Table of Contents

Awaken to the Here and Now

Chapter 1        Enlightenment............................... 1   

Enlightenment is not difficult to realize.. 1   

Beyond Belief.............................. 2   

Sincerity is the Paramount................. 8   

Amazingly Simple.......................... 10   

What is there to get?..................... 10   

Why should I want to Get This?............ 11   

The Milestones............................ 12   

The Challenges............................ 13   

The Key................................... 13   

What is Advaita?.......................... 13   

Chapter 2        ORGANIC REALITY............................  18   

Holographic Universe: Our Recursive Reality 24   

Emptiness Everywhere...................... 25   

Chapter 3        MAYA THE Illusion..........................  27   

The Ego................................... 31   

Me, Myself, and I......................... 32   

Not Asking You to Believe................. 33   

Chapter 4        Pull Away the Veils........................  35   

Let's Investigate......................... 35   

What is it About?......................... 40   

Who is the Doer?.......................... 40   

Four Principal Totalities................. 41   

1. Look for the Me....................... 42   

2. Time is Not Real...................... 45   

3. Free Will............................. 47   

The Frog and the Scorpion................. 50   

4. Reincarnation......................... 51   

Significance of the Four Totalities....... 52   

Flip the Switch........................... 52   

Chapter 5        Am I enlightened yet?......................  54   

The Conventional Phases of Enlightenment.. 56   

Phase One: The Illusion within the Illusion 56   

Phase Two: Growth........................ 58   

Phase Three: Direct Experience in the Illusion   59   

Phase Four: Direct Self Realization...... 61   

The Fast Track to Enlightenment........... 62   

Chapter 6        What is It LIKE to be Enlightened.......... 63   

Saintliness versus Enlightenment.......... 63   

The State of Enlightenment................ 66   

Chapter 7        Methods of Mindfulness ..................... 69   

Stay with the I-Awareness................. 70   

Meditation................................70

The Monkey Mind.......................... 71   

Follow Your Breath........................ 73   

Third Person.............................. 73   

Mr. Robot................................. 74   

Stop Thinking............................. 74   

Chapter 8        Awakening to the here and the Now In Nature 76   

Nature: The Gates to Heaven............... 76   

Nature Awareness.......................... 78   

Look at the Small to See the Big.......... 79   

Another World within Organic Reality......82

Tap into your Sixth Sense................ 85   

The Secret Spot...........................85

Avoid Labeling...........................88

The Secret Spot from a Different Perspective 89   

Visit with a Tree......................... 90   

Visit with a Flower....................... 91   

Grasshopper............................... 92   

The World of the Crystal.................. 92   

The Night of Nature....................... 92   

Create Your Own Awareness Encounters...... 93   

Chapter 9        More Pointers.............................. 95   

Be like a Child........................... 97   

Achievement of Happiness.................. 98   

Know Intellectually....................... 99   

Investigate Life’s Issues................ 100   

Be Without Labeling...................... 100   

Pain..................................... 100   

Fear of Loss of Memory................... 101   

Forgive Yourself......................... 101   

Lose Your Ego............................ 102   

Happiness is in the Here and the Now..... 102   

Test for Realness and the Illusion....... 103   

Shed Your Outer Layers................... 103   

You Do Not Have to Do Anything........... 103   

You Never Did Anything................... 104   

Lucid Wakefulness........................ 104   

Suffering Will Never Totally Go Away..... 104   

Know You Do Not Exist 24/7............... 105   

Belief Causes Suffering.................. 105   

Want Nothing............................. 106   

It May Take Some Time.................... 106   

You Have Been Taught Nothing............. 106   

Shift from Contents of Awareness to the Awareness Itself......................................... 107   

Look for the Seer........................ 107   

Do Not Fall into the Trap................ 107   

Do Not Meditate For Mystical Experiences. 108   

There is Nothing to Achieve.............. 108   

Judge Not................................ 108   

You Can Go No Deeper..................... 109   

Do Not Grieve the Death of Ego........... 109   

Chapter 10      What nOW.................................. 110   

What is my Purpose in Life............... 115   

Some of the Beacons of Light............. 116   

Chapter 11      Conceptual Concerns.......................  118   

But What about….......................... 118   

Who is doing the asking?................. 118   

I Cannot Get It.......................... 119   

I had it and then I lost it.............. 119   

I Still Have Anxiety and Fear............ 120   

It Feels Like I Do Exist................. 121   

I Forget Who I Am........................ 121   

I Liked My Old Beliefs................... 121   

When Your Body Dies...................... 122   

What You Believe the Afterlife to be..... 122   

I Want to Go To the Next Level........... 123   

Chapter 12      Frequently Asked Questions ................ 124   

Why is there Bad in the Dream I Am?...... 125   

Why do I feel lost, despondent or alone after I become “Enlightened?”........................... 126   

Should I share enlightenment with others, and if so, how?......................................... 126   

How do I Know that this Enlightenment is not Another Illusion?......................................... 128   

I agree with most of the concepts, but some seem like blasphemy. Are they blasphemy?........... 129   

Will I now be able to do Miracles?....... 129   

Where do Moses, Jesus, Mohamed, and all the Other Great Religious Leaders Fit into This?......... 130   

Is the Ego Just Another Name for Satan or the Devil?   131   

Do I Need to Worship God?................ 131   

Where do I go to Church for This?........ 132   

What are Ghosts?......................... 132   

Can My True Self be Hurt?................ 133   

Do I Need to Actively be Aware?.......... 133   

Do I Need a Guru?........................ 133   

If Life is an Illusion, Why bother to be Good?    134   

Why Do We Continue to Participate in Life? 134   

Why Do I Still Have So Many Questions?... 135   

Should I Start Trying to Live Like a Saint? 135   

Is the Ego Bad?.......................... 136   

What about Bad People?................... 136   

Do I Need to Meditate or Do Something?... 137   

Chapter 13      Conclusions............................... 139