Living in the Light A guide to personal transformation

258 Pages·2001·2.74 MB·English

by  David Sargent

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LIVING THE LIGHT
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LIVING THE LIGHT
A Guide to Personal and Planetary Transformation
Shakti Gawain
with Laurel King
NATARAJ PUBLISHING
A DIVISION OF
NEW WORLD LIBRARY
NOVATO, CA 94949
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Nataraj Publishing
A Division of
New World Library
14 Pamaron Way
Novato, CA 94949
Revised Edition ©1998 Shakti Gawain and Laurel King
Original Edition ©1986 Shakti Gawain and Laurel King
Cover Art: Nicholas Wilton
Cover Design: Michele Wetherbee
Back Cover Photograph: Max O’Neill
All rights reserved.
Library of Congress-in-Publication Data
Gawain, Shakti, 1948 —
Living in the light : a guide to personal and planetary
transformation / Shakti Gawain, with Laurel King. — Completely rev.
and updated.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-57731-046-2 (alk. paper) 1. Self-actualization (Psychology).
2. Meditation. I. King, Laurel. II. Title.
BF637.S4G392 1998 98-38364
158. 1 — dc21 CIP
First Printing, September 1998
Printed in Canada on acid-free paper
ISBN 1-57731-046-2
Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West
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This book is dedicated
to the wisdom within us all.
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A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s
I would like to acknowledge Laurel King for her help with the
original edition of this book. I appreciate Lora O’Connor for her
many valuable suggestions and overall support in creating this
revised edition. I’m very grateful to Becky Benenate, my editor for
the revised edition, for all her help and especially her willingness to
work with my schedule and pull off a miracle of timing! Thanks
to Katherine Dieter for her input, and to Marc Allen for his ongo-
ing support. Kathy Altman, as always, has contributed her ideas
and energy to the project. Jim Burns, thank you for your love and
encouragement. Most of all I thank my readers, whose love and
appreciation has been my inspiration and my reward.
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C o n t e n t s
Author’s Preface to the Revised Edition 1
Introduction 4
Part One — The Principles
1 — A New Way of Life 27
2 — The Higher Power Within Us 33
3 — Intuition 37
4 — Becoming a Creative Channel 44
5 — Exploring Our Many Selves 55
6 — The World as Our Mirror 63
7 — Spirit and Form 75
8 — The Male and Female Within 86
9 — Men and Women 98
10 — East and West: A New Challenge 108
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Part Two — Living the Principles
11 — Trusting Intuition 115
12 — Feelings 130
13 — Balancing Being and Doing 138
14 — Authoritarian and Rebel 143
15 — Relationships 149
16 — Our Children 168
17 — Work and Play 179
18 — Money 188
19 — Health 205
20 — Your Perfect Body 214
21 — Life and Death 224
22 — Transforming Our World 228
23 — A Vision 242
Recommended Resources 243