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The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Absolutely, my friend. I'm sure most of these can be found online for free but I have listed the Amazon links for familiarity (I prefer books as opposed to online).
Books
Aldous Huxley: The Perennial Philosophy
Baha'u'llah: The Hidden Words
Baha'u'llah: The Seven and Four Valleys
The Kybalion
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
Michael Singer: The Untethered Soul
Wisdom of the Buddha
The Bible
Two powerfully insightful Youtube Channels (many more are similar):
Monadic Media
Gary Lite
Film
Inner/Outer Worlds
In the end, all of these (and much, much more) seem to confirm the truths we find and experience in psychedelics. I hope they bring you comfort and happiness.
:)
-Don Bo Byuti
Nobody But I
G9D
For those interested in further reading on this concept, you should read The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer.
After reading a couple of chapters, I realized I'd break up with myself the moment I had the chance.
Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael Singer
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Untethered-Soul-Journey-Beyond-Yourself/dp/1572245379
I eventually googled "book energy inner drives tremendous expenditures" (tremendous and expenditures probably whittled it down a bit). Top link was a blog post with excerpts and the title of the book, googled that and it had the same colour scheme.
EDIT: thanks a bunch - my life is now complete :D
The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts (really, anything by Alan Watts) and The Unteathered Soul by Michael Singer. They're more commonly found under zen or Buddhism than Self Help though. For me they were the most helpful in gaining control of one's emotions and thoughts, as well as self acceptance and happiness in one's life as-is, rather than any unreachable goals or futures.
Hi, I'm one of the newest! So I've been into lucid dreaming for over a decade. Another r/LucidDreaming member commented on one of my posts there talking about his jhana experiences. I've listened to several talks by Ajahn Brahm since then and ordered this book. I log into reddit tonight and y'all are trending.
I would say the timing couldn't have been better. I'm very excited to join in and get started.
Hey there, we have something in common, I was smoking for the same reason! Weed was great for helping me gain some perspective and turn down the noise in my head and heart, but I want to learn to do that myself, without chemical aid, so here I am. I'm copying some stuff from another comment I made about what is helping me out, in case any of these things might appeal to you:
Also wanted to second the suggestions from others for exercise, that is really helpful for me, too.
Good luck! I believe in you. 🤗
Has worked wonders for me and it's a great approach especially for those who haven't had much success with CBT. CBT focuses on changing thought patterns, and while it has proven to be an effective therapy, it isn't for everyone. When the focus is on changing thoughts, there's already a judgement that the thought to be changed is negative or bad, and for some this can lead to even more fear. In my experience, it's acceptance leads to change, not judgement. But different things work for different people.
Let thoughts be thoughts. You're the one watching your thoughts. Every time your thoughts go crazy, acknowledge them, hell, even wave to them: "hi there, I see you". Smile at your thoughts. I find that a lot of thoughts collapse upon recognition. Like OP said, the more you fight negative thoughts, the more emotional charge you give them.
Your question about your pain in the arse neighbour, observe your thoughts. Observe the thoughts that come to mind every time you see him or her. You say you end up feeling like shit when they're nasty, so observe what thoughts lead to you feeling nasty. Breathe. It takes practice. It's very natural to react when someone is nasty. I would point you to the book Untethered Soul by Michael Singer. He does a great job of explaining how to observe your thoughts and remain in the seat of awareness.
[Adyashanti - Way of Liberation] (http://www.adyashanti.org/library/The_Way_of_Liberation_Ebook.pdf)- Already mentioned, but worth a double mention
[John Wheeler - Awakening To The Natural State] (http://www.1ness.info/John%20Wheeler%20-%20Awakening%20to%20the%20Natural%20State.pdf) - Realized the truth while reading this book
[John Wheeler - You Were Never Born] (http://www.1ness.info/John%20Wheeler%20-%20you%20Were%20Never%20Born.pdf) - A later book of his, similar pointers, but more mature
[Eckhart Tolle - The Power of Now] (http://www.theschuberts.info/The%20Power%20of%20Now%20-%20A%20Guide%20to%20Spiritual%20Enlightment%20by%20Eckhart%20Tolle.pdf) - I didn't personally like it or finish it but /u/veragood mentioned and he's someone worth listening to. Then again, I read it at the beginning of my journey when I was still had a very critical/atheistic mindset and got turned off by the references to energy, etc. I just revisited a book by [Michael Singer called 'The Untethered Soul'] (http://www.amazon.ca/Untethered-Soul-Journey-Beyond-Yourself/dp/1572245379/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1454159880&sr=8-1&keywords=untethered+soul) a few days ago after not enjoying it about the same time as I read Eckhart Tolle's book back in the summer of 2014, and, well, I found 'The Untethered Soul' to be a beautiful introduction to awakening. I told a friend about it who's reading it now and we're going to discuss it over coffee next week. So I guess there's another one for your list. Actually, I'd either start with the Singer one or Adyashanti one first, but different books resonate differently with us, so keep looking until you find a style that speaks to you :)
[Nisargadatta Maharaj - I am That] (http://www.theschuberts.info/Nisargadatta%20Maharaj%20-%20ebook%20-%20I%20AM%20THAT%20-%20MUST%20READ%20-%20searchable%20PDF.pdf) - The most enjoyable book I've found on spirituality.
