The Fabric Of Self: Meditations on Vanity and Love [Paperback]

John McAfee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 10, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0971156921 | ISBN-13: 978-0971156920

A series of short meditations on the issues that support or retard self-awareness. Awareness, fear, death, joy and love are among the issues addressed through self-contained observations taken from John McAfee's daily discussions.

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About the Author

John McAfee is the founder of the Relational Yoga Mandiram in Woodland Park, Colorado, and is the organizer and facilitator of the annual Siddha silence retreats in the Rocky Mountains. He has taught self-discovery techniques for more than 15 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 157 pages
• Publisher: Woodland Publications (September 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971156921
• ISBN-13: 978-0971156920
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,755,167 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening! A must-read book!, April 8, 2002

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"richard_fuller" (Grand Rapids, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fabric Of Self: Meditations on Vanity and Love (Paperback)

In the introduction of yet another insightful book from John McAfee we read, How we relate to experience---to suffering, love, death, loneliness and a host of other challenges life presents--defines who we are. The Fabric of Self addresses ones relationship to the world and provides a means to pierce the veil of our own self-image.

The meditations in The Fabric of Self speak to the components of life, from awareness to love, from death to ego, and from ideals to truth. Each meditation is a bright light illuminating a path to immortality. For instance, Awareness is the fundamental force of change for the self. When we become aware, deeply and completely, of the attachments, prejudices, arrogance, bitterness, fears, and all other vanities that makeup our daily existence, then true change is realized.

In the section devoted to Love, Mr. McAfee writer, Without love you are an empty shell. You may work, hope, dream, seek riches and power, but your conflicts and suffering will continue. And on the subject of Healing we read, It is through questioning, with the burning desire to know the answer, that the truth is revealed. And it is ourselves whom we must question. This questioning of ourselves is the only road to a full healing of ourselves.

John McAfee has taught self-discovery techniques for more than 16 years. His knowledge and abilities are rooted in truths that are 2500 years old. This reviewer suggests you read his other books, The Secret of the Yamas, Into the Heart of Truth, and Beyond the Siddhis (see my reviews) for additional insight about his wisdom.

The Fabric of Self, in this reviewers opinion, is a door opener, and that door leads to a life of fullness and joy. Whether you keep this book on your coffee table or your night table, The Fabric of Self should be read daily!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Live your words...., November 30, 2004

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Kathryn Lanier "Writer, Editor, Reviewer" (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fabric Of Self: Meditations on Vanity and Love (Paperback)

The Fabric of Self, Meditations on Vanity and Love
John McAfee
2001
Woodland Publications, Woodland Park, Colorado

"True love has no object. It is a state of being." The first shock-wave that moves through you as you open this peaceful book is that John McAfee lives his words - he claims no ownership of his words and offers them freely to you to facilitate your continued spiritual awareness of what it truly means to live! McAfee's meditations are not mere platitudes but are the raw truths that we so often do not want to face as we take that long, hard look in the mirror. The Fabric of Self is a tremendous visual experience as each meditation is presented against a screen of light blue fabric with plenty of room on each page to pen your own thoughts and revelations. The meditations are divided into chapters that challenge us to discover the duality of our own virtues and vices and thereby uncover the "brilliant light of truth shining within each of us." Just as John McAfee shines with the oneness of nature and humanity so does he offer us this opportunity to honor our own connectedness.
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Kathryn Lanier lives in Colorado with her nine year old twins. She is a freelance writer, editor, and review columnist educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the College of Charleston. She is an internationally published author and works world wide with clients from four continents! She can be contacted for services and workshop information through Innerchange Magazine online.

6 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars preachy, December 15, 2004

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Wayne R. Johnson (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fabric Of Self: Meditations on Vanity and Love (Paperback)

This is preachy lame book filled with boring paragrasphs that are supposed to be profound. There is no continuity to this book. The man probably would scribble down thoughts on various things. An intellectual exercise. Bor-ing. I don't need a self apppointed guru explaining life to me. My impression is the guy is on an ego trip. He thinks he's some kind of master. He's not. Most pages are a third blank, then one of his pseudo spiritual bon mots. No feeling to this book.
Someone told him he should write a book, and he believed them. I don't even consider these unrelated ramblings to be a book. I would have given it zero stars if I could. I'm not in the greatest mood at the moment, thus no sugarcoating.