這本書的主要目的，不是為你大腦添加新信息、新信條，或游說你信什么盾似，而是為你帶來覺識的轉(zhuǎn)化矛双，亦即覺醒渊抽。從這個意義上講，這不是一本“有趣”的書议忽，因為有趣意味著你可以把玩自己心中的見解懒闷、概念，與書保持距離栈幸，或贊同愤估，或反對。而這本書是圍繞你而寫速址，將改變你的覺識狀態(tài)玩焰，否則它將毫無意義。本書只能喚醒那些準備就緒的人芍锚，但并非人人已準備好昔园，不過很多人已經(jīng)就位，隨著更多人的覺醒并炮，人類集體意識中覺醒動力就會增長默刚，其他人的覺醒變得更容易。如果你不知道何謂覺醒逃魄，請繼續(xù)閱讀羡棵。唯有通過覺醒，你才能明白該詞的真正涵義嗅钻。一次電光火石的閃現(xiàn)，已經(jīng)足以啟發(fā)覺醒進程店展，而且覺醒是不可逆轉(zhuǎn)的养篓。有些人在閱讀本書過程中，就會有火花閃現(xiàn)赂蕴；其他很多人即便沒有意識到柳弄，事實上覺醒進程已經(jīng)開始了。這本書會幫助他們明白這一點概说。對于某些人碧注，覺醒進程肇始于失去或痛苦；對于其他人糖赔，則是通過接觸精神導師或靈性教誨萍丐，通過閱讀《當下的力量》或具有鮮活靈性和轉(zhuǎn)化力的著作，或者以上的組合放典。如果你的覺醒進程已經(jīng)開始逝变，那么閱讀本書將加速并強化這一進程基茵。
覺醒的關(guān)鍵環(huán)節(jié)，是在思考壳影、說話和做事時認清昏昧未覺的自己拱层，亦即你的“自我”，并認清那些延續(xù)你昏昧狀態(tài)的群體性精神約束因素宴咧。所以根灯，本書展示了自我的主要樣貌，以及在個體與群體中的運作方式掺栅。這樣做很重要烙肺，相關(guān)原因有二：首先，除非你懂得自我運轉(zhuǎn)的基本機制柿冲，否則你不能認清“自我”茬高，它會哄騙你去一次又一次地認同它，這意味著假抄，它會接管你怎栽，假冒你，頂替你宿饱。原因之二熏瞄，認清自我，就是覺醒的方式之一谬以。當你認清自己的昏昧無覺時强饮，讓你具備識別慧眼的，恰恰就是你蘇醒的覺識为黎，是你的覺醒邮丰。你根本不能在與自我的抗擊中獲勝，恰如你沒法戰(zhàn)勝黑暗铭乾。覺性之光剪廉，就是你的全部所需；你炕檩，就是那道光斗蒋。
This book’s main purpose is not to add new information or beliefs to your mind or to try to convince you of anything, but to bring about a shift in consciousness, that is to say, to awaken. In that sense, this book is not “interesting.” Interesting means you can keep your distance, play around with ideas and concepts in your mind, agree or disagree. This book is about you. It will change your state of consciousness or it will be meaningless. It can only awaken those who are ready. Not everyone is ready yet, but many are, and with each person who awakens, the momentum in the collective consciousness grows, and it becomes easier for others. If you don’t know what awakening means, read on. Only by awakening can you know the true meaning of that word. A glimpse is enough to initiate the awakening process, which is irreversible. For some, that glimpse will come while reading this book. For many others who may not even have realized it, the process has already begun. This book will help them recognize it. For some, it may have begun through loss or suffering; for others, through coming into contact with a spiritual teacher or teaching, through reading The Power of Now or some other spiritually alive and therefore transformational book — or any combination of the above. If the awakening process has begun in you, the reading of this book will accelerate and intensify it.
An essential part of the awakening is the recognition of the unawakened you, the ego as it thinks, speaks, and acts, as well as the recognition of the collectively conditioned mental processes that perpetuate the unawakened state. That is why this book shows the main aspects of the ego and how they operate in the individual as well as in the collective. This is important for two related reasons: The first is that unless you know the basic mechanics behind the workings of the ego, you won’t recognize it, and it will trick you into identifying with it again and again. This means it takes you over, an imposter pretending to be you. The second reason is that the act of recognition itself is one of the ways in which awakening happens. When you recognize the unconsciousness in you, that which makes the recognition possible is the arising consciousness, is awakening. You cannot fight against the ego and win, just as you cannot fight against darkness. The light of consciousness is all that is necessary. You are that light.
