Only Being: Awaken Your Deeper Self to Greater Intuition, Creativity, and Emotional Resilience

by Stephen Daniel

We have a myth in our world that humanity's great discoveries happen through scientific or mathematical rigor. We know that breakthroughs come as an aha moment, a flash of insight and intuition, a visitation from a higher intelligence. We live in a conscious cosmos, and our individual consciousness is tuned into a larger field. Scientists, artists, poets, and countless others describe a connection to something greater than themselves, suggesting each of us holds the whole within.
Only Being explores the whole and a greater unity offered by our higher selves.

296 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 24, 2026

About the author

Growing up in Southern California, Stephen felt a spiritual world guiding him from childhood, but he wasn’t sure what it meant. He had a recurring dream of walking along a path to a house made of screens. The house represented struggle, but it was also showing him another time and place where he experienced life. At night, Stephen often found himself moving through the rooms of his family’s home or over the tops of trees, as if he existed without a body.
He worked with a mentor in a specialized training program, learning meditation techniques to tune into his essence as a gateway to his energetic origin, where he acquired intelligent guidance and healing. For three decades, he investigated obstacles that interfered with this connection, sharing his insights to help others tune into their essence and build a foundation of clarity and resilience.
Stephen’s work bridges physical and spiritual worlds, what he defines as nonphysical environments, and how they interact to help us better understand ourselves. His writing has helped others access their deeper selves, bringing greater coherence and self-reliance to their lives. His books Brighter Realms and the 2nd edition, Only Being, set the stage for discovering our energetic inheritance, the innate intelligence of our higher selves.

Reviews

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received a copy of this book through BookSirens. What follows is my opinion.

This book is autobiographical in nature with the author sharing stories of transcendental experiences throughout his life. These experiences seem to have been plentiful and varied. I was drawn to this book because I've had my own experiences, although not nearly as many, and I was hoping to gain insight into how or why these things happen.

This book is not a step-by-step guide. It doesn't give the reader a specific formula, but what it does do is offer tips into how they might connect to their own intuition. The author provides several meditation-like exercises where readers are invited to sit and connect with their essence through their feelings. There's a focus on embracing empathy, compassion, and love.

The author talks about the importance of journaling as a tool to connect with one's higher self. He offers some great examples of why it's important recognize when fear or anger is making our decisions for us. He encourages readers to connect with their feelings, and to explore what those feelings might be trying to tell them.

For someone who's never experienced the supernatural in any form, this book might be hard to accept. I found myself continually wondering how the author was able to have so many of these experiences, especially of such a varied nature. He talked about astral travel, hearing the voice of his higher self, past-life memories, and more. What fascinated me the most was his enviable ability to control these experiences.

[Bob Rich · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has the potential to change your life, despite being a “sample of one.” It would have been an invaluable read when I was younger, although I have arrived at a similar place along my unique path. One of my issues is that at the start Stephen lectures: he tells us what the world and our place in it is like. While I don’t share what to me seem paranormal experiences, I happen to agree with him, but someone who doesn’t already do so would be hard to convince by being told.
As the book progresses, he ties the lessons to his personal experiences, and at that stage it becomes much more readable.
I haven’t shared Stephen’s diverse paranormal experiences, but am aware that they are common, and have surprisingly strong scientific validation.
Strongly recommended for anyone seeking meaning in life.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

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I really enjoyed *Only Being*. It’s an inspiring and thoughtful book that made me reflect on myself, my emotions, and how I experience life. I loved the focus on intuition, self-discovery, and finding inner peace. Definitely a great read for anyone interested in personal growth. I would recommend it!