Dreamstate: A Conspiracy Theory (The Dreamstate Trilogy)

by Jed McKenna, Eric Vincent (Narrator)

If life is but a dream, to what do we awake?

The central premise of this book is the admittedly ridiculous but incontrovertibly true assertion that the universe does not exist.

This is something you can understand conceptually, like watching a documentary about Antarctica, or experientially, like moving to Antarctica.

There's also a related phenomenon where you fall asleep watching the documentary and wake up in the frozen wasteland.

That's gotta be weird, but the truth is that you're asleep in the wasteland dreaming that you're not, so that's where waking up gets you.

Genres: Spirituality, Philosophy, Nonfiction

Audible Audio

Published October 12, 2017

Reviews

[Sean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Few authors get me to question reality like Jed McKenna. Nothing goes unexamined and "everything burns." This sounds dark, but he manages to wrap intense philosophical investigation in lighthearted, hilarious narrative. Only four stars because, unlike his previous books, this one is a bit disjointed.

[Laith Mahyoub · Rating 4 out of 5]

ربما كان للتحذيرات حول قراءة كتب الكاتب المجهود Jed Mckenna دور في هذا التقييم.

وجدت الكتاب أفضل من المُتوقع.

ممل في أحيان، كالملل الذي تُغطيه الأفكار بضجيجها هنا وهناك، ولكن أن تستمع/ تقرأ هذا التصاعد الفكري هو أمر لم يجذب الرجل المتململ فيّ.

ولكن، لاحشو، ولايخفى على القارئ بأن من جلس لصياغة هذه الأسطر روائي جيد.

لم أربعة نجوم؟ لأن هذا الرجل، او ربما المرأة!
بنظرته الفريدة عن الواقع وتفاسيره المختلفة عن ماهو مألوف في مجالات الوعي والروحانيات وحول الحياة، لايزال لايتطرف.

الحديث عن التجلي والقدرات التي نحملها بالرغم من مايبدو كعدمية للقارئ التحليلي في كتابات اخرى، كان اختيار ملهماً لكثر كما سأختار أن أتوقع.

علماً ان الكاتب لم يذكر طرقاً عملية، وهذا بحد ذاته ايجابية بين كتب التجلي والتمارين الكثيرة.

يستحق القراءة/ الإستماع.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb. Mind bending. Beautiful. Jed (Jedi) McKenna remains my favorite author. I highly recommend this book to any authentic seekers of truth. WARNING: Only read this book if you want to "upgrade from a fear-the-truth-flightpath to a fuck-the-lie freefall".

[David]

Jed's magnum opus, for sure. The intelligence behind everything, an illustrated map of the dreamstate, a conversation between Alice and Morphious, a long overdue ritualistic burning of A Course in Miracles, a comical yet stark look at the blatant similarities between a dream and your everyday stream of discursive thoughts, and a realistic look at manifestation. Couldn't beat this one with a stick. Enjoy it, as I did, with sips of Jameson, but either way, you will laugh your ass off.

Favorite quote: "I don't know I'm intelligent any more than I know I'm a dolphin having a past-life regression."