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Building on his previous groundbreaking work, Peter Ralston once again proves to be a sure-footed guide for readers seeking to negotiate the challenging terrain of personal and spiritual growth. In accessible language, Ralston demonstrates how the lofty goalsof self-transformation and enlightenment can be achieved with a no-nonsense approach available to anyone willing to reachbeyond their current experience of self and reality.Pursuing Consciousnessis adown-to-earth handbook for staying focused on the work at hand, even while tacklingsuch unsettling tasks as investigating deeply ingrained psychological beliefs and identifying commonareas of misunderstanding that hamper transformative growth.
Ralston explains that deeper levels of consciousness aren't just for monksanyone can have an enlightenment experience. He shows that enlightenment doesnottransform the self, and transforming the self doesnotproduce enlightenment. Once we grasp that these two pursuits take place in entirely different domains of consciousness, we can use each to empower the other. Ralston provides specific tools for changing the very person that we experience being. His work has been acclaimed by people from a diverse range of disciplinesincluding spiritual teachers, psychiatrists, cognitive scientists, physicists, and artists. As with Ralstons previous works, this book points the way to a directencounter withthe true nature ofBeing and the possibility of real personal change.
