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Erich Schiffmann, yoga master, author of end your story. Begin your life... is an inspiring, life-transforming guide to the depth of inner freedom also known as awakening, enlightenment, or self-realization. Through his words and his presence on every page, Jim Dreaver teaches the revolutionary three-step practice that helps you awaken to the peace, love, and creative joy within you: Step 1: Be Present With Your Experience In time, as you become freer, you will inevitably inquire into this “me,” this “I” that you take yourself to be. This is the fourth step needed to fully awaken. When you see that it is just a story too, the story-teller, your emotional energy harmonizes and living becomes rich in meaning, love, and purpose. Then the stories in your life become a whole lot more fun, and you use the power of them, and of your goals and dreams, to create what you are passionate about.
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“To us Jim's teaching is most similar to Eckhart Tolle, but unlike Tolle, who had an unexpected spontaneous awakening, Jim’s awakening came after years of spiritual seeking. His book, End Your Story, Begin Your Life, makes his teaching easy to relate to and his guidance down-to-earth and helpful.”
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Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness
Normally we deny, resist, or try to push away unwanted experiences, but if you are in conflict, upset, or suffering, you must learn to be present with it, to feel it out, even welcome it. After all, it is showing you where you are not yet free. Ask yourself: “What am I experiencing right now?”
Step 2: Notice The Story
Be aware of the reactive emotion, whether it is stress, self-doubt, guilt, anger, jealousy, loneliness, anxiety, depression, or fear, and then notice the story, belief, or thought behind it. There always is one. The mind generates your emotions. It may be a story from the past triggering the reaction, or a fear of something in the future.
Step 3: See The Truth
Now take a deep, slow breath, and relax. Continue to be with the feeling, but don’t create a new story around it. Notice how the story or thought is always changing. It comes and it goes, but “you,” as an aware being, are ever-present.
About The Author
Jim Dreaver, a native of New Zealand, was on a spiritual quest for twenty years before finally awakening to the inner freedom that is his true nature. His main teacher was Jean Klein, a European Advaita master, whom he met in 1984. Advaita is known as the direct path to awakening. Jim'sgift is being able to deeply connect with people and transmit, through the power of his presence, the authentic taste of freedom. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and travels widely to share his message, including teaching at Esalen Institute. You are invited to visit his personal web site at www.jimdreaver.com
He is also the author of The Way of Harmony (Avon, 1999), The Ultimate Cure (Lewellyn, 1995), both of which are available used from www.amazon.com, and Somatic Technique, an illustrated manual for chiropractors, massage therapists, and body workers, written while Jim was still a chiropractor. It can be previewed and purchased for $24.95 at www.somatictechnique.com.
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