Everything appearing as solid and material
—our w hole p hysical world and Universe—is actually
images pr ojected by the mind. The contents of your dr eam a nd your experience of the
dr eam ar e entir ely mind-made, just as your experience of
the world when you’r e awake takes place entir ely in your
mind. The pow er that can turn thoughts into an appar ent Universe
is Infinite A war eness, the only power ther e is. The Universe came out of Consciousness, and
Consciousness, which is infinite, is the very foundation and
underlying substance of our Universe and everything in it. The world, the Universe, and everything in it, including
your body , ar e  in A war eness. They ar e all sitting in and on
A war eness. While w e r emain attached to ou r own beliefs and the belief
that we ar e sepa rate individuals , the world will never be at
peace. Billions of egos will always cr eate strife. Y our fr eedom fr om any suffering doesn’ t depend on the
world coming to peace; it depe nds on your seeing that you
have mistaken yourself for on ly a person, and on your
experiencing yourself as the one and only Infinite Being.A war eness says “Y es” to absolutely everything. A war eness
allows for the fr eedom of everything to be the way it is,
because the world, and everyth ing in it,  is A war eness—its
own self. No matt er how things appear i n the world, all is always,
always well.C h a p t e r  1 2
The End—
Ther e Is No End
What if  the one thing that we’ re all so afraid of isn’ t true? What if there is no such thing as death as we think of it? What
if when we die we wake up? “Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great
unfathomable question, the sam e for every one of us. Science
has no answer to it.”
Max Planck, quantum physicist
“The body dies, but the spirit  that transcends it cannot be
touched by death.”
Ramana Maharshi, fr om  The Collected W orks of Ramana Maharshi
“If you take yourself to be the body and mind only , that ‘you’
will certainly die! When you di scover yourself as unborn and
imperishable aw areness, the fear of death will trouble you no
longer . In fact, this is the death of death.”
Mooji
“When you wake up, all fear , including the fear of physical
death, goes away . This is because what ‘you’ have turned out
to be isn’ t something that’ s subject to harm.”
Jan Frazier , fr om  The Freedom of Being“Death i s a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of
life is to ‘die before you die’—and find that there is no death.”
Eckhart T olle, fr om  The Power of Now
T o die before you die means t o bring an end to the mind’ s
delusion that you are just a person. It means to die to the idea
of b eing a perso n, and to realize the Infinite A wareness that
you real ly are. Only then will you “die before you die” and
discover the truth—that there is no death. “Of all the things human beings can learn in this life, I have
the grea test new s to tell you, the most beautiful thing to share:
Y ou are that which is formless, unchanging, and never dies.”
Mooji, fr om  White Fire, second edition
“Y ou, yo ur body  mind, and the world that you see are all part
of the same virtu al reality . . . Y ou—the real you—is formless
consciousness, a nd once you ide ntify with that, you see every
other identity you had is provis ional. Whether it’ s husband or
father , o r son, or wife . . . all these are provisional identities
that have a birth and a death, and they keep transforming,
they’re not real. . . . The only absolute identity you have is
infinite, formles s, inconceivable  being that morphs itself into
any reality based on its constructs.”
Deepak ChopraTM, M.D., fr om  mindbodygreen podcast
“W e have for gotten that we are this consciousness and have
identified ourselves with objec ts. W e think, ‘I am the body ,
therefore I am going to die.’ However , consciousness doesn’ t
find itself in a body . The body appears in consciousness, the
mind appears in consciousness, the world appears in
consciousness. That is our experience. In spite of this, we
superimpose the opposite noti on onto our experience, that
consciousness is  in the mind, that the mind is in the body , and
that the body is in the world.”
Francis Lucille, fr om  The Perfume of Silence
“Y ou ar e now thinking that yo u are the body and therefore
confuse yourself  with its birth and death. But you are not the
body and you have no birth and death.”
Ramana Maharshi, fr om  Be as Y ou Are“So the real answ er to death is, it’ s another human construct. If
you believe in the physical wor ld then you have to believe in
death, and you have to believe in birth, but understand that you
are a formless being— formless— that experiences itself as
form. So right n ow that formless being is experiencing itself as
a body mind.”
Deepak ChopraTM, M.D., fr om  mindbodygreen podcast
“Y ou have agreed that you will die only because you have
accepted from someone that you were born.”
Sri Poonja (Papaji), fr om  The T ruth Is
“There w as never a time when I did not exist, nor you . . . nor
is there any future in which we shall cease to be.”
Krishna
It’ s impossible to imagine not being, because you can never
not  be. If you imagine not being, there’ s an A wareness that
you’re imagining not being, and there you are—A wareness! “So, wh en you are a baby you d on’ t know this is a table or this
is a hand or that you have a body . All your experience is . . . a
gooey universe with lots of colors, sensations, images, no
thoughts yet, just a sense of wonder and confusion. Then we
introduce concepts; you’re a male, you’re American, you’re
human, that’ s a star , that’ s a g alaxy , that’ s the planet earth. That is how th e scientific worldview works. So, you are
suddenly now looking at the world through a filter . Consciousness has become a conditioned mind that is giving
you an experien ce of a physica l world and a physical body ,
and now because you’ve constructed this thing in your
consciousness, n ow you’re worried about birth, death. These
are human concepts. There is no birth, there is no death, there
is no physical  body , there is no Universe. There is
consciousness and it’ s infinite and you’re IT .”
Deepak ChopraTM, M.D., fr om  mindbodygreen podcast
“Immortality is attained in proportion as personal sense is
overcome . . . As we put of f the personal ego and attain the
consciousness o f our real Self . . . we attain immortality . And
that can be achieved here and now .”Joel S. Goldsmith, fr om  The Infinite W ay
“Death i s not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the
lamp because the dawn has come.”
Rabindranath T agor e
What is it like for somebody who dies? “It’ s the same as waking up after a dream. No dif ferent at all.”
My teacher
The teachers tell us emphatically that A wareness or
Consciousness was never born and never dies. That means that
when the body ends, A wareness and Consciousness remain as
always—fully a ware and fully alive. It’ s then that you may
realize y ou were never the body , because you find yourself to
be fu lly aware and existing like before, except w ithout a  body . A wareness does n’ t need a body to be aware. When the body
ends, there is not a single second that you are not aware—not a
trillionth of a second that you don’ t remain fully aware. Y ou
are eternally and infinitely aware, fully and completely alive,
with a body or without a body . “Consciousness and awareness never began, and will never
end.”
Robert Lanza, M.D., fr om  Bey ond Biocentrism: Rethinking T im e, Space,
Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death
“Life ha s no opposite. The opp osite of death is birth. Life is
eternal.”
