Buddhism plain and simple

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…y "Sleep! Wake up tomorrow!", "Then what?". I don't know if there is 'an answer', but you could consider the Buddhist style views (I liked Awareness by Anthony De Mello, Buddhism Plain and Simple by Steve Hagen and The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. You might say they're a bit new agey or self helpey, but you're contemplating death so it's not like you've got a lot to fear from reading something different, eh?). Anyway, that leads to a kind of 'why do you want to escape? Nobody in the cosmic sense expects anything of you. Let your family and friends have their expectations and be their problem. Only concentrate on what you do, live your life, stop desiring everything to be different' kind of view. And/or you could ask yourself about people who are often or always happy. It's seems quite well established that exercise, a simpler diet with …

I have the un-updated-and-expanded edition, and it is excellent. So is Buddhism Plain and Simple http://www.amazon.com/Buddhism-Plain-Simple-Steve-Hagen/dp/0...