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Uncovering the Life of Your Dreams: An Enlightening Story
An enlightening story. . .
Scott Billings has a pretty good life, or so it appears. But something is missing for him. Like many others, he finds himself just going through the motions, sleepwalking through life, until an unexpected and unique encounter with a street beggar allows him to see the possibility of a new reality; a dream world that is more real than anything he's ever experienced. It is a world that holds the answers to his questions about life . . . and his destiny.
Based on the true story of the author's transformational journey, Uncovering the Life of Your Dreams takes you on a journey of your own toward a more enlightened life filled with abundance, joy, and absolute freedom. This entertaining tale of the universal truths that connect us all offers a much-needed and timely message to help you awaken to a more conscious world.
Enjoy a free online companion program, as well as access to a supportive community, to help you uncover the life of YOUR dreams.
Scott Billings has a pretty good life, or so it appears. But something is missing for him. Like many others, he finds himself just going through the motions, sleepwalking through life, until an unexpected and unique encounter with a street beggar allows him to see the possibility of a new reality; a dream world that is more real than anything he's ever experienced. It is a world that holds the answers to his questions about life . . . and his destiny.
Based on the true story of the author's transformational journey, Uncovering the Life of Your Dreams takes you on a journey of your own toward a more enlightened life filled with abundance, joy, and absolute freedom. This entertaining tale of the universal truths that connect us all offers a much-needed and timely message to help you awaken to a more conscious world.
Enjoy a free online companion program, as well as access to a supportive community, to help you uncover the life of YOUR dreams.
256 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 9, 2018
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About the author
Bruce D. Schneider
5 books17 followersBruce D Schneider, Ph. D., is founder and CEO of iPEC. Bruce is often referred to as a modern day philosopher whose seemingly endless insights are thought-provoking and transformational. A powerful, entertaining, and charismatic speaker, his seminars, keynotes, workshops, and coaching sessions have helped countless others transform their lives. Bruce is a Master Certified Coach, Licensed Psychotherapist, and a pioneer and innovator in the fields of professional coaching and human potential.
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July 22, 2018
I wanted to like this book. I agree with the content. But the book itself? I really didn’t enjoy reading it.
I do agree with almost every point it’s making. In fact, it’s basically trying to capture all of the spiritual stuff that was embedded in my coach training at iPEC, the author’s coaching school. Learning to be a powerful coach was great, and the spiritual stuff was even better and more valuable to me than what I learned about coaching. I believe the messages here are important and true and life-changing. I want more people to get them.
However, this book is not a way I’d recommend going about that. It’s one of those books where the author tries to convey information in a less-boring way by wrapping it in a story. The only problem is, it’s still mostly just long passages of heavy information. It just happens to have quotation marks around it as two characters go on long pontifications about it, in ways that no actual person would ever speak in conversation. The story is very thin and the characters undeveloped.
This sort of thing flies all the time in business books. I guess having characters and a thin veneer of story does make it a bit easier to get through, but I’d rather see the material presented in a way that doesn’t feel like getting through at all.
Now I understand why, after reading the promotional materials for this book in several different forms, I still had no idea what it was about. If they had just said, ‘it’s a very tedious book about enlightenment,’ I wouldn’t have bought it. (I actually did buy it because, after having read the sample, I thought it was about lucid dreaming. Joke’s on me!)
I do agree with almost every point it’s making. In fact, it’s basically trying to capture all of the spiritual stuff that was embedded in my coach training at iPEC, the author’s coaching school. Learning to be a powerful coach was great, and the spiritual stuff was even better and more valuable to me than what I learned about coaching. I believe the messages here are important and true and life-changing. I want more people to get them.
However, this book is not a way I’d recommend going about that. It’s one of those books where the author tries to convey information in a less-boring way by wrapping it in a story. The only problem is, it’s still mostly just long passages of heavy information. It just happens to have quotation marks around it as two characters go on long pontifications about it, in ways that no actual person would ever speak in conversation. The story is very thin and the characters undeveloped.
This sort of thing flies all the time in business books. I guess having characters and a thin veneer of story does make it a bit easier to get through, but I’d rather see the material presented in a way that doesn’t feel like getting through at all.
Now I understand why, after reading the promotional materials for this book in several different forms, I still had no idea what it was about. If they had just said, ‘it’s a very tedious book about enlightenment,’ I wouldn’t have bought it. (I actually did buy it because, after having read the sample, I thought it was about lucid dreaming. Joke’s on me!)
May 14, 2019
I REALLY wanted to like this book. The concepts of enlightenment and connectedness between us and our world and the universe as a whole are very interesting to me and the author had some very interesting perspectives of those concepts. However, the story he tried to create to convey his ideas seemed amateur and I had a hard time staying involved in the storyline. I actually started skipping pages after awhile, because there was just too much (in my opinion) unnecessary dialogue with imaginary characters. I would have been more interested in reading a more direct discussion of the author’s philosophical theories with some stories scattered throughout.
If you want to read this as a start to a deeper philosophical discussion, you can do it with a medium-speed skim to get an idea of the concepts and dig deeper elsewhere.
If you want to read this as a start to a deeper philosophical discussion, you can do it with a medium-speed skim to get an idea of the concepts and dig deeper elsewhere.
August 19, 2022
The type of book you have to read a lot. Cool themes and ideas, but at the end I was a little perplexed. Got me into the idea of lucid dreaming and the real world limits? I still think about the things that happened in this book and wonder "what if". 6/10
July 31, 2019
What a wonderful book, filled with many great reminders and gems to live life authentically, with great joy and no fear ✨💓🤗 - devoured it in 3 days!!
June 26, 2020
I wanted to like it but i guess it went over my head.
July 18, 2020
Great book. I took a lot of notes. It has helped me gain questions I need to ask and be aware of. It has helped me improve my consciousness. Thank you!
March 20, 2024
I loved the concepts in the book as they are thought and soul provoking and elicit a positive and empowering response. I did not really enjoy the way the book was written.
June 21, 2024
As someone whose first choice is never fiction, I seem to be drawn to fiction that attempts to deliver deeper meaning, often spiritual, within the story. I got a similar type of vibe with this book like I had with Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist" and Michiko Aoyama's "What You Are Looking For is in The Library", but in a more heavy-handed way. I enjoyed it, but sometimes it felt like the author was trying too hard to shoehorn a concept with a long speech rather than allowing the concept to unfold more organically within the story. I still feel that there is value and insight contained within this book and I'll probably revisit it again and take notes, but I'd recommend Coelho and Aoyama more.
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