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Written while Barry Long was on a teaching tour in 1991, his Journal contains notes, interviews, letters and transcripts of talks. The focus is on what it means to be a spiritual master and how we can master our own karma.  A rare document of spiritual teaching. Barry Long's Journals were originally published by The Barry Long Foundation to document his speaking tours in Europe and America in the early 1990s and were provided for participants in his seminars. This book is a reprint of the third volume of the Journals and the only one now in print.

Observations about life, truth, love and death made while the author was undergoing an intense process of spiritual self-realisation. These fresh, clear, challenging insights are a map for us to follow on our own spiritual journey into self-knowledge. Towards the end we're shown an almost unknowable realm of transcendence over the human condition. Classic statement of spiritual self- discovery. The basis of this modern master's philosophy. Concise challenging style appeals to the spiritual seeker. Is read over and over - and recommended to others. The central idea of this book is very simple. The whole process of knowing yourself is the discovery of what is false. When we discover the false, the intelligent thing to do is discard it. Self-discovery is the great adventure of consciousness on earth, and your guide, Barry Long, is a sure-footed master of the way. The book is essentially a collection of statements made by Barry Long during the critical phases of his self-realisation. It has the immediacy and power of 'the moment of truth', which utterly changed his life. The same power may change yours! Does your life seem mechanical somehow? Do you look for something greater, in spite of yourself? Is what you've accepted as true, really the truth? This book is like a window. First you catch sight of yourself in the false reflection of the glass. Then you look squarely at it. Finally you see through to the immaculate reality beyond. As you read you ask: Is it true? In confirming or rejecting each proposition you step further into your own self-discovery. Reading the book is knowing yourself! Each of the thirty chapters sketches an aspect of the human psyche, challenging us to find what lies behind the appearance of things. One layer of self delusion after another is stripped away until at the end there is nothing but pure perception and the being of God.

With such a powerful sexual attraction between us, how is it that we make each other unhappy? Barry Long explains why sex corrupts love and how we cripple loving relationships.

What's the solution? In characteristically forthright manner, the author proposes a new way of romantic love and shows how it can be brought into our lives and partnerships with honesty and courage.

· Why do relationships so often go wrong?
· Is it really possible to be honest with your partner?
· What ever happened to romance?
· How is sex transformed into love?
· What's the connection between sex and spirituality?

The love between man and woman is at the heart of Barry Long's teachings. He is well known for his influential bestseller 'Making Love; Sexual Love the Divine Way'. This new book is the sequel.

This is a straightforward practical course of instruction which is clear and easy to follow. The approach is relevant and contemporary; there is no traditional religious or eastern content. The exercises in each lesson provide a sound basis for regular practice and bring about a greater sense of purpose, wellbeing and freedom from anxiety. Clear instructions and step-by-step tuition. Practical exercises to do in daily life. Barry Long's no-nonsense approach appeals to wide readership. Successful sales history year after year. How to stop being busy. Step by step you learn how to still the busy mind and deal with worry. This is a course of concise lessons with exercises to use at home and at work. It takes you in easy stages from the basics to the point where you'll be able to practise on your own, knowing exactly what you are doing and why. The Mind, Body and Spirit become attuned in a state of stillness - freedom from disturbance. This book puts you on the way to a stiller, more fulfilling life. Learning to meditate is often recognised as a turning point, when life takes on new meaning and purpose. The simplicity and clarity of this book has opened the way for many thousands of people worldwide.

This book contains the heart of Barry Long's spiritual teaching and offers practical ways to be free of the 'unhappy body', or painful self, which lives inside all of us.  It describes the causes and effects of unhappiness in us and the world at large, the meaning of karma and what happens if we take our unhappiness with us when we die. The spiritual process is like 'dying for life'. Barry Long shows us how to face all our difficulties and how to live joyously, according to the law of life.  Many readers have compared this book to Eckhart Tolle's bestseller The Power of Now. How to be free of unhappiness in an unhappy world. It can be done! The earth awaits a revolution in consciousness as day by day discontent grows around the world. But unhappiness, accepted as normal, is not a natural part of life. Those willing to rid themselves of unhappiness may go through hell on earth to be free. But in them a new consciousness is born. It dawns with the discovery that only fear dies. This book contains a profound spiritual teaching which it is not at all abstract or remote but directly useful to anyone trying to look for truth in this world. Barry Long redirects our attention back to the source of all problems - ourselves. He challenges us: Why do we insist on having the right to be unhappy? First we are shown how to deal moment-to-moment with what makes us discontented so that we can practice staying free of it. Then Barry Long examines the roots of unhappiness and how it attaches itself to us from an early age. He describes how this preoccupation with discontent is played out in the world at large, in politics and the media. There is a prophetic section on the unholy alliance of the media and the politicians - written nearly 20 years ago, but the implications of what is said here become more obvious every day. The later essays are about where responsibility lies, and why we must become more responsible for ourselves. There is a chapter about living under the Law of Life, or Karma. And the final essay in the book describes the drama of life from conception to death and beyond, and how we enter the mysteries of living and dying. This knowledge holds the secret of final liberation from the ills of the human condition.

