Access Your Brain's Joy Center: The Free Soul Method [Paperback]

Pete A., Jr. Sanders (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 214 pages
• Publisher: Free Soul (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964191121
• ISBN-13: 978-0964191129
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, powerful, and really fun to do!, November 15, 2006

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This review is from: Access Your Brain's Joy Center: The Free Soul Method (Paperback)

First of all, this is not just another self-help book.

In the first 40 pages, the author uses very simple, straight-forward instructions to teach you how to stimulate the pleasure and mood-elevating responses (through the Septum Pellucidum) in your brain easily, naturally, and AT WILL. Out of 214 pages, those first 40 pages alone earn the book 5 stars! In fact, he specifically wrote the book so that you could just read those 40 pages, containing the deceptively simple instructions, and walk away with an incredible new ability for life! That's the good part.

Here's the not so good part - after those first 40 pages, the book seems to lose it's focus and wander aimlessly all over the field of self-help and new age fluff. The author seems intent on describing how to apply the technique to every conceivable ailment known to humanity. Unfortunately, he never stays on any one topic long enough to really discuss anything in depth, including the technique itself.

So, for me personally, the value of the book dropped dramatically just after the first chapter. On the bright side, knowing what I know now, I would have happily paid five times the price for that one chapter alone.

I just think this book and it's author, missed an opportunity to discuss in laymen's terms, the hard science and biofeedback theory behind the actual technique itself. After all, there's more than enough new-age self-help methods going around, but this one is actually rooted in physiology. It's a chance to appeal to a larger audience through simple scientific fact.

Regardless, my advice is whether you're an avid new ager, an agnostic explorer, or even a hard core skeptic, find a copy of this book, read to page 40, and just follow the simple instructions. Because this isn't about believing in a new age self-help method, it's about feeling an ability that you already have, but may not be aware of - the ability to trigger your brain's reward system and feel really, REALLY GOOD, INSTANTLY, AT WILL!

This is not the kind of thing you read about and then never get around to using in real life. Once you learn how to do it, it simply feels so good, you'll probably find yourself doing it all the time, without even thinking about it. All those other benefits, like pain reduction and mood-enhancement just seem to happen as a by-product. The amazing thing is, triggering this effect just becomes a habit, because the more you do it the better it feels and the better it feels, the more you'll find yourself doing it!

And if that's not self-help, I don't know what is.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Make your life a GREAT one in every aspect of it., December 18, 2000

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l adams (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Access Your Brain's Joy Center: The Free Soul Method (Paperback)

Excellent book, the author is clear and gives practical examples and exercises. By learning the techniques in the book you can achieve a lot in your life. The techiques guide you step by step in learning how to improve areas of your life. How can you use a couple of simple techniques to conquer fear, worry, hurt, and stress. Reduce the stress level in your life by using techniques that take just minutes to accomplish, without the use of drugs. (It can't get more natural than this). Reduce the inner stress in your life, stop smoking easily, loose weight, increase the happiness in your life. I tried some of the techniques while at the dentist and it helped tremendously. I recommend it for everyone. Mr. Sanders has the scientific knowledge and backs it up with pilot studies from the University of Northern Arizona. This is a great book if you want to learn how to de-stress easily, and improve all areas of your life.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EZ Read and EZ to Follow Exercises, August 20, 2006

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Kathy Dannel Vitcak "Me Being Me!" (Far northern MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Access Your Brain's Joy Center: The Free Soul Method (Paperback)

I have read a slew of this type of book and I really got a lot out of this one. The exercises are clear, concise and the visualizations are not too complicated. I enjoyed the relaxed teaching style and anecdotes. Like Nathaniel Friedland, Pete Sanders is an author that is a pretty basic guy who taught himself to open up to his psychic centers. I very much admire his work and just bought the correspondence course! Looks like fun!

Buy this, it is a great book and very well worth the price.