Eckhart T olle, fr om  Stillness Speaks
How would your life be dif ferent if you actually knew that no
one dies? What if you knew with certainty that you and
everyone else are the one eterna l Infinite Being? What would
life be like for y ou if you lived with that knowledge, knowing
it is the truth? The sages tell us that when we know the truth, life becomes
light and full of ease. There is a lot of laughter , unbridled love,
and total enjoyment of everything that happens. Every moment
is savored, and there’ s an overwhelming appreciation for the
wonder and splendor of the man ifestation of the world. A deeplove and compassion for humanity and every living thing
arises. The sage s tell us that we will be unruf fled by people or things
that used to both er us. W e won’ t see problems anymore or find
things to be ser ious the way we  once thought they were. W e
will look lightly upon all the com ings and goings of the world,
as th ough it wer e a movie that we were watching. And we will
be filled with unutterable peace knowing that despite
everything that is happening, there is no end for us or anyone. From the time I discovered The Secret I knew that we couldn’ t
die. Once I understood that there are laws governing our
thought and our physical life, li ke cause and ef fect, attraction,
and kar ma, I knew we had to live beyond this lifetime;
otherwise, what would be the point? How could anyone master
the laws  in one lifetime? Even the Buddha said he lived five
hundred lifetimes before he realized who he really is, and
that’ s the Buddha! “The fee ling ‘I’ as you use it to mean your individuality will
never , ever leave you. It exp ands. What happens as you
discover what you are is that you begin to see that others are
you, that you ar e me, that there is only One, that you are now
and always have been that one and glorious Infinite Being.”
Lester Levenson, fr om  Happiness Is Free, volumes 1–5
A vatar
“All of this is the game that consciousness is playing: the
game of disguising itself, pretending that it is really a person.”
David Bingham
“Our ess ential n ature of pure A w areness gains or loses nothing
from the entire human adventure.”
Rupert Spira, fr om  The Ashes of Love
Having a life on  earth is like having an avatar in a computer
game. When your body dies in a computer game, you get a
new bod y and you go back into the game, with one avatar after
another , until you finish the gam e. Some traditions tell us thatin o ur h uman lif e we also get a  new body every time we d ie,
until we  “finish the game” by waking up and fully realizing
who we are—A wareness. W e’ve most likely all lived many lifetimes, most likely
hundreds and hundreds of them. But it’ s waking up to the truth
that Consciousness and the Universe delight in; and that makes
this  lifetime the most important one! “Y ou are here to  enable the div ine purpose of the universe to
unfold. That is how important you are!”
Eckhart T olle, fr om  The Power of Now
Y ou have to real ize the truth for yourself because this can’ t be
given to you. How can anyon e give you, to you? Y ou are
already Y ou! Someone can only point you in the direction of
where to look. It’ s from your own experience  that you must
realize this, not from anyone’ s words. “Y ou an d the world and the entire universe are modifications
of awareness. Y ou and the universe are awareness in motion.”
Deepak ChopraTM, M.D., fr om  mindbodygreen podcast
“What you are basically deep, d eep down, far , far in, is simply
the fabric and structure of existence itself.”
Alan W atts, fr om  Out of Y our Mind
“When w e truly feel that the universe is in us, is us, that there
is no separation,  that there is this wholeness, then the universe
and the events in the world un fold in accordance with this
perspective, which is the true perspective. They reveal the
sanctity , the holiness of the world. They reveal the permanent
miracle. First it is experienced  as a feeling and later on, it is
confirmed by our experience of the world.”
Francis Lucille, fr om  The Perfume of Silence
Human Being to Infinite Being
My teac her says  that to realize the Infinite Being that we are is
just a decision. There’ s only on e decision maker and it’ s you,
the Infinite Being—so therefore the decision to fully realize
who you are is no dif ferent from the decision to get a glass ofwater . Y ou can make the dec ision: “I intend to be fully
conscious of my true nature, A w areness. I intend to fulfill my
purpose and live my life in the  joy of the Infinite A wareness
that I am. I have made the decision to fully realize the eternal,
indestructible pure A wareness that I am.”
“T ake all your wanting, all your restless maneuvering, the
entire terrible weight and noise of it. Put it in a box and tape it
shut. Lo ad the box onto a truck driving away from you and
never co ming b ack. There is so mething left, isn’ t there? Y ou
are still here. Y ou can feel yourself being. W elcome home.”
Jan Frazier , fr om  The Freedom of Being
Our incredible journey together  through this book has been to
point you in the direction that will take you from believing you
are o nly a human being to realizing the Infinite Being that you
truly are; to sh ow you the wa y from suf fering to a life of
blissful happiness and peace; and to free you from hurt, upset,
anxiety , worry , and problems, so that you instead exist in the
continuous happiness of A wareness. Y our true self, A wareness,
is the only  p erman ence in existence. Everything else comes
and goes, appears and disappe ars, but you are the one that
never ca me and never goes. A wareness is the one that is aware
of e very second of your life ex perience, yet isn’ t af fected or
harmed by it, and welcomes everything in it. “W e are living through the most exciting, challenging and
most critical time in human hist ory . Never before has so much
been possible; and never before has so much been at stake.”
Peter Russell, author and r etir ed physicist
Through the words of the aware beings shared in this book,
you hav e begun to wake up, and  no matter where you go from
here that can ne ver be lost. Where before the mind’ s elaborate
illusion might have been seaml ess, now there is a tear in its
fabric. That tear can never seal completely , leaving your mind
in the darkness of ignorance again. A wareness, the Infinite
Being that you are, will ensure that the fabric of illusion will
continue to tear until the truth is fully revealed and realized,
and you are finally reunited as your true self.“When we take one step toward the Self, It takes nine steps
towards us.”
Lester Levenson
Some p eople may wake up on  the spot while reading this
book, but for most of us, it  seems to be a journey of
awakening. While you continue to let go of negative feelings
and beliefs and continue to prac tice staying as A wareness the
best you can, A wareness will keep expanding within you. Eventually A wareness will expand so much within you that
you will  recogn ize that the who le Universe and everything in
it is contained in you. It’ s a journey to  nowhere, as there’ s nowhere for you to go;
you are already everything that you’re looking for , right here,
right now . As R upert Spira says, “There’ s nowhere to go. Just
try and take a step toward yourself. Y ou can’ t do it.”
The Infi nite Being that you are  is present right now . If you
don’ t re alize it fully yet, it’ s  simply that your mind has
convinced you that you’re a person. But that is changing right
now . “When t he Self has been realized, we can never go back to not
knowing what it is. W e can, however , choose to become
absorbed in individuality again.”
David Bingham
W atch th e mind , because it wil l try and tell you all kinds of
things, like, “Y ou don’ t want th is—it would be boring being
A wareness all the time! Let’ s go out and meet up with T om for
some fu n!” Of course, fun is go od too, and who you really are
delights in fun. When you a re living as your true self,
A wareness, you’ll still have fun and meet up with T om. In fact,
as A war eness, you will have ev en more fun than you’ve ever
had. Y ou will laugh a lot. Y ou will do all the things you did
before. The only dif ference is t hat you will do everything in
continuous happiness and peace , with no fear , worry , stress, or
sadness. “Even if you became an astronaut and discovered unknown
galaxies, it would not be as grea t as discovering your own Self
right here on earth.”Mooji, fr om  White Fire, second edition
I wa nt y ou to understand that the Infinite Being that you are is
the “you” that you feel yourself to be right now . There isn’ t
another version of you that you have to become first, in order
to be the Infinite Being. When I first made this discovery , I
was loo king for another version of me for quite a long time,
until I realized that it’ s the Infin ite Being who is the one who
is aware through my body right now . “Y ou ar e Divine. It’ s time to start being that; quit pretending
you’re not.”
Pamela W ilson
Who Ar e Y ou? “W e are all Gods acting like goddamned fools.”
Lester Levenson
“The on ly purpose in life—the sole purpose—is to be the
totality o f who we are. It is our secret intention, and we will
knock of f any p rops we think are necessary to achieve our
purpose—marriages, houses, loved ones, even if that prop is
the body itself.”
