The Modern Enlightened mind

SHUT UP MIND! How often have you shouted inwardly at your mind? What we all long for is the mind to just ‘shut up’ for a while, so we can get ourselves together and think clearly. We are bombarded with a plethora of information. Even if we give social media a break, thoughts continue to tumble through our minds reminding us we are not coping, we are just ‘not good enough.’ We lack something. So we continue to perform hoping to find relief, acceptance, love and value, yet anxiety and fear haunt our lives. The sense of shame locks us into a pattern of thinking about ourselves that robs us from the peace and happiness we seek. Distraction is the only re-course. The entertainment industry thrives on this inevitable choice.

Our default human condition is engaged in ordering the events outside of ourselves, to make us feel better about ourselves. We know that never works. Even the happiness we may experience in obtaining an object, substance, or relationship, it is temporary and fragile. However, our essential self is continually in a place of absolute peace, rest and quiet joy, just below the surface. This book briefly explores how you can access the ground of your being, discovering this place of peace and rest, and learning to live out from this space. It is found in the gap between your thoughts.

‘I thoroughly enjoyed reading such a considered guide for people who are suffering psychologically - which is almost all of us. This book deftly combines age old wisdom with cutting edge scientific research which makes it a very rare and useful resource. Peter makes the compelling case for our flawed human condition, while providing the reader with exciting and practical steps to finding true inner happiness.’

Simon Mundie. Host of 'A New Way of Being.’ Bloomsbury Author, Public Speaker, BBC broadcaster. Patron of the ADHD Foundation