The Aware Self: A Compendium Of Conscious Living
Description
A self-help book for ‘the thinking person’ that doubles up as a critique of the self-help genre!
The motive for writing this book was to try to write self-help content that was decidedly different from that in many other self-help books by providing inspiring, realistic and reassuring self-help material that was not dumbed down.
To this end, I have selected a number of ‘bread and butter’ self-help themes and explored them with reference to personal indulgences such as philosophy, psychotherapy, science, poetry, psychology, sport, literature, song, and spirituality. I hope that the outcome inspires if not transforms.
Chapter Titles
Singing In The Robber's Face
Home James, And Don't Spare The Horses
An Entreaty, A Salutation, And A Genuflexion
A Quadrille In A Sentry Box
Cabbages With A College Education
What Is This Thus?
The Burden Of The Incommunicable
Caveat Emptor
Good Grief
The Earthquake Is Not Satisfied At Once
Blank Cheques Of Intellectual Bankruptcy
The Purple-Lined Palace Of Sweet Sin
Pour Oil In Their Ears And Send Them Hence
The Maddest Merriest Day
Plain Living And High Thinking
Sighed, And Looked, And Sighed Again
I'm Not Even A Bus, I'm A Tram
Sobs, Sniffles, And Sneers
If Youth Knew, If Age Could
Velut Luna Statu Variables
The Ghost Of Sigmund Freud
Reviews
“It’s about time someone wrote a book like this. Very original, very refreshing. Well done.”
— Patrick
“So interesting and thought-provoking. The author’s style makes the subject matter approachable even for the layperson. Well worth the investment.”
— Joy O’ Neil
“Really interesting and inspiring read. I found the contents of this book to be deeply insightful, inviting the reader to think outside the box and to look at life through a different lens!! I most certainly had more than a few Aha moments while reading it. The material was very absorbing and original, and unlike many self help books out there I found this one promotes a no nonsense approach to personal development, clean, sharp and to the point, with a clear resounding tone and style that resonated with me. A book that you can go back to again and again. Highly recommended.”
— Christina Murphy