
Meet the Author
Lyle Brady brings an unusual combination of technical discipline, spiritual curiosity and lived experience to his work. A graduate of Seattle University with a BS in Electrical Engineering, Brady built a sixty-three-year career across aerospace and commercial sectors, including leadership as Director of Engineering at a privately owned company. Beyond his professional life, he is an ordained minister of the Healing Light Center Church, where he served as Director of Education and taught Alpha meditation and remote viewing. He is also a Paramahansa Yogananda Kriya Yoga initiate of the Self-Realization Fellowship. Today, Brady lives in San Diego, California, with his life partner, Sheila, and their labradoodle, Chloe.
About the Book
Consciousness Awakens: A Journey of Self Realization and Discovery is a self-help and meditation book devoted to helping readers explore the reality and application of consciousness beyond ordinary 3D experience. Through personal stories, reflections and guided practices, Brady introduces readers to ideas such as the mind-field, memory-field, Entity-self, manifestation, healing energy and cosmic consciousness. The book moves from early awareness and spiritual questioning to practical meditations that invite readers to experience inner quiet, focused intention and expanded awareness for themselves.
Inspiration Behind the Book
The inspiration behind the book grows from Brady’s lifelong search to understand who we are beyond the body and everyday thought. His reflections begin with childhood moments of curiosity, fear and self-awareness, then expand through later experiences with faith, military service, engineering work, meditation, remote viewing and spiritual study. Rather than presenting consciousness as an abstract theory only, Brady grounds his ideas in the events, questions and practices that shaped his own journey.
Why Readers Love It
Readers who are drawn to reflective self-help will appreciate the book’s direct, personal voice and its willingness to explore big questions without losing sight of practical exercises. The meditations give readers a way to participate, not just read. The book also offers a distinctive blend of memoir-like storytelling, metaphysical exploration and encouragement for readers seeking peace, fulfillment and a deeper relationship with their own awareness.
Who Should Read It
This book will appeal to readers interested in meditation, consciousness, self-realization, manifestation, energy work and mind-body-spirit exploration. It is especially well suited for spiritually curious readers who enjoy personal growth books that ask large questions and provide contemplative practices. Readers do not need to begin with Brady’s beliefs; the book invites them to reflect, test, contemplate and decide what resonates.
Looking Ahead
Consciousness Awakens enters a growing conversation about mindfulness, inner peace and the search for meaning in a noisy world. Brady’s work encourages readers to slow down, examine beliefs, trust careful inner exploration and consider the possibility that consciousness may open pathways beyond ordinary thought. As conversations about meditation and personal transformation continue to expand, this book offers a personal and practice-based contribution.
Where to Find It
Consciousness Awakens: A Journey of Self Realization and Discovery by Lyle Brady is published by Outskirts Press and is available through major book retailers and online bookstores in paperback, hardback and eBook formats. Readers interested in self-help, meditation and spiritual exploration can learn more through the author’s website at https://outskirtspress.com/lylebrady47.
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