Head Off Stress

by Douglas E. Harding

An infallible guide to eliminating stress by Douglas Harding, author of On Having No Head. When we come up against stressful situations in our everyday life our automatic reaction is to turn away and escape. If, on the other hand, we can accept stress, allow it to become part of us, the conflict disappears. The secret lies in seeing that either we are the No-thing that overcomes stress by excluding it or the Every-thing that overcomes stress by including it. This method of coping with stress applies to its many manifestations in our lives. It can turn boredom into joy and despondency into deep contentment. Learning to head off stress takes no time at all and is impossible to forget. All it requires is tht we dare to take a fresh look at ourselves. Revolutionary in its ease and directness, its simplicity and penetration, this approach is guaranteed to turn our preconceptions upside down.

Genres: Psychology, Philosophy, Spirituality

335 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Dean Paradiso · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a hefty volume, and unique take on nondual awareness via the practice of exploring "headlessness" or the experience of living by altering the way we perceive our physical body. Although much is repeated in other works by Harding, this volume is very practical and offers a set of experiments that the reader can perform to gain a taste of living from a more open, and truer perspective.

[Greg B · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about discovering who you are really are, coming home, and re-discovering the obvious.