How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

I HAVE READ BOOKS BY MANY WHO WRITE ON THIS SUBJECT. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME SINCE I READ ANYTHING WHERE I CONTINUALLY GAINED NEW INSIGHTS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS SUBJECT MATTER YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS BOOK. FAR MORE USEFUL THAN MOST OF THE BOOKS OUT THERE.

I went through a very difficult time a couple of years ago and stumbled across this book. It was nothing short of life changing for me. It taught me to really listen to myself, to better trust my intuition, to accept what *IS* and shed so many of the "how life *should* be" attitudes. For example: "Gee, I'm a horrible parent because I want to work outside the home." Well, no, I'm not a horrible parent because I want to work outside the home. I'm simply a parent who wants to work outside the home. Some people in society have labeled it "horrible", but do *I* deem it "horrible"? No, I don't. So I don't let it bother me any more. Use your own standards to judge yourself, not "society's", because different societies have different standards. The Zen approach in the book is interesting, but fundamentally for me, the book is about how to love and accept yourself as you are and to stop putting societial labels on every thing you do.

I have spent the last 6 months reading books about Zen, Insight Meditation, Loving Kindness and other Buddhist concepts. I found the ideas to be powerful, but difficult to integrate into my life. Cheri Huber does not expect you to give up your life and enter a monastery. She does not tell you about Insight meditation or Buddhism, then warn you about the possible traps along the way to enlightenment.Cheri gives you ideas and tools to improve your life now, while still opening you up to the power of Insight meditation and helping you to step outside of your conditioning.I have recommended this book to many of my friends, and have found it to be one of the most life changing/enhancing ones I have read.

I participated in one of the online courses on which Cheri drew for this book, and it was a wonderful learning experience. This book distills the essence of the course. So many of us spend time going around in circles trying to solve problems that, in fact, do not exist - except in our conditioned views of life! Cheri skilfully directs us to probe these conditioned beliefs carefully. If you are willing to apply this information to your own life using specific examples from your experience, you can only walk away from the experience stronger, wiser, and more in touch with yourself.