Colin woke up, after 30 years of spiritual search and practices, on a seven day silent retreat in 1996. He started writing in 2000 and his books are based on the realizations that occurred then and since, and answers to questions. He has written many articles and poems which are then collated into books. Each of these is a self contained guide to awakening, based on investigation of this moment of direct experience, the format for which is given and explained in all. Thus one does not need to read or own any of the others. Each elucidates new insights and intuitions, revealing further facets of The Absolute Reality, that have occurred since the publication of the previous one. The order of writing is: Beyond The Separate Self- Humanity-A Light Unto Your Self-Awakening and Beyond-Awareness of Awareness-The Happiness Tha Needs Nothing-Freedom From Suffering and Anxiety-The Simplicity of Awakening-Ripples in The Lake of Eternity-Enlightenment is For all-Fundamental Questions-Sensual Awakening, A Tantric Approach-The Golden Dawn Of Awakening-The Ocean Of Consciousness-Hidden In Plain Sight-Absolute Reflections. Many of these have been turned into books of poems, with a poem based on each chapter of the original. "If the world of nondual spirituality ever seems muddy to you, take a swim in the crystal clear waters of Lake Colin Drake. I love Colin's work" from Jerry Katz, owner of www.nonduality.com, who published, and sold, these on his website for many years until he sold it.