Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Book Review: Code to Joy




I love this book. In fact, among all the self-help books i have read so far, this is the only one i trust like a bible. I love the idea that we are all meant to be happy. Consciously, we try to be happy and our ultimate goal is to be happy in our life. No one in their right frame of mind would want to be a sad person. Anyone? However, the problem is, subconsciously, due to some previous microtraumatic experience which we might have already forgotten, we are held back which makes us lack of confidence and fear to succeed even. Here is where the four-step solution comes into picture and it works. It truly works on me. The story of the flea and the elephant paints a vivid picture of our two minds – conscious mind and subconscious mind. I am amazed at how much we are controlled by our subconscious mind without us realising it.
The best part of the book is it promotes a technique called neuromuscular feedback or muscle testing/applied kinesiology. The series of exercises are utterly simple yet effective and that is what i have been practising on a regular basis even after a month reading the book. This therapy is called energy psychology, a rather recent finding, it seems.
This is not only a good read, but also a code to joy, no less.