A spiritual master's perspective on why our civilisation is being shaken where humanity makes its mistakes - and his prediction of the outcome. Increasing uncertainty Global unrest shocking events. What next? What's the fate of our world? If we pray for peace how will our prayers be answered? What can we do? PRAYER FOR LIFE is a plea for us to wake up to the appalling truth of our situation and to the human condition that unknowingly perpetuates suffering and misery while devoutly wishing and hoping for change. In a clear and direct way Barry Long reveals the real power of prayer and demonstrates the way each individual can contribute to a new life on earth beyond anything that can be imagined today.

Spiritual teacher Barry Long's guidance for parents: · Speak to your children intelligently from the earliest age. · Don't ask them to do what you won't do yourself. · Show them your love by always being open and honest. In other words, demonstrate love, justice and truth in action, on a daily basis, where it counts most – in everyday family life. This book contains over 150 conversations with parents and children about all kinds of family problems. The advice in each situation is specific, practical and always informed by deep spiritual knowledge. Including: · How to deal with excitable and demanding behaviour. · How to address issues of bullying and violence. · How to deal with Christmas. · How to handle divorce or separation. · How to help children cope with fear, conflict and death. · How to ease the problems of adolescence. · How the child's personality develops, why all children get unhappy and where we have all been going wrong. Reviews for the previous edition: “Parents looking for a 'spiritual' guide to raising their children need look no further than Barry Long's extraordinary book.” - Natural Parent UK “A new vision of family life.” – Caduceus, UK

Stillness is the way to self-knowledge, to the secret of life and real love. Very hard to find in this world. We need help. It has to be shown and proved to us in our own experience. That's the work of the real teacher, guru or guide. This book is the nearest thing to having the teacher by your side. Follows on from bestselling 'Meditation A Foundation Course'. Detailed guidance in advanced spiritual practice. Participate as you read. Unique insight into the teacher at work. Enter your own inner world. Open the door to reality. 'It is thrilling to discover a reliable guide upon this path of meditation . . . Barry Long, a remarkable teacher whose words have the certainty of a deeply realised being.' - Meditation Magazine (USA) Most books about meditative practice are surveys of techniques handed down from various religious traditions and explained by authors who've studied them. This is not one of those books. Here we watch a modern master at work over a period of three days with seven people, whom readers can identify with. It's a vivid account of what happens as the truth of a teaching is revealed. More like a documentary than a treatise, the book follows every step of the way, detailing each exercise, and shows how the students face their difficulties and have their questions answered. Each of them is helped to overcome their own 'guardian of the threshold' ­ the restlessness, self-doubt or confusion that arises to test all who draw near the still centre of their being. Towards the end essential themes are drawn together and the student or reader moves on, beyond the techniques of formal meditation. The door is opened to a new way of being, where truth, love and grace are no longer abstractions but a living reality; where unhappiness may be dissolved and we are free to live our lives at ease, unselfishly, for the greater good.

Since time began man has quested for a reality deeper than his superficial existence. Many give up the search as futile when difficulties and obstacles are encountered but a rare few discover the treasure and pave the way for those who have the courage to follow. This book is a selection of letters to a spiritual master from men endeavouring to live the spiritual life or life of love. It explores the various difficulties both inner and outer a man must face when he truly embarks on a path to discover something more real. Unlike many eastern traditions which encourage a withdrawal from everyday life Barry Long introduces a new practical way which does not separate God from the commonplace. He encourages those who seek his guidance to use their everyday lives as a means for spiritual realisation. Questions about issues such as women love work and family are addressed with the practicality characteristic of all of Barry Long's work. Always revealing Barry Long's answers are incisive compassionate practical profound and sometimes provocative. This book is for all who would be true to their calling for a more genuine life.

When death comes into our lives, how will we face it?
When a loved one dies, how will we cope?
How can we prepare for death, when our own time comes?

The author came to know death through a mystic experience of immortality. It was the end of his fear of dying and the beginning of his life as a spiritual teacher. From time to time over many years he met and counselled the dying and bereaved. He nursed his wife through terminal cancer. And when he was dying himself, he wrote down his observations of what it is to die.

Here are those last writings, together with conversations he had with others facing death.

The book, also, includes his seminal text about dying, 'Seeing Through Death', first recorded as an audio tape over 25 years ago and still recommended and used by many when death approaches.

Barry Long's message: Get to know death while you're alive and you'll be prepared for it, whenever it comes.