A Guide to The Present Moment

The truth is we all experience the occasional negative thought. But if you always feel overwhelmed, then you need to closely examine how these thoughts are negatively impacting your lifestyle. The solution is to practice specific mindfulness techniques that create more "space" in your mind to enjoy inner peace and happiness. In December of , I gave a talk to an audience of scientists, Pentagon officials, politicians, and CEOs on the secret of life and how I'd figured it out the previous summer.

Afterward, people came up individually and told me how much what I'd shared meant to them. This book is based on the truth I spoke about. It's something I learned from within myself, something I believed saved me. And more than that, the way I set about to do it. This is a collection of thoughts on what I learned, what worked, what didn't. Where I succeed and importantly, where I fail daily. Letting Go describes a simple and effective means by which to let go of the obstacles to enlightenment and become free of negativity.

During the many decades of the author's clinical psychiatric practice, the primary aim was to seek the most effective ways to relieve human suffering in all of its many forms. The inner mechanism of surrender was found to be of great practical benefit and is described in this book. This audiobook is a plea for self-trust and a gentle guide to self-awareness.

Instead of helping you become who you think you should be, The Art of Talking to Yourself hopes to introduce you to someone more interesting: Feeling paralyzed from taking action because you're afraid of a negative outcome? Bad habits holding you back from trying? Afraid to take that first leap towards your dreams? We all get stuck sometimes. It's easy to fall into a rut when fear takes over and you feel trapped by mental paralysis.

The fear of failure keeps you from pursuing your true passion. Don't be held back by your self-doubt ever again. You can do anything you desire by taking consistent action even when you're scared. Practicing the Power of Now is a carefully arranged series of excerpts from the The Power of Now that directly gives us those exercises and keys.

Return to those words, reflect on the words, reflect even on the space between the words and - maybe over time, maybe immediately - you'll discover something of life-changing significance. This is a self-help book for people who don't usually buy self-help books. Instead of offering cognitive-behavioral techniques for dealing with anger, or affirming strategies to boost self-esteem, this self-help book adapts the basic methods of psychodynamic psychotherapy to a guided course in self-exploration, highlighting the universal role of defense mechanisms in warding off emotional pain.

Have you found yourself doing something and thinking, Why do I keep doing this? We all have an unhealthy habit - or two, or three. Yours may be as simple as wasting time on the Internet, constantly checking your email, or spending too much time in front of the TV. Or it may be more serious, like habitual drinking, emotional overeating, constant self-criticism, or chronic worrying. Whatever your harmful habit is - you have the power to break it. Ancient sages compared the human mind to a monkey: If you are one of the millions of people whose life is affected by anxiety, you are familiar with this process.

Unfortunately, you can't switch off the "monkey mind", but you can stop feeding the monkey - or stop rewarding it by avoiding the things you fear. If you're tired of just managing your anxiety and want a powerful natural solution, then apply the DARE technique, as explained in Barry McDonagh's latest book. Based on hard science and over 10 years of helping people who suffer from anxiety, Barry McDonagh shares his most effective technique in this new book. The DARE technique can be used by everyone, regardless of age or background, to live lives free from anxiety or panic attacks.

Do you want to stop living with stress, shame, social anxiety, depression, loneliness, anger, or sadness? It certainly seems as though these emotions are inevitable, and directly created by our circumstances. I love listening to Noah's videos on YouTube because I love his genuine manner and his calming voice. This audio is read by a lovely voice, too, but I do miss Noah in this audio book. Great ideas, though, and excellent teacher! Overview Music Video Charts.

Opening the iTunes Store. If iTunes doesn't open, click the iTunes application icon in your Dock or on your Windows desktop. If Apple Books doesn't open, click the Books app in your Dock. Click I Have iTunes to open it now. View More by This Author. Customer Reviews Extremely repetitive and redundant. Excellent book but why not Noah's voice? It certainly seems as though these emotions are inevitable, and directly created by our circumstances, our situations, and the people in our lives.

However, it is possible to discover that all your unwanted emotions are actually created by the thoughts in your mind. More importantly, each of these emotions can vanish in an instant if you just stop believing the thoughts that create them. You would likely experience fear. But if you didn't believe them at all, then how would their comment make you feel? You almost certainly wouldn't be emotionally affected. This demonstrates that when you believe someone's words to be true, those words create emotions. But if you don't believe someone's words, those same words don't have the power to create emotions.

