Barry Long – författare

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This posthumous autobiography tells the story of Barry Long's life from his early years in Australia to a career as a successful newspaper editor and then how successive spiritual crises and realisations made him into a spiritual master who changed the lives of thousands of people around the world. It is a candid and sometimes searingly honest account of transformation by love and the transcendental. "Liberation or spiritual freedom is not gained by trying to be like everyone else. Liberation is to have the will, the power, the simplicity to be what you are from moment to moment, without pretence and without considering what you or others think you should be or should not be. Naked of being anything you must stand, and stand alone."

Observations about life, truth, love and death made while the author was undergoing an intense process of spiritual self-realisation. These fresh, clear, challenging insights are a map for us to follow on our own spiritual journey into self-knowledge. Towards the end we're shown an almost unknowable realm of transcendence over the human condition.Classic statement of spiritual self- discovery.The basis of this modern master's philosophy.Concise challenging style appeals to the spiritual seeker.Is read over and over - and recommended to others. The central idea of this book is very simple. The whole process of knowing yourself is the discovery of what is false. When we discover the false, the intelligent thing to do is discard it.Self-discovery is the great adventure of consciousness on earth, and your guide, Barry Long, is a sure-footed master of the way.The book is essentially a collection of statements made by Barry Long during the critical phases of his self-realisation. It has the immediacy and power of 'the moment of truth', which utterly changed his life. The same power may change yours!Does your life seem mechanical somehow? Do you look for something greater, in spite of yourself? Is what you've accepted as true, really the truth?This book is like a window. First you catch sight of yourself in the false reflection of the glass. Then you look squarely at it. Finally you see through to the immaculate reality beyond.As you read you ask: Is it true? In confirming or rejecting each proposition you step further into your own self-discovery. Reading the book is knowing yourself!Each of the thirty chapters sketches an aspect of the human psyche, challenging us to find what lies behind the appearance of things. One layer of self delusion after another is stripped away until at the end there is nothing but pure perception and the being of God.

With such a powerful sexual attraction between us, how is it that we make each other unhappy? Barry Long explains why sex corrupts love and how we cripple loving relationships. What's the solution? In characteristically forthright manner, the author proposes a new way of romantic love and shows how it can be brought into our lives and partnerships with honesty and courage.·Why do relationships so often go wrong?·Is it really possible to be honest with your partner?·What ever happened to romance? ·How is sex transformed into love?·What's the connection between sex and spirituality?The love between man and woman is at the heart of Barry Long's teachings. He is well known for his influential bestseller 'Making Love; Sexual Love the Divine Way'. This new book is the sequel.

This book contains the heart of Barry Long's spiritual teaching and offers practical ways to be free of the 'unhappy body', or painful self, which lives inside all of us.  It describes the causes and effects of unhappiness in us and the world at large, the meaning of karma and what happens if we take our unhappiness with us when we die. The spiritual process is like 'dying for life'. Barry Long shows us how to face all our difficulties and how to live joyously, according to the law of life.  Many readers have compared this book to Eckhart Tolle's bestseller The Power of Now. How to be free of unhappiness in an unhappy world. It can be done!The earth awaits a revolution in consciousness as day by day discontent grows around the world. But unhappiness, accepted as normal, is not a natural part of life. Those willing to rid themselves of unhappiness may go through hell on earth to be free. But in them a new consciousness is born.It dawns with the discovery that only fear dies.This book contains a profound spiritual teaching which it is not at all abstract or remote but directly useful to anyone trying to look for truth in this world. Barry Long redirects our attention back to the source of all problems - ourselves. He challenges us: Why do we insist on having the right to be unhappy?First we are shown how to deal moment-to-moment with what makes us discontented so that we can practice staying free of it. Then Barry Long examines the roots of unhappiness and how it attaches itself to us from an early age. He describes how this preoccupation with discontent is played out in the world at large, in politics and the media. There is a prophetic section on the unholy alliance of the media and the politicians - written nearly 20 years ago, but the implications of what is said here become more obvious every day. The later essays are about where responsibility lies, and why we must become more responsible for ourselves. There is a chapter about living under the Law of Life, or Karma. And the final essay in the book describes the drama of life from conception to death and beyond, and how we enter the mysteries of living and dying. This knowledge holds the secret of final liberation from the ills of the human condition.

Stillness is the way to self-knowledge, to the secret of life and real love. Very hard to find in this world. We need help. It has to be shown and proved to us in our own experience. That's the work of the real teacher, guru or guide. This book is the nearest thing to having the teacher by your side.Follows on from bestselling'Meditation A Foundation Course'.Detailed guidance in advanced spiritual practice.Participate as you read.Unique insight into the teacher at work.Enter your own inner world. Open the door to reality.'It is thrilling to discover a reliable guide upon this path of meditation . . . Barry Long, a remarkable teacher whose words have the certainty of a deeply realised being.' - Meditation Magazine (USA)Most books about meditative practice are surveys of techniques handed down from various religious traditions and explained by authors who've studied them. This is not one of those books. Here we watch a modern master at work over a period of three days with seven people, whom readers can identify with. It's a vivid account of what happens as the truth of a teaching is revealed.More like a documentary than a treatise, the book follows every step of the way, detailing each exercise, and shows how the students face their difficulties and have their questions answered. Each of them is helped to overcome their own 'guardian of the threshold' ­ the restlessness, self-doubt or confusion that arises to test all who draw near the still centre of their being.Towards the end essential themes are drawn together and the student or reader moves on, beyond the techniques of formal meditation. The door is opened to a new way of being, where truth, love and grace are no longer abstractions but a living reality; where unhappiness may be dissolved and we are free to live our lives at ease, unselfishly, for the greater good.

