"In clear, straightforward, often informal language, Andrew Cohen leads us on a journey to the awesome spiritual realm that lies beyond ego. This rare gem of a book ends with a description of enlightenment's purpose that may shock some traditionalists but will delight those who see the essential role of spirit in life's further development."

"Andrew Cohen has arrived at an insight that is crucial for our historical situation. Enlightenment is not a movement out of the everyday world but is instead a profound entrance into deep participation with the evolution of the universe. Rarely have I encountered such simple, searing wisdom connecting religious ideas about enlightenment with the scientific understanding of an evolutionary cosmos."

"Living Enlightenment illuminates the prime purpose of consciousness at this stage of human development. Andrew has brought conscious evolution into the great tradition of spirituality. A profound work."

"This is one of the most passionate calls to awaken that I have ever heard. Andrew Cohen's words are crystal clear, fierce—and urgent. If you like to procrastinate and wait till you're ready, don't read this book. If you're ready to jump in and risk all, then Living Enlightenment is for you."

"Andrew Cohen is a true tzaddik, possessed, on the one hand, by a clear ontological vision and, on the other, by the gift of sharing it. Cohen's ontological reminder comes with an ethicist's concern for living right and helping the universe along, a perfect amalgam of Buddhist and Jewish practice. His writing is tonic and his teaching bracing. I was eight times kinder to myself and to everyone else after absorbing Cohen's tomette."

"A superb presentation by the author of his own spiritual experience! An inspiration for others to follow faithfully the inner guidance that is theirs!"

"Andrew Cohen's new book, Living Enlightenment, demonstrates a creative spiritual intelligence that breaks new ground in applying the spiritual wisdom of the East to the contemporary world. This innovative and energetic voice deserves your attention."

"If you want to become intimate with the Unknown, with That which was ever known to you, this book will help you start your journey."

"This book is a boon to the fearless, a gift to the sincere and a beacon to the lost. Living Enlightenment reads like a modern Upanishadic treatise. Andrew Cohen expounds his system of Gyana yoga, the path of illumination through experiential knowledge, with great clarity and depth of understanding. May the knowledge conveyed in this teaching ever illumine the hearts of yogic aspirants, wherever they may dwell, in the East and in the West."

"A series of penetrating, impressively concise, and often disarmingly personal questions about the spiritual life is here given answer by the remarkable Mr. Cohen. The wisdom he conveys is venerable, but his form is admirably fresh, vital, engaging. Anyone interested in inner freedom will learn much from this absorbing dialogue."

"Living Enlightenment speaks to me of dreams, revelations, mysteries and the still, small voice of the Intelligence ever awake in our unconscious depths. Who can resist this call?"

"Andrew Cohen's new book, Living Enlightenment, is a very clear exposition and exploration of spiritual realization or enlightenment, the purpose of all spiritual pursuits. This book should inspire and encourage sincere aspirants on their journey toward this goal."

"Andrew Cohen is someone with a passion for the Eternal Self—a passion for the infinite, as Kierkegaard would have put it, but really a passion for Enlightenment, for the ultimate consciousness that is awareness of the Eternal Identity unconditioned by the fleeting egoic identity. With a single-minded focus, his work is to open the door to that spaciousness of being that is who we really are."

"Short, crisp, clear, and free of the jargon that one often hears and reads in Self-realization circles, Living Enlightenment is the reading equivalent of jumping into icy water—a sharp, bracing jolt to the whole system. It gives new meaning to the phrase 'wake up call.'"

"As always, Andrew's words pierce the nebulous and abstract and show us the clarity of his uncompromising demand to be who we actually are. Bravo!"

"If you are serious about finding a way out of the madness that the mind has distorted this manifestation into, you will find firm uncompromising help in Andrew Cohen's Living Enlightenment. To some very basic questions, it offers insightful precise answers, coming effortlessly from his personal intimate knowledge of the subject. His teaching is offered here in an Upanishadic question-and-answer format, allowing the reader to contemplate an answer to each question before reading Andrew's response. I urgently recommend an in-depth study of this offering."

"To the committed and uncompromising spiritual aspirant, Living Enlightenment is a clear, fresh, and passionate call to wake up and take responsibility for the fulfillment of our highest human possibility."