- Reprinted from Prescriptions for Happiness By Ken Keyes, Jr. Living Love Publications St. Mary, KY 40063. Heeding this declaration, I set out to transcribe this book and put it online for people across the planet to access for free. I tried to maintain the original font and formatting so as to preserve its carefree and affectionate design.
- TEACHINGS OF KEN KEYES. Or, The Living Love Way to Higher Consciousness. Summarized by miriam berg. Past living primarily in our own state of happiness to where we are actively seeking to live according to the Law of Higher Consciousness and to be of service to other people. Cornucopis (Ken's name for it) - at this level not only.
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| Ontario MPP | |
|---|---|
| In office 1985–1990 | |
| Preceded by | Keith Norton |
| Succeeded by | Gary Wilson |
| Constituency | Kingston and the Islands |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kenneth A. Keyes September 16, 1930 (age 89) Wolfe Island, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Kenneth A. Keyes (born September 16, 1930) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.
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Background[edit]
Keyes was educated at Toronto Teacher's College, Queen's University and the University of Ottawa, receiving a Master's Degree in Education. He was a teacher and principal in Frontenac County for thirty-seven years.
Municipal politics[edit]
Keyes served as an alderman in Kingston for twelve years, was deputy mayor for five years. He was elected as mayor in 1976.[1] He served two terms and left office in 1980.[2]
Provincial politics[edit]
He ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1971 provincial election, but lost to Progressive ConservativeW.J. Nuttall by fewer than 2,000 votes in the constituency of Frontenac—Addington.[3] He contested Kingston in the 1975 election, but lost to Progressive Conservative Keith Norton by 203 votes.[4]
He was elected to the legislature in the 1985 election, defeating Norton by 2,287 votes in the renamed riding of Kingston and the Islands.[5] The Liberals formed a minority government under David Peterson after this election, and Keyes was appointed to cabinet as Minister of Correctional Services and Solicitor General on June 26, 1985.[6]
In late 1986, Keyes became involved in a political controversy after being caught sharing an alcoholic drink with police officers on a police boat in the Kingston area. He stepped down as Solicitor General on December 3, 1986 while the matter was investigated by Toronto police, and was re-instated on January 9, 1987. On another occasion, he provoked controversy by suggesting that some police services in Ontario were using hollow-tipped bullets, contrary to provincial law.
Keyes was easily re-elected over NDP challenger Gary Wilson in the 1987 provincial election, but was dropped from cabinet after the election and served as a backbencher in the parliament that followed.[7]
The Liberals were defeated by the NDP in the 1990 provincial election and Keyes lost his seat to Wilson by 2,092 votes.[8]
Keyes supported fellow Kingstonian John Gerretsen's bid to lead the Ontario Liberal Party in 1996, and moved to Joseph Cordiano's camp when Gerretsen was eliminated after the second ballot. When Cordiano was also eliminated, Keyes supported the victorious candidate, Dalton McGuinty.[9]
Cabinet[edit]
| Ontario Provincial Government of David Peterson | ||
| Cabinet posts (3) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| Ian Scott | Solicitor General 1987 (January–September) | Joan Smith |
| Don Cousens | Minister of Correctional Services 1985–1987 | Dave Ramsay |
| Bud Gregory | Solicitor General 1985–1986 | Ian Scott |
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Later life[edit]
Keyes remains active in the Kingston area. In 1998, he chaired the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show in the neighbouring riding of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington.
References[edit]
- ^'Mayors and reeves across Ontario'. The Globe and Mail. December 8, 1976. p. 10.
- ^Plaitel, Rudy (November 10, 1980). 'Voters go to polls in 801 municipalities'. The Globe and Mail. p. 1.
- ^'Riding-by-riding returns in provincial election'. The Globe and Mail. October 23, 1971. p. 10.
- ^'Table of vote results for all Ontario ridings'. The Globe and Mail. September 19, 1975. p. C12.