This book takes us through the labyrinth of spiritual paths to the one way that leads ever in towards the centre of ourselves. In typically inspiring and provocative style Barry Long gives us various ways to the Way - the ways of truth love stillness and prayer - and then charts the blind alleys and false trails of the spiritual path. Readers will learn to recognise which are the reliable signposts as Barry Long guides us finally to The Way Out where the ultimate or higher truth is found. In 99 essays or 'plain statements' readers are invited to look for the truth in their own direct experience of life. There is a great deal of advice in how to meditate how to pray what to look for in life and how to discriminate between true and false teachings. There is instructive comment on other spiritual traditions psychic practices and the 'New Age'. Towards the end of the book Barry Long focuses on the goal of all spiritual self-discovery - freedom from suffering and conscious participation in the purpose of life on earth.

Spiritual teacher Barry Long's guidance for parents:·Speak to your children intelligently from the earliest age.·Don't ask them to do what you won't do yourself.·Show them your love by always being open and honest.In other words, demonstrate love, justice and truth in action, on a daily basis, where it counts most - in everyday family life. This book contains over 150 conversations with parents and children about all kinds of family problems. The advice in each situation is specific, practical and always informed by deep spiritual knowledge. Including:·How to deal with excitable and demanding behaviour.·How to address issues of bullying and violence.·How to deal with Christmas.·How to handle divorce or separation.·How to help children cope with fear, conflict and death.·How to ease the problems of adolescence.·How the child's personality develops, why all children get unhappy and where we have all been going wrong.Reviews for the previous edition:"Parents looking for a 'spiritual' guide to raising their children need look no further than Barry Long's extraordinary book." - Natural Parent UK"A new vision of family life." - Caduceus, UK

Barry Long's RIGHT MEDITATION is a five-step guide to the art of spiritual life. It's the product of the author's vast knowledge and his own practice during more than forty years as a spiritual teacher. In his plain-spoken, accessible way, he takes us through the five essential steps that lead away from emotional pain into the sensation of the body, towards fulfilment and freedom and finally to a reality beyond life and death.  These teachings are about no longer being a slave to your emotional self. They are about your reality as an individual, being alive with sensation and accelerating your intelligence, until finally you overcome your attachment to existence and the fear of death.RIGHT MEDITATION was written just before he died in 2003 and concluded his life's work. "This whole meditation is about you, your deeper reality."

This is a straightforward practical course of instruction which is clear and easy to follow.The approach is relevant and contemporary; there is no traditional religious or eastern content. The exercises in each lesson provide a sound basis for regular practice and bring about a greater sense of purpose, wellbeing and freedom from anxiety.Clear instructions and step-by-step tuition.Practical exercises to do in daily life.Barry Long's no-nonsense approach appeals to wide readership.Successful sales history year after year.How to stop being busy. Step by step you learn how to still the busy mind and deal with worry.This is a course of concise lessons with exercises to use at home and at work. It takes you in easy stages from the basics to the point where you'll be able to practise on your own, knowing exactly what you are doing and why.The Mind, Body and Spirit become attuned in a state of stillness - freedom from disturbance. This book puts you on the way to a stiller, more fulfilling life.Learning to meditate is often recognised as a turning point, when life takes on new meaning and purpose. The simplicity and clarity of this book has opened the way for many thousands of people worldwide.

The sexual revolution of the late 20th century did not produce more love. Barry Long explains why and shows us how to restore the missing link - the quality of love that all women long for and most men ignore. He overturns the idol of sex and introduces a way of lovemaking that allows the finer energies of passion to arise. He explains where men go wrong and why sexual problems occur. He identifies the errors women sometimes make and encourages both partners to rediscover the lost romance of love.Barry Long is not concerned with sexual techniques or controlling the orgasm - in contrast to other contemporary tantric teachings. His purpose is to awaken a profound awareness of the mystery of love and produce a genuinely divine union. This is not done with quick-fix tips or sexual gymnastics. For the man and woman to be truly united a couple must bringing honesty and truth into their whole life and partnership.The appetite for sex is too strong. Somewhere in the sex the love gets lost. Everything is done to cover up the loss and provide substitutes for the love. But Barry Long's teaching is changing all that in the lives of significant numbers of people. They are turning back time to rediscover the secret of making love as if there's no tomorrow and no yesterday. And when the woman knows she is truly loved by the man they are both fulfilled.For many thousands of people the Making Love tapes and the book of the same name have been life-changing. They have rescued relationships, and broken them. They have caused both outrage and uncontained enthusiasm. They have drawn people across continents and oceans to hear Barry Long speak at seminars. As a consequence, he is better known for this aspect of his work than any other. But this is not surprising. The yearning to love and be loved is so often frustrated and so much unhappiness flows from sexual hurts and disappointments. What Barry Long has done is contribute to the rescue of love from the greed and selfishness that has buried it.