Lucid Living: A Book You Can Read in an Hour That Will Turn Your World Inside Out by Tim Freke

Lucid Living: A Book You Can Read in an Hour That Will Turn Your World Inside Out Reviews

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  Flemming Funch

  Nice little book. Indeed, you can read it in an hour. Clean, simple, enlightening writing. Did it do anything for me? Not really, except for one minor insight I hadn't had before. I could think of writing a book like that myself, which maybe makes me look more critically at it. I had expected something a little more practical in terms of how to actually live lucidly.
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  Sophie Pike

  Ok woah. Trying to sit with all this information I just learned in a 30 minute read of this book. There’s a lot going on here, and I really appreciate it bc it is philosophical and def requires some patience and willingness to hear everything out. I feel like I’ve thought abt some of this stuff before so interesting to see it in this form. Overall solid read but you gotta be committed to get something out of it. Ok coming back to edit and add some thoughts: super interesting theory and thoughts from mr. freke, but just unrealistic and not actually going to “turn my world inside out.” A fun read and fun to think abt but looking like a few months from now, I won’t be living my life any differently bc I read this book
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  Matt Blair

  At best, a very light introduction to some of the basic ideas of mindfulness and compassion. At worst, utter fluff that continuously pats itself on the back for being life-changing and deep.
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  Muzammil

  End of Week 56: Book 📘56 Completed🙂: Lucid Living – Tim Freke #myread4change #read2lead #read4life #books #Meditation #Timfreke
  
  "We are so wrapped up in our opinions about life that we mistake our own make-believe world for reality—just like when we’re dreaming."
  
  Tim claims we all are dreaming, while we feel we are living reality, and he suggests by changing our perspective, and change the way we think, we can transform our experience of living.
  
  Tim leads readers through seven powerful insights that will work together to wake you up from the sleeping sickness that keeps you unconscious in the life-dream in less than 50 pages book.
  
  Few 🔑 Points –
  
  • Now Is All You Know - Your experience of this moment is not a belief that can be questioned. It is a self-evident certainty. Your experience of this moment is all you can be absolutely sure of.
  
  • Being One is Loving All – When we assume, we are just separate individuals, we act in our limited self-interest, regardless of the suffering we may cause others. The illusion of separateness leads to selfishness and suffering.
  
  • When we realize that separateness is an illusion, we understand that conflict is never between us and them, but always us against us.
  
  Few 📌Quotes-
  
  1) You can doubt all beliefs that are based on your memories of the past, because memory is fallible.
  
  2) Your experience of this moment is not a belief that can be questioned. It is a self-evident certainty.
  
  3) When we assume, we are just separate individuals, we act in our limited self-interest, regardless of the suffering we may cause others.
  
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  Daniël Veld

  Lucid Living is an interesting book that can be easily read in one sitting. It is all about the idea that we are living in a dream world. By becoming conscious of the fact that we are always dreaming, we can trigger an ultra-wake state called ‘Lucid Living’. This awareness makes it easier to manifest things in life. You are the dreamer after all.
  
  It is a great book to read if you have an open mind about it. The concept is explained pretty well and makes you think about the possibility long after reading. Lucid Living made me aware (again) of the fact that YOU manifest everything in life. You are the one that chooses your path and how to deal with everything around you. Therefore I would recommend this book. To simply remind you of this fact while having a philosophical conversation with the writer.
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  P

  Apparently not an hour. When I first heard experiments stuff I thought this would be something like e squared but no, it's just preach and I'm not good at doing what others tell me to, so.. something which should have been over in less than half an hour for me took this long and I still didn't get past a few chapters and I never will. No, thank you. DNF.
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  Jan Wijngaarden

  Very clever and easy to read way of explainjng pretty complex stuff. I must admit that the idea behind wasn’t new for me but even then this book is very interesting to read and can help to bring the message to other “dreamers”
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  Joe

  A very quick read.
  
  That said I don't think I've read anything this short before that is as though provoking or potentially transformational.
  
  I've already considered this particular concept before so it is interesting to read someone else's view of how the universe may be made up.
  
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  Carlos Ramos

  It is indeed a short read.
  
  However, it did not evoke me any philosophical questions or felt it delivered on his promise.
  