Of course, if you want to learn about it outside of books, we are happy here at /r/awakened to answer any specific questions you have.
All the best on your journey!
"The Untethered Soul" by Michael Singer is a good book to read if you want further information on this topic.
would you consider something like
The Unteathered Soul by Michael Singer
https://www.amazon.com/Untethered-Soul-Journey-Beyond-Yourself/dp/1572245379/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481224687&sr=8-1&keywords=the+untethered+soul+by+michael+singer
or The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle?
https://www.amazon.com/Power-Now-Guide-Spiritual-Enlightenment/dp/1577314808/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481224735&sr=1-1&keywords=the+power+of+now
added to that however, would you consider yourself to be the "i'm smarter than everybody and therefore DESERVE a better life and already know everything" douchebag type? If so then I don't think that we could help :(
if you ARE sincerely and genuinely a good dude, you can take an admin job, or ANY job doing desktop support or even short term migration contracts. I'm sure there are a tonne of tech agencies like HAYS and TekSystems or VoltHR in your area.
WHILE at those jobs would you consider developing small apps for them on your spare time and showing management and supervisors what you can do?
do you also by any chance get extremely impatient with people whom you consider are "dumber" or "less deserving" than you? Or would you say you're more of the "look out for the other guy" compassionate type?
also how's your Powershell?
as for programming, you can start off with this primer
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/csharp/
and use visual studio community edition. it's Free
https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-express/
if you wanna go Deeeeeeeply back end. you can study C++ instead
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/cplusplus/
Here are a few I can recommend:
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
http://www.amazon.com/Untethered-Soul-Journey-Beyond-Yourself/dp/1572245379/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418415604&sr=1-1&keywords=the+untethered+soul
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Good-Life-Ancient-Stoic/dp/0195374614/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418415543&sr=1-1&keywords=stoicism
Mindfulness in Plain English
http://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Plain-English-20th-Anniversary/dp/0861719069/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418415648&sr=1-1&keywords=mindfulness+is+plain+english
Oh also for a more recent title check out The Untethered Soul. Less philosophical and more psychological it's a book to help one engage in conversation with themselves.
https://www.amazon.com/Untethered-Soul-Journey-Beyond-Yourself/dp/1572245379
Don't stop! :)
You are most likely in a period of equanimity. Practice over long periods of time increases periods like this. Sometimes things are good. Sometimes they aren't. If things become difficult, STILL don't stop - instead examine your dissatisfaction. Ask yourself if dissatisfaction exists when your mind is quiet. Note that dissatisfaction, as well as happiness are transient object. REAL joy arises when there is no holding on to being one or the other.
Reading dharma is good. It helps to get some idea of what you are looking for. Try:
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Skill-Buddhist-Meditation-Concentration/dp/1626252939/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1439255113&sr=8-1&keywords=the+art+and+skill+of+buddhist+meditation
Or:
https://www.amazon.com/Untethered-Soul-Journey-Beyond-Yourself/dp/1572245379/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1522796945&sr=1-1&keywords=untethered+soul
Bows.
Absolutely-I relate to all of this! That was my first enneagram book, and really shaped what I thought was possible. I’m still uncovering new patterns and layers years later, and I definitely share your fear of letting go of the familiar (pain or comfort).
The practices that have helped me most are journaling, yoga (physical and philosophy), and meditation (present centered awareness). Also spending a lot of time studying the instincts to learn how they communicate with me.
Other resources I’ve found very helpful in getting to know myself:
Mindful living Spiritual Awakening podcast,
The overwhelmed brain podcast,
The Untethered Soul by Michael A Singer, and
this values assessment from the Barrett Values Centre
The Untethered Soul
This book was life changing for me. It teaches happiness through the art of letting go...
> When I think to myself that "I am not my mind", this is the voice that says it. But is this not also thought? Should I not be watching these thoughts as well? I think about this concept frequently when this voice arises, and it usually triggers a loop of frustration where I tell myself to watch my thoughts and then realize that that in itself is a thought that should be watched.
I recently finished a book that helped me deal with that kind of loop. (I'm not exactly a "pro" so I hope none of the veterans cringe at my word use)
Try not to "tell yourself" to watch your thoughts. Just watch them.
