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    Materialism Is Masturbation: Essays In Freedom
    The Anti-Christ Psychosis
    How to Be Free
    Ebook series3 titles

    How to Be Free Series

    By Joe Blow

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    About this series

    In this short essay, Joe Blow, the author of How to Be Free, examines one of the most controversial aspects of the Christian religion.

    The author is neither a Christian nor a believer in the supernatural. He is a pantheist with an admiration for the philosophy of Jesus.

    Warning : This essay contains language which may be offensive to some people.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAussiescribbler
    Release dateMar 1, 1992
    Materialism Is Masturbation: Essays In Freedom
    The Anti-Christ Psychosis
    How to Be Free

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 1

      How to Be Free
      How to Be Free

      How to Be Free

      Joe Blow
      4/5 - 5 ratings
      4/5 - 5 ratings

      How can we free ourselves from mental suffering? How can we unlock what the poet William Blake referred to as “the mind-forged manacles” - those unhelpful, unfounded and inflexible habits of thought which keep us from reaching our true creative potential? This book provides practical advice on how to achieve this. But it also offers an imaginative holistic theoretical framework for an understanding of the nature of the universe, the psychological history of the human race and the meaning of life. What Readers Have Said About "How to Be Free" : "I just wanted to thank you for publishing 'How to Be Free'. It helped me through many hard times that have recently occurred. My self-esteem has been raised because of you." "This is a book that is full of insight and as a psychology major, I would highly recommend this book for all open minds." "Opened my eyes and changed my life." "...it fucking changed my life." "This book is dark, deep and brilliantly written. I'm very moved by the author's candidness about mental illnesses, a subject that has become extinct in our conversations and dealings. Here is a person who reached deep inside himself and spilled his soul out onto each page... and he did it so eloquently. I applaud him for bringing me to tears." "Really loved the book. It made me think, self reflect and take a deeper look at my own self." "I found your book particularly helpful at a low point in my life... You have given me new hope..." "Your book has made me a happier person already!" "...an awesome book..."

      How can we free ourselves from mental suffering? How can we unlock what the poet William Blake referred to as “the mind-forged manacles” - those unhelpful, unfounded and inflexible habits of thought which keep us from reaching our true creative potential? This book provides practical advice on how to achieve this. But it also offers an imaginative holistic theoretical framework for an understanding of the nature of the universe, the psychological history of the human race and the meaning of life. What Readers Have Said About "How to Be Free" : "I just wanted to thank you for publishing 'How to Be Free'. It helped me through many hard times that have recently occurred. My self-esteem has been raised because of you." "This is a book that is full of insight and as a psychology major, I would highly recommend this book for all open minds." "Opened my eyes and changed my life." "...it fucking changed my life." "This book is dark, deep and brilliantly written. I'm very moved by the author's candidness about mental illnesses, a subject that has become extinct in our conversations and dealings. Here is a person who reached deep inside himself and spilled his soul out onto each page... and he did it so eloquently. I applaud him for bringing me to tears." "Really loved the book. It made me think, self reflect and take a deeper look at my own self." "I found your book particularly helpful at a low point in my life... You have given me new hope..." "Your book has made me a happier person already!" "...an awesome book..."

    • 2

      Materialism Is Masturbation: Essays In Freedom
      Materialism Is Masturbation: Essays In Freedom

      Materialism Is Masturbation: Essays In Freedom

      Joe Blow
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      0 ratings

      Has materialism become a joyless addiction? Is idealism making things worse for us? Have we underestimated the healing power of the erotic? Can the symbolic language of religion tell us something about the nature of the mind? Is the "Kingdom of Heaven" within? These are some of the questions explored in these essays by the author of "How to Be Free". Joe Blow's controversial first book "How to Be Free" has received over 100 five star ratings on U.S. I-Tunes and led to him being referred to as a "screwball" and "a lost soul". Now he is back with more. Materialism Is Masturbation The Conscience of the Free Individual The Malignancy of Idealism Do We Know That We Are Life Itself? You Complete Me Fantasies and Sexual Healing Taboos and Fixations Untying the Sexual Knot Anorexia, Armouring and Objectification Fifty Shades of Sexual Liberation Sucked Into Paradise Inner Space - The Final Frontier

      Has materialism become a joyless addiction? Is idealism making things worse for us? Have we underestimated the healing power of the erotic? Can the symbolic language of religion tell us something about the nature of the mind? Is the "Kingdom of Heaven" within? These are some of the questions explored in these essays by the author of "How to Be Free". Joe Blow's controversial first book "How to Be Free" has received over 100 five star ratings on U.S. I-Tunes and led to him being referred to as a "screwball" and "a lost soul". Now he is back with more. Materialism Is Masturbation The Conscience of the Free Individual The Malignancy of Idealism Do We Know That We Are Life Itself? You Complete Me Fantasies and Sexual Healing Taboos and Fixations Untying the Sexual Knot Anorexia, Armouring and Objectification Fifty Shades of Sexual Liberation Sucked Into Paradise Inner Space - The Final Frontier

    • 3

      The Anti-Christ Psychosis
      The Anti-Christ Psychosis

      The Anti-Christ Psychosis

      Joe Blow
      2/5 - 1 rating
      2/5 - 1 rating

      In this short essay, Joe Blow, the author of How to Be Free, examines one of the most controversial aspects of the Christian religion. The author is neither a Christian nor a believer in the supernatural. He is a pantheist with an admiration for the philosophy of Jesus. Warning : This essay contains language which may be offensive to some people.

      In this short essay, Joe Blow, the author of How to Be Free, examines one of the most controversial aspects of the Christian religion. The author is neither a Christian nor a believer in the supernatural. He is a pantheist with an admiration for the philosophy of Jesus. Warning : This essay contains language which may be offensive to some people.

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    Joe Blow

    Joe Blow is the pseudonym for a man who, though currently happy and high functioning, has had a long history of mental illness, including endogenous depression, bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. His writing is the product of a lifelong struggle to integrate flashes of insight and powerful symbols which appeared to him, often during what we might define as psychotic episodes, with observable reality and a rudimentary knowledge of science by appropriating useful concepts from the work of such iconoclastic thinkers as Wilhelm Reich, R. D. Laing, Keith Johnstone, William Blake and Oscar Wilde. If asked whether this approach and this conceptual framework have provided him with a secure foundation for emotional stability, happiness and flowering creativity, Blow would reply, “Well, so far so good.” He also writes humorous erotica under the pseudonym Aussiescribbler.

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      Quickly started to twist facts to suit a jaundiced interpretation unfortunately.