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June 3, 2015
Don't Miss this Giveaway - Ends 30th June 2015
Because of the delay in publishing my new book, I've decided to offer one more person a chance to win a copy of 'On The Other Hand: The Little Anthology of Big Questions' AND one of ‘Just Around The Bend: Más o Menos. Enter the giveaway here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh... If you've read my books and like them then please recommend this post to your friends.
The human experience is different for each of us and although there’s a commonality to this existence the way we approach it can make it a pleasure or a pain. The whys and wherefores that we all ask in the wee hours when we can’t sleep or during and in the aftermath of some personal crisis can leave us tormented. Those times when we stand thinking the whole world is mad; when what is so simple is so complicated; when every step we take seems to be like walking through treacle and we want to scream STOP! There must be a better way.
If you’ve reached this place in your life then I invite you to read my books (self-help, philosophy, psychology, metaphysical and many other genres). Books that deeply examine the society we created and the idiosyncrasies of our minds. We can be in control of our own lives; first individually and then globally; it begins within. In my books I’ve explored 'my' mind and it follows that as I’m no-one extraordinary, then my experiences aren’t very different from yours. Don’t we ultimately all want the same thing?
I don’t say ‘there, there’ or give pats on the back; these don’t help anyone. What I do is ask questions; particularly in On The Other Hand. Questions we tend to gloss over, roll our eyes away from, forget, ignore or stonily stare the questioner into silence. My books are full of the questions Humanity has buried beneath its pains and sorrows. I can’t supply answers – but I can show you how the questions are far more important.
The human experience is different for each of us and although there’s a commonality to this existence the way we approach it can make it a pleasure or a pain. The whys and wherefores that we all ask in the wee hours when we can’t sleep or during and in the aftermath of some personal crisis can leave us tormented. Those times when we stand thinking the whole world is mad; when what is so simple is so complicated; when every step we take seems to be like walking through treacle and we want to scream STOP! There must be a better way.
If you’ve reached this place in your life then I invite you to read my books (self-help, philosophy, psychology, metaphysical and many other genres). Books that deeply examine the society we created and the idiosyncrasies of our minds. We can be in control of our own lives; first individually and then globally; it begins within. In my books I’ve explored 'my' mind and it follows that as I’m no-one extraordinary, then my experiences aren’t very different from yours. Don’t we ultimately all want the same thing?
I don’t say ‘there, there’ or give pats on the back; these don’t help anyone. What I do is ask questions; particularly in On The Other Hand. Questions we tend to gloss over, roll our eyes away from, forget, ignore or stonily stare the questioner into silence. My books are full of the questions Humanity has buried beneath its pains and sorrows. I can’t supply answers – but I can show you how the questions are far more important.
April 25, 2015
Update on My Writing Progress
This is an update to my previous blog post on the 14th March.
Chapters written so far are;
Much love as always
Renée
Chapters written so far are;
IntroductionI've already agreed to some of you being beta readers for this book, but to those of you who aren't on my list who are willing to write an 'early' review, even a short one, please get in touch with me.
Sensation, Desire and Relevant Reflections
Am I Good Enough?
Responsibility
Consolidation
This chapter title is secret because it's my book title too :)
Betrayal
The Abyss of Loneliness
Personality, Pride & Other Tough Stuff
Surrender (almost complete)
Much love as always
Renée
March 27, 2015
Secret Title … but here’s a snippet of 'Sensation, Desire and Relevant Reflections'
I hope to publish this book before the end of the summer 2015 …
Here’s a ‘snippet’ from my chapter called:
Sensation, Desire and Relevant Reflections
We need so little but, desire so much
Whilst walking past my local bakery I was stopped in my tracks by a tantalising smell. I was unable to make out if it was sweet or savoury but felt odd sensations that resembled ‘cravings’. Regardless, the event was full of flavours, urges, feelings of pleasure and the irresistible ‘come and get me’ invitation that at one time would’ve had me walking through the door in an instant carrying out further ‘investigation’. It was while I was lost in these pleasant evocations that it occurred to me what a wonderful and interesting thing had happened; it was all from sensual memory. How is it, I wondered, that I’ve vastly different aromatic experiences when passing a fishmonger’s shop; evoking less appealing memories? It was at that moment I decided to write about the abstract human trait that we call, desire.
Desire is a ‘loaded’ word generally associated with having sexual, gastronomical, financial or religious overtones:
* Sexual – to be desirable to or by another.
* Gastronomical – to desire food; for pleasure (excess?). Desire is not a word we use to describe the needs of people who are starving; food is essential.
* Financial – to bring us security; to eliminate personal lack of anything we want in this world for the duration of our lifetimes – but not beyond. Need is an entirely different thing; clothing, food and shelter.
