a new beginning with Ian Cooper

2022.10.2: news.psy/schiz/
a new beginning with Ian Cooper 2021:

. this is my summary of a book by Ian Cooper,

One and All: A Spiritual Perspective on Getting Along 

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. this book caught my eye because the intro claimed

"We are not who we think we are"

which reminded me of being born-again aware of a god.

"Who we are is entirely at the mercy of what is." [p5]

. there is only one of us: the god within us all. [p6]

. we're all just the god playing with the god.[p10]

. Buddhism's "no-self" (anatman) is a synonym for "God".[p12]

https://www.learnreligions.com/anatman-anatta-449669

. the author, who has used psychedelics,

"had a new beginning" 

--cured of addiction and depression (soul pain)--

after reading Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: 

A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment;

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and Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth:  Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. 

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. he was also "profoundly influenced by":

Ram Dass, Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita;

and, Ram Dass, Be Love Now: The Path of the Heart.

. for an intro to the important practice of meditation

read Guo Gu, you are already enlightened.

https://tallahasseechan.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Guo-Gu_Buddhadharmamagazine-winter2012.pdf

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