As Eckhart Tolle has written, poetry “has been recognized since ancient times as a highly appropriate medium for the expression and transmission of spiritual truth.” The Clear Light is Steve Taylor’s latest contribution to this poetic tradition, offering short and powerful reflections as a guide to spiritual awakening and as experiential glimpses of the state of enlightenment itself. Taylor ranges widely, through subjects including “Making the Human Race Whole,” “Freedom from the Past,” and “The Reality of Connection,” always in clear and simple language. Best of all, he reminds us of the choices we always have when life feels chaotic and overwhelming: empathy, acceptance, and love. Soothing but also challenging, Taylor’s words continually affirm the profound bedrock of peace and even joy in the present that is always available. The book’s eponymous reflection says it best:

There is nothing that can’t be undone —
no past injury that can’t be healed
no past mistake that can’t be corrected —
in the clear light of the present.

Reading this book is a transformational spiritual experience in itself.

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Eckhart Tolle was born in Germany and educated at the Universities of London and Cambridge. When he was 29, a profound inner transformation radically changed the course of his life. The next few years were devoted to understanding, integrating, and deepening that transformation, which marked the beginning of an intense inward journey. Tolle is the author of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Potential, and The Power of Now, a New York Times bestseller that has been translated into 33 languages and is one of the most influential spiritual books of our time. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment was published in 1999 by New World Library. Tolle is not aligned with any particular religion or spiritual tradition. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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“A powerful and invaluable guide to the realization of who or what you are beyond the conditioned mind. If you read this book slowly, attentively, and repeatedly, it can take you beyond identification with the content of your mind and into the clear light of present-moment awareness.”
— Eckhart Tolle, from the foreword

“Steve Taylor has gifted us with a collection of illuminating, heartful incantations, meditations, reflections, and above all, direct pointers to our nondual spiritual nature, in which all our unhealed suffering and trauma resolve in the ‘clear light of the present.’ This is a book to dip into and savor again and again.”
— Stephan Bodian, author of Wake Up Now and Beyond Mindfulness

“Each poem in this book offers us a beautiful piece of wisdom. Steve Taylor writes with the quiet, humble assurance of a Zen master and also with sparks of the passion of Rumi and Hafiz. This book is an absolute must-read for anyone on a spiritual path in need of guidance on how best to live their daily life with mindfulness, heart, and equanimity.”
— Serge Beddington-Behrens, author of Awakening the Universal Heart and Gateways to the Soul
“In this time of anxiety about the future, Steve Taylor brings us the gift of poetic meditations to rest deeply in the living, loving now. He invites us not just to rest but also to be openly compassionate and to live courageously. Keep The Clear Light close by to nourish your spirit.”
— Loch Kelly, author of The Way of Effortless Mindfulnes

“Treasure this much-needed precious gift for your heart, mind, and soul during these uncertain times.”
— Theresa Cheung, author of Dream Decoder

“Reflective, introspective, contemplative, thought-provoking, deftly crafted, The Clear Light: Spiritual Reflections and Meditations is . . . memorable and unreservedly recommended.”
— Midwest Book Review