1st Edition - Also check expanded 3rd Edition For thousands of years a very small minority of the world's population has achieved Enlightenment - or at least some state that was claimed to be Enlightenment. The common aspect of most of these accomplishments was an implacable will. Witness the Buddha's vow to remain under the Bodhi tree; Teresa of Avila's three-year struggle with paralysis; Ramakrishna's willingness to undergo any hardship. More recently witness Hawkins' twelve-year retreat and McKenna's spiritual autolysis. There are many more, but rarely more than three a century. We have...

Throughout the ages, humans have long pursued a path toward enlightenment and many great thinkers, from Socrates to such current authors as David Hawkins and Jed McKenna, have offered wisdom on practices toward higher levels of both consciousness and enlightenment. In Enlightenment: A Shorter Path, scholar Ralphe Wiggins, Ph.D., builds upon his previous two books with an easy-to-use guide that offers eye-opening, actionable new insights and practices to advance any individual's spiritual growth. Anyone interested in obtaining a higher plane of existence will benefit greatly, and quickly, from...

Throughout my life I've heard many assertions that we use only a very small portion of our mental capabilities. I've also heard much hectoring about how each of us must take charge of our own health and growth. This book explains how, to my surprise, I have done that and how you can do the same. I focus on four basic areas: immunity to toxicity, immunity to psychic influences from others, raising your level of consciousness, and healing your subconscious-the shadow. Anyone can use these methods-no apparatus, no supplements, no prescriptions, no rituals, no gurus-to enhance their level of...