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Paul Bennett—spiritualist, artist, inventor,
teacher, musician, joke-teller, husband, father, mentor and friend who lives in Sydney with his wife Tutti. He has two daughters, Cecily-Anna, a journalist and Features Editor and Sonia, a fashion designer, illustrator and writer.
Paul’s basic philosophy is “strangers are just friends waiting to happen” and as a result seeks NEW friends randomly from every race, colour and creed, knowing that all new contacts have huge untapped potential for good things to happen.
As a ‘Lightworker’, Paul seeks to assist humanity by PROMOTING human communication and understanding, by being a catalyst for an explosion of friendship, good will and joyful encounters.
His greatest desire is to make people feel better about themselves and then pass it on to others creating a ‘snowball effect’ of good energy and in ways unknown, make the world a better place for all.
Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite
The Cranky Guru: Adventures in Metaphysics is a self-help book by Paul Bennett. The author bases much of the material he presents on his own 30-year journey of self-discovery. He begins with an example of his beliefs in action, when he has his passport renewed in three hours before an anticipated family trip. By believing in the benevolence of the universe, he saw that trip happening. As he waited for the office to open and traveled up to the offices with other applicants, he wished them all success, and he actually received his passport in time to travel. Bennett offers ways to focus on the now rather than being caught up in the past or worrying about the future. He discusses the various forms of meditation and gives basic instructions on how to practice each form. Bennett includes an extensive bibliography of those works he found instructive and instrumental in his search for his own philosophy.
Paul Bennett’s self-help book, The Cranky Guru: Adventures in Metaphysics, is one of those books you’ll want to hang on to and read and then re-read. He’s a gifted writer who has the ability to communicate directly with his readers, almost as though he were in the same room with you. He’s honest and fearless and quite charming, and I found myself smiling as I read of his Lift Club exploits. No, I’m never in lifts, so I won’t be tempted to burst out into song and see for myself just what transpires, but it does make for some interesting reading. Sometimes Bennett is deadly serious, as when he discusses what thoughts you project and the repercussions of negative emotions and feelings. There’s an awful lot to digest in this well-presented and deceptively slim volume, and I’m very glad to have heard Bennett’s voice resonating through The Cranky Guru. This is an exceptional work that is highly recommended.
