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    Get Out Of The Cage: A Guide To Inner Freedom
    Get Out Of The Cage: A Guide To Inner Freedom
    Get Out Of The Cage: A Guide To Inner Freedom
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    Get Out Of The Cage: A Guide To Inner Freedom

    By Adam Oakley

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    Often we can feel trapped in thoughts, trapped in identity, trapped in conditioning. It can seem as if we are trapped in the cage of our own minds. This book points you out of this, to show you that both the cage and the person who feels trapped in it, are not real.

    This book also looks at some of the insane ways we have been taught to approach life and to function in the world, and how to be free of these conditioned behaviours.

    The content within each chapter is split into passages, each passage being a pointer in itself. You may feel inclined to only read a single passage, and pause to allow time for the words to sink in before moving on.

    This book is very useful for contemplative or meditative reading.

    Once you understand what is meant by the cage (simply the conditioned, personal mind that creates suffering) – this book becomes a helpful guide in that as well as being able to read it conventionally from cover to cover – you can pick it up and read any passage at random.

    Rather than being a book that teaches you anything to remember, it is a tool to point you back towards who you really are before conditioning took over.

    May this book help you realise your inherent freedom, and allow you to function sanely, effectively and happily in the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAdam Oakley
    Release dateJul 23, 2014
    ISBN9781310486449
    Get Out Of The Cage: A Guide To Inner Freedom
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    Adam Oakley

    Adam Oakley writes books, all about inner peace.He enjoys writing about the intelligence of life, and how this can flow far more easily when we are no longer clinging to concepts from the past.If he is not with his family, Adam is usually writing, walking, compost-making or doing martial arts.He has a BSc (hons) degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Bath, which successfully steered him away from an anticipated career in pharmaceuticals.A more in-depth story of Adam, all of his work and free content can be found on his website, www.InnerPeaceNow.com.

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      Get Out Of The Cage - Adam Oakley

      Get Out Of The Cage: A Guide To Inner Freedom

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      Text and Image Copyright © 2014 Adam Oakley

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Contents

      Introduction – The Cage Isn't Real

      How To Use This Book

      Part 1 – Getting Out

      Understanding The Cage

      No More Maintenance

      Illusory Bars

      Cages of Conditioning

      Let The Cage Crumble

      Burning The Remains

      Part 2 – Life Without A Cage

      Fellow Humans and Interaction

      Freedom In Action

      Free From Strain – Effective Meditation

      Out Of The Cage and Into Nature

      On Death and Impermanence

      Emptying The Collective Cage – Healing The World

      Final Words

      About The Author

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      Introduction – The Cage Isn't Real

      The cage is not real. At a certain point we feel as if we are trapped in the cage of the mind – the cage of identity, the cage of obsessive and compulsive thinking, the cage of concepts and ideas, and at a certain point we become sick of it. We seek another way of living, of being. Rather than feeling as if you must fight Life at every turn, perhaps you feel an urge to become free of the many conditioned ways of thinking we have been brought up with. You feel as if Life should not be such an ordeal of suffering, it should not be such a strain or a burden to simply exist. Excellent. Welcome to the book. It aims to point you towards the truth of yourself, and show you that the many ways we have been trained to live and think are false, dysfunctional, and not worth any more support.

      The cage of your own mind, is at the end of the day, imagined. It is made of imagination. The person that seems to become caged within the mind, is also imagined. The mental idea of I am a person – the personality – is a construct of the mind, that we believe to be who we are. With this belief comes the feeling that you can get trapped in thinking, trapped in dysfunction or negative patterns. The you who gets trapped, is just another thought, a self-image.

      Just being open to a book like this means that you are already aware of the cage of conditioning and identity, and also have the feeling that you wish to get out. So enjoy the book, I hope it serves in helping you realise that the real you, what you really are, is always out and cannot be trapped.

      How To Use This Book

      The content of this book is split into passages, each separated by a tree:

      Each passage within trees stands as a pointer within itself, so this book can be very helpful for meditative reading. You may not feel as if you need to read much at a time. Allow for space, for pauses after each passage. Let the words take you deeper.

      Once you understand what is meant by the cage (simply the conditioned, personal mind that creates suffering) – this book becomes a helpful guide in that as well as being able to read it conventionally from cover to cover, you can pick it up and read any passage at random.

      Take your time with the words, be in no hurry. They all point in the same direction.

      Please be aware that words can only point. The thinking mind may wish to get caught up in words and keep your attention in concepts. Let words point, but there is no need to cling to the pointers. To cling to the pointers means you miss what they are pointing to.

      I hope this book serves you well in realising your inherent freedom, allowing you to be happy, at peace and effective in the world.

      Adam Oakley

      www.InnerPeaceNow.com

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      Part 1 – Getting Out

      Part 1 of this book is about understanding the cage of the mind and how to get out of it.

      Who is trapped in the cage? Only who you imagine yourself to be.

      Understanding The Cage

      What is the cage? The cage is the mind that creates suffering. It is the limited, conditioned, personal mind that can not stop thinking, is lost in time, and creates falsity and delusion. It gives rise to insane habits and behaviours, and creates unnecessary suffering for itself and others. Inwardly it creates unhappy, dissatisfied human beings, and outwardly it creates insane societies that depend on lack and destruction. Addictions to thinking, worry, restlessness, anxiety, sorrow, fear, guilt and resistance are some of the cage’s habits.

      The cage appears as a personal self who lives in the body. This personal self is not what you are.

      The foundation of the cage is who you think you are, rather than what you really are. If we take the cage to be the mind that can not stop thinking and creating suffering, then who is trapped in this cage? The answer may be me, I get trapped in the cage of my mind. What is this me? It claims to represent you – but what is it? It is only a

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