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REVIEWS @ LIVING IN A FASCIST COUNTRY how ID cards and under-the-skin chips will path to enlightenment. It requires detach- by Vernon Coleman destroy personal liberty, how public infra- ment from ego, notions of separateness and Biue Books, Devon, UK, 2006 structure has been offloaded to the highest judgement but also deactivation of the ISBN 1-899726-36-5 (343pp tpb) bidder, and how the banks and other institu- _ Aristotlean logic circuits that offer no way Available: Publishing House, tel +44 tions are in on the take, this book isa mani- _of transcending into a state of unconditioned 1271 328892, website http://www. festo aimed at alerting people to the fact that "naked awareness" that is essential for being vernoncoleman.com they're being manipulated big-time and call- one with the "infinite and spacious unified f you've written as many books as Dr ing on them to rise up to assert their rights field of Reality" and, indeed, universal love. Vernon Coleman (over 90, translated into before it's too late. As he warns, "The way But using illusory perceptions to perceive 22 languages), you'd feel within your rights the Government is clamping down on free the ultimate is futile, too, for we need to to mouth off about what ails your homeland, speech, this may well be your last chance to _ understand that everything is in a state of Great Britain. This former doctor, who read the truth". Scary stuff indeed, made mutual dependence. According to the scarier by the fact that the UK is not the only Middle Way, release from pain and suffer- democratic nation whose citizens' freedoms ing comes from within when we change our are being destroyed. perception of what is real and not real and see our relationship to the whole. became a full-time writer focusing on med- ical issues, has been devoting his talents to railing against what's going wrong in this democracy, where freedom and privacy are being threatened by a fascist New Order. THE END OF SUFFERING: Fearless To help us live without fear and with time- But this wasn't always so for Dr Coleman. Living in Troubled Times ss veo outlin Targ and Hurtak paar For years he'd fought against conspiracy the- by Russell Targ and J. J. Hurtak, PhD wee ane suggeste precice that ories, but as a result of the events of 9/11 Hampton Roads Publishing Co. Ltd, the udes em! hentat aay of mind, quieting now thinks he was wrong to be so sceptical. Charlottesville, VA, USA, 2006 the Som sha mental ee ease com- The very things he scoffed at are happening —_ ISBN 1-57174-468-1 (180pp tpb) oe vin sharing in te win ie the experience before our very eyes: individual freedoms Available: http://www.hrpub.com thinkine: By co creatin ach mas! eee are being eroded by compromised politi- Fons physicist Russell Targ and are uly, free Inspirin: 8 ° cians using fear tactics to justify draconian philosopher-futurist Dr James Hurtak y > inspiring: legislation to keep people under control, team up to give us a timely reminder that The under the pretext of fighting terrorism. there is a way out of the suffering that End To spell it out, Dr Coleman has adopted a plagues individuals and societies. The dual- P style of numbering every section within each _ istic thinking that's a legacy of Aristotle is at OF Suffering chapter; this has the effect of providing the root of our suffering, they say, because digestible chunks with a sometimes discon- it's a two-valued logic system of "x exists" Ratio — nected narrative—often the case when he and "x does not exist" that sees the world in includes quotes from famous dissenters to black or white, not allowing shades of grey make a point—and he provides few refer- into the picture. What we need is a four- ences throughout. However, as a pastiche of valued logic system that includes "x both railings against the machine of state, Living exists and does not exist" and "x neither in a Fascist Country is a book you can pick _ exists nor does not exist". up at any page, like a bedtime book of night- The authors propose that the Madhyamika mares. With its accounts of how the govern- or "Middle Way" school of Mahayana ment is fooling the people (he spares no kind Buddhism, founded by "the second Buddha" po eee 7a words for "war criminal" PM Tony Blair), Nagarjuna in the second century AD, is the how ID cards and under-the-skin chips will destroy personal liberty, how public infra- structure has been offloaded to the highest bidder, and how the banks and other institu- tions are in on the take, this book is a mani- festo aimed at alerting people to the fact that they're being manipulated big-time and call- ing on them to rise up to assert their rights before it's too late. As he warns, "The way the Government is clamping down on free speech, this may well be your last chance to read the truth". Scary stuff indeed, made scarier by the fact that the UK is not the only democratic nation whose citizens’ freedoms are being destroyed. 70 = NEXUS path to enlightenment. It requires detach- ment from ego, notions of separateness and judgement but also deactivation of the Aristotlean logic circuits that offer no way of transcending into a state of unconditioned "naked awareness" that is essential for being one with the "infinite and spacious unified field of Reality" and, indeed, universal love. But using illusory perceptions to perceive the ultimate is futile, too, for we need to understand that everything is in a state of mutual dependence. According to the Middle Way, release from pain and suffer- ing comes from within when we change our perception of what is real and not real and see our relationship to the whole. To help us live without fear and with time- less awareness, Targ and Hurtak present a five-step outline of suggested practice that includes embracing a unity of mind, quieting the ongoing mental chatter, practising com- passion, sharing in fellowship the experience of loving awareness, and reflecting positive thinking. By co-creating each moment, we are truly free. Inspiring! APRIL — MAY 2007 www.nexusmagazine.com