HOW TO BE HAPPY IN SPITE OF IT ALL!

In this complex modern world of ours, most people spend our lives getting more money, getting a nicer car, getting a fancy home, getting a mate, even getting health and happiness. We've been programmed to believe this is how to be happy: getting, getting, getting. Thus many of us are addicted to alcohol, drugs, food, sex, or gambling. Even if were not addicted to these things, nearly all of us are addicted to our money, our homes, our cars, our televisions, or our social circles.

THE JOY BEYOND CRAVING shows how to find peace of mind outside all this striving. Based on the Four Noble Truths laid down 2500 years ago by Gautama the Buddha, it explains how true happiness is found, not in getting as much as we can for ourselves, but in letting go of the self-centered cravings that drive us to struggle in this way.

In Part 2 THE JOY BEYOND CRAVING revises the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous based on these principles to make them non-sectarian, non-sexist, and guilt-free. Thus the Four Noble Truths and the Twelve Steps are applied jointly to help people of all faiths let go of our false images of ourselves that fuel our addictive behavior patterns. In this way we can become happy beyond our expectations and fulfill our true potential .

A freelance writer since 1985, JON KESKULLA MOUNTAIN has been a student of Buddhism for over ten years, as well as an active participant in Twelve-Step recovery programs since 1995. An experienced counselor, teacher, and public speaker, Rev. Mountain holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Divinity degree from the Starr King School for the Ministry of the Graduate Theological Union.




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