{"product_id":"the-personal-liberation-system-steven-redden-9780964667310","title":"The Personal Liberation System: Inner Freedom Through the Practice of Dispassion and Meditation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Personal Liberation System (PLS)\u003c\/b\u003e is a method of attaining inner freedom through the integrated practice of dispassion and meditation. \u003ci\u003eDispassion\u003c\/i\u003e enables you not to be thrown into agitation (irritation, anger, fear, self-pity, worry, etc.) by people, events, and circumstances. \u003ci\u003eMeditation\u003c\/i\u003e builds a pathway from out of the realm of ordinary thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations (not-self) and into that of your real Identity (Self). \u003ci\u003eIntegrated into a system\u003c\/i\u003e, these two disciplines support and enhance each other, like exercise and diet do in a physical fitness regimen. Thus meditating creates a reservoir of calm that makes practicing dispassion easier, and quelling agitated reactions to life makes it easier to meditate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe PLS is designed for people with a wide variety of motives and goals: \u003c\/b\u003e (1) be a better person and have a better life; (2) free yourself from painful patterns and reactions to life; (3) uncover your real Self and live at your center; (4) improve our relationships; (5) tread the spiritual path. If you have the will to improve your psychological well-being in most any area, the PLS techniques will furnish the way to accomplish it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe book contains everything you need to know about how to use the system.\u003c\/b\u003e It was designed to serve as both an instruction manual and a handy reference source once you put the techniques into practice. Here are its topics and overall structure: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart I. Dispassion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1-The Basis of Dispassion\u003cbr\u003e2-The Necessity for Dispassion\u003cbr\u003e3-The Science of Dispassion\u003cbr\u003e4-Seeking \u0026amp; Accepting Facts\u003cbr\u003e5-Expecting Nothing\u003cbr\u003e6-Rejecting Unnecessary Seriousness\u003cbr\u003e7-Learning Through Experimentation\u003cbr\u003e8-Minding Our Own Business\u003cbr\u003e9-Curbing Needless Speculation\u003cbr\u003e10-Forgetting the Past\u003cbr\u003e11-Controlling Speech\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart II. Meditation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12-The Basis of Meditation\u003cbr\u003e13-The Necessity for Meditation\u003cbr\u003e14-The Basic Meditation\u003cbr\u003e15-Mind as a Movie Theater\u003cbr\u003e16-Mind as a Concept Creator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividual chapters typically contain five sections: an analysis of a given problem, the PLS methods for solving it, exercises and checklists for implementing the solution, an example of a person applying the methods to a real-life situation, and a summary of the chapter's essential points. Here is a sampling of content from various chapters: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn every situation, we have a choice: we can either (1) have the situation or (2) have the situation, plus add a problem to it by being thrown into agitation about it. If we choose (2), we now have two \"problems,\" the second of which is entirely created by us.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe moment we start regarding expectations as \"things we can depend on happening-and they had better happen or we will be really upset,\" we have bought ourselves a ticket to dispassion disaster. For every such expectation is a land mine that we lay in our own psyche, and eventually some person (or situation) will \"step on\" one, and it will blow up-inside us.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLike a barnacle attached to a ship, feeling serious usually accompanies thinking seriously and acting seriously. Yet we can address even the most serious matters better when we do not inflict on ourselves the added burden of feeling serious about them.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMost of us probably associate failing to mind our own business with the burdensome effects it produces on the \"interferee.\" But it is also a major source of agitation and bondage for the \"interferer,\" and learning to leave people free is profoundly liberating. It is an expression of \"soul courtesy,\" which scrupulously avoids actions that infringe others' free will or unfairly make their lives harder.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery one of us lives in a private, one-seat theater in which we experience a continuous series of interior movies created by us and known only to us.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Read more via \"Look Inside\" at the top of this page.]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Redden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0964667312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780964667310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pls Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Steven Redden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438050062591,"sku":"9780964667310","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b9229698-b0d5-4e81-b4d1-74db62de95a4.jpg?v=1777168465","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-personal-liberation-system-steven-redden-9780964667310","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}