the instant access to a cell phone network that simply can’t be taken down by anyone government.

Our world is definitely changing before our eyes.

Paul Lenda’s book “The Creation of a Consciousness Shift” carries this theme forward and talks about the creation of a consciousness shift not just on a planetary scale but on the very personal scale of your own transformation to a higher state of awareness.

On many levels this book completely mystifies me but not in a negative way. Paul’s style is scholarly rather than the more chatty personal style adopted my many self-development writers currently in vogue. Yet in saying that, Paul manages to fascinate as he follows his theme from what a consciousness shift is to the higher realms of being within our grasp.

The language he uses is clinical, precise, and methodical, yet at the same time inspiring and moving, leading you all the while deep into his amazing world of expanded and expanding consciousness.

His chapters are so well delineated that takes you effortlessly into some very difficult concepts. His chapter on “Everything is Connected” is broken now into easy steps: Interconnectedness in History, Interconnectedness Today, Independent Co-Creation, Full Consciousness, All is One, The Reality of Non-duality.

His chapter on meditation is a great primer for anyone interested in beginning a practice and is worth the price of the book alone.

Yet it is not until Paul gets to the talking about the transcending the lower state to outlining the higher state of consciousness does the book begin to take flight. The chapter entitled The Splendor of Self-Realization is a beautiful piece of writing that will hold you spellbound in splendor as you read.

You need to bring all your mental faculties to this book. This is not some sugar coated brush off of important and critical concepts; it is a very thoughtful book exploring the depths of difficult concepts.

Yet the book is strangely easy to read.

I would love to have had Paul sitting across from me while I read his book…there are some many taking off points crying out for more discussion. As an example Paul seems to give some over or progression to the higher states which out really explaining how that order was arrived at. Maybe I am misreading and he didn’t intend to do that. [Oh for a Manhattan Bar or Coffee Shop (Paul lives in New York City) and an endless supply of napkins to scribble on, and loud conversation about the higher state of consciousness.]

I stay up late turning pages (Paul send me an advance copy of his book) like I was reading a really good mystery…and in a way that is just what this book is.

Now be prepared for some new words and concepts: they were at least to me. One is Transpersonal. I had to write Paul to ask him to give me a little more detail. He obliged by sending me this link which I am passing on to you. Paul’s intention which he expressed to me in an email was to get the reader interesting enough that they would go out and seek more information. Here is the article courtesy of Paul Lenda:

Transpersonal Psychology 

Paul also mentions empathogens which is not in most dictionaries but came up when I Google it. I’m quoting now “The terms empathogen and entactogen are used to describe a class of psychoactive drugs that produce distinctive emotional and social effects similar to those of MDMA (“Ecstasy”). These drugs can induce states similar to the higher states reached in a consciousness shift. Paul is quick to point out he is not advocating using drugs to reach those state. I quote Paul here:

“[my] reason for my mentioning them is not in advocating their use in order to achieve those higher states but like you said, to show that they have the ability to help induce those higher mind-states like serenity, bliss, and joy…all states that are possible to achieve naturally.”

If you want to read something with real substance that will make you think, make you question, make you wonder, make you seek…then this is a book for you. Like me, you will learn, love, argue and disagree, yet in the end you will have been transformed, enriched, and inspired to reach for that which is inside of you, that which is already there , a shift in your consciousness to a higher state of being.

I leave you with these words from the book:

“Let nobody dictate what you ought and ought not to do, based on whatever social norms or constructs there may be. Allow yourself to experience the acts of giving and receiving love, no matter what anyone may think. Express this consciousness of love in whatever way you feel promotes the positive social transformation of humanity as a whole. Whatever your medium through which you transmit love, as long as you are pouring out this high energy from within, you are not only helping yourself, but the whole of humanity and the world as it exists.”

You can per-order  by clicking on this link.  The Creation of a Consciousness Shift

Until we meet again:

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My purpose , of course, is to inspire others to live a life of magic by teaching people to pursue their unlimited potential through the use of a consistent daily practice of meditation, practical exercises and healthy living.  Many people shy away from meditation thinking that it is something difficult, or boring, or something they just don’t have time for…which is a huge shame…because it is the less boring thing I have ever done. You just never know what is going to happen when you sit down, quiet your mind, and open yourself to the divine.

