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Handbook to Higher Consciousness (Keyes, Jr, Ken) Paperback – January 1, 1993
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- Print length215 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherLove Line Books
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 1993
- Dimensions5.75 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-100960068880
- ISBN-13978-0960068883
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- Publisher : Love Line Books
- Publication date : January 1, 1993
- Edition : 5th
- Language : English
- Print length : 215 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0960068880
- ISBN-13 : 978-0960068883
- Item Weight : 10.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.75 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #104,607 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,459 in Psychology & Counseling
- #2,503 in Personal Transformation Self-Help
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Customers find the book truly enlightening and life-changing, providing a new perspective on life and serving as a guide to mental health. Moreover, the book is easy to understand, with one customer noting it's not filled with new age mumbo jumbo. Additionally, customers appreciate its classic style.
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Customers find the book truly enlightening and life-changing, providing a new perspective on life and serving as a guide for spiritual growth.
"amazing and life changing book. If we could all do our part to aim for a higher level of consciousness, what a better world it would be" Read more
"Easy read yet extremely enlightening. I borrowed it from the library and halfway through knew I needed my own copy to read again and again." Read more
"Good read with great examples...." Read more
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Customers find the book easy to read and understand, with one customer noting it's not filled with new age jargon.
"Easy read yet extremely enlightening. I borrowed it from the library and halfway through knew I needed my own copy to read again and again." Read more
"...This book is not easy new age mumbo jumbo. You can know a man's worth by the caliber of his friends. Ken was a giant...." Read more
"I read this book recently in 2013. It reads as if it was written today...." Read more
"...I am not quite half way through yet, but I find myself much more at ease and have "finally" been able to let go of a lot of negative emotions and..." Read more
Customers appreciate the book's classic style, with one describing it as an oldie but goodie for peace.
"...Since then it has become a classic in its field...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2025Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI have owned this book two or three times through my life and keep going back to it. It may seem to be one of the many various books with optimistic feel-good verbiage but this one is different. What the author has to say really makes a lot of sense. In essence, it is a form of cognitibve-behavioral therapy applied to everyday life of social interaction rather thanthe usual format of addressing individual bad habits of thought. It works miracles in transforming a glum outlook into a positive experience and provides great tools for dealing with disappointments in social interactions and transforming them to the best possible outcomes. I would rank this with "Getting to Yes", a great book with a similar set of tools but whereas "Yes" is geared to develping optimal outcomes "Handbook" also addresses the capacity to be here now and accept those things that can't be changed and to take it all in stride. In a way, the Handbook to Higher Consciousness is kind of an extended version of the Serenity Prayer as well as a methodolgy for changing the things we can change, most of all our own thoughts and attitudes. One of my rfavorite all time books ever!
- Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2025Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI bought one for me and one for a friend. I’m still reading mine but my friend said it was a wonderful book.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2023Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI was reading one of Neale Donald Walsh's books and he recommended this one. Bought a used book and I noticed that the person, which I believe is a woman, under lined and highlighted areas like I do. She marked the areas that I would have marked. Great minds I guess. It gives me energy to read further into the book. This will be a great reference book like Neale's. Makes my think deeply again which I do missed for some time. Highly recommend.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2021Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseOne of the methods of transformation Ken Keyes suggest is that you memorize something he calls the Twelve Pathways. Twelve short Wisdom statements that he formalized in 1975. Statements that can get you through any uneasy life situation. MEMORIZING THOSE PATHWAYS IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I HAVE EVER DONE FOR MYSELF. I still use them automatically on a regular basis 40 years later. I cant tell you how grateful i am for the Handbook. It’s not just a book. It’s a non religious science of happiness and it works.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2017Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseWhen Ken Keyes died, he was lauded by Desmond Tutu, Gerald Jampolsky, Chogyam Trungpa, Ram Dass, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Terry Cole-Whittaker, John Bradshaw...the list goes on. This book is not easy new age mumbo jumbo. You can know a man's worth by the caliber of his friends. Ken was a giant.
However, as we all know in our hearts of hearts, simple truths are often the hardest to follow.
Ken does not sugar coat things, this book demands honesty if you want to change. If you are on the path you know that each day is a step, and it takes every part of your intention not to sit down and take a break. This book is righteous work if you sincerely follow it.
There are many roads up the mountain, this one will get you to the top.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseDoesn't teach much that isn't already spouted off all over the place. But this is clearly one of the more early books on the matter. It's a good read
- Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2024Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseWhy do you demand that I writecomment? I gave it a 5-star rating. That's enough of my time.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2013Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI do love an introspective book and this one has served me well. It has helped me to look at everyday situations that before may have caused stress or anxiety and instead keep them at an arm's distance. I learned that I don't have to own the problem and can simply be an observer of the situation. My ego doesn't need to step in and judge the situation as if I've done something wrong. It has helped me relax much more completely and add balance to my life. One would think these things were self explanatory but this book provides an in depth guide of why you react and helps you identify what part of your thought process is being affected. In teaching this, you can then use the best tools to eliminate the thought that is no longer serving you in order to live a more peaceful life. I highly recommend for anyone who has trouble dealing with stress.
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- thepotteringartistReviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Life changing book - it will soften your outlook
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchasePivotal book with new ideas - I love the ethos as it helps me be less irritable with people and events:)
- kimmi boyceReviewed in Australia on February 20, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars A treasure in print.
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI highly recommend this book.
It is a blessing.
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- MikoReviewed in Canada on June 7, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars This book changed my life
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI’ve bought this book more than any other book and gifted it to people.
It’s out of print: if you can get your hands on a copy.. do it
- kenneth j. karakasReviewed in Canada on June 1, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseVery good book
- Thomas Friis-MichelsenReviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Want to get rid of behaviour that causes you suffering?
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseA brilliant guide to discover, reprogram, and consequently getting rid of your «addictions» (robot behaviour). It is the robot behaviour that causes all the suffering in your life. Ken Keyes jr. has written a book that is astonishingly simple and (above all) functional, about a (for most people) complicated part of the human experience. One of the best self-help books I have ever read.
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