The Leap: The Psychology of Spiritual Awakening [Paperback]

What does it mean to be enlightened or spiritually awakened? InThe Leap, Steve Taylor shows that this state is much more common than is generally believed. He shows that ordinary people  from all walks of life  can and do regularly wake up to a more intense reality, even if they know nothing about spiritual practices and paths. Wakefulness is a more expansive and harmonious state of being that can be cultivated or that can arise accidentally. It may also be a process we are undergoing collectively. Drawing on his years of research as a psychologist and on his own experiences, Taylor provides what is perhaps the clearest psychological study of the state of wakefulness ever published. Above all, he reminds us that it is our most natural state  accessible to us all, anytime, anyplace.

Steve Taylor, PhD,is the author of several books on spirituality and psychology, includingThe FallandWaking from Sleep.He has also published two books of poetic spiritual reflections, includingThe Calm Center. He is a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University in the United Kingdom. Since 2011, he has appeared annually inMind, Body, Spiritmagazines list of the worlds 100 most spiritually influential living people.

Life always gives you what you need, and right now it has given you this book to use as a guide or companion through challenging times. It contains a great deal of precious wisdom, expressed in the straightforward, clear, and down-to-earth language that Steve Taylor is so good at.
 from the foreword by Eckhart Tolle, author ofThe Power of NowandA New Earth

A wonderful synthesis of modern research and timeless wisdom that makes the mysterious process of spiritual awakening more comprehensible than ever before.
 Peter Russell, author ofFrom Science to God

This book is both insightful and inspiring. Building on the foundations of hils(