Below are a few quotes about meditation, I hope will inspire you to overcome your rationalizations and just sit quietly for a while in a world of magic.

1.“As you take a few minutes each day to quiet your mind, you will discover a nice benefit: your everyday, “ordinary” life will begin to seem far more extraordinary. Little things that previously went unnoticed will begin to please you. You’ll be more easily satisfied, and happier all around. Rather than focusing on what’s wrong with your life, you’ll find yourself thinking about and more fully enjoying what’s right with your life. The world won’t change, but your perception of it will. You’ll start to notice the little acts of kindness and caring from other people rather than the negativity and anger.”

 Source: Jack Canfield

 

2.“We could say that meditation doesn’t have a reason or doesn’t have a purpose. In this respect it’s unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music we don’t do it in order to reach a certain point, such as the end of the composition. If that were the purpose of music then obviously the fastest players would be the best. Also, when we are dancing we are not aiming to arrive at a particular place on the floor as in a journey. When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.”

Source: Alan Watts

 

3.“Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth.”

Source: James Allen

 

4.“There’s no such thing as a bad meditation. Any time you spend time in silence is valuable, even if your inner voice is persistent and loud. Don’t judge it; just observe it. Simply observe yourself sitting there, and when a stray thought suddenly appears, just note it, and use its presence as a reminder to go back to the gap.”

 Source: Wayne Dyer

5.This is what it feels like: I quickly leave my Body and Self behind and am only aware of my Consciousness. This awareness floats (best word I can come up with) from image to image–maybe more like a feather floating on the breeze? and touches upon thought while creating a sensation of unity, clarity and peace. The peace is a feeling of All is Well, All is One, Already Done—so the focus of my meditation from the start–which could be manifesting my latest dreams, changing an unwanted habit in myself, deepening my relationship to Source, is Complete–the feeling of Complete.

 Source Joe Dispenza

 

6.”Whenever you try to exert control over the natural ebb and flow of life, you end up either frustrated or disappointed- because it can’t be controlled. Whenever you apply effort to trying to relax and slow down, you produce the opposite effect. Whenever you try to dictate the outcome of your meditation you negate its most wondrous benefit- the pleasure of simply being.”

Source: Paul Wilson

7.”You cannot see clearly, because you are so full of expectations, hopes,desires. Your eyes are covered with many layers of dust: you need a deep cleansing of your eyes. That’s what meditation is. Let the thoughts disappear, the hopes disappear, the desires disappear. Then you have a clarity, then your eyes are perfect mirrors. Only then, in that silent state of your vision, will you know the secrets of the beyond.”

Source Osho

 

8″Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on.”

Source: Thich Nhat Hanh

 

9.It’s easier to teach you to have no thought than to have pure positive thought. When you quiet your mind you stop thought; when you stop thought you stop resistance; when you stop resistance–then you are in a state of allowing.

 Source: Abraham (Abraham Hicks)

10.”in the beginning of practice, we focus primarily on learning the form of meditation. we learn how to work with our bodies so that we can sit comfortably in zazen with good posture and natural breathing, and we learn how to work with our minds so that we can focus our attention. at some point we experience an opening to our true nature. we call that first experience of nonduality ‘the shift’ because it is a shift from our usual way of perceiving reality. suddenly, instead of perceiving only the apparent reality, what appears to be so, we have a direct experience of the absolute reality that underlies and pervades all things, including the self. once we have glimpsed the absolute, the self never again seems so solid or permanent. our usual way of perceiving the self and the world has been cut through, even if only for an instant, and it becomes easier to remember that duality is just one side of reality.”

Source: Genpo Roshi

If you would like to learn more about meditation, or begin a daily practice I offer a Beginners Guide to Meditation.

Until we meet again:

BE INSPIRED

Our modern world is full of distractions and interesting byways that call to us every day. We are flooded with appealing visual media designed to grab our attention. We are bombarded with information at a pace and intensity most of us can’t absorb. We turn our attention first to one thing then the next and wonder why we are confused and frustrated.
Wouldn’t  it be beneficial if we had a guiding star which we could measure our actions. A litmus test if you will to measure an action against our basic purpose in life?

But if you don’t understand or don’t know what your specific basic purpose in life is you are left to drift on the tides making little progress and feeling frustrated and stopped.

For $27.97 you can change all of that.

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