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Mystery Experience,The:

334 pages

What is the Mystery Experience? It's nothing less than life itself--literally, the journey of your life. Join author and “stand-up philosopher” Tim Freke--who appears on the BBC and the History Channel--on a magical mystery tour of spiritual rebirth. , with stops at quantum physics, Tao, Walt Whitman, Greek mythology, Carl Jung, and more. All you need to bring along is your curiosity, your desire to begin a grand global adventure . . . and an open mind.

The Mystery of Experience is a 21st -century expression of this perennial wisdom in a radically new and immediately accessible form, which complements the discoveries of modern science.   The result is a compelling kaleidoscope of inspiring ideas, embracing quantum physics, the Tao, Advaita, meditation, Buddhism, Walt Whitman, Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, Greek mythology, and Jah Wobble.   Tim is critical of out-dated spiritual teachings, which he discusses with his imaginary philosophical sparring partner "Swami Blandananda", and he engages in fascinating 'posthumous convresations' about life with scientific visionaries, such as Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements   10
Introduction:  Preparing For The Journey
   1    The Mystery Experience   12
   2    From Me to You   19
   3    A New Language of Awakening   28
   4    Wondering   36
   5    Paralogical Thinking   41
Part I:  A Journey Into The Deep Mystery
   6    Things Are Not What They Seem   51
   7    The Deep Mystery   61
   8    Deep Wondering   68
   9    Science and Spirituality   73
  10   A Thinking Person's Guide to Not Thinking   91
  11   Entering   102
  12   The Mystery of the Moment   110
  13   The Adventure of Awakening   118
Part II:  A Journey Into The Deep Self
  14   The Deep Self   125
  15   Where is Awareness?   133
  16   Presencing   142
  17   Who's Dreaming the Life-Dream?   148
  18   Deep Presencing   154
  19   Mad Scientists Do Mysticism   158
  20   The Mystery of Being   165
  21   Deep Awake Meditation   179
  22   The Wonderful Surprise   190
Part III:  A Journey Into Deep Love
  23   The Heart of the Mystery   198
  24   Connecting 'I to I'   210
  25   The Ego as Hero   224
  26   Loving Being Human   235
  27   Deep Love Meditation   244
  28   Non-Dual Philosophy   250
  29   Celebrating Separateness   267
  30   The Web of Love   275
Part IV:  A Journey Into Everyday Life
  31   A Lover of Life   279
  32   Loving Being Being Loving   288
  33   The Heroic Lover   298
  34   The Transformational Drama   305
  35   Loving Your Life   315
  36   The End of the Beginning   325

About the author:
Tim Freke has spent his life exploring the Mystery Experience and sharing it with others. He has an honors degree in Philosophy and is an internationally respected authority on world spirituality.  Tim is also an innovative ‘stand-up philosopher’ – a concept he developed from the ancient idea of a philosopher as a traveling‘spiritual entertainer’ who transformed people’s consciousness.  He is the founder of the Alliance for Lucid Living (ALL) and author of more than 30 books. He co-authored the acclaimed The Jesus Mysteries, which was a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year and a Top 10 bestseller in the UK and USA.  He is often featured in documentary films and chat shows broadcast by the global media, such as the BBC and the History Channel.  He lives with his wife and two children in Glastonbury, England.

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