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The Diary
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Synopsis
Synopsis
What are love, murder, happiness, sadness and passion? What do our emotions mean? Why do we behave the way we do?
Our Sense of Wellbeing is about what it is to be human. It is a new and unprecedented discovery and perspective of what our emotions are. Why do we get angry? Why are we depressed? What is the real meaning behind infidelity? What causes divorce?
The author takes us through a journey about our behavior unlike any other. He makes clear the questions: "Why do I feel the way I do, and why do I do what I do?"
His hypothesis is that human emotions and behaviors are simple — not complex.
Through a story-telling approach, he reasons and describes how this conclusion, founded on five decades of reflection in attempting to understand human emotions and behavior, became a sudden epiphany.
The author concedes that Our Sense of Wellbeing and the Principles of Continuity, Preservation and Replenishment will be met with much skepticism, at first. But, he is convinced that, within a short time and with basic consideration, his hypotheses will become so obvious, that the reader will no longer be able to see the world and human behavior any other way.
The author says, “Think.”
Full Description
Full Book Description
Our Sense of Wellbeing is about what it is to be human. It is a new and unprecedented discovery and perspective of what our emotions are. Why do we get angry? Why are we depressed? What is the real meaning behind infidelity? What causes divorce?
The author takes us through a journey about our behavior unlike any other. Our Sense of Wellbeing asks, "What are our emotions and what do our behaviors mean?" "Where do they come from?" He makes clear the questions: "Why do I feel the way I do, and why do I do what I do?"
Unlike our current thinking and belief, the author proposes that we have only two emotions. We feel and are either in our (1) sense of wellbeing or (2) state of disquiet or stress. All human emotions, behaviors, and activities are reflections of and fall only within these two categories.
His hypothesis is that human emotions and behaviors are simple – not complex
In this book he defines and explains what Wellbeing is — it will surprise you — and what drives it, by introducing his three very simple and obvious Principles of Continuity, Preservation and Replenishment: the driver, purpose and reason for all human behavior.
Whether we are enjoying a romantic dinner out or engaged in an act of despicable violence, whether we are making love, stealing the Mona Lisa or writing a grand symphony, these seemingly different activities are driven by the same, singular human drive and motive: to achieve our sense of wellbeing, driven by the Principles of Continuity, Preservation and Replenishment.
Through a story-telling approach, he reasons and describes how this conclusion, founded on five decades of reflection in attempting to understand human emotions and behavior, became a sudden epiphany.
Our Sense of Wellbeing offers 14 real-life examples of ongoing human emotional struggles. It explains what the most basic need and expression of love is. It describes why we abuse each other, what causes infidelity and divorce, why the brain does not know the difference between enjoying wine and murder.
The book exposes that our current beliefs regarding homosexuality, racism, suicide, rape and other violence and the desire for power or position in life are misconceptions and archaic. Our pursuit of happiness is a delusion and ludicrous.
The author concedes that Our Sense of Wellbeing and the Principles of Continuity, Preservation and Replenishment will be met with much skepticism, at first. But, he is convinced that, within a short time and with basic consideration, his hypotheses will become so obvious, that the reader will no longer be able to see the world and human behavior any other way.
