Living in the Light... Story

Living in the Light was first published in 1986. Since that time, it has sold over a million copies, and has been translated into many

languages all over the world. Today, it continues to sell steadily and I receive continuous feedback that it is touching people’s lives in a meaningful way.

Not long ago, I revised and updated my first book, Creative

Visualization, and ever since that time, I’ve been feeling that I’d like to do the same for Living in the Light. The basic message of the book seems to be as timely and relevant as ever. Over the years since I wrote it, however, my understanding has developed and (hopefully) deepened through my own life experience and my work

with others. I felt that there were many things I would say some- what differently now, and that perhaps it would be valuable to my readers to hear more of my ongoing story as well as some of my “older and wiser” perspective.

Having updated these two books, I now realize that revising a classic book is a delicate and difficult art form quite different from writing one. The challenge is this: How do I bring it up to date and into alignment with my present understanding while respect- ing and honoring the integrity and power of the original work, which in a sense is a living entity unto itself ?

When I sat down to revise Living in the Light, I hadn’t read it

for a number of years. As I went through it, I had two distinct reactions. One response was, “Wow! This is really good! I forgot that I was saying this stuff so clearly way back then.” The other response was an embarrassed wince when I felt I had said some- thing a little too simplistic or grandiose, or found something I no longer agreed with.