Be True, Be Happy

The Steps of Essence

"The ideal of becoming authentic has been used in misleading or superficial ways by many. This book offers the deepest and most viable conception of the authentic life I have ever seen."
-- Dr. Charles Guignon, author of On Being Authentic

"An extraordinary book! It captures the essence of feeling alright about yourself."
-- Kurt H., Psychotherapist

"From Aristotle to Zen, this text synthesizes a grounded, systematic approach to self-actualization. This amazing book is a map to personal growth."
-- Karen D., Ph.D. Psychology

"The Steps to Essence helped me distill my own beliefs and values into the threads of essence that are fundamental to me, and create a personal roadmap for a more satisfying journey through life."
-- Mary Ann P., a reader

"I was quite impressed with The Steps to Essence. It extends Joseph Campbell's hero model to personal growth. The exercises are gradual enough that there was a distinct flow in an otherwise very difficult process."
-- TCM Reviews

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SeinQuest’s New Website featuring The Steps of Essence

Posted Mon, 08/10/2009 - 13:09 by Hanns-Oskar Porr

SeinQuest is proud to present a new website featuring the exciting new book “The Steps of Essence” by Hanns-Oskar Porr.

The whole site is geared towards your "self-realization,” and provides you with many dynamic tools to help you on your life’s Quest to be anybody but you! You will find blogs, forums, and a social network designed to help you live your life well and authentically.

Star Trek, the movie: Captain Kirk is not who you think he is

Posted Mon, 08/10/2009 - 12:24 by Hanns-Oskar Porr

Earlier this year I watched the new Star Trek movie because I wanted to see the origin of the main characters, like Kirk, Spok, Bones, etc. Maybe you did so, too--but did you catch the mistake? In the movie, an alternate timeline is created; that in itself is not that bad, nor unusual--clearly, the studio wants a fresh start to make more movies (and money). But in the process, the writers and producer made a colossal error: they created an entirely different Captain Kirk—somebody who cannot be the same Kirk we all came to know (and love?), but instead is a different person.

Being True to You, and living authentically. Part 2

Posted Fri, 06/05/2009 - 03:41 by Hanns-Oskar Porr

In the first part of this post, I talked about how to find what you can be true to. But that is only the beginning, and there is more: For once you know what matters most to you in your life, you then have to live authentically to this. And that can be quite hard.

Being True to You, and living authentically. Part 1

Posted Fri, 06/05/2009 - 03:12 by Hanns-Oskar Porr

Today we hear it quite often: I want to be true to me. It almost has become like a battle cry of a whole generation. But what really does this mean? Who really is this "you" that you should be true to? Once we dig into the answers, it really is quite obscure. Let's look at it some more:

Knowing who you are, and then being it: Paul Potts blew us all away

Posted Tue, 06/02/2009 - 06:02 by Hanns-Oskar Porr

My books, Be True, Be Happy and The Steps of Essence, are all about being yourself; and at times that can be one of the hardest things you will ever do. To help and inspire you, I want to share with you this fantastic story and video.

Authentic at the national level: freedom and democracy

Posted Mon, 06/01/2009 - 11:26 by Hanns-Oskar Porr

My books, Be True, Be Happy and The Steps of Essence, are all about Self-Realization: how to find yourself, and then live authentically to this. My writings apply this to the personal level, but the same discussion can also be held at other levels, such as the level of our nation.

The question I want to pose here: how much is the US true to its core values?