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Exploring a Good Life, Wisdom and the Mind
We all seek a good life.Wisdom is a key to a good life.Knowledge of the mind is a key to wisdom.These are the main premises in this book. But these premises beg the following is a good life? What is wisdom?What is the mind? How is wisdom a key to a good life?How is knowledge of the mind a key to wisdom?This book offers explorations to help you to answer these questions for yourself. You will explore what a good life means to you. You will explore wisdom and discover why wisdom is a key to a good life. You will explore your mind and discover why knowledge of your mind is a key to wisdom and a good life. When exploring your mind you will discover humps and understand why knowledge of these features of the mind in particular is a key to wisdom and a good life. The more you explore and understand humps, the better you will understand the answers to the above questions.These explorations into a good life, wisdom and the mind are part of a continuing journey. The authors see themselves as fellow travellers on this continuing journey. Like most fellow travellers, as well as recommending some explorations, the authors also share the results of their explorations with the hope that their stories may help you on your continuing journey.
406 pages, Paperback
First published June 11, 2013
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About the author
Gary W. Cross
17 books1 followerFor as long as humans have existed, we have been seeking a way to a better life for ourselves, our children, grandchildren and indeed for all the people that we affect. Gary’s purpose is to continue this endeavour.
Gary is the author of two series of books in which he explores different ways to a better life.
In the series ‘Ways of the World’, Gary explores different ways of the world that have shaped in part his way to a better life. Books in this series currently include 'Exploring the Way of Epicurus', 'Exploring the Way of Epictetus', 'The Way of the Stoic Epictetus - A Short Introduction', 'Exploring the Way of Jesus', 'Exploring the Way of the Buddha' and 'Exploring the Way of Lao Tzu'. I suggest that these ways are as helpful today as they were 2000 years ago.
In the series ‘Exploring a Good Life, Wisdom and the Mind’ Gary continues the exploration into a way to a better life for ourselves and the people that we affect. A basic premises of this series is that the better we understand our mind, the better we will determine our way to a better life.
In the first book in the series, 'Exploring a Way to a Good Life', 'Gary, and the reader, explore our desires and dislikes so that we may better understand what a good life means. Then, with our understanding of what a good life means to us, we determine our way to achieving a better life. Without understanding what a good life is, we have no idea of where we wish to go, nowhere to head towards; no way to follow; we are lost. We travel randomly and end up going nowhere.
However, we encounter many problems when we follow our way to a better life. The basic premises of the second book in the series, 'Exploring Wisdom', is that it is wisdom that helps us to identify the problems we may encounter, and it is wisdom that helps us to develop strategies to help us cope with these problems and ultimately help us to achieve a better life.
In the third book in the series, 'Exploring the mind - Discovering Humps and How they shape us', we explore the mind further and discover the patterns of knowledge in our minds that shape our thoughts, beliefs, feelings, desires, dislikes, words and actions. Gary refers to these patterns of knowledge as humps. The better we understand our humps, the better we understand our mind and our way to a better life.
In the fourth book in the series, 'Exploring a Good life with Humps in Mind', we use our knowledge about humps to help to us better understand what a good life means to us and thus better understand our way to a better life.
In the fifth book of the series, 'Exploring Wisdom with Humps in Mind', we use our knowledge about humps to help us to better understand wisdom and how we can be wiser more often. The way to a better life is the way of wisdom. The wiser we are, the more likely we and those that we affect will have a better life.
Gary is the author of two series of books in which he explores different ways to a better life.
In the series ‘Ways of the World’, Gary explores different ways of the world that have shaped in part his way to a better life. Books in this series currently include 'Exploring the Way of Epicurus', 'Exploring the Way of Epictetus', 'The Way of the Stoic Epictetus - A Short Introduction', 'Exploring the Way of Jesus', 'Exploring the Way of the Buddha' and 'Exploring the Way of Lao Tzu'. I suggest that these ways are as helpful today as they were 2000 years ago.
In the series ‘Exploring a Good Life, Wisdom and the Mind’ Gary continues the exploration into a way to a better life for ourselves and the people that we affect. A basic premises of this series is that the better we understand our mind, the better we will determine our way to a better life.
In the first book in the series, 'Exploring a Way to a Good Life', 'Gary, and the reader, explore our desires and dislikes so that we may better understand what a good life means. Then, with our understanding of what a good life means to us, we determine our way to achieving a better life. Without understanding what a good life is, we have no idea of where we wish to go, nowhere to head towards; no way to follow; we are lost. We travel randomly and end up going nowhere.
However, we encounter many problems when we follow our way to a better life. The basic premises of the second book in the series, 'Exploring Wisdom', is that it is wisdom that helps us to identify the problems we may encounter, and it is wisdom that helps us to develop strategies to help us cope with these problems and ultimately help us to achieve a better life.
In the third book in the series, 'Exploring the mind - Discovering Humps and How they shape us', we explore the mind further and discover the patterns of knowledge in our minds that shape our thoughts, beliefs, feelings, desires, dislikes, words and actions. Gary refers to these patterns of knowledge as humps. The better we understand our humps, the better we understand our mind and our way to a better life.
In the fourth book in the series, 'Exploring a Good life with Humps in Mind', we use our knowledge about humps to help to us better understand what a good life means to us and thus better understand our way to a better life.
In the fifth book of the series, 'Exploring Wisdom with Humps in Mind', we use our knowledge about humps to help us to better understand wisdom and how we can be wiser more often. The way to a better life is the way of wisdom. The wiser we are, the more likely we and those that we affect will have a better life.
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