N.A.B.
The Owl's 'cut the crap' approach
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N.A.B. |
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The Owl's 'cut the crap' approach |
The trouble with much of the self-help and mind-body-soul material available is that is seems to provide answers whilst in fact just filling our heads with yet more dubious facts and theories. In his work The Algarve Owl distills his life-time's quest for truth and offers some answers that, he hopes, are free from NAB:
New Age Bollocks! i.e. any words, phrases, concepts, theories or practices that muddy the truth or complicate our personal reality. It's the clever talk and pseudo science that attempt to 'prove' that this theory or that technique is truth and not only good for you, but often the ONLY thing that's good for you. ANY idea or practice that attempts to make such claims is, if only because of this, questionable. Treat with caution and discernment . . . and allow The Algarve Owl to help: with a Mensan mind and over twenty years asking probing and wide-range questions right across the New Age, spiritual and holistic sectors, Keith will be pleased to help you extract YOUR truth from all the bullshit and hype that surrounds the personal growth and alternative medicine fields . . . or indeed from the crap our parents, teachers and others close to us keep spouting at us.
One of the difficulties with many of the approaches to health, wealth and happiness is that within all the NAB there is often a nugget of gold, a universal truth or useful insight about the way we think and live, that IS helpful . . maybe even essential to our improved life. Sometime painful truths are deliberately kept from us until we're ready to face them . . . fair enough perhaps. At other times certain teachers and promoters of a particular tool or philosophy are, to put in bluntly, only after your money. On still other occasions the so, called, guru is just as lost and confused as the rest of us! I admit that I know very little, I admit that I've been spoilt and can be selfish and impatient . . . these seem to be deeply embedded human traits . . . and with a few, very special exceptions, anyone who implies otherwise may well be spouting NAB.
Another typical quality of NAB, be it in the latest therapeutic technique or marketing hype for a best selling book, is a promise of instant success. Whilst instantaneous and perfect cures are possible, they're rare. Very rare. Unless you're warned that your path forwards might be hard, could be painful and is likely to last the rest of your life, you're probably being fed New Age Bollocks. Sorry, but I for one am sick of hearing these guarantees of problems solved and total bliss in 3, 12 or even 42 easy stages. It just aint like that!
If you feel you've been brainwashed by NAB or bamboozled by a teacher or partner or taken in by the latest 'in thing', please don't feel ashamed to admit it: it's almost impossible not to be swamped by the shear volume of NAB around. If you'd like to share your experiences, please consider an on-line consultation.
If you're actively seeking better health, abundance or happiness, by followingThe Secret, for example, and are finding it a struggle, I can probably help.
Here's to a future without the NAB!