Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment
by Thaddeus Golas
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Author: Thaddeus GolasEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-08-28
ISBN: 158685190X
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
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Book Review: This is based on the author's use of LSD
Summary: 5 Stars
I put that title in because one reviewer felt ripped off after buying the book only later to discover that the book is at least in part, written as a guide to get you out of a bad lsd trip. The author clearly states in the book that psychedelics are ONE way to follow a path towards enlightenment.
Of course many Buddhists and religious types would disagree. But as Golas says "Enlightenment doesn't care how you get there" or something to that effect.
I bought this book, indeed, while I was experimenting with lds in the 70's and it did indeed set me on the path towards spiritual enlightenment. I have since read many books on enlightenment and of all of them, this is the simplest and most basic, while also being "right".
(I also am a big fan of Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now".)
This is a classic and it is a shame it's out of print.
Get a used copy. Even if you have to pay $20-30, it's worth it, especially if you plan to blaze a trail down the well-traveled but full-of-surprises and pitfalls path of psychedelic exploration.
Summary of Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment
$10.95 cloth hardcover ? 1-58685-190-X ? August 5 x 7 in, 112 pp, Rights: W, Self-Help Originally published by the author in 1972, the underground classic Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment teaches how to improve the quality of life, to feel good, and to determine what's real. Golas leads the reader down the path toward enlightenment with simple steps, like memorizing key phrases and incorporating them into daily life and thought. Think of how much better your life might be if you reminded yourself to "love as much as you can from wherever you are" or "love it the way it is." This classic book is full of useful tips on how to live a more conscious life and to be an engaged and aware member of the universal community. "While we have humility and pride enough to act on the knowledge that we exist in an infinite harmony, that we are neither greater nor lesser than any others, we can enjoy exquisite spiritual wealth and pleasures. When you love yourself, you are in truth expanding in love into many other things. And the more loving you are, the more loving the beings within and around you. On all levels we are mutually dependent vibrations. Play a happy tune and happy dancers will join your trip."- From The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment After serving in World War II, author Thaddeus Golas graduated from Columbia College in New York. He later moved to San Francisco, where he became involved in the activism and spiritual quests of the 1960s. He was an editor of Redbook magazine and a book representative for publisher Harper and Row.
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