T
ransforming reality is big in
the “how-to” world. In just
about every “how-to” book,
reality is the center piece.
How To Be Successful
How To Find Your Soulmate
How To Win Friends and Influence
People
How to Become Stinkin’ Rich
without Odor
These books all are about changing
your reality from one state (being a
loser, poor, lonely) to another state
(being a winner, rich, in love). It is also
worthwhile to note that the above
books really should be called:
Having it ALL...
How To Be Successful ... and Thus
Not Suffer Insecurity How To Find Your Soulmate … and
Not Suffer Loneliness I hazard a theory here. Every human being,
either consciously and/or subconsciously
thinks/believes/feels, that:
How To Win Friends and Influence
People … and No Longer Feel
Socially Inept If I could create life according to my
wishes, I would not suffer.
How to Become Stinkin’ Rich … and
Never Suffer Lack
The alleviation of suffering is the
underlying premise (gorilla in the room)
in virtually every self-help book. Maybe
my book How To Suffer should be called:
How To Suffer and Thus Not Suffer
Suffering
Get the dream job, win the lottery, have
your kids respect you, find your dream
lover (the one that will adore you and
never leave), be totally confident 24/7,
eat voraciously without gaining weight,
pick the next president—hell, be the
next president, win the Kentucky Derby,
become a Hollywood star or starlet ...
the list is endless.
Oct./Nov. 2019 www.yogicherald.com
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