Collision with Self, a Remedy

Dear Reader, if you have decided to buy this book or someone close to you has purchased it for you, then let me begin by saying hang in there. Because it can only mean that you are in a difficult place. The very good news is that you are self-aware enough (or someone else takes enough of a loving interest in you) to notice that you’re not yourself and can use a little help. I can empathize and sympathize, as I have been there. But I’ve also made it up from that low point, and I want to tell you: this new place in life is not only so much better than where I’ve just come from, but I’m even tempted to say I’m the best I’ve ever been.

I won’t belabor the point for you here because I remember the state of mind you’re currently in, and that it feels like you don’t have a lot of time to spare. I will share my journey in the pages to follow in minimal fashion, so that you know I really can empathize with you. Then I’m sharing in greater detail the remedies and practices that helped me get me out of that low point, particularly as it relates to a Meditation on Words.

Please understand that these practices are what worked for me. From them please use what works for you, and don’t try so hard with those things that don’t feel like a fit. By all means personalize the practices to meet your individual situation and needs. But most of all, stick with it.

I now know from experience that we can help our own mind change with repeated exercise, not unlike the way we can change the muscles of our bodies by going regularly to the gym. Similarly, both take time so, again, please stick with it to get the results.

You’ll be happy that you did, and that happiness is the ultimate point to all of this.