My teacher
When marriages  end, or we lose loved ones, or things seem to
fall apart in our lives, we may suf fer a lot, but very often it’ s
through our suf fering that we b egin to wonder what life is all
about. Many of the enlightened sages have gone through
immense suf feri ng, and it was their suf fering that led them to
question life intensely , and which ultimately led them to the
truth of who they are. It can be dif ficult in the midst of suf fering to even consider
that the  suf fering you are goin g through is leading you to
something wondrous, but indeed for many their suf fering has
led them right into the paradise of their very own self. “How s uf fering becomes a door to peace. How pain is a
trapdoor that if stood fully upon opens under the terrible
weight o f full acceptance . . . Ho w the very things we think areobstacles to peace are windows, and on the other side of the
windows are our peaceful selves. How if we do not get this,
the obsta cles will keep coming a nd keep coming. How we pull
them to us like iron filings to a magnet. How powerful is a
human being. How little we kno w this. How the not-knowing
is the greatest obstacle of all.”
Jan Frazier , fr om  When Fear Falls A way
But now you know . “Y ou are eternally yourself. The rest is only a dream. This is
why true self-discovery is called awakening.”
Mooji
“It’ s onl y a dream” is the truth behind everything you see and
experience. This discovery does  not mean that when a person
is strugg ling due to dif ficult circumstances that you will lack
compassion. However , when you know the truth, the serenity
and peace emanating from you will surround them, comfort
them, and penetrate them witho ut any need for words. When
you kno w that all is well no matter what, you are finally free
from an y notion  of negativity , a nd your presence will soothe
others tremendo usly in their suf fering. It is claimed that one
individual who is living fully as Infinite A wareness
counteracts the negativity of millions and millions of people. Such is the power of the pure love of A wareness. “Y ou are God in a physical body . Y ou are Spirit in the flesh. Y ou are Eternal Life expressing itself as Y ou. Y ou are a cosmic
being. Y ou are all power . Y ou are all wis dom. Y ou are all
intelligence. Y ou are perfection. Y ou are magnificence.”
Fr om  The Secret
Y ou are the space-like A wareness that’ s holding planet earth,
the sun, stars, galaxies, and the Universe in place. Y ou are the
substratum of existence. “Y ou keep trying to go left or right or outward but the answer
to e verything is who you reall y are. And everything in the
world is pointing you back to yourself.”
My teacher“Nothing and no one can comple te you. Y ou are already whole
and complete exactly as you are right here and now .”
Hale Dwoskin
“By Go d, when  you see your beauty you will be the idol of
yourself.”
Rumi
“All you  have to do is discover what you’ve already got. That
is why it is cal led ‘realization’ : you realize what is already
there, what has been there right along.”
Jan Frazier , fr om  When Fear Falls A way
For as long as human beings  have inhabited planet earth,
they’ve been asking the same three questions. Who am I? Where did I com e from? Where do I go to? The answer to all
three is: A wareness, A wareness, A wareness. “From b liss all beings are born; in bliss they live; to bliss they
return.”
T aittiriya Upanishad
W elcome home, to the place you never left. “Don’ t worry about anything at all. Y ou are not here by
accident. This form is just a cos tume for a while. But the one
who is behind the costume, this one is eternal. Y ou must know
this. If you know this and trust  this, you don’ t have to worry
about anything.”
Mooji, fr om  White Fire, second edition
“What h appened to me can h appen to you. Y ou may not
believe it is possible to becom e free, to cease suf fering, to
have joy  running like a warm stream beneath every day , no
matter w hat the day brings you . But I’m here to tell you it is
possible.”
Jan Frazier , fr om  When Fear Falls A way
W ith your mind stilled, the Inf inite Being that you are, who
knows everything, is in char ge. “When you are permanently being who you are—
consciousness-awareness—you will receive the answer toevery si ngle que stion you have. Every desire you’ve ever had
will be fulfilled.”
My teacher
Y ou wil l have complete clarity . Y ou will never again suf fer
from confusion or uncertainty . “W e’re supposed to function completely from intuition. The
moment you act from the intuit ion that you are, your life will
be beautiful.”
My teacher
All suf fe ring can end for you right here, right now . A wareness
is your way out of all suf fering; it is your key to immortality ,
and a life of laughter , joy , sheer abundance, beauty , and bliss. “The light of one human being who discovers the truth has
been lig hting human existence for thousands of years. Such is
the p ower of a human being who realizes the truth of who they
are.”
Mooji
“There were people who were  not widely known in their
lifetimes who nonetheless exerted a great influence for good. There were many more whose names are not found in the
historical record . Although they have been for gotten, the
intelligence and love that they released into the world is still
reaching us. Our true gift to the world is to be a source of love
and clar ity , and to recognize that to be this source one has to
know oneself intimately .”
Francis Lucille, fr om  T ruth Love Beauty
“One ind ividual with nothing but love can stand up against the
entire world because this love  is so powerful. This love is
nothing but the Self. This love is God.”
Lester Levenson, fr om  Happiness Is Free, volumes 1–5
There’ s only one source of perf ection, and that source is you! When you see l ove anywhere in the world, realize it is you. When you behold a beautiful sunset, know the beauty you
behold is you. When you notic e happiness anywhere in the
world, recognize it is you. Where there is laughter , know that
it is the endless joy of you shining through. When you look outat th e spectacular myriad of life -forms in the world, know that
the l ife t hat is breathing them is the Infinite Being, and that is
also you . There’ s nothing else in  existence but the glory of the
one and  only Infinite Being, the true self, pure A wareness-
Consciousness. And it is you. Ultimately , every moment and every circumstance of your life
is pointing you to home—to A wareness. When anything hurts
you in life, with out exception it’ s a wake-up call telling you
you’re going in the wrong direction—you’re believing
something that isn’ t true. W e a re the prodigal son. At times
we’ve staggered, we’ve been bruised and beaten, we’ve been
scared, we’ve suf fered, and we’ve fallen down many times,
but the end for  all of us is to realize, to remember , and to
recognize who we truly are— eternal A wareness—and that
there is no end for any of us. This is the simp le but wondrous truth that has been known by
so few . This is The Greatest Secret. No End
C H A P T E R  1 2  S u m m a r y
Ther e is no such  thing as death  as we think of it. The body
dies, but the spirit cannot be touched by death. T o die befor e yo u die means to die to the  idea of being a
person, and to r ealize the Infinite A war eness that you r eally
ar e.
When the body ends, A war eness and Consciousness r emain
as always—fully awar e and fully alive. When w e know the truth, life be comes light and full of ease. Ther e i s a lot of laughter , unbridled love, and total
enjoyment of everything that happens. A deep love and
compassion arise for humanity and every living thing. Y our r eal self is the  only permanence in existence. Everything else comes and goes, appears and disappears. Having a life on earth is like having an avatar in a
computer game. In our human life we also get a new body
every tim e we die, until we “finish the game” by waking up
and fully r ealizing who we ar e—A war eness. As your true sel f you will have  even mor e fun than you’ve
ever had . Y ou will do all the things you did befor e. The only
differ ence is that you will do everything in continuous
happiness and peace. The only purpose in life is to be the totality of who we ar e.
