{"product_id":"new-self-new-world-philip-shepherd-9781556439117","title":"New Self, New World: Recovering Our Senses in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eQuantum Healing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGuns, Germs and Steel, \u003c\/i\u003e Philip Shepherd's \u003ci\u003eNew Self, New World\u003c\/i\u003e makes an intellectual inquiry into how we might restore freedom, creativity, and a sense of presence in the moment by rejecting several fundamental myths about being human\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Self, New World\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the primary story of what it means to be human, the random and materialistic lifestyle that author Philip Shepherd calls our \"shattered reality.\" This reality encourages us to live in our heads, self-absorbed in our own anxieties. Drawing on diverse sources and inspiration, \u003ci\u003eNew Self, New World\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that our state of head-consciousness falsely teaches us to see the body as something we possess and to try to take care of it without ever really learning how to inhabit it. Shepherd articulates his vision of a world in which each of us enjoys a direct, unmediated experience of being alive. He petitions against the futile pursuit of the \"known self\" and instead reveals the simple grace of just being present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In compelling prose, Shepherd asks us to surrender to the reality of \"what is\" that enables us to reunite with our own being. Each chapter is accompanied by exercises meant to bring Shepherd's vision into daily life, what the author calls a practice that \"facilitates the voluntary sabotage of long-standing patterns.\" \u003ci\u003eNew Self, New World\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a philosophical primer, a spiritual handbook, and a roaming inquiry into human history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Shepherd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556439113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556439117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.06w x 1.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/07\/2011","brand":"Philip Shepherd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985128227071,"sku":"9781556439117","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ed40a6af-3983-4568-aaab-10bf112cb9ae.jpg?v=1683275712","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-self-new-world-philip-shepherd-9781556439117","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}