How can we deal with the rapidly increasing pace and complexity of life, fear of terrorism and the threatening state of world affairs, climate breakdown, the confusions of personal relationships-without succumbing to stress, depression and illness? Halliday provides a way to assimilate the shocks of life experiences, so that we might live a more balanced life. The way to achieve this is through reconnecting with the centre of our own being, our consciousness. Halliday sets out not only the nature of this consciousness, but also its relation to the world of phenomena, to the nature of being, and in particular, to mankind. He begins by examining the meaning of terms such as sentience, consciousness and awareness. They are to some degree interchangeable and refer to, `That in and by which we know what we know, and that we know.' If we ask ourselves what this statement means, we can only say that, `We know what we mean. Consciousness is its own evidence', and thus we cannot indicate what we mean by one of these consciousness-related words, `without appealing to that in us, which corresponds with their significance, that is, to that in us which knows that it knows'. Halliday sees a complex structure such as the brain, as `a vehicle for the expression of the complex processes of an [already existing] sentience'. He posits that the ultimate source and origin of our being resides in an absolute field of sentience, and states that the true nature of the self is `consciousness itself'. But, as beings with physical bodies, we are tyrannised by the limitations of our sense organs; by the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain, by emotional charges in the records of our experiences, so that we often behave in a reactive manner-as if we were no more than animals with no free choice. But, if we remember the nature of our true self, and our source in consciousness, we can free ourselves from this enslavement and become human, that is, capable of free choice and action.

Three particular themes are basic to this study. First, that the human race and its environment are involved in a slowly progressive process of revelation and understanding of its inherent features. And that we are all participating in this ongoing evolutionary cycle. Second, and closely related to the first tenet, man is not separable from his environment. We all share in this cyclic development. Third, that our egoic structures, with the data and experiences they involve, can play a key role in our personal understanding of this ongoing developmental process. The role of the ego is paradoxical. It can be a relatively stable reference used to enhance personal insight concerning its own dynamic structure and similar aspects of its environment. Or it can be maintained with a rigidity that hinders progressive learning. That is, the ego unit has the dual possibilities of affording a focus aiding progressive insight, or becoming a barrier that temporarily diminishes it. The aim of this study is therefore to reduce possible restrictive rigidity as we investigate the role of the egoic unit in seeking greater understanding of its own dynamic structures and their similarly dynamic environment. To pursue this aim we refer to insights from medical practice, philosophy and science. The underlying awareness of an evolving consciousness means that the insights and ideas presented are shared in the expectation that they too will be modified in due course. But if they help provoke interest and insight concerning the paradoxical nature o f our personal processes, they will have served their purpose.

Three particular themes are basic to this study. First, that the human race and its environment are involved in a slowly progressive process of revelation and understanding of its inherent features. And that we are all participating in this ongoing evolutionary cycle. Second, and closely related to the first tenet, man is not separable from his environment. We all share in this cyclic development. Third, that our egoic structures, with the data and experiences they involve, can play a key role in our personal understanding of this ongoing developmental process. The role of the ego is paradoxical. It can be a relatively stable reference used to enhance personal insight concerning its own dynamic structure and similar aspects of its environment. Or it can be maintained with a rigidity that hinders progressive learning. That is, the ego unit has the dual possibilities of affording a focus aiding progressive insight, or becoming a barrier that temporarily diminishes it. The aim of this study is therefore to reduce possible restrictive rigidity as we investigate the role of the egoic unit in seeking greater understanding of its own dynamic structures and their similarly dynamic environment. To pursue this aim we refer to insights from medical practice, philosophy and science. The underlying awareness of an evolving consciousness means that the insights and ideas presented are shared in the expectation that they too will be modified in due course. But if they help provoke interest and insight concerning the paradoxical nature o f our personal processes, they will have served their purpose.

In seinem Buch "Die Eroberung der Angst" behandelt Eugene Halliday die Tatsache, das Angst und Furcht zu einem gewissen Grad in den Gemiitern alter Menschen dieser Welt gegenwartig sind. Hier zeigt er uns einen Weg zur Bewaltigung dieses negativeh Gemutszustandes, welcher, bewusst Oder unbewusst, unsere Beziehung zur Welt und zu unseren Mitmenschen beeintrachtigt. Er legt die grundlegende Logik unseres Problems dar und gibt uns praktische Ubungen - einen schrittweisen Prozess - der dem Leser anschaulich erklart wird. Im heutigen mit alien moglichen Angsten erfullten emotionalen, sozialen und politischen Klima ist dies hochst willkommen. Die "Gesammelten Werke" Eugene Hallidays, eine funfzehnbandige Buchreihe, beinhaltet einen Komplex von Ideen, die miteinander in einer widerspruchsfreien und logischen Beziehung stehen und den Leser so vom Anfang bis zum Ende der Buchreihe fiihren. Dieser auf einer Hauptidee, zu der alle anderen Ideen in harmonischer Beziehung stehen, basierende Ideenkomplex formt ein konsistentes Ganzes, gleich einem gesunden menschlichen Korper mit seinen Organen.

In seinem Buch "Die Eroberung der Angst" behandelt Eugene Halliday die Tatsache, das Angst und Furcht zu einem gewissen Grad in den Gemiitern alter Menschen dieser Welt gegenwartig sind. Hier zeigt er uns einen Weg zur Bewaltigung dieses negativeh Gemutszustandes, welcher, bewusst Oder unbewusst, unsere Beziehung zur Welt und zu unseren Mitmenschen beeintrachtigt. Er legt die grundlegende Logik unseres Problems dar und gibt uns praktische Ubungen - einen schrittweisen Prozess - der dem Leser anschaulich erklart wird. Im heutigen mit alien moglichen Angsten erfullten emotionalen, sozialen und politischen Klima ist dies hochst willkommen. Die "Gesammelten Werke" Eugene Hallidays, eine funfzehnbandige Buchreihe, beinhaltet einen Komplex von Ideen, die miteinander in einer widerspruchsfreien und logischen Beziehung stehen und den Leser so vom Anfang bis zum Ende der Buchreihe fiihren. Dieser auf einer Hauptidee, zu der alle anderen Ideen in harmonischer Beziehung stehen, basierende Ideenkomplex formt ein konsistentes Ganzes, gleich einem gesunden menschlichen Korper mit seinen Organen.