* Religious – to bring us the greatest and most elusive prize of all; Heaven – if we manage to conquer our desires for anything other than God – but not until we die.
Little wonder our focus is on the first three of these; they’re attainable within our lifetime. We’ve heard the word ‘desire’ or seen images being used in the above contexts more than any other – through subliminal messages and a great deal of early (often religious) conditioning. I told a few friends that I’m writing a chapter called ‘Desire’ (original chapter title) and asked what their initial reaction was to that word. To one it meant an expensive new car and to others it was an exciting new partner, improved personal appearance, happiness or an increase in wealth; things we’re conditioned to set our sights on. Interestingly, the desire for answers to fundamental questions about the ‘meaning of life’ were not mentioned. Are we so lost in ourselves that these questions have become undesirable? One person did say they desire ‘world peace’ but hadn’t thought about how it might be attained; ‘world peace’ has no more meaning to most people than any other throwaway cliché. In order to understand what desire is we first need to erase our conditioning through a process of enquiry – then look at it afresh. Without questioning the disorder in the world, we can’t expect to create order.
~~~
Uh uh … that’s it for now :) However, I will be announcing this book shortly and plan on putting it up for a pre-publication giveaway on Goodreads. First, I must write the blurb; everything else is already prepared including a gorgeous book cover.
Much love,
Renée Paule
Here’s a ‘snippet’ from my chapter called:
Sensation, Desire and Relevant Reflections
We need so little but, desire so much
Whilst walking past my local bakery I was stopped in my tracks by a tantalising smell. I was unable to make out if it was sweet or savoury but felt odd sensations that resembled ‘cravings’. Regardless, the event was full of flavours, urges, feelings of pleasure and the irresistible ‘come and get me’ invitation that at one time would’ve had me walking through the door in an instant carrying out further ‘investigation’. It was while I was lost in these pleasant evocations that it occurred to me what a wonderful and interesting thing had happened; it was all from sensual memory. How is it, I wondered, that I’ve vastly different aromatic experiences when passing a fishmonger’s shop; evoking less appealing memories? It was at that moment I decided to write about the abstract human trait that we call, desire.
Desire is a ‘loaded’ word generally associated with having sexual, gastronomical, financial or religious overtones:
* Sexual – to be desirable to or by another.
* Gastronomical – to desire food; for pleasure (excess?). Desire is not a word we use to describe the needs of people who are starving; food is essential.
* Financial – to bring us security; to eliminate personal lack of anything we want in this world for the duration of our lifetimes – but not beyond. Need is an entirely different thing; clothing, food and shelter.
* Religious – to bring us the greatest and most elusive prize of all; Heaven – if we manage to conquer our desires for anything other than God – but not until we die.
Little wonder our focus is on the first three of these; they’re attainable within our lifetime. We’ve heard the word ‘desire’ or seen images being used in the above contexts more than any other – through subliminal messages and a great deal of early (often religious) conditioning. I told a few friends that I’m writing a chapter called ‘Desire’ (original chapter title) and asked what their initial reaction was to that word. To one it meant an expensive new car and to others it was an exciting new partner, improved personal appearance, happiness or an increase in wealth; things we’re conditioned to set our sights on. Interestingly, the desire for answers to fundamental questions about the ‘meaning of life’ were not mentioned. Are we so lost in ourselves that these questions have become undesirable? One person did say they desire ‘world peace’ but hadn’t thought about how it might be attained; ‘world peace’ has no more meaning to most people than any other throwaway cliché. In order to understand what desire is we first need to erase our conditioning through a process of enquiry – then look at it afresh. Without questioning the disorder in the world, we can’t expect to create order.
~~~
Uh uh … that’s it for now :) However, I will be announcing this book shortly and plan on putting it up for a pre-publication giveaway on Goodreads. First, I must write the blurb; everything else is already prepared including a gorgeous book cover.
Much love,
Renée Paule
March 25, 2015
New Website / Consolidation
As part of a process of 'consolidation' I've created a brand new website which has got rid of a lot of unnecessary buttons and repeating links. Tougher still was to further consolidate everything for a mobile friendly version of it. This was a tough exercise and I'm really happy with the results.
My new website
'Consolidation' is one of the chapters in my new book and it's a good exercise to help find 'peace of mind'.
Much love as always <3
My new website
'Consolidation' is one of the chapters in my new book and it's a good exercise to help find 'peace of mind'.
Much love as always <3
March 24, 2015
The Anomaly
One little rape seed in our local field is doing its own thing. It's not waiting for the rest of the crop. We took a photograph and, as with my books, I wanted to share this experience with you all. Please like and share it.
Much love as always <3
https://www.facebook.com/731357460223...
Much love as always <3
https://www.facebook.com/731357460223...
March 14, 2015
Change is good ... it's movement and therefore, alive.
This is an update to my previous blog post.
