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| Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings | 
| Author: Rob Brezsny
Publisher: Frog Books
Category: Book
List Price: $19.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 7072
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 296
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.4 x 1
ISBN: 1583941231
Dewey Decimal Number: 149.5
EAN: 9781583941232
ASIN: 1583941231
Publication Date: June 3, 2005
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Product Description
Human beings are selfish, small-minded, violence-prone savages, civilization is a blight on the earth, and the rising tide of chaos ensures that everything's going to fall apart any day now. Right? Wrong, says Rob Brezsny. In Pronoia Is the Antidote to Paranoia, he declares evil is boring, the universe is friendly, and life is a sublime gift created for our amusement and illumination. This buoyant perspective is not rooted in denial. On the contrary, Brezsny builds a case for a "cagey optimism" that does not require a repression of difficulty, but rather, seeks a vigorous engagement with it. The best way to attract the blessings that the world is conspiring to give us, he insists, is to dive into the most challenging mysteries. This witty, inspiring how-to shows how any reader can become "a wildly disciplined, fiercely tender . . . lustfully compassionate Master of Rowdy Bliss."
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| Customer Reviews: Read 53 more reviews...
 on the light and fluffy side of self help October 9, 2008
to me, this book was scattered as well as self-promoting. rob talks about himself alot, and i didn't receive any message that i haven't heard before, and better. i would skip this one and go for eckhart tolle.
 The Antidote August 2, 2008
I have been a Rob Brezny fan for a long time now...
I receive his weekly newsletter/horoscope via e-mail, and finally decided to check out the link to this new book he's always quoting from...
It must have been destiny! This book is SO right-on, and it was, and is, exactly the antidote I needed...
In fact, I believe it's the antidote we all need!
WHY DO I LOVE THIS BOOK?
I love a book that inspires you to think...
I love a book that encourages you to question...
I love a book that allows you to step outside of yourself, a book that gives way to a new, broader point-of-view...
That's what Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings does for its readers. It's enlightening, truly.
If You're Not Joyful, You're Not Paying Attention July 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It can be difficult for smarty-pants people to combat negativity. In literary, philosophic and academic circles, cynicism is rewarded; skepticism is virtuous; pessimism is conflated with realism. "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention."
But do these attitudes really help anyone? Why does being smart, aware, and/ or progressive mean you have to be miserable? Who actually wants to be outraged all the time, and what good does it do?
This book provides an alternative for people who consider themselves too smart to be cheered up by Ziggy cartoons. It makes its case for love and sincerity aggressively and effectively. It is a beautiful truth bomb, and yes, an excellent antidote for paranoia. Highly recommended.
The MOST FUN I've EVER had with a book... June 3, 2008
Remember the Giant Fun Books that you'd take with you on family vacation when you were a kid? Well, this is the adult version, and it's overflowing with fun things that give you great ideas, and make you feel good, and activities to teach you exciting ways to brighten up every moment of life for you and everyone around you. This book is a MUST HAVE for everyone, any age, everywhere! Give it as a gift, or start a movement, this book is a great tool for positive change...you can open it to any page, and find just what you needed at that very moment...you can use it like an oracle, or daily meditation, or a boost of energy. It makes reality enjoyable.
the first page had me shouting YES! May 13, 2008
I've been a huge fan of Brezny for years. When i got my hands on Pronoia, I started shouting on the very first page - as usual, he had me happy and believing life is what you make of it and oh, what a joyous life it can be if you just change your attitude and open yourself to the possibilities that life has to offer - there is a bigger, happier picture.
Not a book to read chronologically - I like cracking this one open to see what I get, though that opening chapter may actually be my absolute favorite part of the book, anyway!
I took it to a women's group I am a part of and read the first chapter as the beginning to one of our gatherings - we've taken on Rob's cheer to be wilder, wiser, kinder and trickier and made it our own. It's not a half-bad goal, really.
I like to think of this book as the "Be Here Now" of our generation.
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