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Finding Contentment: A Journey to Self-Discovery
Summary of the contents
This book describes one person's journey
in search of contentment. From childhood on, the author,
Warren Metzler, had perceived life as an opportunity for
exploration. Then shortly after he turned fifteen years
of age, he realized he was an individual and that he possessed
several personality flaws. And these two awarenesses started
him on a journey of self-exploration; which culminated in
his early twenties when he had his first experience of autonomy:
which is to be true to oneself at all times, regardless
of what inconveniences and difficulties are encountered.
Soon after that autonomy experience he noticed a strong
desire for a life's work - a craft he would master and have
be his primary employment-. And, after searching for more
than a year, he realized he was to be a physician. He went
to undergraduate school to obtain the prerequisites for
medical school, and matriculated into medical school at
27 years of age.
However, once he entered his third year,
the year all medical students receive their initial personal
experience of treating real sick people, he soon realized
that conventional medicine obtained very poor results: it
was great at removing pathology (malfunctioning physical
tissues which were presumed to be the cause of all illnesses),
but was abysmally poor at relieving the actual suffering
(the discomforting symptoms) which were what gave ill people
the sense they were sick. This perception was quite disturbing
to Warren because he knew he would receive no contentment
treating ill people and not restoring them to full health;
and experiencing contentment was a primary requirement of
his life's work. So he sought an approach to health care
which provided authentic cures for all illnesses.
Before long he discovered homeopathy and
was certain he found a solution to his dilemma. He finished
medical school, underwent sufficient postgraduate training
to be licensed to practice medicine (New York State and
New Jersey), and commenced a private practice in October,
1980. Over the next five years he became aware of several
aspects of optimal health he'd never previously considered:
that everyone can experience life as continually optimal;
that all limitations experienced by humans are illness (and
not just diseases treated by conventional medicine); that
all limitations stem from the ill person not being optimal
in some area of her life; and that homeopathic remedies,
if correctly prescribed, can show any ill person how to
proceed toward, and eventually achieve, health (well-being,
contentment).
Dr. Metzler starts the book by defining
contentment. Then he describes the five major realms of
reality (the five different aspects of life that humans
experience) -mineral, plant, animal, thinking, spiritual-
and reveals that contentment is only present when a person
is maximizing her potential in all five realms. Next he
describes how those realms came into existence; and the
benefits all humans glean from exploring each realm. After
that he presents what is optimal consciousness (optimal
comprehension of life), and how each person has an inner
part which continually pushes that person to avoid exploring
life's realities and increased consciousness, and instead
pursue earthly pleasures.
He continues by revealing how to live life
in an optimal manner: you optimize each activity you do,
and you develop a standard approach to each activity. Then
he proposes that each person's life consists of stages -the
same major stages for everyone-; and that each stage provides
the opportunity to develop a particular life skill (develop
proficiency in a particular aspect of life). And he provides
a succinct description of each stage which is encountered
from birth on through your thirties.
Then he discusses God: who God really is;
and that everyone pursues a god, even atheists. Next comes
a look at health and illness: what is authentic health,
what actually illness is, and how any sick person can move
from illness to health. In the final chapter authentic creativity
is explored; which Warren defines as becoming aware and
proficient in at least a few aspects of daily life. Warren
tells how healthy people are always creative, and how being
creative is synonymous with having full health.
It is not a long book, only 71 pages. But
it provides a comprehensive view of the human being, the
optimal life that God offers to all humans (which is obtained
by each person who is sincere in his pursuit), and the reasons
why humans fail to achieve their full potential (fail to
develop where they experience continuous contentment).
Excerpts from the
book:
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Front Cover
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Table of Contents
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Back Cover
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User
Comments:
Anita of Arbolis: "I find the book very encouraging.
It left me feeling that contentment is attainable; it's
plain to see the author's philosophy is based on his personal
experience, not a ‘theory’.”
David commented: “A book with practical
suggestions on changing your approach to living.”
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