V ery often it’ s th r ough our suffering that we begin to wonder
what life is all about. For many , their suffering has led them
right into the paradise of their very own self. When yo u know that all is well no matter what, you ar e
finally fr ee fr om  any notion of negativity , and your pr esence
will soothe others tr emendously in their suffering.A war eness is your way out of al l suffering; it is your key to
immortality , and a life of laughter , joy , abundance, beauty ,
and bliss. When you see love anywher e in the world, r ealize it is  you. When anything hurts you in li fe, without exception it’ s a
wake-up call telling you you’r e going in the wr ong dir ection
—you’r e believing something that isn’ t true. The end for all  of us is to r e alize, to r emember , and to
r ecognize who we truly ar e—eternal A war eness.The Greatest Secret
Practices
Af firmation:
“I intend to be fully conscious of my true nature, A wareness. I
intend to fulfill my purpose and live my life in the joy of the
Infinite A wareness that I am. I have made the decision to be
the eternal, indestructible pure A wareness that I am.”
The A war eness Practice
Step 1. Ask yourself, “Am I awar e?”
Step 2. Notice A war eness. Step 3. Stay as A war eness. Shift your attention to A war eness by noticing A war eness
multiple times thr oughout the day . Give fiv e minutes a day , at the very least, to putting your
attention on A war eness. Y ou can do it when you first wake
up, whe n you get into bed, or at any other time that suits
you. Question  every negative feeling with: “Am I that, or am I
the one that is awar e of it?”
Y ou can  use the same question (“Am I that, or am I the one
that is awar e of  it?”) for any negative thoughts or painful
body sensations. The Super PracticeStep 1. W elcome anything negative. Step 2. Stay as A war eness. Ask your self this question: “Am I the one suffering, or am I
the one that is awar e of the suffering?” The truth is that you
ar e the one that is  aware of the suffering, rather than the
one suffering. Be very awar e w hen you hear yourself say , “I believe” or “I
don’ t be lieve,” b ecause immedi ately following those wor ds
is a belief. Be very awar e when you hear y ourself say , “I think” or “I
don’ t think,” because most likely what will follow that will
also r eveal a belief. Y ou can give the subconscious mind an instruction to
highlight your beliefs for you, so you can become mor e
awar e of them: “Show me my beliefs clearly one by one, so
I become awar e of each and every one of them.”
T o expose your beliefs, become awar e of your r eactions. W elcome any and all feelings of r esistance. T o fr ee yourself of any attachments or pr oblems, welcome
them and just stay as A war eness. If you’r e not feeling happy , r emember to welcome any
feeling that isn’ t happiness, and allow it to be pr esent
without trying to change it or get rid of it. A war eness says “Y es” to absolutely everything. A war eness
allows for the fr eedom of everything to be the way it is,
because the world, and everyth ing in it,  is A war eness—its
own self. Stop and be pr esent right now , because A war eness can only
be r ecognized in this pr esent moment!“Whatever comes your way , this causeless joy will
hold.”
—Jan FrazierFeatur ed in
The Greatest Secret
I feel incredibly  fortunate and g rateful to be on the planet at
the same  time as the amazing living teachers featured in this
book. E very one of these bein gs dedicates their life to our
freedom and our  happiness. And for many of them, they have
been doing this for decades. If you were in the presence of any
one of them, you would feel the overwhelming love and joy
emanating from them, reflecting back your true nature to you. If you have the opportunity to be with one of the teachers in
person, t ake it! And if you cann ot be with them in person, you
can most certainly connect with  some of them live online. It’ s
the next best thing. W aking up to o ur true nature i s easier now than it has ever
been; it is possible for every one of us to go all the way home. It m ay n ot be as easy in the future—we don’ t know—so if you
can, mak e the most of this time  now , your life now , and these
inspirational teachers. S A I L O R  B O B  A D A M S O N
Sailor B ob is Australian and resides in my hometown of
Melbourne. I only became aware of Sailor Bob in early 2016,
after I had realiz ed the truth of who we really are. I was living
in th e U nited Sta tes at that time,  yet many years earlier when I
was still living i n Melbourne I had passed Sailor Bob’ s home
day afte r day , year after year , wh en traveling to work. I had no
idea I was driving past a self-realized teacher , someone who
would o ne day play an integral role in my life. When I found
out about Sailor Bob in 2016, I decided to get on a plane
immediately and  go and see him. He was in his eighties at thattime, and I atten ded several of his meetings and had personal
one-on-one mee tings with him. Each time I saw Sailor Bob I
felt lighter , happier , and freer . It was early days for me in my
spiritual awakening, and I struggled to grasp everything he
told me,  yet today all of it is cry stal clear . Sailor Bob realized
his true nature many decades earlier while in India, as a
disciple of Nisar gadatta Maharaj. Since that time, Bob has
shared his teachings from his home to anyone who is
interested in hearing the truth. He is in his nineties now , and
still continues to hold meetin gs in his home. His words,
“What’ s wrong if you don’ t thi nk about it?” are some of the
simplest and most profound words ever given. Sailor Bob’ s
books are What’ s W r ong with Right Now? and Pr esence-
A war eness: Just This and Nothing Else . Y ou can enjoy more of
the precious Sailor Bob Adamson on his website:
sailorbobadamson.com. J U L I A N  B A R B O U R
Julian B arbour i s a British phys icist. He is the author of three
books: The End of T ime: The Next Revolution in Our
Understanding o f the Universe , which explores the idea that
time is an illusion; The Discovery of Dynamics,  which
investigates the background to Newton’ s discoveries; and his
latest book, The Janus Point , which he completed at age
eighty-three. Julian’ s website is: platonia.com. D A V I D  B I N G H A M
David Bingham is British. He spent decades as a spiritual
seeker , a nd it was listening to a podcast of the teacher John
Wheeler that woke him up to who he really is. David was
interviewed on Conscious TV t o share his experience of self-
realization, and it was that very interview that began my
awakening. I watched the in terview , I followed David’ s
footsteps and listened to the sa me podcast, and I then had a
phone consultation with David in which he helped me
experience A wareness, and see the truth of who I really am. David is  now a teacher and he  has been able to help many
realize their true nature. David’ s interviews on Conscious TV
are also available in the book Conversations on Non-duality .Y ou can find out more about the wonderful David Bingham’ s
teachings on his website: nonconceptualawareness.com. D E E P A K  C H O P R A T M ,  M . D . ,  F A C P
Deepak ChopraTM, a board-certified endocrinologist, made a
journey of discovery from India  to the United States, and after
becoming disen chanted with W estern medicine he moved to
integrative whol e-health medicine. In 1995 Deepak opened the
Chopra Center for W ellbeing, which transformed to Chopra
Global, a whole-health company that is empowering personal
transformation for the wellb eing of millions of people
globally . He has written more than ninety books, many of
them bestsellers. I first saw Deepak speak at the Science and
Nondu ality (SAND) Conference several years ago, where I
leapt to  my feet in a standing ovation after he finished
speaking. Y ou can find Deepak’ s extensive and prolific
teachings on his website: deepakchopra.com. A N T H O N Y  D E  M E L L O ,  S . J . The late Anthony (T ony) de Me llo was a Jesuit priest born in
Bombay , India. Although he wa s only on the planet for forty-
five yea rs, his teachings are as much alive today as they ever
were. T ony’ s unique ability of joining W estern and Eastern
spirituality m ade his teachings inspirational and
transformative. Much of his audience was Catholic or
Christian, and he drew a great deal from the teachings in the
