How does one get from compulsive doing to healthy being?
First of all it isn’t something that you “get” to. Being is a quality which is already inside all of us right this moment. We are born with it. The real task, the journey that my book talks about, is getting beneath the layers of compulsivity and denial of self which we build around us. When we do, our power of being naturally emerges. Many self-help books are out there encouraging you to add something more to yourself My idea is that what you really need to be at peace with this life is inside you all the time. It’s a question of discovery and uncovery so to speak. Now there are some specific areas we can address and techniques which we can use to find our way back to our power of being. In the book I talk about a number of them, including such things as: using fear as a compass, centering, silent days, wandering, activity zones, relaxation boundaries, pacing, surrender, doing nothing, less as more, feelings, disinhibition, and of course, shoulds. So far I have come up with about 70 d