When you're concentrating on your breathing, you may at first think "Breathe in... breathe out. Breathe in... breathe out." But you're not breathing because of the thought; your mind breathes fine without telling yourself to. You can be aware of your breath without having the thought of "I am breathing in now".
Also, when you see a person you recognize, you don't have to actively tell yourself, "This is Bob". Your awareness already knows it's Bob; there's no need to think it.
Likewise, you don't need to tell yourself to watch your thoughts in order to watch them. This is how "you aren't your thoughts" finally clicked for me and I realized I could separate myself. Just relax in silence and watch.
I know that you've probably got a lot of suggestions to wade through already, but I'm part way through this book and finding it extremely helpful.
It's a little bit woo...but I'm more taking the main tenets from it and trying to apply it to my life. Mainly not engaging with my thoughts and worries, but observing them instead. Acting and being aware that I'm the observer of my thoughts, but not the thoughts themselves. It's still work, and I'm not able to do it consistently, but it has helped me get through things that would have kept eating away at me in the past.
And when I downloaded it from Amazon it was free with my prime membership. Not sure if that is still the case, but you should be able to find a cheap used copy somewhere.
I identify very closely with what you've said here. I've done DBT, I've practiced all the self-soothing and self-care strategies you can reach for, but what I really wanted was to feel free from what was weighing me down. I like that I am sensitive and emotional -- I didn't want to stop feeling those things, but I wanted to be free from the suffering that tends to come with it. The depression, the self-doubt. This book has really changed how I feel deep down, and I can't recommend it highly enough (and not just to you, but to anyone, really.)
Michael Singer: The Untethered Soul
Hey there, I can't really answer your questions but I can recommend you a book which may help you answer this question. The book is called "The Untethered Soul" http://www.amazon.com/Untethered-Soul-Journey-Beyond-Yourself/dp/1572245379
Big ones for me...
The Upward Spiral
Loving What Is: Four Questions that Can Change Your Life
The Untethered Soul
The War of Art
My first ever book recommendation, because it's so important and relevant to this: "The Untethered Soul" by Michael A. Singer. If you check it out, I'd love to know what you think.
link:
By saying you want to be more simple minded, do you mean you want to slow down the rush of thoughts running through your head at any given time? If that's the case, I'd recommend reading The Untethered Soul. This doesn't exactly teach you how to be simple-minded per say but it will help you detach yourself from the flood of thoughts running through your mind leaving you with a much less hectic life despite still doing all the same things you are now.
There is not really such a thing as 'ego death', just the quieting of the egoic mind.
Most people have no conception of who they really are, so they assume that they are the egoic mind that just keeps chattering away at them like a neurotic roommate, essentially driving them crazy with all it's fears and worries and thoughts and desires.
When that mind is calmed down and quiet, for however long, then that egoic mind has been transcended until you return to the noisy world of thoughts and ideas.
The ego cannot 'die' because otherwise there would be no way for 'you' to interact with the everyday world anymore -- any time you have a sense of 'self' that relates to others or other things, you are referring to your ego.
It is the stresses of the egoic mind that hides your essential nature of bliss and love from yourself, the way the clouds hide the sun.
So when a person's level of perception rises above the egoic mind, then they can perceive their own essential inner 'sun' of peace and joy and love while still using their egoic mind as a vehicle to interact with the world.
However when you go beyond the egoic mind in meditation and are freed of all it's stresses and worries and thoughts and desires, it's quite a blissful place to be.
If you wish to learn more about the ego, the book The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael Singer is an excellent place to start.
Edit: Here is a video of Oprah interviewing Michael Singer about the ego.
Yes, classical yoga was designed to bring a person beyond the ego (so are basically all meditation systems and even religions for that matter!
So classical yoga has a great introduction in the book Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda.
It does not deal with the ego so much as it sets out the background of classical yoga. Paramahansa has lessons for the techniques to take one to soul consciousness beyond ego consciousness. The great thing about this path is that you can easily meet the monks and nuns who have used the techniques to go beyond ego consciousness, and so you can get in-person first-hand guidance from them.
Also, Michael Singer's book The Untethered Soul is an amazing book, and very clearly describes the process of going beyond the ego in daily life.
I would start with Michael Singer's book if you are more intellectually inclined, and the first one if you are more spiritually inclined.
In this context the soul is the "real you" as opposed to the ego or the acquired identity that masquerades as you and creates your problems and difficulties.
It's written by a layperson. He's trying his best to explain the concept, but you should read some books on the subject.
I recommend The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer.
The Untethered Soul
by Michael Singer
Keep reading the Bible, I don't want to bring you away from that reading at all. But, if you want to get a different approach, try reading The prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson. It is a very little book, very short but powerful for what it offers. If you get a chance, give it a shot, it is wonderful! It may just help you where you need it. Remember, God wants you to ASK for his blessings.
