![]() The enlightened person learns to let go of all need, and learn to think of desires as preferences instead. The first step is getting rid of all addictive behaviour, defined here as "emotion-backed desires." ALL desires based on "need" are considered unhealthy. You are a biocomputer, which is capable of producing absolute bliss at all times, but has been improperly programmed to produce pain, and by reprogramming yourself, you can fix all of your problems. Keyes mixes a watered down version of Asian spiritual philosophy with self help and humanist philosophy, producing a program that is part Forum and part Scientology. Second, it teaches that the goal of spiritual development is personal happiness (and it's not - personal happiness is an accidental byproduct of spiritual development, but paradoxically, spiritual progress can only be made by cultivating selflessness). The post-colon half of this book's title is "The Science of Happiness," which points to two ways this book is false: first, it teaches that spirituality is a science (it is not, it is an art). ![]() Normally I just ignore awful books, but I have some things to say about exactly why the worldview presented by Keyes is toxic. ![]() Written in 1975, this is a New Age classic and a truly awful book.
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