Most of us are constantly looking outside ourselves for something: happiness, love, contentment. But this something, this 'it', is not out there. 'It' is within us. We are full of these qualities: happiness, love, contentment . . . and more. In 'It's Not Out There', Buddhist teacher and mentor, Danapriya, helps you see clearly how to stop looking outside yourself for happiness, success, and love. If you look inside yourself, life becomes more vivid, joyful and extraordinary. We can so easily trip ourselves up through our thoughts, views and habits. By really taking the time -- stopping, looking, feeling, being mindful -- we gain a new level of awareness that radically shifts the way we see things. This book is for you if you want to suffer less and to live life more. It's about seeing the reality of the human predicament, seeing through the illusions that create unnecessary pain for yourself and others. This book uncovers the fertile ground of your own potential, and enables you to live the life you are here for. Stop, look, listen and sense, you are worth it.
It's Not Out There: How to see differently and live an extraordinary, ordinary life; Danapriya; Windhorse Publications; Paperback; 216 pp; $13.95

Danapriya, born Ian Dixon in 1959, has been involved in personal growth and healing work for over three decades. He is a fully qualified acupuncturist, having studied at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine from 1993 to 1996, and has been in private practice ever since. He has also studied cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and neuro linguistic programming (NLP). On being ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 2001 he was given the name Danapriya, meaning 'one who loves giving'. He lived at the London Buddhist Centre for nine years before moving to Deal in Kent, where he set up the Deal Buddhist Group. He was chair of the group for eleven years, stepping down from the role in 2018. Over the years Danapriya has led many retreats and taught hundreds of people to meditate. He now leads courses in positive thinking and meditation, as well as running a counselling business. 'It's Not Out There' is his first book. For Danapriya's led meditations outlined in 'It's Not Out There' as well as more information on his counselling, go to www.danapriya.org.

CONTENTS: It's Not Out There
	About the author	xi
	Acknowledgements	xii
	Publisher's acknowledgements	xiii
	Foreword by Dhiramuni	xv
	Introduction: It's not out there, it's here	1
1	Even pain can bring blessings	5
2	It's never not now	11
3	We live such rich lives	15
4	It's not out there	19
5	I don't have enough time	25
6	I can't change	31
7	What we dwell on we become	37
8	We get in our own way	41
9	The human condition, lost in thought	47
10	Mindfulness -- be there now	51
11	Grief and love	55
12	Talk that perfumes the air	61
13	Have courage and be kind	67
14	Heroes and heroines	69
15	Giving creates love	73
16	Let your love live	79
17	Discipline is enjoyable	87
18	Listening deeply	93
19	Imagination	99
20	Seeing differently and accepting difference	105
21	Other power and consciousness	111
22	The great value of facing our own death now	117
23	Complexity versus simplicity	121
24	Nature's message	125
25	Meditation helps all of the above	131
	Epilogue: Now is the time to start	137