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"Author Tom Galten, in his work as a psychotherapist and substance abuse counselor, finds that many of his clients suffer from ""an acute thirst for spiritual experience."" Galten says ""this thirst is what some have called a search for God and others have called the Self's search for itself."" In the Advaita (non-dual) tradition of such spiritual teachers as Eckhart Tolle, Rupert Spira, Alan Watts, Mooji and many others, Enlightenment is Not an Ego Project is a powerful little book aimed at supporting restive seekers and inspiring us to persevere on the journey. The book has a scholarly quality to it that reinforces and supports its basic premises and purpose. Galten's own words say it best: ""I am convinced that only a personal realization, and not ideas, will fully satisfy the spiritual seeker. In short, you want to actually feel connection, peace and deep fulfillment. You are searching ... for an experience. So if we can agree from the start that only something ""beyond words and ideas"" (or, if you prefer, ""prior"" to words and ideas) can ever fully relieve your discontent and settle your restlessness, we can move on to a discussion which will, in its synergistic relationship with the spiritual energy that you as the reader bring to it, provide illumination and boost your ongoing transformation. ... So look within, not to me or to anyone else. You are in the midst of a genuine transformational process which, now that it has begun, will not stop."""

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I thoroughly enjoyed Thomas Karl Galten's book, Enlightenment is Not an Ego Project on both a personal and professional basis. As a practicing school psychologist, the topic of spirituality has become an important part of my therapeutic work with older, at risk adolescents. This work definitely heightens my personal awareness and expertise of issues salient to this important topic. The chapter Reaction is Bondage was particularly prominent in relation to my own experience. I highly recommend this book to those interested in expanding their spiritual growth. David Winter, Milwaukee WI --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Galten's book, Enlightenment is Not an Ego Project, described for me an entirely new way of being in the world, but one that I now realize was already present in me and simply looking for ways to make itself more conscious. Galten's book has done just that. Perhaps most of us seekers need spiritual concepts, many of which can seem highly esoteric and out there, to be made real to us by way of a simple, concise and clear use of language. Clarity then itself promotes the process of spiritual transformation. This is a key feature of Galten's book in that it makes ideas that otherwise might seem highly abstract and complex personal, meaningful and directly related to my everyday experience. I have come away from reading Enlightenment is Not an Ego Project (which I probably will return to often) with a more secure and purposeful sense of my place in the universe, an augmented understanding of my ultimate identity and a reduced level of anxiety over how to become more spiritual. This book is perfect for those who feel that the process of Self awareness is just beginning in them, but those familiar with spiritual transformation would find it engaging, as well. Galten clearly put himself passionately into this book and I think any reader drawn to it would find that it therefore carries with it a certain transformative energy, as do all spiritually oriented books which genuinely come from the heart. Melanie Wasserman MSW, Clinical Therapist

"I thoroughly enjoyed Thomas Karl Galten's book, ""Enlightenment is Not an Ego Project"" on both a personal and professional basis. As a practicing school psychologist, the topic of spirituality has become an important part of my therapeutic work with older, at risk adolescents. This work definitely heightens my personal awareness and expertise of issues salient to this important topic. The chapter ""Reaction is Bondage"" was particularly prominent in relation to my own experience. I highly recommend this book to those interested in expanding their spiritual growth. David Winter, Milwaukee WI --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Galten's book, Enlightenment is Not an Ego Project, described for me an entirely new way of being in the world, but one that I now realize was already present in me and simply looking for ways to make itself more conscious. Galten's book has done just that. Perhaps most of us seekers need spiritual concepts, many of which can seem highly esoteric and ""out there,"" to be made real to us by way of a simple, concise and clear use of language. Clarity then itself promotes the process of spiritual transformation. This is a key feature of Galten's book in that it makes ideas that otherwise might seem highly abstract and complex personal, meaningful and directly related to my everyday experience. I have come away from reading Enlightenment is Not an Ego Project (which I probably will return to often) with a more secure and purposeful sense of my place in the universe, an augmented understanding of my ultimate identity and a reduced level of anxiety over how to ""become more spiritual."" This book is perfect for those who feel that the process of Self awareness is just beginning in them, but those familiar with spiritual transformation would find it engaging, as well. Galten clearly put himself passionately into this book and I think any reader drawn to it would find that it therefore carries with it a certain transformative energy, as do all spiritually oriented books which genuinely come from the heart. Melanie Wasserman MSW, Clinical Therapist"

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Transformation of consciousness began in Thomas Galten by way of recovery from alcoholism, a compulsive condition which Tom has since come to regard as a bellwether, as are all compulsions, for deep-level inner shifts. Since the arrival of this new dimension of awareness, Tom has studied a wide variety of religions, psychologies and philosophies, research which has strongly influenced his practice of psychotherapy and teaching, professions for which he is formally trained and which he continues to practice. But it is Tom's own inwardly experienced and ongoing renewal, begun in acute suffering and enriched by his exploration of the mysticism which appears in many settings, guises and disciplines, that continues to fascinate and engage him. It also inspires him to pass on to others, through both the written and spoken word, the esoteric knowledge that has been given to him. Thomas Galten lives in Milwaukee with his wife and daughter.

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