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Anecdotal and reflective, Living in the Moment comprises health expert Dr. Gary Null’s lifetime of observation and wisdom. Following Einstein’s belief that “we can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them,” Null offers fresh, paradigm-breaking solutions to living our life to its fullest potential—through our relationships, health, and self-expression. Dr. Null’s “prescription for the soul” bids readers to take an active role in their own lives—to carefully distinguish truth from past conditioning. While he espouses a natural-foods and alternative-health lifestyle as part of our well-being, Null also shows us how crucial it is to do those things with the right awareness and intention; if we go to yoga and eat right but stress out at work and are stuck in a difficult relationship, we’re not in balance and able to truly awaken to our deepest energy for life.

Dr. Null has presented much of the material in Living in the Moment throughout his career—in his lectures, his award-winning radio show, documentary films, and investigative reporting. Now Living in the Moment enlightens readers on the many tools at their disposal for achieving the balance, self-esteem, and passion missing from their lives.

Author Biography:

Dubbed “The New Mr. Natural” by Time magazine, Gary Null, PhD, has written over seventy books on nutrition, self-empowerment, and public health issues, including two New York Times bestsellers. His work has been featured in the Daily News, Time, People, Fitness, Time Out, and Vegetarian Times. Also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, he lives in New York City.

Reviews/Endorsements:

“Gary Null has written an exceptional book. It poignantly depicts the crisis we as Americans—who are adrift in the world and who, as aging boomers, think we have discovered eternal youth—are in. More profoundly, it points the way forward to spiritual and civic renewal, which, if we attain it, could provide for us the youthfulness we have spent our lives pursuing.”
—Dr. Jim Garrison, president of Wisdom University and State of the World Forum

“Gary Null is an experienced, brilliant, and rare holistic visionary healer for humanity in the twenty-first century. He understands that there are cultural and institutional disorders that trace how we are conducting—actually mis-conducting—our consciousness. In this powerful and accessible narrative, he presents a diagnosis for our current cultural disorders and taps the enormous power of global wisdom through the ages in prescribing a deep healing for our human condition as we mature and learn to live in this moment. This is a must-read for anyone concerned about our sustainability and flourishing at the individual and cultural levels.”
—Ashok Gangadean, PhD, chair of the Department of Philosophy at Haverford College and author of The Awakening of the Global Mind

“Gary Null's gift for storytelling and his depth of knowledge guide us firmly and lovingly in how to take responsibility for our lives and live from our highest potential. This is a brilliant book! I know I will reread it many times to absorb the wisdom, practice, and powerful tools shared.”
—Sandra Ingerman, MA, author of Soul Retrieval and How to Heal Toxic Thoughts

“Gary Null has the amazing capacity to see the world through a big-picture perspective, while many people see through a narrow scope. He draws from his vast knowledge of diverse scientific and spiritual disciplines to give answers to many of our human problems. This is a timely book that I highly recommend.”
—Dr. Henry Grayson, founder of National Institute for the Psychotherapies

Introduction – ix
PART ONE
CHAPTER ONE – The Boomer Dilemma – 3
PART TWO
CHAPTER TWO – Embracing Our Bliss – 77
CHAPTER THREE – How to Manifest a Beautiful Life – 97
CHAPTER FOUR – Living an Illuminated Life – 107
CHAPTER FIVE – Expanding into Enlightenment – 121
CHAPTER SIX – The Thirteenth Step – 129
CHAPTER SEVEN – Attracting Success through Self-Empowerment – 141
CHAPTER EIGHT – Embracing Passion – 147
CHAPTER NINE – Change Your Life – 153
CHAPTER TEN – Choose Your Lesson in Life or the Universe Will Choose It for You – 165
CHAPTER ELEVEN – Rebalance Your Life – 173
CHAPTER TWELVE – Enhancing Self-Esteem – 187
CHAPTER THIRTEEN – Perfect Harmony – 197
CHAPTER FOURTEEN – Prescription for Your Soul – 207
CHAPTER FIFTEEN – Being Present for Your Own Life – 227
CHAPTER SIXTEEN – Now or Never – 243
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN – What Has Love Got to Do with It? – 255

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FROM CHAPTER TWO: EMBRACING OUR BLISS

… Bliss is about having the courage to release immature notions that make us toxic to ourselves and others. I began to understand that bliss has more to do with what we must undo or not do than with what we must do. It’s about letting go of fear instead of drawing our defense mechanisms out like samurai swords. When we live in fear we tend to bury our head in the sand indefinitely like an ostrich. While taking a brief vacation to regain perspective can be helpful, like fasting from the news every so often, consistent withdrawal will soon leave you unprepared for the adventure of life as it unfolds.

Success in life is not just about making sound choices; it is often about rejecting choices that may defeat you and others. Compare this to your nutrition choices. By eliminating a few foods from your diet, such as meat, wheat, dairy, and sugar, you could feel better almost immediately. First you must find out what you do on automatic pilot that is harmful.

There are two ways of approaching health. One is to take supplements and add a host of activities that you wouldn’t normally do, such as lifting weights. Another approach is to simply stop doing things that destroy health. I find that people who stop doing things that are toxic remain just about as healthy as those who do damaging things and then try to compensate by detoxifying and supplementing. So if you don’t smoke, don’t drink, don’t eat sugar, red meat, or processed foods, you’re likely to be about as healthy as someone working very hard to compensate for their bad habits. Removing toxic items from your diet and environment soon improves your health, even if you do nothing else. Apply that same concept to bliss by purging your preconceived notions, or conditioning, that narrow the mind and wreak havoc with your emotional states.

Bliss is a natural state, conditioning is not. Your conditioned responses act as a firewall to separate you from bliss. Bliss is like purity. No baby is ever born with a negative attitude, but over time fear, psychoses, neuroses, depression, and anxiety develop that give rise to limitations, biases, and prejudices, which are conditioned responses. Fortunately, anything that is a result of conditioning can be reversed.

I’m going to ask a series of questions so you can discover your own relationship to embracing your bliss. I’ll give you some of my own insights, but that’s my own particular view. It is no more valid than yours. It’s intended to prod you to think deeply. When you find a quiet moment, reflect and ask yourself what each question means.

First, are you willing to release your conditioned beliefs? We believe many things throughout our lives that may not be true. Sources of false information may include our families, teachers, friends, books, the media, and our own misinterpretation of our experiences.

Once you believe something, are you capable of changing your mind if evidence to the contrary becomes available? A renowned professor was visiting a Zen master, who asked, “Tea?” “Yes,” said the professor. The Zen master began to pour the tea, and continued pouring. As the hot tea began to run over the rim of the cup, the professor, shocked, cried, “Enough!” There was nothing that could be added to the professor’s cup. When our minds are full of dogma, like “professor-mind,” there is no room for fresh knowledge. Keep emptying. Is your cup already full, or are you ready for refreshing new insights?

Living in the Moment

A Prescription for the Soul

Written by Gary Null, Ph.D.

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