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Praise for Dr. Jacob Israel Libermans Work

Behind the disguise of brevity and simplicity lie pearls of distilled spiritual truths truths to be cherished, to be shared, and, above all, to be lived.

Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now

Jacob Liberman is one of my favorite teachers!

Louise Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life

The ideas that Jacob shares...reflect the emerging understanding... that awareness changes all experience without exception.

Gary Zukav, author of The Seat of the Soul

I love this book [Wisdom from an Empty Mind]!

Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God

Profound and deceptively simple insights.

Bonnie Raitt

It was as if I was hearing my own voice.

Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now

Jacob Liberman...guides us into a powerfully new view of ourselves, our relationships and our inner and outer vision.

John Gray, PhD, author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

The sensitivity, deep humanity, and exquisite insight contained in Dr. Libermans wonderful work make it a manual for a whole new order of being.

Jean Houston, author of The Possible Human

Dr. Jacob Liberman is at the cutting edge of enlightened technology, blending physics and metaphysics to their best advantage. He is one of the rare breed of people in eclectic fields who have tapped in to deep wisdom principles and applied their insights and research to provide revolutionary new understanding for all who have the eyes to see.

Dan Millman, author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior

Jacob Libermans pioneer thinking takes the wonder of light and light therapy to a new level of insight by blending it with deeper health wisdom and spiritual understanding.

Gabriel Cousens, MD, author of Spiritual Nutrition

Dr. Libermans book [Light: Medicine of the Future] is a milestone forward concerning the therapeutic effect of light via the eyes.

Fritz Hollwich, MD, author of The Influence of Ocular Light Perception on Metabolism in Man and in Animal

Light is one of the critical environmental factors for total health; indeed, the eyes are the windows of the soul. [Light: Medicine of the Future] helps provide one of those windows.

Norman Shealy, MD, founding president of the American Holistic Medical Association

Combining his many years of personal and clinical experience with the frequently amazing results achieved by his patients, Dr. Jacob Liberman has developed a foundational model for a new medical paradigm.

Dr. John Ott, pioneer in the field of photobiology and author of Health and Light

In Luminous Life, Dr. Jacob Liberman articulates truths that enhance your natural brilliance and allow the intelligence of the universe to expand your lens on life.

Donald M. Epstein, author of The 12 Stages of Healing and founder of EpiEnergetics

Also by Dr. Jacob Israel Liberman

Light: Medicine of the Future

Take Off Your Glasses and See

Copyright 2018 by Jacob Israel Liberman

All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, or other without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.

The material in this book is intended for education. It is not meant to take the place of diagnosis and treatment by a qualified medical practitioner or therapist. No expressed or implied guarantee of the effects of the use of the recommendations can be given or liability taken.

Text design by Tona Pearce Myers

Illustrations by Lauren Harris, Tea Water Designs (www.teawaterdesigns.com)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Liberman, Jacob, [date]- author.

Title: Luminous life : how the science of light unlocks the art of living /Jacob Israel Liberman, OD, PhD with Gina Liberman and Erik Liberman.

Description: Novato, California : New World Library, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017044309 (print) | LCCN 2017049844 (ebook) | ISBN 9781608685189 (Ebook) | ISBN 9781608685172 (alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: LightPhysiological effectPopular works. | VisionPhysiological aspectsPopular works.

Classification: LCC QP82.2.L5 (ebook) | LCC QP82.2.L5 L53 2018 (print) | DDC 612/.01444dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017044309

First printing, February 2018

ISBN 978-1-60868-517-2

Ebook ISBN 978-1-60868-518-9

Printed in Canada on 100% postconsumer-waste recycled paper

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. In the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength, and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.

NIKOLA TESLA

CONTENTS

I t is amazing how a simple idea can change your life. Think back on the turning points in your own personal evolution and the wonderful teachers and concepts that facilitated your awakenings to an easier, healthier, happier, and more successful life.

Many years ago, I was living with a scientist who introduced me to a very simple way of life that has made all the difference. I noticed that she did not organize her life. Instead of thinking and planning and stressing about what to do, when she got up in the morning she simply took care of the first thing that presented itself, and then the second, and so on, throughout the day. In this way she navigated effortlessly through lifes adventures regardless of how challenging or complex they might be. There was no thinking, choosing, planning, or worrying about what might happen. While this sounds quite simple, in this book Dr. Jacob Israel Liberman explores this way of being in a much larger context.

In Luminous Life, Liberman elaborates on this relaxed and productive way of life by considering the role light plays in it: anything that catches your eye is actually looking for you. Light brings your awareness to your responsibilities, guides you from moment to moment, and creates a life filled with purpose and meaning. We need not prioritize anything, because the intelligence of life has already done that for us. Living in this space is what he refers to as