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The Wonder of Being
Jeff Foster
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Journey beyond separation in "The Wonder of Being," where Jeff Foster blends quantum physics with spiritual awakening. This revised masterpiece challenges traditional non-duality, offering freedom in the present moment. What if awakening isn't about transcending life, but fully embracing it?

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The Wonder of Being: Finding What Was Never Lost

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What if the treasure you've been seeking your entire life has been right in front of you all along? Jeff Foster's "The Wonder of Being" offers a radical proposition: everything you've ever wanted-peace, love, freedom-isn't waiting in some distant future. It's here now, disguised as this ordinary moment. While spiritual seekers often climb mountains or spend decades in meditation, Foster invites us to look at what's already present. As one reader put it, "This book didn't change my life-it showed me I never needed changing in the first place." This isn't just another spiritual text-it's an invitation to discover the extraordinary hiding within the ordinary. We've all experienced moments when everything falls away-past, future, all striving dissolves into vast openness. These glimpses reveal what we truly are beneath our stories. Words like love, peace, or freedom fall short of describing this experience. The great joke is that enlightenment isn't a special state for the spiritually elite; it's our natural condition, always available. What we desperately seek has never been lost. The search itself, based on the belief that peace lies somewhere else, obscures the obvious: this present moment is all there is.

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The Ordinary Miracle of Presence

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When the Seeker Dissolves into Everything

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Beyond Names and Forms: The Unnameable Source

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The Paradox of Seeking and Finding

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The Dance of Life and Death in True Love

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The Beginning That Never Ends: Embracing the Ordinary

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