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Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Sample Chapter, "The  Skin of Time"

Sample Chapter, "The Celestial Foundation of Time"

“Once in a long while a book comes along that has the capacity to turn the page on what we thought of as ‘reality.’  The Reality of Time is such a book, a deeply original work on the nature and practice of time. To read this work is to experience something of the inspiration that the author, Janet Sussman, must have felt in its composition. It is more in the nature of a revelation: the categories of time are stretched by the tensions of eternity. One's mind is quickened by concepts so new and yet so strangely familiar. One thinks, ‘somewhere in a time before time, I knew that.’

“It is not a facile read.  One enters into a dimension that transcends the usual language, the cadences of ordinary thought. But the effort yields extraordinary treasures. One is introduced to a reality larger than one's aspiration, more potent than all one's dreams.”

—Jean Houston, Ph.D.
scholar and researcher in human capacities
author of The Possible Human, The Search for the Beloved, Godseed, Life Force

 “Janet Sussman has written two deeply intuitive, highly metaphorical, and overwhelmingly intellectual descriptions of what I believe is the nature of time. She relates time to a sacred dimension of existence that few of us have access to. She has made the brave attempt to describe the indescribable as St. Augustine once realized. However, readers should be prepared to use their thinking caps when reading this.”

 —Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D.
National Book Award-winning author of Taking the Quantum Leap, The Spiritual Universe, Mind into Matter, Matter into Feeling and many other books

 “Janet Sussman possesses an uncanny grasp of a broad range of important concepts of science and metaphysics, as well as an unsurpassed command of the tools of the English language. The rich tapestry of structure and content that she has crafted in The Reality of Time reflects her vast experience in meditative practices, introspection, self-observation, and analysis. She also possesses the unique innate ability to articulate her ideas. In this book she has managed to produce a supreme, mind-altering exposition of the important concepts of time and consciousness.”

 —Ashish Chatterjee, Ph.D., Physicist

Janet Iris Sussman is part spiritual philosopher, part intuitive scientist, and part accomplished writer. In addition, she is a spiritual counselor, a healer, and a recorded musician! Sussman has written an in-depth, interdimensional look at the nature of time. Readers must abandon their egos and all cherished reference points to truly partake of the wealth of information and understanding Sussman offers. She expounds on many concepts that will help readers understand and realize an awareness based outside of typical concepts of time. Topics include the structure of time, the perception of time, and cosmic time.

Sussman describes time as the circuitous purveyor of information to the body about the nature of its reality. Time creates a front so reality can have a point of view, she writes. The evolution of consciousness and time requires changes in mind, perception, awareness, and body, all of which are involved during an ascension-like transformation of a person’s energetic being from a self-conscious orientation to one that perceives from a wider, more elevated framework. Although the ideas presented are novel and complex, adventurous readers can read any one of the book’s hundreds of short sections and feel satisfied with the information it offers. A glossary and an index for cross-referencing complete the 349-page volume.

The cover is subtle yet intriguing. The Reality of Time will be of great interest to people with moderate as well as advanced background in metaphysics, new science, meditation, or transpersonal psychology. Sussman, who lives in Iowa, also authored Timeshift: The Experience of Dimensional Change, a preliminary work that can be displayed with The Reality of Time.

—David Paulsen
Ekaha Enchantments
Keaau, Hawaii

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