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This book is written in two parts. Step by step, the first part starts with what you experience right now, and from there points you to the source of wisdom and bliss in the last place you would expect. To help understand the process of waking up, please read this part in the order that it’s written.

After you open your eyes to this blissful freedom, in the second part, we allow many different masters from different cultures and religions to tell you what they see, so that you can experience their teachings in a new light. The book is divided into small chapters so that each day, before you meditate, you can read one of them.

In Making Your Wisdom Come Alive I often talk about “this meditation.” Unlike many meditation practices where physical posture, breath, and mental posture are important, here meditation simply means getting to the core of your own self-nature.

You will see that it is so close to you that it is easy to overlook. In fact, if you think that you already know who you are, you will be in for a pleasant surprise. That’s because you are much greater than you think.

To get a sense of “this meditation,” if you ask the gas station attendant how to get to San Francisco, and he replies that you already are in San Francisco, then what can you do to get to San Francisco? It is only by recognizing what you already experience that you can arrive in San Francisco. This book points to the place where you stand even now. It also shows you how to step beyond the limitations that you see, so that you can discover what you really are.

If you want more information on starting a regular meditation practice, at the end of the first section, I included a chapter on how we meditate. This is not so you will imitate our form. It is to give you ideas so that you can find or create a form that is inspiring to you.

I then included a chapter on moving meditation. That’s because here you can meditate no matter what posture you find yourself in: sitting, standing, walking, or lying down; eyes open or closed.

The best way to read this book is to question and explore the meaning of these words, and then to leave them behind, so that you can abide in the place that the words point. See the chapter, “Thinking from Within” for more information on this.

Based on the questions that people have asked over the years, in this edition I included more information. This includes escaping the cycle of repression and indulgence, in the chapter, “The Forces that Enliven the Body.” I also included more information on how to experience what you know, and on how to meditate.

In the section, “Quotes From the Masters” I included more poetry and more dialogs.

If you have questions that are not answered in this book, feel free to write me at michael@light-up-your-life.com. Then we can explore and find answers together.

Occasionally reread this book. If you are like me, you will find that as your meditation deepens, the same words will have a completely different meaning. As I practiced, I often had the feeling, “How did I overlook that!”

Whoever finds the

explanation of these words

will not taste death.

Jesus

The Gospel According to Thomas

Translated by A. Guillaumont, H.-Ch. Puech, G. Quispel,

W. Till, and Yassah ‘Abd Al Masih.

© E. J. Brill

If you are curious about the following questions, read on.

Can I really find lasting happiness and peace?

Can meditation help me with my problems?

How far can I possibly go in my meditation?

What will be the results of my practice?