If you have had enough of the endless parade of life coaches, gurus, books and websites that promise the Earth but never quite deliver, then perhaps this is the book for you. With irreverent humour, Pete Hughes takes a wry look at the latest wave of so-called 'secret' knowledge which, when distilled down to its essence, is just good old common sense, the kind your grandmother would have told you many times, dressed up to sound like something profound or spiritual in nature.
If you have had enough of belief systems, then Pete's humour is the antidote that will allow you to emerge from the endless cycle of striving and seeking into the wonder of thought-free self-acceptance and allowing.
If you search around hard enough you will also find some moving profundity and mind-shaking thought challenges.
Each chapter was written originally as a stand-alone article on the Happy Cow website, and so the book can be dipped into anywhere at any time for a bit of inspiration, jollity or thought-dancing. We sincerely hope that there will be something for everyone, and that once you have had a taste, you will keep coming back for more.
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Part 1: Fictional Thought
Chapter 1: The Law of Attraction in 3 Words
Chapter 2: The Power of Now in 2 Words
Chapter 3: The Meaning of Life
Chapter 4: What Do You Think?
Chapter 5: Coloured Spectacles
Chapter 6: The Golden Rule
Chapter 7: Good, Bad, Hatstand
Chapter 8: Ecstasy
Chapter 9: Hating Hatred
Chapter 10: Bee Fives
Chapter 11: Joy Tomorrow
Chapter 12: Satisfaction
Chapter 13: Spilt Milk
Chapter 14: Never Had It So Good
Chapter 15: Nuts
Chapter 16: A Bit of Pain
Chapter 17: Be Magnificent
Chapter 18: Christmas Dinner
Chapter 19: Get Busy Living
Chapter 20: Zero Tolerance
Chapter 21: Effortless Creation
Chapter 22: Hearing Voices
Chapter 23: Love
Chapter 24: Most Unique?
Chapter 25: Quincy
Chapter 26: Reasons to Be Cheerful
Chapter 27: Turn the Dark Off
Chapter 28: Igloo
Chapter 29: Warm or Cold
Chapter 30: Say the Magic Words
Chapter 31: Tennis Balls
Chapter 32: Let It Grow
Chapter 33: Love Peepl
Chapter 34: Natural Presence
Chapter 35: Tables Turned
Chapter 36: Reasons to Be Cheerful
Chapter 37: Colouring In
Chapter 38: Hangman
Chapter 39: Love Hurts?
Chapter 40: No Smoking
Chapter 41: The Pursuit of Happiness
Chapter 42: Rent-A-German
Chapter 43: Sinister
Chapter 44: The Think About Elephants Diet
Chapter 45: Two Sides to Every Argument
Chapter 46: Unsatisfied
Chapter 47: Ups and Downs
Chapter 48: Will Power
Chapter 49: Will to Live
Chapter 50: You Don't Even Know Me
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Part 2: Thoughtful Fiction
Chapter 51: Obstacles
Chapter 52: Bubbles
Chapter 53: The Pleasure Market
Chapter 54: The Pleasure Market
Chapter 55: Happy Cow Leaves the Farm
Chapter 56: Good Witch, Bad Witch
Chapter 57: Pools
Chapter 58: Fools' Gold
Chapter 59: The Dew Drop
Chapter 60: The Globe
Chapter 61: Direction
Chapter 62: Flow
Part 3: Rhyme Without Reason
Chapter 63: Adultish
Chapter 64: The Bottomless Well
Chapter 65: Death Came Here
Chapter 66: How Come You Did Not Know?
Chapter 67: Imagine
Chapter 68: The Lord's Snare
Chapter 69: Love Poem
Chapter 70: The Mountain Top
Chapter 71: One Simple Step
Chapter 72: Rhyme and Reasons
Chapter 73: Teacher Thief
Chapter 74: Touching the Void
Chapter 75: Thoughtless
Chapter 76: Xenos
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