The Ego-Less SELF: Achieving Peace & Tranquility Beyond All Understanding

by Cardwell C. Nuckols

As a society, we have become so accustomed to ego-based emotions like misery, worry, fear, and conflict that we believe these are the norm. This is not the truth, however. We were born to be happy and love unconditionally—it's the gift of self. How can we return to a non-linear state of happiness and peace when everything around us says that nothing is more important than me, me, me ?

The Ego-Less SELF is a journey of discovery and a return to the self by "one of the most influential clinical and spiritual teachers in North America." It looks closely at the notion of "spiritual transformation" by first showing readers how the ego develops over time to cause suffering in our lives. Once the ego is stripped away, then the historical pathways to the self—heart, mind and action—can begin to work.

With a broad range of spiritual influences, from the Bible to the Dalai Lama, personal stories of enlightenment, and real employable strategies and techniques, The Ego-Less SELF sets out to deflate the ego to let the true self shine through. Readers will begin to learn how to get rid of resentments, surrender the ego's unconscious programs for happiness, and employ simple techniques to increase contact with consciousness through the right-brain hemisphere.

The road to self is not about trying to acquire anything but rather the willingness to surrender all of our culture's egotistic ways, thus taking us back to that which we are—the purest self. The Ego-Less SELF is the GPS for the journey.

Genres: Christian, Self Help, Psychology, Nonfiction, Spirituality

312 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2010

About the author

Cardwell C. Nuckols, Ph.D., is a partner and board member of American Enterprises Solutions, Inc. An expert in behavioral medicine for over 20 years, he has authored more that 30 journal articles, 14 books and pamphlets, and the bestseller Cocaine: Dependency to Recovery and Roadblocks to Recovery. He has received the Gooderham Award for outstanding contributions to the alcohol and drug addiction field and lives in Apopka, Florida.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Recommended reading and there is some good stuff here but just did not ring my bell. I didn’t find it particularly engaging and will freely admit that could easily be due to the fact that I have some heavy stuff on my pate right now. I may reread it sometime in the future and feel quite differently.

[Rebecca Allender · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it! Helped so much!

[Marisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Ego-Less Self by Cardwell C. Nuckols is one book to keep as a tool for spiritual growth. Nuckols expands on the values that Jesus Christ emphasized and added psychology and diverse religious ideas to explain what it means to strive for a deeper spiritual life. I found that his ideas were unique and complex, and I applaud his inclusivity and his experience with addiction to further our understanding.

[Ivygarmon · Rating 3 out of 5]

fascinating concepts but very complex thoughts.

[Paul Parkinson]

This guy is a presenter at NRI and I always took one of his courses. Very enlightening, as are his books.