The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment was often described around San Francisco as "the last book you'll ever need to read about spirituality". It is a book that proposes to map-out the human spiritual experience, from its modest beginning, to full realization, in simple language that anyone (willing) can understand. 
A true self-publishing phenomenon from the early '70s, this book is a precursor to much of our popular Western spiritual literature. Many have been inspired to write their own version, but somehow, this text towers over most books on the subject. Perhaps the most dizzying quality of Golas's writing style, beyond his humorous and light touch, is his ability to pack several layers of profound meaning in his concise sentences. Meaning you'll be unpacking for years--provided you want to go through your own process of checking and proving. And enough to make the Guide a book that remains a faithful lifetime companion in just about any situation, and crisis. If ever life came with an owner's manual, this is it. 
The book has known several incarnations over a few decades, and Thaddeus Golas had often planned on expanding the text in various ways. He even toyed with the idea of doing a Guide about The Guide, with annotations. In the end, he settled on writing a few new chapters on topics that he felt he'd missed the first time out: Free Will, Expand!, two explorations of our relationship to matter, energy and space, and Who's on First?, a treaty on why intellectuals are always baffled by simple action. 
Updates and revisions: Thaddeus Golas made revisions to his original text of The Lazy Man s Guide to Enlightenment throughout the 1980s and 1990s. These revisions were intended to help the text survive the extinction of the 1960s jargon. He also clarified many concepts and emphasized the idea that consciousness, even more than love itself, is the key to Enlightenment. In this revised and updated edition of his original 1972 street pamphlet, Golas added material to The Guide and made over 100 small fixes to his original manuscript. This final update returns the book to its simple, delicate and subtle "pocket-size" handbook,complete with its favorite mandala design: No fat, no extra chatter - just the facts!

Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment (Revised and Updated Edition)

Thaddeus Golas

Seed Center Books - Even Lazier Publishing

[The Collected Works of Thaddeus Golas Vol. 2 - From Seed Center Books]The Cosmic Airdrome - Aphorisms &amp; flights of fancy into Space Consciousness. The Collected Works of Thaddeus Golas Vol. 2 The Cosmic Airdrome is a book of aphorisms and wisdom that you can open anywhere, to any page. It is a perfect companion to the Guide. Thaddeus Golas collected his thoughts and diary entries over a period of twenty years. The cream of these philosophical gems, compact ideas, and graceful metaphors, is collected in one elegant volume that can work as a Rosetta Stone to many of Thaddeus Golas' ideas and visions as first delivered in The Lazy Mans Guide to Enlightenment. The Cosmic Airdrome is a pocket companion, and friend.

The Cosmic Airdrome

Even Lazier Publishing, Ltd.

Love and Pain [The Collected Works of Thaddeus Golas Vol.3 - From Seed Center Books] Love and Pain - A Map of Consciousness. The Collected Works of Thaddeus Golas Vol. 3 A follow-up to The Lazy Mans Guide to Enlightenment or perhaps a final revision to it. The Guide is still very significant to all those who sense the consciousness with which it was written but Thaddeus goes deeper with this new writing; he wanted leave behind a blueprint of his metaphysics that would withstand the test of time, beyond the euphoria of the '60s. "I am a destroyer of ideas," he proposed, "and whatever I could not destroy is in Love and Pain." Love and Pain is a major work, intricate and subtle. It is an audit of our beliefs, and a wake-up call. It is also revolutionary! In time, it may come to be seen as one of the most important metaphysical books ever written; it is sure, at the very least, to illicit strong reactions from readers. From the author: When my first book was published, I considered it was sufficient to read the first line of Chapter One: We are equal beings and the universe is our relations with each other. Once that idea was installed in the mental computer, I thought, any mind could sort itself out. Perhaps others can give it better extension than I have. I wrote The Lazy Man s Guide to Enlightenment in language that any reader of English could understand, making it as easy as possible. Now, in writing Love and Pain, I decided to state the case as clearly as I could without regard to a general audience, as though I was writing to a friend, someone like myself. There are great advantages in the information in this book: knowing how our reality works, we can avoid wasting emotions, time and effort in pursuit of false goals. Personally, I found great relief in realizing that I was not obliged to correct anyone s erroneous opinions, since ideas do not do anything. Also, I could stop criticizing myself for failing to dwell in constant bliss. When I encounter pain, it does not mean that I have necessarily been stupid: pain is inevitable in human life, whichever path we take. That which offends the sentimental in the short run is often the greatest kindness over a longer time. I try to be kind to strong people because they have endured much to become strong. I know there are enormous industries built on the flight from pain. The cost of medical care multiplies much faster than the rate of inflation, and the children of the middle class inherit little wealth. A better understanding of the role of pain in our lives might diminish such nonsense, but the net quotient of suffering will probably remain the same. I am not offering that sort of deliverance. What I do offer in Love and Pain is a clear understanding of the real benefits that any person may expect from prolonging consciousness. If Love and Pain proves to be practical, practicality will make it popular enough. More than that, I have no expectation that the book will produce any beneficial consequence in human existence. I cannot imagine what a society would be like in which all people acted on such information.

Love and Pain

[The Collected Works of Thaddeus Golas Vol.4 - From Seed Center Books] The Lazy Man's Life - The Life and Times of Thaddeus Golas From the Great Depression to the rise and fall of the Hippie Revolution Compiled and Edited by Sylvain Despretz The Lazy Man's Life,Thaddeus Golas' autobiography, is pulled from his diaries, emails and letters -- it is the account of his life, in his own words. The Lazy Man's Life is not a book of metaphysics, but at 523 pages (complete with a 16-page leaflet of era color photographs) it covers much of the story of the journey from the Great Depression to the psychedelic '60s. It is a historical account of the birth of the psychedelic movement in America; a parade of the era's greatest players: Timothy Leary, Baba Ram Dass, Steven Gaskin, Allen Ginsberg, and all the rest. The book features original poems by Thaddeus Golas, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of The Lazy Mans Guide to Enlightenment, and some definitive answers to the questions: "Was the book channeled?" and "was Thaddeus Golas a mere typist for higher consciousness?" The Lazy Mans Life will leave you feeling like an expert on the psychedelic and metaphysical '60s. A great read!

The Lazy Man's Life

The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment - Audio Book

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

Der Erleuchtung ist es egal wie du sie erlangst

Spiritual

Hugendubel Heinrich GmbH

The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment [Japanese Edition]

Spring's Place

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