Bible, illuminating their meanin g for his audiences. It was this
in conjunction with his brilliant storytelling that woke people
up to the truth. T ony’ s books have remained bestsellers since
the death  of his physical form in 1987, and have sold millions
of copies: The W ay to Love, Sadhana, A W ay to God, One
Minute W isdom, Heart of the E nlightened, W ellsprings, Song
of the Bir d , and T aking Flight . My  fav orites t o begin with are
A war eness: Conversations with the Masters  and Rediscovering
Life . Th ere are also video recording s available, and it is a joy
to w itness T ony’ s teachings, wh ich always came with a smile
in his voice an d with love i n his heart. This wonderful
teacher ’ s website is demellospirituality .com.H A L E  D W O S K I N
Hale Dwoskin was a student a nd the designated heir of the
legendary Lester Levenson, a nd he was also one of the
featured teachers in The Secr et . Hale has dedicated his life to
continuing Leste r ’ s work through the Sedona Method, helping
others realize their true nature. The success of the method is
proven through the transforma tion of many people’ s lives. Hale holds regular retreats wh ere he trains people how to
release negativit y so they can realize their true self. A big part
of my own jou rney has been r eleasing. Y ou can find all of
Hale’ s and Lester ’ s teachings in  the books The Sedona Method
and Happiness Is Fr ee , volum es 1–5. Hale does se veral
retreats a year in the United States, where he resides, and
worldwide. His talks, teleconfe rences, and retreats are made
available for people all around the world to join online, and I
have att ended many of them th at way . All of this wonderful
material is also archived and available on Hale’ s website:
sedona.com. P E T E R  D Z I U B A N
Peter Dziuban is an author and lecturer on A wareness,
Consciousness, and spirituality . American born, Peter lives in
Arizona. I first heard about Peter when my teacher
recommended h is book Consciousness Is All . I read the book
and then listened to the audio  of the book in which Peter
spontaneously gives many more hours of teachings. Consciousness Is All  is  insightful a nd breathtaking —it will
literally take your breath away multiple times throughout. I am
truly grateful for having experienced this book because it
shattered my world (a good thing!). If you are ready to take a
more advanced step, it is a must read. In the meantime, if you
are a beginner a nd would like to sample Peter ’ s teachings in a
simpler form, I would recommend you start with his book
Simply Notice . His website is peterdziuban.com. J A N  F R A Z I E R
Jan Frazier , a writer , teacher , and mother , experienced a radical
transformation of consciousness in 2003. She had spent yearsin extreme fear over a possible cancer diagnosis, when
suddenly fear fell away from her , and she was immersed in a
state of causeless joy that has never left her . As she continued
her l ife, she disc overed it is poss ible to live a richly human life
free of suf fering. Her wish now  is to communicate the truth
that is within ev ery person. I have been fortunate enough to
connect with Jan in a private s ession, and I have read every
one of her beaut iful books. When Fe ar Falls A way: The Sto ry
of a  Sudden A wakening  is her day-by-day account of her
awakening. Her other books are The Fr eedom of Being: At
Ease wit h What Is, The Gr eat Sweetening: Life After Thought ,
and Opening the Door: Jan Frazier T eachings on A wakening. Jan is a very accessible, poetic, and exquisitely beautiful
writer , a s testified by the quote s in this book, which she so
graciously allow ed me to include. Y ou can find out more about
Jan’ s teachings on her website: janfrazierteachings.com. J O E L  G O L D S M I T H
Joel Go ldsmith was a much-loved American spiritual author
and mys tic. He is best known f or his book The Infinite W ay ,
which became a classic and has impacted the lives of many
people around the world, including mine. Joel has many
books, and original recordings o f his talks are available on his
website, lovin gly preserved  by his three children:
joelgoldsmith.com. D R . D A V I D  R . H A W K I N S ,  M . D . ,  P H . D . Dr . Hawkins was a natio nally renowned American
psychiatrist, ph ysician, researcher , spiritual teacher , and
lecturer . Because of Dr . Hawkins’ s scientific and medical
background, his spiritual te achings were scientifically
compelling. I first heard of Dr . Hawkins over fifteen years ago
when I read his  book Power vs For ce , which impacted me
greatly . It was years later that I would once again follow his
teachings when I listened to ma ny of his lectures and read his
book Letting Go . Other books by Dr . David Hawkins are Book
of Slides; Healing and Recov ery; Reality , Spirituality and
Modern Man; T ranscending the Levels of Consciousness;
Discovery of the Pr esence of Go d ; and T ruth vs Falsehood . Dr .Hawkins was a prolific writer , lecturer , and teacher , af fecting
huge nu mbers of people around the world. His physical form
died in 2012, and since then his wife, Susan, has kept his
invaluable teachings alive. Y ou can delve into the spiritual
teachings and work of Dr . David Hawkins on his website:
veritaspub.com. M I C H A E L  J A M E S
From an  early age, Michael James was filled with questions,
and at nineteen he began a worldwide search for the meaning
of li fe. He trave led through many countries, and ended up in
the Himalayas and India, visiting many holy places and
various ashrams  looking for the  purpose and the meaning of
life. Eventually he went to T ir uvannamalai in India, to the
ashram of Ramana Maharshi, who had died decades earlier . He
planned to stay a few days but ended up staying for twenty
years. On his arrival Michael read Ramana’ s book Who Am I? and he knew he had finally found what he was looking for . He
proceeded to learn the Indian language of T amil so that he
could tr anslate Ramana Maharshi’ s teachings, which he did
over the next tw enty years. I first learned of Michael when I
saw him being interviewed on Conscious TV . I immediately
read his illuminating book, Happiness and the Art of Being ,
which en capsulates Ramana’ s te achings and is Michael’ s life’ s
work. V isit Michael’ s website at happinessofbeing.com. B Y R O N  K A T I E
In the midst of an ordinary American life—two marriages,
three children, and a successful career—Byron Katie entered a
ten-year -long do wnward spiral into depression, agoraphobia,
self-loathing, a nd suicidal despair . In desperation, Katie
checked herself into a halfway house, where she was to wake
up a week or so later with all her depression and fear gone. In
their place Katie found herself i ntoxicated with joy , which has
remained with her ever since. W hat she realized was that when
she believed her thoughts she suf fered, but when she
questioned them she didn’ t suf fer , and that this is true for
every human being. From her experience of self-realization,
Katie developed four questions that became known as “TheW ork.” Those teachings have gone on to free hundreds of
thousands of people worldwide of suf fering, and continue to
do so. I have used Katie’ s teachings to question my own
thoughts, and I have been fortu nate enough to be present at
several of Katie’ s talks where she used her four questions to
liberate people from their beliefs. Katie’ s books include
Loving What Is, A Mind at H ome with Itself, A Thousand
Names for Joy , I Need Y our Love—Is That T rue?, A Friendly
Universe , and for children, T iger -T iger—Is It T rue? and The
Four Questions. Y ou can find out more about the beautiful
Byron Katie’ s teachings here: thework.com. L O C H  K E L L Y
Loch Kelly combines wisdom teachings, psychology , and
neuroscience studies to help us live an awakened life. After a
spiritual journey  that included s everal traditions and teachers,
Loch realized his true nature. In his teachings, Loch shares
from his own experience, whi ch has given him great joy ,
freedom, and love, and helps people awaken as the next
natural stage of human development. His books are Shift into
Fr eedom  and The W ay of Effortless Mindfulness. Y ou  wil l also
find a wealth of  teachings, retreats, online videos, and courses
on Loch’ s website: lochkelly .or g.
