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FOREWORD

It is amazing how a simple idea can change your life. Think back on the turning points in your own personal evolution and the wonderful teachers and concepts that facilitated your awakenings to an easier, healthier, happier, and more successful life.

Many years ago, I was living with a scientist who introduced me to a very simple way of life that has made all the difference. I noticed that she did not organize her life. Instead of thinking and planning and stressing about what to do, when she got up in the morning she simply took care of the first thing that presented itself, and then the second, and so on, throughout the day. In this way she navigated effortlessly through life’s adventures regardless of how challenging or complex they might be. There was no thinking, choosing, planning, or worrying about what might happen. While this sounds quite simple, in this book Dr. Jacob Israel Liberman explores this way of being in a much larger context.

In Luminous Life, Liberman elaborates on this relaxed and productive way of life by considering the role light plays in it: anything that catches your eye is actually looking for you. Light brings your awareness to your responsibilities, guides you from moment to moment, and creates a life filled with purpose and meaning. “We need not prioritize anything, because the intelligence of life has already done that for us.” Living in this space is what he refers to as presence. “Not knowing. . .allows true wisdom to reveal itself.” The landmark book you have in your hands documents these concepts and much more.

Liberman explains how this approach to daily life enables us to allow light — and its faithful companion, breath — to guide us and to “see the inner workings of our lives with greater clarity and acceptance.” He cites ancient wisdom summarized by Mahatma Gandhi: “There is a force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results” (chapter 4).

My current research involves documenting the science behind this “force in the universe.” Liberman’s writings have greatly facilitated my process of discovery. He points out that this force animates “the navigational system within us” that is “inseparable from that which animates everything in the universe.” Surrendering to “pure awareness” of this force can lead to miracles and profound healing. “Many of our physical and emotional ailments are the result of our bodies being misdirected by ideas that are in conflict with our well-being” (chapter 8).

Luminous Life will give you a totally new perspective on the many roles of light and breath in your personal evolution — on what it truly means to see. It will help you uncover your purpose or destiny and how living it brings forth your essence, changing your world and the world around you. I like to say that when you are “on purpose” or following your destiny, the wind will fill your sails and the tools you need will appear.

Much of Liberman’s storytelling begins with an account of an experience that led to a simple and penetrating but rarely asked question, followed by an answer that can be as startling as it is revealing. For example, he asks about the source of the light we experience in our dreams. Dreams reveal how the rainbows of our inner light interact with our subconscious mind to expose deep truths about our waking experiences, as well as our “limitless nature” (chapter 5). Tapping into these clues about how our stories and beliefs shape our waking actions leads us to greater clarity and more enlightened behavior.

Liberman cites the Talmud: “We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are.” Suspending our beliefs about who we are and what is possible creates a luminous space that allows us to open to pure awareness; to infinite potentials and possibilities; to discovering the true genius within us. Unconscious inspirations, in cooperation with conscious activities, can lead to excitation, followed by implementation, leading to creative manifestation (chapter 7). This is the true source of inspired action. As Einstein stated, to be creative “imagination is more important than knowledge.”

Liberman discusses “the zone” — a state of consciousness experienced by elite athletes, musicians, dancers, and so on when they are having a flawless performance (chapter 8). In 1992 I had an experience that brought my career into congruence with Liberman’s work with top athletes to get them into “the zone” more readily. I was watching the Olympic skating championships when figure skater Midori Ito took my breath away and brought me to tears with a moving and legendary performance. Despite some difficult practice sessions preceding the competition, she began her routine radiating complete calmness and control. Her program included a triple-triple jump combination and a triple axel, the first time a female figure skater accomplished these feats in an Olympic competition. This thrilling experience was the beginning of my inquiry that led to the publication of my 2003 book, Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance, and to the recognition of a state of consciousness and physiology that I call “systemic cooperation.” In “the zone” all tissues and cells and molecules throughout the body work together naturally, quickly, effortlessly, and instinctually, enabling the performer to embody complete aliveness, presence, clarity, and grace. In this book, Liberman provides one-minute meditations that help all of us enter “the zone” and live there. What a gift!

For all parts of the body to cooperate so perfectly some form of rapid cell-to-cell communication must be taking place. Light provides the perfect communication mechanism for high-speed physiological integration because it travels at the speed of light. Recently the new multidisciplinary study of biophotonics has emerged. Liberman’s research and insights into light and vision are vital to biophoton research.

Dr. Jacob Israel Liberman is a true pioneer and visionary. His work with vision has led to valuable insights about light and sight, uncovering new ways of seeing and living. I cannot imagine a more sacred and gratifying journey than helping people maintain what is their most precious gift: their sight. Some of Liberman’s discoveries were so remarkable that he was compelled to do careful scientific research to convince himself of their validity. The result has been a series of outstanding articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, establishing him as one of the world’s most creative and highly regarded vision scientists. In Luminous Life: How the Science of Light Unlocks the Art of Living, Liberman makes his extraordinary discoveries available to all of us. This is far more than a book to read and enjoy — it is a life-changing journey.

— James L. Oschman, PhD, author of

Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis