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A wonderfully clear analysis of the factors that stop us living in the now, full of extremely practical and effective techniques of bringing us back to the present. --Steve Taylor, author of The Fall and Making Time - O-books and Icon
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Is this as good as life gets? How can I be happy? What is the meaning of life? In Live in the Here and Now, Paul Jones rescues enlightenment from the specialists, the superstitious and the pious and makes it available to everyone and anyone through a simple step by step process. Enlightenment is available to 'you', right here, right now. Enlightenment is not the learning experience itself, but the practice in everyday life of that learning. So once I became enlightened what did I do? I washed the dishes and did the ironing. The creation of Accelerated Practical Enlightenment represents the biggest development in enlightenment technology since someone, somewhere, thousands of years ago decided to meditate. The destination remains the same, and now you can effortlessly get there so much faster.Accelerated Practical Enlightenment is concerned with managing the human condition. The direct installation of beliefs and behaviors will allow 'you' to live happily and peacefully in an everyday context wherever you find yourself.
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54 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When searching for a book to help you expand your mind, many people turn to the art of `Zen', or meditation. The trouble is that too many of these so called `gurus' focus on selling books rather than teaching us, the mere mortals, to achieve a higher state, resulting in a full bookshelf and a state of frustration rather than enlightenment.
After reading the book `Living in the here and now' by Paul Jones, I finally realised that what I was searching for was within reach. Paul takes us by the hand, and in language an 8 year old can understand, explains what it is to be `enlightened' and, how to achieve a state of mental clarity which will serve you in almost every aspect of your life.
The book is very well written, with a unique `flow'.
There are some books which you read and regret buying, another `guru' telling us the secrets of the world and not actually telling us anything. This is NOT one of those books, it has earned its place in my top 10 purchases of this year, and an honorary place on my favourite book shelf.
After reading the book `Living in the here and now' by Paul Jones, I finally realised that what I was searching for was within reach. Paul takes us by the hand, and in language an 8 year old can understand, explains what it is to be `enlightened' and, how to achieve a state of mental clarity which will serve you in almost every aspect of your life.
The book is very well written, with a unique `flow'.
There are some books which you read and regret buying, another `guru' telling us the secrets of the world and not actually telling us anything. This is NOT one of those books, it has earned its place in my top 10 purchases of this year, and an honorary place on my favourite book shelf.
42 of 45 people found the following review helpful
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Antidote to depression, anxiety and discontent:
I read this book and found it to very useful, i'd highly recomend it not only to those on the search for 'enlightenment' as an end in itself but also for those suffering from (in low or high levels) depression, anxiety, disconent or paranoia. In the book the author identifies the four places our attention drifts when it moves away from the here and now and shows how this movement in it's extreme is driven by certain unconsious beleifs and is responsible for the above problems. anxiety is based in the future, depression in the past and so on - the four 'disocciations' are on the cover actually.
i liked that fact it gave me a clear framework within which to understand my own mental drifts of attention, but more importanlty the depth of the techniques used to 'treat' these drifts of attention. The authors background in NLP, CBT, REBT and Hypnosis is obvious although not largely referenced - leaving a series of basic step by step exercises, this seems a deliberate step to help us not get dragged down in names dates etc. but to really concentrate on what these techniques will do for us.
the book is a 'how to..' book and as he states in the book is at least as concerned with letting you know 'how to' make the changes as with what those changes should be - the mindfulway through depression is the only other manual where i've seen this commitment to technique.
I agree with the authors assertion that we really need to communicate and train the unconscious mind in order to get rapid and lasting benefits of directing out attnetion where and when we want it to be in the book he shows how various unconscious filtering mechanisms are responsible for what is channeled into our consciousness - so we can't consciously just choose to perceieve things another way. later chapters deal with the undoing of the ego (or 'decommisioning of the myth-of-the-self' as the author puts it). so it seems that this is something i may have to return to (this is certainly not a one sitting wonder) as it seems to closely related to our sense of the speed of the passing of time and the projections we use to interpret the raw sensation of the world out there. I've been encouraged not only to tackle my own problems with this book but also to strive higher than simple elimination of what has been holding me back and moving towards what the author calls 'practical enlightenment' a move that i think i'm beginning to see is the same journey veiwed from different perspectives.
other books similar along these 3 or 4 veins:
The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (includes Guided Meditation Practices CD)
Making Time: Why Time Seems to Pass at Different Speeds and How to Control it
Take Me to the Truth: Undoing the Ego
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
I read this book and found it to very useful, i'd highly recomend it not only to those on the search for 'enlightenment' as an end in itself but also for those suffering from (in low or high levels) depression, anxiety, disconent or paranoia. In the book the author identifies the four places our attention drifts when it moves away from the here and now and shows how this movement in it's extreme is driven by certain unconsious beleifs and is responsible for the above problems. anxiety is based in the future, depression in the past and so on - the four 'disocciations' are on the cover actually.
i liked that fact it gave me a clear framework within which to understand my own mental drifts of attention, but more importanlty the depth of the techniques used to 'treat' these drifts of attention. The authors background in NLP, CBT, REBT and Hypnosis is obvious although not largely referenced - leaving a series of basic step by step exercises, this seems a deliberate step to help us not get dragged down in names dates etc. but to really concentrate on what these techniques will do for us.
the book is a 'how to..' book and as he states in the book is at least as concerned with letting you know 'how to' make the changes as with what those changes should be - the mindfulway through depression is the only other manual where i've seen this commitment to technique.