- ^'Results of vote in Ontario election'. The Globe and Mail. May 3, 1985. p. 13.
- ^MacLatchie, James M. Violence in Contemporary Canadian Society. John Howard Society of Canada, 1987. 27.
- ^'Results from individual ridings'. The Windsor Star. September 11, 1987. p. F2.
- ^'Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results'. The Globe and Mail. September 7, 1990. p. A12.
- ^Hogben, Murray (December 2, 1996). 'Local delegates had plenty of decisions to make'. Kingston Whig - Standard. p. 8.
External links[edit]
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Written in 1975, this is a New Age classic and a truly awful book. Normally I just ignore awful books, but I have some things to say about exactly why the worldview presented by Keyes is toxic.
The post-colon half of this book's title is 'The Science of Happiness,' which points to two ways this book is false: first, it teaches that spirituality is a science (it is not, it is an art). Second, it teaches that the goal of spiritual development is personal happiness (and it's not -- personal happines...more
The post-colon half of this book's title is 'The Science of Happiness,' which points to two ways this book is false: first, it teaches that spirituality is a science (it is not, it is an art). Second, it teaches that the goal of spiritual development is personal happiness (and it's not -- personal happines...more
Feb 23, 2010Lauri rated it it was amazing
Wow. Everyone should read this book. Defining the 'obvious.' Teaching how to operate from higher consciousness, and what that means, instead of animalistic-automatic-emotion-backed-responses. Great stuff. Life changing in an internal way... reprogramming.
This little gem of a book brings some of Taoism and Buddhism into a western framework. Ken Keyes views suffering being the result of 'emotionally backed demands' which he labels 'addictions.
The book was written at a time when the word 'addiction' wasn't used unthinkingly by pop culture. I don't know that he was the first to use the word as he did, but I don't remember anyone earlier in my readings.
It is easy to skim the book and misunderstand his view. But here it is in a nutshell.
Life happens....more
The book was written at a time when the word 'addiction' wasn't used unthinkingly by pop culture. I don't know that he was the first to use the word as he did, but I don't remember anyone earlier in my readings.
It is easy to skim the book and misunderstand his view. But here it is in a nutshell.
Life happens....more
This is the most profoundly practical book to clean up your unhappiness act and choose a happy way of life. It's neuroscience reprogramming before its time. (It sold a million copies in the 1970's. I just reread it and am amazed how much working with it had bettered my life. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Sep 07, 2011Gayle Ferguson rated it it was amazing
This book helped me to recognise how to change things that I did not know how to change about myself.For someone who did not possess the skills needed to begin making changes in my life, this guided me in a gentle,practical way.I still use some of it daily.It helps you to begin the internal dialog needed to begin healing a cycle of wrong thinking.If you know someone who is struggling with trying to do better but they honestly do not know how, suggest this book to them or make sure they get a cop...more
I read this book at age 15. I can still say that it is one of the most influential books I ever read.
I would recommend this book to everyone. It brings home how most of the suffering in our lives comes from the meaning we attach to things and not the events themselves.
Is it sensible to be upset if it rains? It does also use the exmple of spilt milk... Unless we are starving and that is the only sustenance we have perhaps these things aren't worth upsetting ourselves about and wouldn't we be happier without those upsets?
The difficulty is in overcoming our habitiual programming... Despite our cor...more
Is it sensible to be upset if it rains? It does also use the exmple of spilt milk... Unless we are starving and that is the only sustenance we have perhaps these things aren't worth upsetting ourselves about and wouldn't we be happier without those upsets?
