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The Conversation: Your Guide to Transcendence
The Conversation is an inspired book of growth and self-actualization. It follows the lucid dreams of Modern American Monk, Jeff Cannon, that transpired over five days and nights of awakening while staying on the Greek Island of Ithaca. The conversations of each dream answered many of Jeff's questions on the nature of existence, the meaning behind the Human Experience, as well as what happens next. The Conversation follows a very powerful law of physics into the world of metaphysics; that in reality energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change form. The Conversation follows this simple law, to explain the natural order of existence that result in the balance and connectedness we all feel. It answers the questions everyone has about self and spirituality on every level. The result is a book that is simple to understand and easy to read. It is a meditation for the modern world. www.JeffCannonTheConversation.com www.simple-truth.com
262 pages, Paperback
First published October 26, 2014
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About the author
Jeff Cannon
6 books1 followerJeff Cannon is a Modern American Monk. He is the author of numerous books on meditation, spirituality and wellness. He is a member of NYU Medical Center's Patient Advisory Council as well as a contributor to Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen and countless other blogs and online websites.
In 2009 Jeff gave up a successful business, let his clients go, and began a journey that he remains on to this day - that of Modernizing Meditation to better fit the realities of the world we now live in.
Jeff recently completed his third book while recovering from his 8th brain surgery. His surgeries collectively removed more than 20 brain tumors in as many years. His first surgery was started with a hand-drill in 1992. His most devastating surgery removed six brain tumors in 2009. His latest surgery lasted 14 hours, after which he could not see, speak or stand.
Over the years, Jeff has watched his brain reboot itself again and again, giving Jeff a very unique, first hand view into the evolution of neuroscience.
It also stirred him to dedicate his life to integrate Western Science and Eastern Philosophy in a way that makes sense for the modern world.
In 2009 Jeff gave up a successful business, let his clients go, and began a journey that he remains on to this day - that of Modernizing Meditation to better fit the realities of the world we now live in.
Jeff recently completed his third book while recovering from his 8th brain surgery. His surgeries collectively removed more than 20 brain tumors in as many years. His first surgery was started with a hand-drill in 1992. His most devastating surgery removed six brain tumors in 2009. His latest surgery lasted 14 hours, after which he could not see, speak or stand.
Over the years, Jeff has watched his brain reboot itself again and again, giving Jeff a very unique, first hand view into the evolution of neuroscience.
It also stirred him to dedicate his life to integrate Western Science and Eastern Philosophy in a way that makes sense for the modern world.
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January 14, 2015
The Self Connection – A review of the book ‘The Conversation’
“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection” – Dalai Lama
Author Jeff Cannon’s book ‘The Conversation: Your Guide to Transcendence’ is a book that encourages lateral thinking and connecting with your inner self. It utilizes a hitherto underutilized phenomenon of lucid dreaming to come up with questions and answers to the very unique experience that’s a human life. Taking full advantage of these lucid dreams, Jeff completely engages in them and lets the dream and the guiding voice he meets help formulate various hypothesis. The author doesn’t preach, profess or impose any particular belief. Instead, he gives an insight from his own personal experiences spread over the course of five days and five nights.
The author invites you in for a magical journey into his lucid dreaming accounts, to illustrate various points he’s trying to make, of stories, of the human element in them; all told with a flowing prose that accentuates the beauty of these dreams. On a holiday on the Greek island of Ithaca, the author gradually slips into these dreams every night wherein he is aware of the fact that he is dreaming and yet is able to interact with the various elements. He finds energy or a guide in his dreams that offers assistance and support to help him decode life’s mysteries. And it is by consciously going deeper into the unconscious that he meets a certain figure that represents the conscious awareness or his inner Self.
On the first night of the dreams, the author and the energy guide talk about a form of energy that goes well and beyond the physical limitations of man. The world we live in is simply a manifestation of the energy we send out; what goes around, comes around. On the second night they talk about love, about commonness & singularity and how no one ever ceases to exist, how they merely transform. On the third night, they talk about how it’s consciousness that holds everything together, a consciousness free from judgement. On the fourth night, the talk veers towards how every experience creates new perspective; questioning & exploration leading to clarity and purity. And on the fifth and final night, they discuss how everything comes from within, understanding your consciousness better by reaching further into the depths of your Self.
The book shows that even during moments when it seems that we are awake and aware; we are in fact sleeping through valuable opportunities life throws our way. Reading this book will lead you to expand your consciousness and get you to ask all the right questions. Then our dormant Self will once again become responsive, conscious and alive. And life will attain its true intensity and luminosity. And only then will the timid and reserved mind become receptive towards real living.
