The Adventure

Step-by-step practices for cultivating spiritual awakening, from a renowned spiritual psychologist who has studied the phenomenon in hundreds of people and experienced it himselfSteve Taylor has devoted his life to investigating spiritual awakening. In his books The Leap and Extraordinary Awakenings, he discussed case histories of dozens of people who experienced profound shifts in consciousness. The Adventure draws on this groundbreaking research, together with Taylor's own awakening experiences, to offer guided meditations, contemplative exercises, and other practices for catalyzing spiritual transformation, as well as lyric poems and inspirational stories.The Adventure outlines how to:• recognize and cultivate the eight defining characteristics of wakefulness, including presence, acceptance, gratitude, and disidentification from the ego• expand awareness and quiet the mind through meditations and practical exercises• transcend our normal ?sleep? state and the ?thought mind? to move toward increasing heights and depths of spiritual awakening• use the challenges of everyday life ? of home, workplace, and relationships ? as doorways to enlightenment

Foreword by Eckhart TolleIntroduction 1. Guidelines: Beginning the Adventure2. Disidentification: Freedom from the Thought-Mind3. Gratitude: Overcoming the Taking for Granted Syndrome4. Presence: Freedom from Time5. Altruism: Giving to the World 6. Acceptance: Becoming One with Reality7. Integration: Harmony with the Body8. Detachment: Freedom from Psychological Attachments9. Embracing Mortality: Awakening through Awareness of Death10. The Endless Adventure