J . K R I S H N A M U R T I
The late  J. Krishnamurti was born in India in 1895 and knew
his true nature from the time he was a child. He is widely
regarded as one of the greatest thinkers and religious teachers
of all time. My ex-husband listened to Krishnamurti
throughout our marriage, so I was exposed to his teachings for
many years in my twenties and thirties. But it wasn’ t until my
spiritual journey after The Secret that I returned to his
teachings and was finally able to understand them. Many of
the teachers featured in this book were influenced by
Krishnamurti’ s t eachings. Krish namurti spent his entire adult
life spea king th roughout the world to lar ge audiences and to
individuals, including writers, scientists, philosophers,
religious figures , and educators, about the need for a radical
change i n mank ind. He was con cerned with all humanity , andhe h eld no natio nality or belief, and belonged to no particular
group or culture. Krishnamurti l eft a lar ge body of literature in
the form of public talks, writings, discussions with teachers
and students, television and radio interviews, and letters. Many
of these have been published as bo oks, in over fifty languages,
along w ith hund reds of audio and video recordings. For the
treasure trove of Krishnamurti’ s teachings, go to
jkrishnamurti.or g.
D R . R O B E R T  L A N Z A ,  M . D . Dr . Robert Lanza is considered one of the fathers of the field
of a pplied stem cell biology . He has hundreds of publications
and inv entions and over thirty scientific books, including
Biocentrism , in which Dr . Lanza provid es a compelling
ar gument for consciousness as the basis for the Universe,
rather than consciousness simply being its by-product. If you
are l ooking for a  brilliant scientific perspective on the contents
of this book, then Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness
Ar e the Keys to Understanding the T rue Natur e of the
Universe  w ill have you riveted, and more than fulfill every
question you might have. Dr . Lanza has received numerous
awards, including T ime  magazi ne’ s T op 100 list of the most
influential peop le in the world,  and Pr ospect  magazine’ s top
50 “W orld Thinkers.” Dr . Lan za has been described as a
genius and a r enegade thinke r , and has been likened to
Einstein. For more on the brilli ant Robert Lanza, M.D., visit
robertlanza.com. P E T E R  L A W R Y  A N D  K A L Y A N I
L A W R Y
Peter and Kalyani Lawry are Australians who reside in
Melbourne (my hometown). After an intense spiritual journey
spanning several years, and after traveling through India, Peter
and Kalyani both realized their true nature. It’ s rare to have a
husband and wife both self-realized, and it makes the meetings
that the two of them hold in Melbourne very special. I had a
life-changing afternoon with Peter and Kalyani when I visited
Melbourne a few years ago, and I was also fortunate to havehad some private phone sessions with Kalyani. Their books
are A Sprinkling of Jewels  and Only That , authored by
Kalyani. Y ou can discover more at nonduality .com.au. L E S T E R  L E V E N S O N
Lester Levenson, the legend. He was the living proof of what
takes pl ace in a diseased body  when the light of the truth
penetrates it. Lester used to say  that “dis-ease in the body is
disease in the m ind.” He has been an inspiration to thousands
upon thousands of people, and h is teachings have continued to
inspire a nd free many from suf fering well after the death of his
form in the ’90 s. Lester ’ s style of teaching is simple and
therefore crystal clear , and for this reason his teachings will
continue to wake people up for centuries to come. Lester ’ s
legacy i ncludes his main core group of students who became
self-realized and who are now teachers in their own right. One
of th ose is Hal e Dwoskin, who is the guardian of Lester ’ s
work, an d it is w ith enormous gratitude to him that I share so
many of  Lester ’ s simple and po werful teachings in this book. Lester ’ s teachin gs have played an instrumental part in my life
and continue to do so. The majo rity of Lester ’ s quotes featured
throughout this book were dra wn from Happiness Is Fr ee,
volumes 1–5, by Lester Levenso n and Hale Dwoskin. T o find
out more about this wonderful teacher , go to sedona.com. F R A N C I S  L U C I L L E
Francis Lucille, who was born in France, now lives in the
United States. Francis realized h is true nature at thirty years of
age when he met his teacher , Jean Klein. It was Jean Klein’ s
suggestion that Francis move to the United States to teach and
to share the truth with others. Francis trained in physics at the
renowned École Polytechnique in France, and so he is able to
bring a clear scientific perspective to his teachings. He has
helped countless people realize their true nature through his
beautiful, clear , and precise teachings, including student
Rupert Spira, who is also featured in this book. I have done
several retreats with Francis in California, and have also had
the great pleasure of spending  many hours with him at his
property . Francis holds retreats each year in Europe as well asthe States, along with in-perso n meetings (most weekends)
that are shared via live webcast. Y ou can participate in these
meetings no matter where you are and experience the
welcoming prese nce of this wonderful teacher . Francis’ s books
are T ruth Lo ve Bea uty , The Perfume of Silence , and Eternity
Now , a nd I have read each of them  multiple times over . Y ou
can find a vast  array of brill iant teachings from Francis’ s
meetings and retreats on his website:
advaitachannel.francislucille.com. S H A K T I  C A T E R I N A  M A G G I
Shakti C aterina Maggi has been teaching for the last nine
years, after awakening in 2003. Since she started teaching,
Shakti has been sharing the mes sage of awakening to our true
nature a s One Consciousness. She is Italian, resides in Italy ,
and holds retreats and meetings in Europe and around the
world, along with webinars online. Meetings are held in
Italian, a nd som e are in English. I first saw Shakti at a spiritual
conference that I attended, where her talk and presence
impacted me a lot. She is featured in the book On the Mystery
of Being. She  also writes  a blog in English, and you can find
many insigh tful articles on her website:
shakticaterinamaggi.com. R A M A N A  M A H A R S H I
The late  Raman a Maharshi is legendary . In 1896, at sixteen
years of age, an intense fear of d eath came upon him. Ramana
lay d own and welcomed death c ompletely . In that moment he
transformed from  being a perso n to what is actually real—the
deathless Spirit. For Ramana, from that day on, the outward
person t hat he seemed to be exi sted only in the view of others
—in his view there was only the infinite space of awareness. Ramana’ s teachings reveal th e direct path to awakening
through self-inq uiry , which is what is used by many of the
teachers featured in this book. His teachings point you toward
your innermost self, the only re ality underlying all that exists. I a m simply one  of many whos e lives have been transformed
through Ramana Maharshi’ s teachings. T o find out more about
this legendary being, visit his w ebsite, where there is a wealthof books available to download for free:
sriramanamaharshi.or g.
M O O J I
Mooji was born in Jamaica and moved to London as a
teenager . He now lives in Portugal, where he established
Monte Sahaja, Centre for Self -Realisation. Mooji’ s spiritual
awakening was sparked in 1987  through an encounter with a
Christian mystic  and culminated in 1993 at the feet of his
master , the renowned Indian sage, Papaji. Since then,
countless people have gone to Mooji seeking spiritual
guidance, many coming to recognize their true nature. His
profound teachin gs have developed a lar ge following globally ,
especially on Y ouT ube, where he makes many of his talks
(satsangs) freely available as videos. Mooji’ s style of teaching
resonates with many , in particular his sense of humor ,
analogies, storytelling, and metaphors, which he deftly uses to
illuminate the truth. Like many others, I have watched
hundreds of Mooji’ s talks online. I traveled to Portugal to
attend one of Mooji’ s retreats with my daughter , and my
daughter experienced her true self at that retreat. No
endorsement could be greater than this. Mooji’ s books include
V aster Than Sky , Gr eater Tha n Space; White Fir e , second
edition; The Ma la of God ; and An Invit ation to  Fr eedom  (a
small but great book to realize your true self). Y ou can find his
books and an abundance of the  teachings from this beautiful
being at mooji.or g.