Our Sense of Wellbeing may just be the beginning of truly understanding ourselves. Rejection of ideas is a self-defense reaction. Reflection is a first step toward enlightenment.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Volume 1
Dedication
Forward
The Principles
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 — A Prelude
- Chapter 2 — The Discovery
- Chapter 3 — Basic Definitions
- Chapter 4 — The Principles
- Chapter 5 — The Principle of Continuity
- Chapter 6 — The Principle of Preservation
- Chapter 7 — The Principle of Replenishment
- Chapter 8 — The Body Paradigm
- Chapter 9 — Our Sense of Wellbeing
- Chapter 10 — Human Emotions
- Chapter 11 — Our Behavior
- Chapter 12 — Putting It Together
Observations
- The Observations
- Observation 1 — We Disagree to Agree
- Observation 2 — Love, Such a Simple Fantasy
- Observation 3 — Infidelity & Divorce—The Struggle for Continuity
- Observation 4 — Murder & Wine—The Brain Knows No Difference
- Observation 5 — The Good & Bad Homosexual
- Observation 6 — Our Inherent Racism
- Observation 7 — Look at Me
- Observation 8 — Goblins, Souls, Gods & Other Nonsense
- Observation 9 — Our Pursuit of Happiness—Chasing the Ludicrous
- Observation 10 — The Peace of Suicide
- Observation 11 — Desire for Power—The Most Insecure of Us
- Observation 12 — Rape & Other Violence
- Observation 13 — I Love My Basil, I Love My Spouse
- Observation 14 — A Sense of Wellbeing
Epilogue
Lexicon
About the Author
Book Details
Book Details
Copyrights and Credits
Published by Christoph G. Olesch
Title: Our Sense of Wellbeing – Understanding Human Behavior in 90 Minutes
Copyright © 2019 by Christoph G. Olesch
All rights reserved. No production of this publication is allowed, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise — or stored in a retrieval system without the express written permission of the author.
Cover Image Credits —
Central Image: Passion Evening — Painting by Leonid Afremov
© Leonid Afremov. Used with Permission.
Top Left Image: Dancing Young Couple © Konrad Bak/123RF
Top Right Image: Seeker. Woman collapsed in the desert with
mystical pyramid © Elena Ray/123RF
Lower Left Image: Two Persons Screaming at Each Other
© Lorenzo Rossi/123RF
Lower Right Image: Young Couple Sleeping in Bed Together –
© Lightfield Studio/123RF
Manufactured in the United States of America
First Edition—180 Pages
ISBN-13: 978-1-7333141-0-7 (Paperback)
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Synopsis
Synopsis
Of Agony And Peace With Divorce is a collection of poems of love, regret, and desires to create emotional worlds of undying nurture.
These poems were written to deal with and express the emotional feelings vacillating between elation and depression, memories of deep, dedicated companionship, love, anger, blame and fantasies of eternal emotional utopia.
They describe pain and suffering, reminiscence of good times, disappointment, laughter and pleasure.
The author reveals his anguish of divorce and discovers many of our delusions and unrealistic expectations of marital relationships. He shares his struggles, agonies and eventual peace with divorce, offering hope and solace to readers who are in the process or aftermath of their own marital dissolution.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Dedication
To A Friend
To Susan
The Poems
Group 1
- Marriage—Our Final Truth
- A Time of Dedication
- Love Is Not Our Enemy
- The Visitor
- Forever In My Soul
- Tears Of Joy
- As We Lay Together
- The Wake
- Isolation
- Agony
Group 2
- Crying In My Sleep
- My Partner And I
- The Morning Rising
- Limits Of The Soul
- The Phone Call
- My Life Is Broken
- Our Lonely Place
- Strength And Weakness
- How Do I Know You
- The Lost Future
Group 3
- Will You Remember Me
- Tears
- The Second Life
- The Soul Revisited
- Breathing Life
- The Desperate Connection
- Raw Feelings (How Am I Feeling Today)
- Pompano Beach
- The Soul Of Life
- Madness At My Door
- A Walk In The Woods
- A Soulmate's Care
- Imaginary Truth
- Of Sons And Daughters
About The Poems
Sample Readings
Sample Readings
Short Excerpts
Three complete poems are available for reading at Amazon.
- Marriage—Our Final Truth
- A Time of Dedication
- Love Is Not Our Enemy
Book Details
Book Details
Copyrights and Credits
Published by Christoph G. Olesch
Title: Of Agony And Peace with Divorce—A Diary of Change
Copyright © 1999―2019 by Christoph G. Olesch
All rights reserved. No production of this publication is allowed, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the express written permission of the author.
Cover image Credit―A Blue Day © Gun Legler
Manufactured in the United States of America
First Edition—128 Pages
ISBN-10: 1-7333141-2-1 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 978-1-7333141-2-1 (Paperback)
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