If you are not right here, right now, fully experiencing the present moment, where are you? That is what the enclosed review copy of The Mandala of Being: Discovering the Power of Awareness (New World Library, March 2007) will help you understand — while offering a tried and true method for coming back to your true self and into the Now.

Many of us obstruct our innate potential and our sheer enjoyment of life through repeated patterns of emotional struggle and suffering. This practical, hands-on guide explains why and how people habitually fall into this trap, and it provides a program, easily incorporated into everyday life, that frees us from this destructive behavior.

Using a simple diagram called a mandala, Dr. Richard Moss illustrates the four places we go when we feel threatened, uncomfortable, or aren’t fully centered or grounded in the present moment — the past, the future, the subject (ourselves), and the object (everything else).

Like a trail of pebbles left behind on a hike, understanding these four directions in which our minds escape can help us trace the path back to our authentic selves. Drawing on his three decades of teaching the psychology of consciousness, Richard Moss guides and encourages us on a journey away from our fears and limitations. Most importantly, he gives us an always-available compass that directs us back into the magic of the present moment.

The Mandala of Being has proven to be a highly effective tool many people have used to deconstruct and understand the mechanisms of their repetitive and habitual emotional patterns. Once we understand these patterns, we are no longer doomed to repeat them. We can return to the Now — and when we do, we rediscover the magic of the present moment and of our own natural genius, which we can access only in this moment.

About the Author
Richard Moss, MD, is an internationally respected spiritual teacher and visionary thinker. He is the author of five seminal books on conscious living and inner transformation. For thirty years he has guided people of diverse backgrounds in the use of the power of awareness to realize their intrinsic wholeness and reclaim the wisdom of their true self. His work integrates spiritual practice, psychological self-inquiry, and body awareness. Richard lives in Ojai, California with his wife Ariel. You can visit him online at www.richardmoss.com.

THE MANDALA OF BEING by Richard Moss, MD
March 2007 • Personal Growth
Trade Paperback • Price: $15.95
382 pages • 5" x 9"
ISBN-10: 1-57731-572-3 • ISBN-13: 978-1-57731-572-8