Liberation From Your Madness: the Tao of mental health and stability

408 Pages·2017·1.48 MB·English

by  Barefoot Doctor

LIBERATION FROM
YOUR MADNESS
by
BAREFOOT DOCTOR
The perfect holistic antidote to stress,
depression and other unhealthy states
of mind

Copyright © Barefoot Doctor,
Stephen Russell 2017
First published 2002
New edition published by Wayward Publications Ltd
© Edinburgh 2017
www.waywardpublications.com
The moral right of Stephen Russell aka Barefoot
Doctor to be asserted as the author of this work has
been asserted in accordance with the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may
be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any
means, electronic or mechanical, including
photocopy, recording or any information storage and
retrieval system, without permission in writing from
the author.
Cover design Spanky Pymm
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
ISBN 978-1-912062-15-7 in epub format
ISBN 978-1-912062-16-4 in mobi format
ISBN 978-1-912062-12-6 in azw3 format
ISBN 978-1-912062-18-8 in pdf format
ISBN 978-1-912062-19-5 in print
A word from the author
This is a reprinted updated version of Liberation,
though we still welcome any feedback on references,
items or chunks that need updating in your opinion
as we can adjust manuscript mid-flight ─ and in
return the author will reward you with an
acknowledgment in the revised version.

From this being a book with no
introduction
Liberation has always held romantic appeal, whether
it be from slavery, poverty, hunger, war or oppression
– and great liberators have always been honored as
heroes. For through liberation comes humankind's
most sought-after treasure ─ freedom.
But as well you know, when you step on the gas and
head off into the great unknown, keep driving long
enough and you'll eventually run into another traffic
jam, another border patrol. Now that our planet has
been mostly colonized (by humans), freedom is no
longer to be found by crossing external frontiers. But
then, it never was – that was always an illusion.
Freedom is found within, by liberating yourself from
your own internal struggle with life, in whatever form
it takes, and with this comes peace. Once you've
found liberation from preferring this over that, no
external thing can hold you captive – not even prison
walls.
If you find the key to liberating yourself from fear,
greed, frustration, and other path-blocking
negativities, then you unlock the prison door and
walk free. In so doing, you become self-liberator and
hero. Hero, because as soon as you are free, anyone
privileged enough to be drawn into your personal
orbit will also themselves be freed instantaneously.
Freedom is infectious ─ and ultimately unstoppable.
It is simply a matter of being aware of the factors that
entrap you from moment to moment, to different
degrees at different times. It is these that prevent you
fully living the unlimited life you really want; the life
you can have if only you are willing to take the
chance.