Does enlightenment have a dark side? It does, explains David Deida, "but instead of closing to what seems unloving, we can learn to open as what we would rather avoid." In Instant Enlightenment, this maverick author and teacher offers a "rude awakening" through a collection of daring exercises and practices intended to provoke, challenge, and immediately reveal the ever-present "love that lives all things." What's the filthiest thing you can say that still feels like, "I love you"? Can you "wear" the mood and shape of everyone and everything around you without fear or reservation? Which imagined action--sleeping, sexing, or dying to save another--most feels like liberation and unbound love? These are just some of the unconventional questions raised in Instant Enlightenment. Each pithy chapter encourages readers to blast the light of consciousness on the taboos we hide in shadow, from our ideas about sex and money to emotions and spirituality. "The secret to gifting your life's deepest purpose is to open through what you most resist, so your love's mission can bless the world," writes David Deida. Instant Enlightenment will surprise and possibly offend you--but it will lead you "fast and suddenly" to the realization of the sacred entirety of your experience.

I was able to borrow this from the library. I'm glad I didn't buy it as although it was witty and wise, it took me all of 15 minutes to read. My recommendation is to save your money and spend it on one of his other books.

A wonderful, quick, pick-me-up book on the go for those too busy to sit through entire chapters of David Deida's books to learn lessons on Sacred Love and Sensuality. Wonderful insight by a man geared mostly for men.

Farrah Nayka Ashline

The mind/ego loves self and sex. This book provides some great tricks for enrolling the mind into exploring deeper states of consciousness and presence by exploring sensuality and sexuality. The mind is then tricked into stepping aside and you have access to the really good stuff. And it can happen in a heart beat!

Wow! This book is made up of short chapters that can be read and implemented in a moment. Fun and challenging. For me it's the best Deida book.

I'm a big Deida fan and I've really loved all of his other stuff. There was a period of time where I carried "Blue Truth" around in my purse or pocket and read a line or two here and there on a constant basis- and this from a bookaholic who reads a book and gets rid of it in order to move on to the next one. But this was uninspiring and far from his best.