Here it is on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Prayer-Jabez-Bible-Study/dp/1576739791/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y
Also, the untethered soul is an amazing book that really opens the flood gates in your heart. Try them and you may be able to relate in your own way to them!
http://www.amazon.com/The-Untethered-Soul-Journey-Yourself/dp/1572245379
Thank you for listening. I'm only two chapters in but you might like this book.
I listened to this book on audio. I would highly recommend it to anyone wondering how to cope.
These have recently changed my life/perspective.
Maps of Meaning (This is the only philosophy that has deeply resonated with my own perception of reality/the world)
Untethered Soul (Mind bending, gives you perception tools to help increase your focus and will power)
Flowers For Algernon (Emotionally powerful, invoked a sense of gratitude and feeling less alone)
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up (A little more practical in nature but getting a handle of my "stuff" allowed me room and space to get a better handle of the rest of my life)
Oh wow. As to specific books. Hmm. That's sort of all over the place but each one had something to offer. The ones I remember are:
Books on my list to read:
I have also dabbled in the study of Zen and a few types of Buddhism, Tao, other Eastern Religions and philosophies as well as some Western religions, ho'oponopono, mindfulness and reiki.
Deepak Chopra and Eckhart Tolle have some good techniques for separating yourself from your ego.
Yes thats depression, not nihilism. It's good that you're seeing a therapist, continue doing that. Other treatments for depression are exercise, healthy diet and lots of sunlight - so make your mission in life right now to do all three of those things every day even if you don't feel like you want to.
This book helped me immensely in my fight with existential depression and anxiety. Not sure it will be right for you - everyones different - but its worth taking a look. Good luck!
$14 will do you good
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself https://www.amazon.com/dp/1572245379/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_3y8HDbCBJTP9A
If you're feeling some reading, I absolutely adore this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Untethered-Soul-Harbinger-co-published-Institute/dp/1572245379
Kind of a mixture of a buddhist mentality with some western ideas. All about the importance of letting go of stressors in your life, and pulling above them.
If you're feeling a good read (I personally didn't like the first few chapters, and most of the people I've recommended it to didn't either, so stick it out till about 1/3-1/2 through and it starts getting much better), check it out.
I’m not the person you replied to, but I strongly recommend The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer.
I personally find the book to be a little more spiritual than I prefer, but if you feel the same, I urge you to try to stick with it anyway. I think about the lessons from the book almost daily. He really guides you through practical steps you can take to observe your own emotions and common scenarios that cause people to get overwhelmed (and then how to help resolve them).
Meditation practice is also a great way to practice mindfulness. If you’re interested in guided sessions that teach how to meditate in a mindful, observant way, I recommend trying the Insight Timer app. There are lots of free classes and guided lessons that can teach you how to be still and observe your surroundings, your body, your emotional state and mind.
I am currently listening (taking) this class. It is by the gentlemen who wrote "Untethered Soul". It explains all the subconscious pieces and SO much more. I highly recommend the book and the class. It explains exactly why things like "I don't deserve to be happy" are there and how to release them.
I would highly recommend the book "The Untethered Soul" by Michael Singer. Talks about almost the exact same concepts in the video and goes into a lot more depth. Really mind-blowing read
This one is simple and easy to read
This one is a bit deeper.
Cool then I think you'll get these! If you don't know them already.
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle is the most famous one. I read it over and over. He also has tons of videos on YouTube.
The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer is the same principles but in much plainer English.
The Work by Byron Katie is an actual exercise you can do to challenge your thoughts. You ask four questions, and it helps deconstruct your thoughts and show you how untrue they are. And once you know they're not true, they lose their power. She also has lots of videos on YouTube.
Check out the reviews or vids and see if any speak to you. Books saved my life, it's amazing how something that costs $2 (I get them used) can change so much.
I don't have time to answer all your questions in detail but in general you need to watch out for your tendency to over analyze and become neurotic. It is healthy to worry about everything to a degree but you are only doing disservice to yourself by trying to control what can't be controlled.
First make a list of everything that concerns you and divide them into two categories - controllable and uncontrollable. Looking for a job is something you can control. You can't control the outcome. So is your performance in class etc. Do what you can but also BE ok with not getting everything the way you plan.
It would be most unfortunate for you to fail on things you have control because you are so worried and paralyzed about uncontrollable things.
Take things one day at a time and be ok with stumbling. No one is keeping score but you. Everyone's just as nervous confronting so many people, including yourself.
Finally, I recommend this book - I'm not affiliated with the author in anyway. It helped me sort out my internal dialogue and put things in better, more manageable perspective.
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself