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A Bostonite sees an ad in the paper saying "Love has found you. Tell no one, just come." So starts the journey of Jess, as he is introduced to subtle world by the Last Wise Woman and the Daughters of Joy. In the process, he learns lessons about owning his own emotions, staying present, and recognizing his own negative energies. He becomes a representative of Love and helps other break through their own barriers. He learns to see other people's energies, and how to help them untangle them and achieve re-connection with the infinite source of love inside themselves.
This is a combination of a group of beliefs, mainly concerning how to connect with the infinite love inside oneself and thus become connected with everyone else, and a tale that illustrates the path one man takes to achieve this connection. The main focus is the idea that people's problems in life are caused by stored-up negative energy that block one's ability to connect with an infinite, non-judgmental source of love that resides inside oneself. The main technique is staying completely present (concentrating entirely on the moment, not thinking about the past or future, as also described in The Power of Now by Tolle) and watching for negative thoughts or feeling. These are then used as guideposts to find stored negative energy, which can then be targeted and cleared, allowing one to follow and achieve one's true desires. Although I haven't really been thinking in terms of energy, this particular technique is one I've already been using for about a year and has worked well for me. The biggest trick is learning to stay present, the rest follows easily.
Although I like the idea of using a parable to illustrate these kind of techniques (it's probably how I'll pass on my own wisdom to others) I'm not sure the story and the question-and-answer-style technique list in the epilogue are really that tightly connected. I found the slightly more straight-forward approach used by Tolle to be more useful and direct, but others who like getting wisdom in parable form may find this book enjoyable as well as useful.
This is a combination of a group of beliefs, mainly concerning how to connect with the infinite love inside oneself and thus become connected with everyone else, and a tale that illustrates the path one man takes to achieve this connection. The main focus is the idea that people's problems in life are caused by stored-up negative energy that block one's ability to connect with an infinite, non-judgmental source of love that resides inside oneself. The main technique is staying completely present (concentrating entirely on the moment, not thinking about the past or future, as also described in The Power of Now by Tolle) and watching for negative thoughts or feeling. These are then used as guideposts to find stored negative energy, which can then be targeted and cleared, allowing one to follow and achieve one's true desires. Although I haven't really been thinking in terms of energy, this particular technique is one I've already been using for about a year and has worked well for me. The biggest trick is learning to stay present, the rest follows easily.
Although I like the idea of using a parable to illustrate these kind of techniques (it's probably how I'll pass on my own wisdom to others) I'm not sure the story and the question-and-answer-style technique list in the epilogue are really that tightly connected. I found the slightly more straight-forward approach used by Tolle to be more useful and direct, but others who like getting wisdom in parable form may find this book enjoyable as well as useful.
