Practical Consciousness

Many people accept a life crowded with shifting feelings as the unavoidable cost of being human. Ingvar Villido questions that acceptance, proposing that the emotions we struggle against are often the source of our suffering, and that we have grown dependent on them over time. Written as a practical handbook, the book introduces what the author calls a new psychology for individuals who are moving toward freedom.

Drawing on discoveries the author has made about how human experience can be transformed, the book offers specific, workable techniques for changing oneself from the inside and loosening the hold of unsettling emotions. Its larger aim is for readers to live as their authentic selves, and it treats emotional freedom as the first step on that path. Readers learn how to calm a restless inner monologue, how to become their own healer, and how to bring about change that endures. The book also addresses obstacles rooted in the past, the present, and the future, and points readers toward a deep, unconditional love that the author believes already exists within each person.