M Y  T E A C H E R
My teac her , who  wishes to rem ain anonymous, was a student
of L ester Levenson and Robert  Adams, who are two of my
favorite teachers from the past. Four years ago, when I first
met my teacher and stood in h er presence, I was overcome
with blis sful joy . When you fee l this level of bliss, you never
want it to leave. This level of bliss is our true nature! Unfortunately , the blissful joy didn’ t stay permanently ,
because gradually my mind returned, bringing with it its
unhappiness and stress. But with my teacher ’ s guidance,
following her practices religiously (all featured in this book),and being regularly in her prese nce, my mind became weaker
and weaker . Now , peace and happiness are here with me most
of the time, and I know it can be like this for everyone. J A C  O ’ K E E F F E
Jac O’K eef fe is Irish, and now based in Florida. Jac uncovered
the truth and became self-realized over ten years ago. Y ou
can’ t ask for an ything better than her teachings, where she
pushes t he boun dar ies of the conditioned mind. She  is known
for her clarity and direct ma nner , and she holds retreats,
workshops, and private sessions for students. I discovered Jac
online a  few years ago, and I found her teachings to be like a
breath o f fresh air . I have also been fortunate to have attended
some of her tal ks in person. Y ou can be further inspired by
Jac’ s work through her books Born to Be Fr ee  and How to Be
a Spiritual Rebel. Like every teacher in this book, she is
dedicating her life to freeing humanity from unnecessary
suf fering caused by the mind so we can live in the joyful
happiness and bliss of our tr ue self. Her website is jac-
okeef fe.com. M A X  P L A N C K
German physicist Max Planck made many contributions to
theoretical physics, but his fame resulted primarily from his
discovery of ener gy quanta, for which he won the Nobel Prize
in 1 918, and which revolutionized human understanding of
atomic and subatomic processes. S R I  P O O N J A
Sri Poonja, af fectionately known as “Papaji” by his students,
one of whom wa s Mooji, was b orn in India. Papaji was drawn
to s pirituality when he was j ust a child, having his first
spiritual experie nce at the age of nine. It would be some thirty
years later that Papaji’ s spiritual search would end when he
met Ramana Maharshi and realized his true self. During the
’80s and ’90s th ousands upon thousands of people flocked to
Lucknow in India to be with th e ener gy of Papaji. He left hisbody in 1997. T o discover more about Papaji’ s teachings, visit
avadhuta.com. R O S E  C R O S S  O R D E R
In the introduction and throug hout the book I mention the
Rose Cross Order , whose head of fice is based in the Canary
Islands in Spain. I was made an honorary member of this
nonprofit or gan ization, which is dedicated to raising the
consciousness of humanity . The formation of the Rose Cross
Order in  Europe  dates back to the fourteenth century , but it is
also the  spiritua l heir of the Ancient Schools of Knowledge
that flourished in Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and Rome and,
perhaps, even earlier . The Order has had many distinguished
beings as members, who over the centuries worked silently
and diligently , at great risk to themselves, to free humanity
from th eir suf fering with the truth. Francis Bacon was the
Imperator of the Rose Cross Order during his life, Isaac
Newton was a member , and they are just two of the many
famous names associated with the Order . The current
Imperator of the Order , Angel Martin V elayos, has mentored
me over  many years. I studied th e Rose Cross teachings over a
ten-year period, completing over twenty-two degrees of the
English teachings, and they have had a huge impact in helping
me see and und erstand the truth. For more about the Order ,
visit www .rosicrucian-order .com. R U M I
Rumi was a thirteenth-century Sufi mystic and poet. Rumi’ s
influence and poignant words of truth have transcended all
borders of religion, geography , and spiritual tradition, and his
poems continue to be treasured throughout the world. P E T E R  R U S S E L L
Peter R ussell, who originally trained in physics and
mathematics at Cambridge University , has studied sciences
and spir itual traditions throughout his life. Some of his many
books are The Global Brain, The TM T echnique, W aking Up in
T ime, Fr om Science to God , and The ConsciousnessRevolution . I  had the plea sure of seeing Peter speak at the
Science and Nonduality Conference in San Jose. Y ou can find
many of his talks free of char ge on his website, along with his
extensive teachings: peterrussell.com. R U P E R T  S P I R A
Rupert S pira is British and resid es in England, where he holds
regular meetings and retreats. Rupert also travels extensively
to ho ld retreats i n Europe and the United States multiple times
each year . Originally an artist and ceramicist, after twenty
years of  spiritua l practice and meditation, Rupert recognized
his true nature through his teacher , Francis Lucille. Rupert’ s
articulate and very intimate style of teaching has transformed
the lives of a very lar ge number of students. His teachings
played an important part in my journey of awakening,
especially in the disidentificat ion from the body . Rupert’ s
response to a stu dent’ s question is to painstakingly ensure that
the student actually experiences the answer to their question,
rather than being given a menta l concept as an answer . Many
video an d audio teachings from Rupert’ s retreats and talks are
available on his website. Rupert’ s books, all of which I have
read, are The Natur e of Consciousness;  T ranspar ent Body ,
Luminous W orld; The Ligh t of Pur e Knowing; The
T ranspar ency of  Things; The Ar t of Peace and Happiness; The
Intimacy of All E xperience; Being A war e of  Being A war e ; and
The Ashes of Love . V isit rupertspira.com. E C K H A R T  T O L L E
Eckhart T olle is a spiritual teacher and author , born in
Germany . Eckhart had been depressed for most of his life,
when at the ag e of twenty-nine he had a profound inner
transformation that radically changed the course of his life. W ith his international bestsellers, The Pow er of Now  and A
New Earth —translated into  over fifty-two languages, he has
introduced milli ons to the joy and freedom of living life in the
present m oment. Eckhart’ s profound yet simple teachings have
already helped countless peop le throughout the world find
inner peace and greater fulfillme nt in their lives. At the core of
his teachings is a spiritual awakening that he sees as the nextstep in human ev olution. An essential aspect of this awakening
is tr anscending our ego-based state of consciousness. Like
many millions of other people, I first discovered Eckhart’ s
teachings in his book The Power of Now . I had many shifts
and spiritual experiences reading that book, and I carried
Practicing the Power of Now  wi th me and followed its
practices for some years. His other books are Stillness Speaks
and the children’ s books Guar dians of Being  and Milton’ s
Secr et . E ckhart holds retreats and g ives talks all over the
world, which results in an enormous contribution to humanity
as he frees many from the bin ds of suf fering caused by the
ego. Eckhart’ s website is eckharttolle.com. U P A N I S H A D S
The Upanishads are ancient Sanskrit texts of spiritual
teachings, written circa 800–200 BC. They are a part of the
oldest spiritual scriptures of Hinduism, the V edas. A L A N  W A T T S
The late  Alan W atts was a British writer and teacher who
popularized Ea stern philosophies for W estern audiences. Beautifully spoken, Alan W atts ’ s lectures continue to remain
popular worldwide, many years after the death of his physical
form in 1973. A lan wrote twenty-five books (many of which I
have read). Among the most p opular are The Boo k: On the
T aboo Against Knowing Who Y ou Ar e, The W isdom of
Insecurity , and The W ay of Zen . His children have made
several of his lectures available online as videos, and they
have also preserved his talks an d lectures on the Alan W atts
website so that h is contribution to the planet may continue for
generations to come: alanwatts.or g.
