ALAIN FORGET HOW TO GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE The Utimate Self Empowerment Handbook 2 As long as there is death, there is fear. Only victory over death will make fear die. 2 – 3 The right of Alain Forget to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not by way of trade or otherwise be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent pur- chaser. Copyright 2000 – 2012 Version 5.0 ISBN 978-1-4092-0490-9 © Photography from Michel Fraile © Translation from French into English by Antoine Laurent and Alain Forget 2012. 4 To my Teachers: René Ropars and Jean Tissier. For years they helped me to go forward, allowing me to stumble but never to fall. To Terence Gray (Wei Wu Wei), contemporary Ch’an Master through whose texts awakening occurred. 4 – 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11 FOREWORD: DR MARK COLLINS 14 FOREWORD: DR PETER FENWICK 16 A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF MY JOURNEY 18 HOW THIS BOOK GOT ITS TITLE 19 INTRODUCTION PART I - THE FOUR DS CHAPTER I 24 THE TWO KEYS AND THE FOUR MAPS 24 THE FIRST KEY: IDENTIFICATION 24 THE SECOND KEY: DUALITY 25 THE FIRST MAP: FEAR AND GUILT 29 THE SECOND MAP: THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THE EGO 31 THE THIRD MAP: THE ORIGINS OF THE SUBPERSONALITIES 33 THE FOURTH MAP: THE AMPHITHEATER 34 PREAMBLE TO THE PSYCH LOGICAL WORK CHAPTER II 36 THE FIRST D: DISTANCING 37 THE PRACTICE OF DISTANCING CHAPTER III 43 THE SECOND D: DISCERNMENT 43 UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMIC OF THE SUBPERSONALITIES 44 THE PRATICE OF DISCERNMENT 45 HOW TO SEE YOURSELF AS YOU REALLY ARE 46 WHY YOU HAVE TO SEE YOURSELF AS YOU REALLY ARE 46 THE ARMOUR OF THE EGO AND ITS DEFENSE SYSTEM 47 THE DIRECTIONAL EGO CHAPTER IV 54 SECTION I - THE THIRD D: DISIDENTIFICATION YOUR PSYCHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION 6 54 THE DYNAMIC OF RAISING CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE OBSTACLES YOU WILL FACE ON THE WAY 58 THE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCING YOUR MASCULINE AND FEMININE SIDE 61 HOW TO ACHIEVE YOUR HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS 64 PREAMBLE TO PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT 65 SECTION II - THE THIRD D: DISIDENTIFICATION YOUR PSYCHIC EVOLUTION 69 THE PRACTICE OF SILENCE 72 PREAMBLE TO THE METAPHYSICAL APPROACH CHAPTER V 74 THE FOURTH D: DISCRIMINATION CHAPTER VI 78 AWAKENING OR HOW TO GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE CHAPTER VII 82 AWAKENING: A FINAL WARNING CHAPTER VIII 83 TIME TO PUSH THE DOOR OPEN 85 PREAMBLE TO PART II PART II QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 87 A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH 94 A METAPHYSICAL APPROACH 102 THE TEACHER 106 THE MIND 119 ORIGINS AND ATTITUDES 133 LOVE 136 THE SOUL 143 GOD, GOOD AND EVIL 148 DREAMS 153 SEX, MONEY, WAR AND PEACE 6 – 7 PART III BIOGRAPHIES AND SELECTED TEXTS 160 INTRODUCTION 195 A LETTER FROM THE READER TO HIMSELF 196 Glossary Bibliography 201 ESSENTIAL READING LIST 202 RECOMMENDED READING LIST 208 APHORISMS 210 WEBSITE 8 8 – 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Dr Leon Schlamm, Dr. Richard Dixey, Geoffrey Russell, Catherine Phillips, Mark Lloyd-Fox, Barry Tomalin, Mary Tomalin, Michael Laznicka and the late Colin Morley for their invaluable contributions to the revision of this text. I also wish to show my appreciation to Dr. Donald Wilson, Jacques Renault, Victoria Ritchie, Monique Sims and Alex Tschyrkow for their critical reading. I am grateful for the help given over the years to the development of the Teaching by Gérard Galbois, Laurence Kirschel, Micha Benoliel, John Cummins, Dr. Jérome Bilet, Dr Elisabeth Doeskeland, Isabelle Clerc, Mattie Silman, David Lorimer, Dr Peter Fenwick, Elisabeth Fenwick and Viviane Auberton. And, finally, I am grateful for the comments and suggestions I received from Dr Mark Collins, Charlie Savill and from my translator and close collaborator, Dr. Antoine Laurent. 10