  It was a nice past time, but nothing really important or eye opening.
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  Saarah Niña

  I want to know more
  This book has inspired me to want to know more about lucid living. Tim Freke introduces what I would call 'the core beliefs' of such a perspective. His approach is welcoming, inviting and encouraging. I love his writing style, and I was touched by his words.
  
  But I feel this he doesn't explain lucid living in as much detail as I'd have liked: for example, I was confused for a while about what he meant by the state of dreaming. I'm a day dreamer, always have been, but the way he described it was different, and difficult to make sense of. Then there was how he doesn't really differentiate between being asleep and being in a dream like state. Small details, I know, which is why I have given this book three stars.
  
  Also, the principles Tim puts forward were similar to a Buddhist's way of thinking, really I couldn't tell the difference. Then there was how we weren't told of the bigger picture in living lucidly, or the advantages, and research, behind it.
  
  It was obvious he knew what he was talking about, I just wish he had shared more with his eager readers- considering just how interesting the topic was.
  
  I received this book through NetGalley.
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  Rebecca

  This an extremely easy read - it took me 30 minutes, not an hour. I think it's a good introduction to the concept of lucid living, especially if you haven't got a philosophical background. I took an entire course in college on existentialism, and another one on the philosophy of mind, and so I didn't find this too enlightening, and I wasn't blown away by the concepts. But they are great concepts, and if you're interested in thinking a little differently about life, existence, and awareness, it's definitely worth an hour of your time.
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  Jessica Davidson

  Short and sweet.
  Timothy Freke claims this book will turn your world inside out within an hour. It may take a little longer than that to attain awakening and reading a book won't help, but this book may help prod you in the right direction. If you follow his arguments and try the experiments for yourself, you may find the light flickers on briefly. It won't work if you just read it straight through. For full review visit:
  http://jessicadavidson.co.uk/2013/11/...
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  Sharon

  Yeah, but, nothing very new here if you've an interest in this kind of stuff anyway. Usefulish, if you're the kind of person who needs to keep being told this over and over again. So, it's not such a bad beginner book, and on the plus side, at least you won't have to wade through hours of dense prose wondering what his message is.
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  tina michelle

  Another gift from my Christmas list ... finally getting around to reading it. Stay tuned (:
  
  Quick read. It says an hour and it means it. Interesting concept about consciousness and philosophy. I can't say I actually wrapped my brain around it. But I have been thinking about it a lot--which is a good sign that it had some impact.
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  Vicky Colorado

  I agree with several of the other reviewers; if you have read other philosophical works, this book will not be an awakening. However, as a short introductory tome it serves its purpose. I don't think the audience of this book is meant to be versed in Descartes or Sartre for that matter. It takes 30 minutes to read at most.
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  Adam Dillon

  Does exactly what it says on the tin. It basically turns our conceptions of whether dreaming is reality or whether our waking hours are real and then Freke suggests that there is a great deal to be learned if we can allow ourselves to lake some of the fear and inhibitions that we carry ....... I will let you read the rest it ain't a hefty tome
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  Toofan

  Audio version: Content 3.5 stars, Narration 5 stars
  The narration of the Audio version is really nifty.
  Listening to it took less than an hour and time really flew by. The presented philosophy is interesting though I had had encountered it before in other works. I wouldn't call this book life changing but definitely worth reading.
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  Elizabeth

  THIS WAS UNREAL!!! that's good! It was an even faster read than advertized on the cover. I went through it in, like, fifteen minutes. Its something you need to read again and again to garner anything substantial from it, but it's pretty powerful on the first run!
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  Heidi The Reader

  This was a funny, little book. I enjoyed the ideas in it but I don't think that it lived up to its promise of 'turning my world inside out'. I'm definitely going to pick up more books by Freke though, he's interesting.
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  Alex McEntire

  Quick little read that is very eye opening and helps you see life from another angle. I found it to be helpful in my everyday life, but I am already inclined to believe what the author is saying in the little book. Encapulates spiritual concepts well.
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  Heather

  Small but deep
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  Angela Brent-Harris

  Made me feel mystified and ponder on the thought that life truly is a mystery.
  It is an epic adventure of awakening and exploring your dreamstate and conscious state.
  Fantastic book!
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  Julie

  It did not turn my world inside out. It's a cliff notes version (and not in a good way) of what I was looking for
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  Steve

  Stunning.