I agree with the authors assertion that we really need to communicate and train the unconscious mind in order to get rapid and lasting benefits of directing out attnetion where and when we want it to be in the book he shows how various unconscious filtering mechanisms are responsible for what is channeled into our consciousness - so we can't consciously just choose to perceieve things another way. later chapters deal with the undoing of the ego (or 'decommisioning of the myth-of-the-self' as the author puts it). so it seems that this is something i may have to return to (this is certainly not a one sitting wonder) as it seems to closely related to our sense of the speed of the passing of time and the projections we use to interpret the raw sensation of the world out there. I've been encouraged not only to tackle my own problems with this book but also to strive higher than simple elimination of what has been holding me back and moving towards what the author calls 'practical enlightenment' a move that i think i'm beginning to see is the same journey veiwed from different perspectives.
other books similar along these 3 or 4 veins:
The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (includes Guided Meditation Practices CD)
Making Time: Why Time Seems to Pass at Different Speeds and How to Control it
Take Me to the Truth: Undoing the Ego
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Not sure if I can put it any better than fellow reviewer ANTON "this book does exactly what it says on the cover".
I have to agree, Jones has started out with the few words that define how he means to go on throughout the whole book - HOW TO...... After having read a lot of non-duality & present moment awareness books I feel I had been somewhat mislead by the; "there's no technique there's nothing to be done, everything's perfect now" mantra. Not that that isn't the case, but as Jones takes us through - he explains that this is somewhat like a gardening book - it doesn't tell you how to grow plants as such, but does tell you how and why to till the soil, fertilize, water (and very importantly WEED) at which point the conditions are optimum, and chances are highest, for something to happen all by itself . And only at this point is there "nothing to say, nothing to do and no technique."
At a fast pace, Jones takes us from complete beginner - (Jones openly states that these techniques had grown from simple fixes for specific problems in his own psychological practice and his own psychological practise )- to a quick progression towards intermediate and advanced seeker. So comprehensive the work, I would recommend as companion, prequel and sequel to some of the big titles out there definitely something to be returned to again and again.
I have to agree, Jones has started out with the few words that define how he means to go on throughout the whole book - HOW TO...... After having read a lot of non-duality & present moment awareness books I feel I had been somewhat mislead by the; "there's no technique there's nothing to be done, everything's perfect now" mantra. Not that that isn't the case, but as Jones takes us through - he explains that this is somewhat like a gardening book - it doesn't tell you how to grow plants as such, but does tell you how and why to till the soil, fertilize, water (and very importantly WEED) at which point the conditions are optimum, and chances are highest, for something to happen all by itself . And only at this point is there "nothing to say, nothing to do and no technique."
At a fast pace, Jones takes us from complete beginner - (Jones openly states that these techniques had grown from simple fixes for specific problems in his own psychological practice and his own psychological practise )- to a quick progression towards intermediate and advanced seeker. So comprehensive the work, I would recommend as companion, prequel and sequel to some of the big titles out there definitely something to be returned to again and again.
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More of a textbook than a "How to" guide, the book does have some useful exercises in leading the reader to experience more of the "now".
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Published 18 months ago by Dionysius
A waste of my here and now!
On Page 2 the author writes "through the integration of the latest psychological techniques, becoming enlightened has never been so quick" which made me laugh out loud and start... Read more
Published 21 months ago by L. E. Roach
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Published 23 months ago by Amanda Sheils
a bit to many things to take in you stop living just to do the...
not very helpful to deep, as you can not prosses all in the book not in this lifetime.
Published 24 months ago by M. E. hughes
Good book, well written.
This book really helped me, and changed my approach to life. A must for those who need help focusing their skills, and who wish to be successful in their endeavors.
Published on 21 May 2010 by Gordon Volante
Why make something so simple so complex
I have to say I was extremely disappointed with this book.I found it very confusing and inexplicably complicated. Why make something so simple so complex. Read more
Published on 20 May 2010 by Pete. S. (UK)
Not Good!
I just finished reading this book and I feel slightly bemused by it and here is why... The author has taken a very independent western approach to the concept of enlightenment... Read more
Published on 2 May 2010 by Nathan Strange
Fascinating
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Published on 29 Mar 2010 by M. J Richardson
Amazing
"There was no time in exile or an ordeal that created a prophet of any sort, no change of name or gathering of followers. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2010 by Mrs. L. P. Richardson
a good help
I found this book does exactly what it says on the cover. The author couldn't have put this subject any better than he has done, this is definately one of the best!
Published on 1 Mar 2010 by Anton
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