Satori in Japanese means to be awakened, to understand, to be enlightened. Known as "kensho" in Zen Buddhism Satori is the sudden intuitive insight that the world as we know it, a world of separate subjects and objects, is an illusion that conceals the ultimate reality of a fully inter-connected universe.

Here we take you through the ways you can create the right conditions in yourself to spontaneously experience Satori in your daily life, even as you go about your life in the modern world.

The experience of Satori is not confined to Zen. It is described vividly in many traditions. While called by many names, the underlying experience remains the same. Those who have experienced it are pointing the way to the next stage in the evolution of human consciousness. Around the world, people are evolving towards this higher consciousness. This book describes one way, but there are many such ways, all of them leading to the same destination.

Satori begins with the raising of ordinary consciousness to a higher level. You are born with the potential for this higher consciousness, but it requires sustained effort on your part over time. This raised consciousness is characterized by a sense of felt connectedness with all things. You are no longer an isolated entity, but as an integral part of a vast whole.

Satori Now + Notebook makes the wisdom of the ages understandable to people living in the 21st Century. Written in simple language, Satori Now is an elegant restatement of the timeless truths passed down through the centuries by Buddhist and Taoist masters, and brought up to date with perspectives from modern science to give this timeless message new meaning in today's world.

Around the world in the 21st Century, more and more people are searching for a deeper, more meaningful experience of life. There is a new consciousness dawning in the world. If you have a deep felt need to be part of this awakening, Satori Now is for you. I wrote this book for all those who want to awaken to a higher reality while continuing to live in the world, not withdraw from it and become a recluse. Satori Now is a manual for the spiritual seeker in the 21st Century. How To Awaken Your Highest Self. Find a deeper, more meaningful experience of life

Learn about: What is Satori, or Enlightenment Satori in Japanese means to be awakened, to understand, to be enlightened. In Zen Buddhism Satori means a sudden burst of unitary consciousness; that this world of apparently separate forms is actually an illusion. The experience is filled with the most intense joy. What are the 7 factors of Enlightenment In Buddhism, seven factors are said to contribute to a person becoming enlightened. When each of these is practised and combined, a subtle chemistry occurs that creates the right conditions in your mind for enlightenment (or Satori) to happen. It is not possible to create enlightenment on demand, but you can create the right conditions for it to occur spontaneously.

Intuition & Satori The essence of Zen is the stripping away of the layers of conceptualisation that you have accumulated over the course of your life until you are left with the essential you. The older you are, the more layers you are likely to have. Zen instructs a person to unlearn what they know so they might experience their essential self. The purpose of Evil Evil exists to create the possibility of choosing compassion, love, kindness, self-sacrifice. These qualities would be meaningless without the contextual background of evil. The important thing is that we consciously identify with and choose to live through our highest self. To know what something is, it is helpful to know what it is not. Communing with Nature Nature is the manifestation of the Divine on the physical plane.