The difficulty is in overcoming our habitiual programming... Despite our cor...more
This book is revolutionary. It helped me to recognize a lot of the ego-based behaviors and reactions that were creating unnecessary stress in my life--and to reframe them in what amounted to a paradigm shift. After reading the book and applying a few techniques, I felt a MUCH closer oneness with ALL the people around me--family, strangers, and friends. It seemed to help me return to an easy countenance that I could only remember harboring DECADES ago. Beyond that, one of the appendixes answered...more
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Feb 01, 2015Ken Serna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I've read easily over a hundred books on self development, psychology and consciousness...I would say this is easily in the top 3 of those books, if not the best book I've ever read.
This book is a great primer if you haven't read too deeply or widely into eastern philosophy or new age self-help books. The most valuable piece of info in this book is probably the little boxed blurb on page 87 that says:
TO BE FREE:
1. Explore the suffering.
2. Pinpoint the addictive demand.
3. Reprogram the addictive demand.
4. Experience the freedom.
The whole notion of addictions and preferences was a fresh concept to me. A lot of Ken Keyes's info hit me as old hat and overdone, but the language...more
TO BE FREE:
1. Explore the suffering.
2. Pinpoint the addictive demand.
3. Reprogram the addictive demand.
4. Experience the freedom.
The whole notion of addictions and preferences was a fresh concept to me. A lot of Ken Keyes's info hit me as old hat and overdone, but the language...more
I am surprised by how relevant the book is given that it was published over 40 years ago. Compared to other books dealing with the same issue, the book offers more practical advice that is actionable. I also liked the summary in the appendixes, which you can keep as a reminder to refresh your mind once in a while.
May 22, 2017Robert Foulcant rated it it was amazing
A lot of good advices and a good reflection about happinness.
Apr 08, 2019Valerie Vlasenko rated it really liked it
Found this book in the Black Rock City library :) it is full of wisdom and great ideas but they are all portrayed in a very complicated language. The author make interesting points on how improve your happiness levels, yet many of them look dogmatic - “do this and you will be happy forever”. Also my feeling was that the author was preaching to the choir trying to explain things that people on a higher consciousness level understand anyway. My call - a nice self help book to skim through & re...more
May 17, 2017Mark Braithwaite rated it it was amazing
I think that the only way to appreciate this book is to be at a point in your life, as the author says, where you want your inner peace and happiness increase more than you want to change the world around you in order to generate feelings of peace and happiness.
The Living Love Way to Higher Consciousness explored by the author can easily be seen as simply 'turning the other cheek', but with careful thought and meditation, always asking 'What's the essence of what this is saying?', most people w...more
The Living Love Way to Higher Consciousness explored by the author can easily be seen as simply 'turning the other cheek', but with careful thought and meditation, always asking 'What's the essence of what this is saying?', most people w...more
While reading one of my older books by Iyanla Vanzant, I came across the name of this book which she credited as one of the books that helped her in her spiritual journey. I couldn’t find this book online or at my library but luckily, after googling the author’s name, I found a PDF copy of the book online available for download – for free!
If I hadn’t read Eckhart Tolle’s “Power of Now”, I admit that this book would have made no sense to me. Even so, I feel that I will need to read this again and...more
Feb 01, 2017Natasha (Diarist) Holme rated it it was amazingIf I hadn’t read Eckhart Tolle’s “Power of Now”, I admit that this book would have made no sense to me. Even so, I feel that I will need to read this again and...more
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Self-published in 1972 and selling a million copies, this is one of the best books I have ever read on spirituality (challenging my all-time favourites Byron Katie, Neale Donald Walsch, Anthony de Mello). This handbook is potentially life-transforming.