The same is true of the words thoughts in your mind. If you believe a negative thought about yourself or your life, that thought will create an unwanted emotion. However, if you don't believe that thought, it quite simply won't create the unwanted emotion. As you disbelieve more and more of the thoughts that create your suffering, you will be happier in more and more situations, the more you will be living in the moment, and the more peace, freedom, love, laughter, wholeness, enthusiasm, and gratitude you will experience in your life.

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Dec 13, Kunal rated it liked it. I think what is important to remember the next time you have a strong feeling toward a subject is just question your feeling and ask if there is a reason why someone did this action. Our feelings have a mind of their own and unless we question them, they are sometimes uncontrollable. Jun 22, Mario MJ Perron rated it it was amazing. Taking the stress out of self-doubt.

To date, this has been the best method for me. Noah's method of repetition throughout the chapters connected me back to the main idea of disbelieving my thoughts. Practice through repetition sets the solid foundation for his method of eliminating self-Doubt, anger, and fear. Which lead to not feeling so bad about them at all. I often try to take one strong habit from each method I explore, in this one I took many. Try the practice of eliminating the word "should" from your thoughts and vocabulary.

For me, it was an eye opener and a great way to pause and reflect on my thoughts. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did and get what you want from the methods. It's been a great moment in my present and a great tool for letting go of my past and my future. View all 4 comments. Jun 04, Clark R Baker rated it liked it.

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Very repetitive Very repetitive could have been summarized into 50 pages. Sep 29, Alakshendra Yadav rated it it was amazing. Reading this book and watching Noah's videos on YouTube have been two of the most meaningful things I have done in my life in order to find happiness. The book helped me to start this spiritual journey which has been responsible for the increase in my overall happiness and emotional peace.

At the time of writing this review, I'm almost 21, and a few months ago, the only time I could remember being truly happy was during my childhood. I took it for a fact that that kind of happiness only exists i Reading this book and watching Noah's videos on YouTube have been two of the most meaningful things I have done in my life in order to find happiness.

I took it for a fact that that kind of happiness only exists in humans as a child and that rest of my life is going to be stressful and full of mental suffering, like witnessing the lives of most people in our society leads us to believe. This book changed my perception of life, consciousness, and emotions in a very profound manner, and though I'm just beginning the practice of regular meditation and giving myself time to observe my thoughts neutrally and recognizing the difference between me and my thoughts, I can confidently say that I have started to experience peace for longer time periods and that I have begin to live my life by actually being in the moment, and not in the story that my thoughts are telling me.

Now I love more, laugh more, have more meaningful conversations, and enjoy the little things happening in life better. I'd suggest reading this book along with watching Noah's videos and also the book 'Waking Up' by Sam Harris as a good start to one's spiritual journey.

Oct 07, Jane rated it it was amazing Shelves: It has distilled years of meditation for me into a complete nutshell. Feb 14, Kelley rated it did not like it Shelves: I started this book with a lot of promise and I didn't finish it. I rarely don't finish books. The main take away I got from the little I read was that I don't have to let one shitty moment ruin my day. I can be upset about the thing but not walk around with a little cloud over my head for the rest of the day. My biggest issue with this book was that it seemed a little too victim blamey.

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He expands on the fact that none of us are perfect so how can we judge others for "imperfect behavior" when w I started this book with a lot of promise and I didn't finish it. He expands on the fact that none of us are perfect so how can we judge others for "imperfect behavior" when we don't know what the right behavior is? It sounded a lot like he was condoning emotional and physical abuse on a level of "my emotions about the thing is what's upsetting me.

Not the actual action of the other person". There's a huge difference between not being happy because you want a new car instead of recognizing that you're blessed to have a car, and being unhappy because you're in a dangerous situation. I understand that people make their own happiness, and that's something to remember.

I tried reading it with a grain of salt but I couldn't do the apples to oranges comparison any longer. Maybe people will shit on me for this review, because it seems to be a popular book, and maybe they won't. And do I care? I get the point he was trying to make and I'm going to take his ill worded point and make it suit my own situation in life. This book could be potentially dangerous in the wrong hands and in the wrong situation.

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