P A M E L A  W I L S O N
Pamela W ilson lives in the Bay  Area of Northern California
and was a stude nt of Lester Levenson and Robert Adams. For
over twenty years she has traveled throughout the United
States, Canada, and Europe holding retreats and giving talks
and private sessions in the nonduality tradition. She issweetness and compassion itself, and I have been fortunate
enough to attend several of her  talks. She is also featured in
the book On the Mystery of Being , from Science  and
Nonduality . For more on Pamela, her website contains an
abundance of her teachings: pamelasatsang.com. P A R A M A H A N S A  Y O G A N A N D A
In the more than one hundred years since his birth, this
beloved world teacher has come  to be recognized as one of the
greatest emissaries to the W est of India’ s ancient wisdom. Y ogananda’ s life and teachings continue to be a source of light
and inspiration to people of a ll races, cultures, and creeds. Among those who became his students were many prominent
figures i n science, business, and the arts, and he was of ficially
received at the White House by  President Calvin Coolidge. I
first discovered Y ogananda’ s te achings when, like so many
others, I  read Autobiography o f a Y ogi , a  book that ha s sold
millions of copies. It’ s an unfo r gettable book that sparked a
spiritual revolution, and it had a profound ef fect on me as well. Y ou can read Autobiography o f a Y ogi  online on the w ebsite of
the Self -Realization Fellowship (which Y ogananda founded). Y ogananda has many other books, and through subscription on
their website you can receive the SRF Lessons written by
Y ogananda himself: yogananda.or g.About the Author
RHONDA BYRNE  is the creator behind The Secr et,  a
documentary film that swept the world in 2006, changing
millions of lives and igniting a global movement. The same
year Rhonda’ s book The Secr et  was released, which was
translated into over fifty langu ages and remains one of the
longest-running bestsellers of this century . Her other
bestselling titles include The Power  (2010), The Magic  (2012),
and Her o  ( 2013). Rhonda was bom in Australia and now lives
in California. Discover great authors, exclusive of fers, and more at hc.com .Copyright
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        Everything appearing as solid and material
—our w hole p hysical world and Universe—is actually
images pr ojected by the mind. The contents of your dr eam a nd your experience of the
dr eam ar e entir ely mind-made, just as your experience of
the world when you’r e awake takes place entir ely in your
mind. The pow er that can turn thoughts into an appar ent Universe
is Infinite A war eness, the only power ther e is. The Universe came out of Consciousness, and
Consciousness, which is infinite, is the very foundation and
underlying substance of our Universe and everything in it. The world, the Universe, and everything in it, including
your body, ar e  in A war eness. They ar e all sitting in and on
A war eness. While w e r emain attached to ou r own beliefs and the belief
that we ar e sepa rate individuals, the world will never be at
peace. Billions of egos will always cr eate strife. Y our fr eedom fr om any suffering doesn’ t depend on the
world coming to peace; it depe nds on your seeing that you
have mistaken yourself for on ly a person, and on your
experiencing yourself as the one and only Infinite Being. A war eness says “Y es” to absolutely everything. A war eness
allows for the fr eedom of everything to be the way it is,
because the world, and everyth ing in it,  is A war eness—its
own self. No matt er how things appear i n the world, all is always,
always well. C h a p t e r  1 2
The End—
Ther e Is No End
What if  the one thing that we’ re all so afraid of isn’ t true. What if there is no such thing as death as we think of it. What
if when we die we wake up. “Whence come I and whither go I. That is the great
unfathomable question, the sam e for every one of us. Science
has no answer to it. ”
Max Planck, quantum physicist
“The body dies, but the spirit  that transcends it cannot be
touched by death. ”
Ramana Maharshi, fr om  The Collected W orks of Ramana Maharshi
“If you take yourself to be the body and mind only, that ‘you’
will certainly die. When you di scover yourself as unborn and
imperishable aw areness, the fear of death will trouble you no
longer. In fact, this is the death of death. ”
Mooji
“When you wake up, all fear, including the fear of physical
death, goes away. This is because what ‘you’ have turned out
to be isn’ t something that’ s subject to harm. ”
Jan Frazier, fr om  The Freedom of Being“Death i s a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of
life is to ‘die before you die’—and find that there is no death. ”
Eckhart T olle, fr om  The Power of Now
T o die before you die means t o bring an end to the mind’ s
delusion that you are just a person. It means to die to the idea
of b eing a perso n, and to realize the Infinite A wareness that
you real ly are. Only then will you “die before you die” and
discover the truth—that there is no death. “Of all the things human beings can learn in this life, I have
the grea test new s to tell you, the most beautiful thing to share:
Y ou are that which is formless, unchanging, and never dies. ”
Mooji, fr om  White Fire, second edition
“Y ou, yo ur body  mind, and the world that you see are all part
of the same virtu al reality. Y ou—the real you—is formless
consciousness, a nd once you ide ntify with that, you see every
other identity you had is provis ional. Whether it’ s husband or
father, o r son, or wife. all these are provisional identities
that have a birth and a death, and they keep transforming,
they’re not real. The only absolute identity you have is
infinite, formles s, inconceivable  being that morphs itself into
any reality based on its constructs. ”
Deepak ChopraTM, M. D. , fr om  mindbodygreen podcast
“W e have for gotten that we are this consciousness and have
identified ourselves with objec ts. W e think, ‘I am the body,
therefore I am going to die. ’ However, consciousness doesn’ t
find itself in a body. The body appears in consciousness, the
mind appears in consciousness, the world appears in
consciousness. That is our experience. In spite of this, we
superimpose the opposite noti on onto our experience, that
consciousness is  in the mind, that the mind is in the body, and
that the body is in the world. ”
Francis Lucille, fr om  The Perfume of Silence
“Y ou ar e now thinking that yo u are the body and therefore
confuse yourself  with its birth and death. But you are not the
body and you have no birth and death. ”
Ramana Maharshi, fr om  Be as Y ou Are“So the real answ er to death is, it’ s another human construct. If
you believe in the physical wor ld then you have to believe in
death, and you have to believe in birth, but understand that you
are a formless being— formless— that experiences itself as
form. So right n ow that formless being is experiencing itself as
a body mind.
To be the totality of who we are, and to fulfill our purpose in the joy of the Infinite Awareness.
What is the ultimate purpose of life, according to the authors in this book?
Rhonda Byrne
Who is the author of the book "The Secret"?
The universe and everything in it are part of the same virtual reality, and we are the formless, unchanging, and never-ending consciousness.
What is the true nature of the universe, according to the authors?
The body appears in consciousness, and the mind appears in consciousness, but consciousness does not exist in the body.
What is the relationship between the body and consciousness, according to the authors?
To realize that you are the one and only Infinite Being, and to fulfill your purpose in the joy of the Infinite Awareness.
What is the ultimate goal of spiritual awakening, according to the authors?
To ask yourself "Am I aware?" and to welcome any negative feelings, and to stay as Awareness.
What is the recommended practice for awakening, according to the authors?