You will find yourself getting emotionally engaged with the content and will experience the author’s enthusiasm as well. It will also ignite or renew your interest in lucid dreaming and will have you practice it yourself. The mix of western philosophy with eastern spiritual tradition works very well and it becomes an original thought of its own. The Conversation will leave you with peace and contentment, it’s a book that reiterates the fact that life is a series of events waiting to be explored and experienced. And to quote a line from the book, “Life is the breath of the soul. Embrace it, share it, let it flow.”
“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection” – Dalai Lama
Author Jeff Cannon’s book ‘The Conversation: Your Guide to Transcendence’ is a book that encourages lateral thinking and connecting with your inner self. It utilizes a hitherto underutilized phenomenon of lucid dreaming to come up with questions and answers to the very unique experience that’s a human life. Taking full advantage of these lucid dreams, Jeff completely engages in them and lets the dream and the guiding voice he meets help formulate various hypothesis. The author doesn’t preach, profess or impose any particular belief. Instead, he gives an insight from his own personal experiences spread over the course of five days and five nights.
The author invites you in for a magical journey into his lucid dreaming accounts, to illustrate various points he’s trying to make, of stories, of the human element in them; all told with a flowing prose that accentuates the beauty of these dreams. On a holiday on the Greek island of Ithaca, the author gradually slips into these dreams every night wherein he is aware of the fact that he is dreaming and yet is able to interact with the various elements. He finds energy or a guide in his dreams that offers assistance and support to help him decode life’s mysteries. And it is by consciously going deeper into the unconscious that he meets a certain figure that represents the conscious awareness or his inner Self.
On the first night of the dreams, the author and the energy guide talk about a form of energy that goes well and beyond the physical limitations of man. The world we live in is simply a manifestation of the energy we send out; what goes around, comes around. On the second night they talk about love, about commonness & singularity and how no one ever ceases to exist, how they merely transform. On the third night, they talk about how it’s consciousness that holds everything together, a consciousness free from judgement. On the fourth night, the talk veers towards how every experience creates new perspective; questioning & exploration leading to clarity and purity. And on the fifth and final night, they discuss how everything comes from within, understanding your consciousness better by reaching further into the depths of your Self.
The book shows that even during moments when it seems that we are awake and aware; we are in fact sleeping through valuable opportunities life throws our way. Reading this book will lead you to expand your consciousness and get you to ask all the right questions. Then our dormant Self will once again become responsive, conscious and alive. And life will attain its true intensity and luminosity. And only then will the timid and reserved mind become receptive towards real living.
You will find yourself getting emotionally engaged with the content and will experience the author’s enthusiasm as well. It will also ignite or renew your interest in lucid dreaming and will have you practice it yourself. The mix of western philosophy with eastern spiritual tradition works very well and it becomes an original thought of its own. The Conversation will leave you with peace and contentment, it’s a book that reiterates the fact that life is a series of events waiting to be explored and experienced. And to quote a line from the book, “Life is the breath of the soul. Embrace it, share it, let it flow.”
December 4, 2014
This is my latest book based on five lucid dreams I had while on the island of Ithaca. It is an ongoing conversation that answered so many questions I had about life, death and the human experience.
"THE CONVERSATION offers spirituality through poetry in a thoughtful, meditative work with rich visual and emotional imagery."
"Cannon has a gift for vivid details that set not only the scene but also the emotion of a moment"
"THE CONVERSATION unfolds in a dreamlike, visually and sensually descriptive way that reflects the tone of the author’s experience."
Join me in The Conversation. It opens up a universe beyond meditation and mindfulness that leads to your own transcendence.
For more information, join me here at www.jeffcannontheconversation.com.
"THE CONVERSATION offers spirituality through poetry in a thoughtful, meditative work with rich visual and emotional imagery."
"Cannon has a gift for vivid details that set not only the scene but also the emotion of a moment"
"THE CONVERSATION unfolds in a dreamlike, visually and sensually descriptive way that reflects the tone of the author’s experience."
Join me in The Conversation. It opens up a universe beyond meditation and mindfulness that leads to your own transcendence.
For more information, join me here at www.jeffcannontheconversation.com.
December 15, 2014
This is a book I will have to come back to again, and with relish.
These is something about his writing that is soulful, poetic, yet realistic and deserving. It sits up there with a number of books about science and spirituality that explain without dropping off into the land of ...
I feel like he respects me as a reader.
These is something about his writing that is soulful, poetic, yet realistic and deserving. It sits up there with a number of books about science and spirituality that explain without dropping off into the land of ...
I feel like he respects me as a reader.
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