Ken Keyes clearly and persuasively lays out twelve pathways, seven centres of consciousness, and five methods to overcome the addictive emotion-based demands (models of how we believe the world should be and should treat us) that cause all of our...more
Ken Keyes clearly and persuasively lays out twelve pathways, seven centres of consciousness, and five methods to overcome the addictive emotion-based demands (models of how we believe the world should be and should treat us) that cause all of our...more
The language may seem dated (this was written in 1975), but it is a wonderfully practical self-help book. The 'Higher Consciousness' referred to isn't necessarily anything mystical; it's about changing your mental 'addictions' to 'preferences,' so that if you don't get what you want, you can be happy anyway. Keyes invented very effective tools for doing that. I've read many self-help books and most don't really 'stick,' they don't make much difference. This book has made a noticeable, positive d...more
Jul 13, 2014Emil Karajić rated it really liked it
The book has some really good ideas - nothing really new as far as standard enlightment goes but it does a nice job of connecting concepts with basic psychology. The one gripe I have with this book is that it is very repetitive - it could be a third shorter but still be able to convey its splendid ideas.
Apr 07, 2019Christopher Miller rated it did not like it
'Are you depressed? Well, have you tried being happy?'
If you have ever heard that and were justifiably angered, skip this book.
If you are curious about Eastern philosophy, and have never heard of the Bhagavad Gita or the Dhammapada, this could serve as an introduction to some of the concepts. I'd say it's just a plagiarized mix of the two if it weren't for all the new age pseudoscience mixed in.
This book was probably a good thing when it was first written, and I imagine it did help a lot of peop...more
If you have ever heard that and were justifiably angered, skip this book.
If you are curious about Eastern philosophy, and have never heard of the Bhagavad Gita or the Dhammapada, this could serve as an introduction to some of the concepts. I'd say it's just a plagiarized mix of the two if it weren't for all the new age pseudoscience mixed in.
This book was probably a good thing when it was first written, and I imagine it did help a lot of peop...more
This is the best book I’ve read. It give you all new perspective of life, joy, happiness. I’ve a long time answer seeker for one question: How can I handle fear, unhappiness, frustration and all those bad emotions. If you’re struggling with those same problems I used to have, this is the book your looking for. I have a new task now, I most every book I’ve read in the past, because I now have a different perspective. Men, what an awesome book!!!
It is very inspirational and also practical. I felt a bunch of rainbow feelings while reading it. Besides it is exactly a full guide for you to understand you and your life
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It takes a while to get used too, but I learned some good stuff from this book. It is a little out there though lol
Feb 16, 2019Laura Bulawski rated it it was amazing
I read this book at a time when staying in the 'now' was my only chance to keep from projecting a horrible future. It helped me so much.
Jan 04, 2013Anni rated it liked it Shelves: read-in-2013, self-improvement, non-fiction
I choose to read this book, because it was mentioned in 'the Conversations with God' books and so it didn't really provide me with any new information about the benefits of sprituality. But what I liked about this book is the 'how to' explanations, the steps to grow towards a higher conciousness. I'm looking forward to using them! They are simple and easy to understand even though the discriptions of the different paths are quite lenghty and therefore a little difficult to learn by heart. Overal...more
i read this after i got my degree in astrology at 13 from sylvia sherman's school in west orange nj - when i got this book they dude at the store said ' you're the youngest person to have ever bought this book'
heh
old old old
and forever young
heh
old old old
and forever young
I can't believe I missed this book along the way.
This book is from 1975. Ideas presented predate and are incorporated by Anthony Robbins in Awaken the Giant Within and Eckart Tolle in his books. A precursor for sure.
This book is from 1975. Ideas presented predate and are incorporated by Anthony Robbins in Awaken the Giant Within and Eckart Tolle in his books. A precursor for sure.
Some people will find it useful. Other people will find it piffle. It helped me reframe some things going on in my life, and a lot of it is pretty similar to the Four Noble Truths in Buddhism, but I didn't agree with every single thing it suggested.
Ken Keyes outlined steps you can take to bring yourself to a higher level of consciousness. I keep a copy of this book and review it again and again. I don't know how many times that the information in this book has helped me through negative situations.
Just reading this book made me feel calmer. It offers great advice, and can truly help you to see life in a more mature, healthier way. A bit repetitive at times, but overall, definitely worth a read if you are looking for tools to handle everything in life in a more balanced, positive way.
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