Lucid Waking: Mindfulness and the Spiritual Potential of Humanity

by Georg Feuerstein

A noted scholar of Eastern philosophy explains how to make the experience of heightened awareness a part of everyday life, and how this can transform the planet.

Lucid waking means bringing an intense awareness to the business of living by meeting the challenges of existence sanely, creatively, and philosophically. It is the goal of all the great spiritual traditions of the world. Georg Feuerstein shows how this awareness is quietly emerging in individuals in the West after a prolonged spiritual slumber. Lucid Waking shows us that it is possible to be so vividly engaged in life that it will seem as though others are sleepwalking by comparison. Feuerstein brings clarity to the often murky concepts of soul, spirit, imagination, wholeness, and enlightenment, providing a sensible accounting of higher consciousness and self-transcendence in modern life as we approach the millennium. Rich with philosophy and insight from one of our most gifted chroniclers of the inner experience, Lucid Waking is a statement of unshakable faith in the great potential of humanity.

Genres: Religion

Hardcover

First published August 1, 1997

About the author

Georg A. Feuerstein was an Indologist and, according to his associate Ken Wilber, among the foremost Westerns scholar-practitioners of yoga. After doing his postgraduate research at Durham University in England, he moved to the United States, eventually settling in Canada with his wife and sometime co-author Brenda.

Reviews

[Tami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lucid Waking is an odyssey through philosophical thought and how it connects to mindfulness in everyday life. The book begins by sharing how the author came to start asking questions about spirituality and how he first became interested in philosophy. Like most of us in the west, his explorations began with common known western philosophers and their ideas. Then, as time went on, he found himself looking into and trying to understand eastern philosophy and ways of being.

Lucid Waking is densely packed with commentary on a variety of topics such as what is spirit, other ways of knowing, self actualization, and higher consciousness. I have to say that this is not exactly a Sunday afternoon read. Nonetheless, devoted spiritual seekers will find the work very valuable not only for the content but also for the questions raised in each section.