Intro:
What would it mean to you to access
more peace in any situation?
What would it mean to you to end
disagreements with your spouse or friends?
What would it mean to you to put
that nasty coworker in her place? Or to handle negotiations with ease?
And what would it mean if you could
stop believing you need to fix your flaws before you can really start
living?
If I could give you one
single takeaway from this book, it would be this:
You don’t need to fix
anything because you are not who or what you think. There is no
psychological method to fix what's broken in you. There is no higher self to
become, no spiritual path to follow, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with
you right now, as you are.
Instead, just take a look at
who you think you are and you'll discover that it's not at all what you've been
taught. Not only that, but you are right now and have always been free to be
whomever you wish and who you really want to be. You have the freedom to dream
up and be a new self any time you like. Want to change the patterns in
your life? There is absolutely nothing truly holding you back.
Intuitively, you already know this.
I’m just here to remind you, and to show you that there's a door. And don't
worry, this book is here to hand you the key so you can unlock it for yourself.
Outro:
This
is the opening to a "Hey Look! There's No You!" book idea I've been
throwing around since 2011. Because I believe that even if you're not a seeker,
there are positive effects from understanding a basic truth about the self.
That's because it's the very foundation for human behavior and seeing it for
what it truly is, and experiencing that truth on a gut level. But even an
intellectual understanding can sometimes work wonders to draw attention to the
fact that reality is not as it seems. Once that bridge is crossed, (and some
would still call that a gateless gate rather than a bridge), options for experiencing
the world differently are endless.
There's just
one little problem with my "dream".
I've
tried to bring this to non-seekers, and most don't like the idea. Some think
it's a New Age idea (and it's been appropriated by New Agers), and others think
it's just some sort of method of escaping reality. And some believe they
understand it and so dismiss it, but have not realized the implications.
How
ironic.
The
very thing that exposes reality for what it is, is seen as a fantasy and
escape.
Of
course I'm not the first to try to write about this. A few great reads come to
mind The Ego Tunnel by
Thomas Metzinger. The Self Illusion by
Bruce Hood. Self Comes to Mind by
Antonio DaMasio. They are all excellent books that take a scientific approach
and explain the concepts thoroughly and extremely well. Maybe too well in that
they allow the reader to repeatedly "think the concepts through" when
what's really helpful is to give them a tool to separate reality from thought,
and to then investigate the problem for themselves.
The
discovery that there is no you isn't life-altering or paradigm-shifting until
it's experienced first hand! And then it's like dropping.. well... everything
you've carried. It's an unparalleled sense of freedom and equanimity. Sure, it
may come and go after the first taste, but if you've got the tool to continue
to investigate, the door is always just a step away.
Sometimes
it hurts to see humans interact while blinded by their selves. And
pointing out that, "hey, there's another way to view this scenario"
is dismissed. Emotion and ego rules.
But I'll keep plugging away. Chapter 1 is just about complete. The book
most certainly won't be on the bestseller list. But it'll be there just in case
someone's looking for that particular message.
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thanks for the thoughts...