“Embracing the Now is startlingly clear. On the mainstream nondual spirituality front, Gina Lake is a contender for top author/top teacher honors, along with Eckhart Tolle. Both she and this book have what it takes.” —Jerry Katz, author of One: Essential Writings on Nonduality and editor of www.nonduality.com

“I have read and done many things in the search for enlightenment. Some authors speak with clarity, some with authority, some with depth, and some manage to point directly to what is always here, always now. Gina Lake writes with all of the above qualities, in a way that leaves nothing untouched… You will fall in love with the kindness, the graciousness, and the acceptance that flow from this book. For all the seekers, try it! It just might be the last step in suffering and the first step into Being!”—Ghitiu Dragos, Romania

“I have recommended this book to my friends. Gina Lake makes what some gurus say easy to understand in very clear English, no junk, as if you need to be enlightened in order to understand the content. She takes away the mysticism and makes Advaita Vedanta, etc. accessible to us so-called normal folk. I also recommend all her other books, which expand on the theme. I cannot recommend this writer highly enough.” –S. A. Bowden

I just love Embracing the Now! The depth of Gina's understanding of awakening is second to none, yet she is able to share her material with breathtaking clarity. A subtitle for this book could be, ‘Tolle made easy!’ in that she is able to break down what can often be confusing or vague concepts into easily understandable material. Yes, Gina has a very special gift for making the seemingly complicated, spectacularly uncomplicated! There are so many nuggets on every page that my copy is one big rainbow of highlight marks! —Michael Jeffreys, author of Success Secrets of the Motivational Superstars

“Gina Lake's book Embracing the Now is a completely comprehensive guide to waking up out of ego-identification and learning to live as Essence in the world. It is consistently luminous, remarkably clear, and deeply wise in every single sentence from start to finish. This book is a marvel.” —Victoria Ritchie, Editor of Eckhart Tolle's books The Power of Now and A New Earth

“Gina Lake has done it again, and Embracing the Now may be her best work to date. This is an outstanding, clear, and practical guide to awakening… Great teachers like Eckhart Tolle are rare, and they speak of living in the NOW. Gina, who is in that class of great teachers, offers us immediately useful advice and shows us how to live one's life from that state… This is a wonderful book to be treasured and reread throughout one's life. There is great wisdom and comfort in its pages, and there is much to be gained by studying it as a manual for living a more enlightened life.”—Jeff Bronson

“If there were a way I could just click and put this book in your cart and have it fast on its way to each of you reading this review, I would! It is that important. Like many of us, I have devoured Eckhart Tolle's work and was intrigued and dazzled by its brilliance... but maybe a little intimidated. This book helps us understand Be-ing in the NOW and making it work! I have read it twice in one weekend and am ready to call Gina for a private reading, as this work is just that amazing. I actually gasped at some passages, as it was so clear now. It was one huge AHA moment after another as I turned each page... All weekend I have had a big grin on my face and my heart feels ready to burst with contentment at finding this book. I thank you, Gina.”—Kathy Vitcak

“Powerfully clear and full of Light—another gem from Gina! While reading the book, my breathing slowed and my mind quieted, as if an energy was actually being transmitted somehow through the words on the page. Written clearly and simply, this book is packed with powerful pointers to Truth, which only resides in this moment. Written as a series of essays, Embracing the Now expands on issues only touched on in previous books. If you hunger for truth and peace, this book points the way. I highly recommend any and all of Gina's books—start with whichever one you are drawn to. If you enjoyed Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now, likely you will draw sustenance from this as well. Read it—you and Life itself will be glad you did!”—Carol Murphy

“... Many times while reading Embracing the Now, I had to just stop for a few minutes and let the truth of her words envelop me. However you want to put it: doorways of conscious opening, limiting beliefs being eliminated, old hurts being cast off, feeling profoundly in the flow of life, awareness of Presence. Quite a gift. I love the format. I can pick it up anytime and choose a subject, or just pick it up and read the essay it opens to. Gina does it again.” —Leann Lawrence

“In this case, you can tell a book by its cover—this is a beautiful book written by a beautiful soul whose essence comes through and awakens our own. Gina Lake is a true ally in our awakening, and as I read Embracing the Now, I could feel my whole being relaxing and letting go of stress I wasn’t even aware I was holding. This book gives us the permission we really need to let go of all the doing and thinking and just be happy and at peace right now. It is filled with many simple and straightforward pointers to help us focus on the presence of essence and let go of the suffering of the ego. This is an easy to understand guide to shifting from suffering into awakened awareness.” —Janet Montcrief

“Gina's writings have an especially notable characteristic. When she discusses the nature of essence and how to live from its perspective, her words take on a special life and energy. There is a feel of essence speaking through her. In this set of essays, that voice has come to the fore, speaking ever more strongly and with the authority of understanding. And that may be an understatement.” —Dennis Trunk, Editor of Third Millennium Gateway

“In reading this book, I was hoping to finally be able to know what is meant by living in the present and to finally get it, so to speak. Well I have, and I am so excited. Embracing the Now has helped me so much. Words cannot even begin to explain. I have read many books, and will say that this one has taken me to a whole new height of being!! I am now more fully in the present since reading it and live each day in this way ..more and more...  Life has been opened up so much more to me, and for this I am very grateful.” —Molly Merritt

"Embracing the Now just may be Gina Lake's best book yet. In it,  Gina methodically dissects the structure of the ego state of consciousness with clarity and wisdom. By looking where she is pointing, you will become conscious of the ego's strategies and tendencies and thereby break free of its conditioning. Gina then skillfully encourages ‘embracing the now’ to realize true happiness and peace. This book is a clear guide that you will return to again and again. It could be a valued companion as you discover the pathway to loving what is." —Katie Davis, author of Awake Joy

“Embrace this book! Gina Lake’s latest book, Embracing the Now, is not to be missed. Once again, she displays her gift of being able to point directly to the Truth in an extremely readable and accessible way.  This collection of essays presents a powerful worldview that shines with clarity for both the mind and the Heart. Highly recommended.”—Chuck Hillig, author of Enlightenment for Beginners and The Way It Is

“I am a new spiritual seeker and I have just started down my road. I began reading books on Buddhism, mindfulness, and meditation. I was having a very difficult time wrapping my head around the concept of being in the Now. I kind of got it, but not really. Gina Lake’s books are exactly what I needed. Although not a book on Buddhism or mindfulness per se, it embraces the same ideas, and she explains everything in a way that I can really understand. I have had several "Ah ha, that was what Thich Nhat Hanh meant" moments. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and have already started reading Radical Happiness.” —Andrew J. Bates

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