Beyond The Utopian Ideal provides the tools and awareness needed for deep transformation and liberation. Gary Douglas, founder of Access Consciousness, describes how most people operate from a fixed idea or concept of how things are supposed to be, rather functioning in the moment – where they can change anything as needed to accomplish and create more. This creates a tremendous limitation. Conceptual constructs are intended to create a purpose and a sense of rightness – such as relationship, sex, sexuality, family, and the future. Society, culture, religion, and reputation are also just constructs. They are not actually real; they are conceptual realities that have been dropped into our existence. We buy into them, and then at some point, we give up our awareness in order to buy the rightness of this reality. We accept the notion that being normal, average, and real—just like everybody else—is the best and only way to be. The problem with conceptual constructs, says Douglas, is that they put you into conflict with yourself at every turn. They set up and maintain limitations to what is actually possible. This book will expose your constructs so you can consciously create a world that works for you.
Best-selling author, international speaker and a sought-after facilitator, Gary Douglas is known for his intensity of awareness and his incredible capacity to facilitate people to ‘know what they know’. He chooses to embody consciousness in everything that he does which inspires others to choose to become more conscious as a result.
Gary has become an internationally recognized thought leader in transforming lives and creating different choices – willing to empower people to see different possibilities and to recognize what is truly possible for them. Gary is acknowledged worldwide for his unique perspectives on personal transformation that is unlike anything else in the world. He is not aligned with any particular religion or tradition. Through his writing and workshops, he gifts processes and tools that bring within reach the ease, joy and glory of life, and the magic of happiness that expand into more awareness, joy and abundance.
This will definitely be a book I read many times. Anyone who has not taken an Access Consciousness Class may not 'get it.' I'm an Access Facilitator and I didn't get 'it.'
There are three chapters at the back of the book with reference to The Golden Planet. What would it take for Gary Douglas to finish that book? I wonder...
There is an hour meditation walk in the last chapter. I plan to complete that exercise this evening.
I now understand how the Utopian Ideal has created my life as less, rather than more. Anyone who is looking for more consciousness and would like to let go of their constructs may enjoy this read.
Only for people that are willing to look beyond the “reality” that they believe in. Life is much less complicated , we create the problems and we create complications so that we can be busy and important.
This book has helped me see how I have been looking in all the wrong places for a life that truly fits me. Not only does Gary Douglas describe the Uptopian Ideal but he also shows the reader how it is all an illusion designed to keep a person from living a life that is a contribution to them and the planet. Getting free from the Utopian Ideal allows one to create from infinite possibilities, new realities that gift each of us with joy and ease of living that brings more life to this world and our futures. This book was an eye opener and has given me renewed vision that something else - something more glorious and wonderful is possible!