In It Together
The Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All (Limited First Edition)
Hardcover | 1 October 2022
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"A must read for those seeking inner peace."
"This book has a profound message, and the author breaks it down piece by piece."
"The author's positive and encouraging attitude inspired me to accept myself with all of my flaws and move forward more positively."
"It tears the reader apart and puts them back together again to have a happier life with more spiritual freedom."
"In It Together: The Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All" is a book about realizing the uplifting and unifying power of love, of true conscious love.
It shows that deep down we are truly-and literally-one and the same.
The book shows how the phrases "self-discipline" and "spiritual freedom" refer to the exact same thing. In the way the book uses the terms, to be "self-disciplined" is to be "free-spirited", and vice versa.
This is a book that uses a friendly, kind, loving, and humorous tone to tie together philosophy, spirituality, and self-help with long-standing universal truths from all ages, regions, and times.
It includes quotes from a diverse array of philosophers, artists, scientists, and spiritual teachers, including but not limited to Albert Einstein, Alan Watts, Carl Jung, Osho, Sam Harris, Ram Dass, Meister Eckhart, Eckhart Tolle, Rabbi Tina Sobo, Friedrich Nietzsche, David J Mauro, Vincent Van Gogh, George Bernard Shaw, Socrates, Voltaire, Voltairine de Cleyre, Jesus, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Shakespeare, Ren© Descartes, Rev. Dr. John Watson, and both a prisoner named Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as well as the man who imprisoned him.
It was inspired by the questioned, "What is the opposite of temptation?"
The book answers that question and so many more. Without preaching, the book provides a unifying, loving, and deeply compelling message that paves a path to inner peace, true happiness, and spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline). The reader is left empowered, motivated, and inspired.
As the opening letter in the book states, "Stay strong, my friends. There's beauty in the struggle. There's so much to overcome, but imagine what it could mean to overcome it."</p
Industry Reviews
"After reading this book, I can confidently say it is one of the best philosophy books I have ever read. This is because it's not a book you read and forget; it's a book you live. The philosophical observations and analysis in this book are so convincing and so practical that you find yourself not only agreeing with them but also looking back and analyzing your own life. Everything in this book is relatable. For these reasons, one may say that this book changes one's life. But I'm not one of these people, so I must say that this book revealed what was already in me. It showed me how to approach life, view people's behaviors, and accept and love people for who they are, regardless of how they live their lives. If everyone reads and lives this book, the world will be better, safer, and more beautiful than it already is."
- Melissa Jane, official OnlineBookClub.org reviewer
"This book has a profound message, and Hughes breaks it down piece by piece. For some, it will answer questions you have pondered, while others may be skeptical of what is said. Any way you see it, it is a must-read for those seeking inner peace. When you finish the book, you will decide if you are a body with a spirit or a spirit with a body. Which one will you believe? Will you find your inner peace?"
- B Creech, official OnlineBookClub.org reviewer
"The author's discussions about finding the real you are fascinating because they strip away the categories that most people feel define who they are. However, you are not defined by your job or your family. You are not defined by where you live or what you look like. When you look beneath all these things and find the real you, you can see that we have more in common with each other than we realize... The author's positive and encouraging attitude inspired me to accept myself with all of my flaws and move forward more positively. There was nothing that I disliked about the book."
- Theresam, official OnlineBookClub.org reviewer
"In It Together: The Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All by Scott Hughes is a thought-provoking, non-fiction book demonstrating how everyone is united if we believe in truth. Suffering is part of our lives, and as we grow older and accomplish our goals, we find that we are still not satisfied with our accomplishments. We live in a world of abundance with advanced technology that allows us to travel to the moon, yet children are dying of starvation. We have excuses why we allow children to starve, such as we need to spend our money on alcohol, cigarettes, jewelry, and cars, to name a few. Thousands of children and other humans die in wars. Why does following the Golden Rule of "Treat others how you want to be treated" not work? Do humans even exist? What defines the real you? Do you know what love is? These are just a few topics that Hughes discusses in this book as he tears the reader apart and puts them back together again to have a happier life with more spiritual freedom. What does that mean? This book will answer these questions and more."
- Bertha Jackson, official OnlineBookClub.org reviewer
In It Together: The Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All
Table of Contents
Dedication
Opening Quote by Ram Dass
Opening Letter: A force of unbelievable love and goodness...
Opening Question
Introduction: A Common Struggle
A World of Problems
Why We Don't Help Them, They That Seem to Suffer Most
We Can't Help Starving Children Because We Can't Help Ourselves
Why We Can't Help Ourselves: The Two Yous
You have a human body, but you are not human.
Your Clothes, Figurative or Otherwise
You are not your literal clothes.
You are not your figurative clothes either.
You are not your name.
You are not your money.
You are not your degrees or certificates.
You are not your job.
You are not your social security number.
You are not your eye color, eye size, or eye shape.
You are not your hair color, hair style, or hair volume.
You are not your gender.
You are not your skin tone or skin color.
You are not your credit score.
You are not your ego, whether it's big, small, proud, or ashamed.
You are not your ego's egotistical thoughts, feelings, or urges.
You are not your reputation or what other people think of you.
You are not the specific collection of atoms and molecules in your body.
You are not your memories.
You are not really your body at all.
Humpty Dumpty: Let's Put You Back Together Again
Temporal Unity of Selves: Loving Yourself Over Time
The Three Relationship Types Between Temporal Selves (i.e. Your Past and Future Selves)
(Type 1) Temporal Selfishness or Psychopathy
(Type 2) Temporal Enabling or Codependency (Abusive or Toxic Pseudo-Love)
(Type 3) True Conscious Love: Consciousnesses Recognizing Consciousness
The Two-Way Street of True Conscious Love and Conscious Empathy
Spatial Unity of Selves: Loving Yourselves Across Space
The Three Relationship Parameters Between Spatial Selves
(Type 1) Spatial Selfishness
(Type 2) Spatial Enabling or Codependency (Toxic Pseudo-Love or Abuse)
(Type 3) True Conscious Love (a.k.a. divine love)
Material Unification: The Whole Universe As Our Shared Body
The role of faith and religion in material unification
You, the real you, are consciousness itself: Pure beautiful spirit.
A line cutting through the heart of every person... (The relationship between the Two Yous)
To find inner peace, simply stop fighting.
The Opposite of Temptation
There is no problem of evil.
How to free your spirit and manifest your love
Suggestion One - Be Honest. Let go of denial, delusion, and self-deceit.
Suggestion Two - Let go of trying. Accept the unchangeable.
Suggestion Three - Let go of fighting that sacrifices inner peace. Surrender to truth.
Suggestion Four - Let go of moralizing or similarly judgmental language.
Suggestion Five - Let go of resentment, hate, and unforgiveness towards others, including your past self. Accept their choices, and accept them as they are.
Suggestion Six - Let go of possessiveness.
Suggestion Seven - Let go of the false idolization of positivity and superficial happiness. Accept the shadow of all things including yourself.
Suggestion Eight - Embrace discomfort. Let go of comfort addiction.
Suggestion Nine - Let go of future idolization. Embrace the present.
Suggestion Ten - Let go of restlessness and overcommitment. Do less, better.
The Karmic Payoff of Doing Less Better
Suggestion Eleven - Just Love Everything and Everyone
The Choice is Yours
I Love You
Thank you for reading
Gratitude to Street Team
ISBN: 9781948472029
ISBN-10: 1948472023
Published: 1st October 2022
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 224
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: OnlineBookClub.org
Dimensions (cm): 22.86 x 15.24 x 1.6
Weight (kg): 0.49
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