Chapters written so far are;
I shall, in the not too distant future, be putting up a giveaway on Goodreads and a blog invitation to beta read and review this book.
Watch this space.
Much love
RP
Chapters written so far are;
IntroductionMy heart has gone into these so I know you're going to enjoy them.
Sensation, Desire and Relevant Reflections
Am I Good Enough?
Responsibility
Consolidation
This chapter title is secret because it's my book title too :)
Betrayal
Surrender (almost complete)
I shall, in the not too distant future, be putting up a giveaway on Goodreads and a blog invitation to beta read and review this book.
Watch this space.
Much love
RP
March 2, 2015
My New Book's Progress
Hi All,
I aimed to publish my new book by the end of May 2015 but that’s fast becoming an unrealistic date and it’s more likely to be out in the autumn. As I said in my previous post, this one’s a tough one and as usual, my mind keeps interrupting me with things that may well turn out to be far less important; I do, however, have to keep going with that heartfelt flow.
One of those ‘things’ is an understanding of photography and in particular, shutter, aperture, white balance and ISO settings. Only the Universe knows why this has come into my field of vision and it’s helping me a great deal to understand what the human eye ‘sees’ or more accurately doesn’t see; the eye is the most powerful completely automatic ‘camera’ in existence. Don’t worry, I’m not going to get technical in this book (tech is not me) but it’s all helping to change my ‘point of view’ and to remove more of that wonderful ‘conditioning’ that we’ve all absorbed; in particular it challenges the old adage ‘seeing is believing’.
Chapters written so far are;
Keep up-to-date with my progress on My website. I update a ‘flip_book’ on it all the time.
The cover is a clue to the title :)
Much love as always …
Renée Paule
I aimed to publish my new book by the end of May 2015 but that’s fast becoming an unrealistic date and it’s more likely to be out in the autumn. As I said in my previous post, this one’s a tough one and as usual, my mind keeps interrupting me with things that may well turn out to be far less important; I do, however, have to keep going with that heartfelt flow.
One of those ‘things’ is an understanding of photography and in particular, shutter, aperture, white balance and ISO settings. Only the Universe knows why this has come into my field of vision and it’s helping me a great deal to understand what the human eye ‘sees’ or more accurately doesn’t see; the eye is the most powerful completely automatic ‘camera’ in existence. Don’t worry, I’m not going to get technical in this book (tech is not me) but it’s all helping to change my ‘point of view’ and to remove more of that wonderful ‘conditioning’ that we’ve all absorbed; in particular it challenges the old adage ‘seeing is believing’.
Chapters written so far are;
IntroductionI’ve also created several new Dilly illustrations and I’m working on more.
Sensation, Desire and Relevant Reflections
Am I Good Enough?
Responsibility
Consolidation
What’s it all About? (almost complete)
Surrender (almost complete)
Keep up-to-date with my progress on My website. I update a ‘flip_book’ on it all the time.
The cover is a clue to the title :)
Much love as always …
Renée Paule
Listopia Votes
Hi All,
If you have the time - and like my books - then I’d appreciate your vote on Goodread’s Listopia for ‘On The Other Hand’ (green version) and ‘Just Around the Bend’ as I’ll be able to reach more people who can benefit from reading them. Current lists are:
Renée Paule
If you have the time - and like my books - then I’d appreciate your vote on Goodread’s Listopia for ‘On The Other Hand’ (green version) and ‘Just Around the Bend’ as I’ll be able to reach more people who can benefit from reading them. Current lists are:
Best Spiritual Books of 2013Much love as always
Books to Help You Change the World
Inspiring Books
Best Self-Help, Spiritual, Motivational, Law of Attraction Books
Books that Everyone Should Read at Least Once
Best Books Ever
Best Self Help Books
Renée Paule
January 27, 2015
Book Progress
I've been working really hard on this new book (my third) and it's a tough one :) Mostly because I'm digging deeper into myself than I've ever done before; it's all worth the effort though. Here's a place where you can keep up-to-date with my progress on it; just click on the book image on my website to be taken to a flip-book. I update it all the time. My website
The cover is a clue to the title :)
Much love as always
Renée Paule
The cover is a clue to the title :)
Much love as always
Renée Paule
December 21, 2014
Extract from New Book
A teeny extract from my new book that I'd like to share with you all (it may still change a little)
The road is long and the road is tough, but it is there and there is light at the end of it. We can overcome all hurdles if we refuse to be distracted or deterred by society, and it will try to do that. When we become the act instead of the audience many doors open for us.
Have a great end of the year.
The road is long and the road is tough, but it is there and there is light at the end of it. We can overcome all hurdles if we refuse to be distracted or deterred by society, and it will try to do that. When we become the act instead of the audience many doors open for us.
Have a great end of the year.
