Bryan Hubbard - The Untrue Story of You

Praise for The Untrue Story of You:

The Untrue Story of You offers one of the most significant advances in our understanding of who we are, why we do what we do and what we can do to end the negative patterns that hold us back. This beautiful and inspiring book has all the hallmarks of a spiritual classic.

JOHN GRAY, AUTHOR OF INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS

This book has so many layers that it will resonate for weeks after youve finished the final page. It is the story of forgiveness of an abusive past, a visionary work of original philosophy, an original theory of what it means to be human in all its complexity and a practical toolkit for overcoming the demons of your past. This is one book you will be buying in bulk and thrusting into the hands of every one of your friends.

MARCI SHIMOFF, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF
HAPPY FOR NO REASON, CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE WOMANS SOUL
AND FEATURED TEACHER IN THE MOVIE THE SECRET

Heal the story of pain and set yourself free! Bryan Hubbard presents a unique work that is carefully researched, sensitively written, hugely insightful and, above all, helpful!

ROBERT HOLDEN, AUTHOR OF SHIFT HAPPENS!

I believe you have come up with a truly valuable model for personal growth. It is both straightforward and easily graspable on the one hand and potentially powerful and downright transformational on the other. The world would be well served by your using this innovative approach to touch many, many people globally.

BILL BAUMAN, AUTHOR OF THE ULTIMATE HUMAN

This is a book of big ideas about who you are but also big solutions about whats holding you back. The deceptively simple theory of this book stays with you for weeks after you have finished the final page, but also arms you with the tools to reclaim your life. It picks up where The Power of Now leaves off.

JANET ATTWOOD, AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE PASSION TEST

What readers are saying:

Its an amazing read. I picked it up and read it in a day. Why? Well, I just couldnt put it down. The concept is so simple and yet so powerful. In fact, Ive mentioned it to all my friends and family. A must-read!

DEBRA QUARLES

It is wonderful how even internal questions are always answered, and in the most amazing ways at times its like breadcrumbs leading us on the way home.

REGINA JAGNE

The first time I read the book I literally danced all the way around our house. It was mad, but through your words for the first time I got it. I really got the idea of being free and light and the idea of being a free spirit inside this human body was within my grasp!

SARA MYNARD

This is the most wonderful book I have ever read. A gift to humanity.

SHAUN PETERSEN

This book is what Ive been waiting for its just the best book, and it made spirituality so simple.

ARDRE BURGOYNE

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A significant portion of this book was originally published as
Time-Light (New Age Publishing, 2011).

Text Bryan Hubbard, 2014

The moral rights of the author have been asserted.

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The information given in this book should not be treated as a substitute for professional medical advice; always consult a medical practitioner. Any use of information in this book is at the readers discretion and risk. Neither the author nor the publisher can be held responsible for any loss, claim or damage arising out of the use, or misuse, of the suggestions made, the failure to take medical advice or for any material on third party websites.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 978-1-78180-466-7 in print
ISBN 978-1-78180-490-2 in ePub format
ISBN 978-1-78180-491-9 in Kindle format

Contents

Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

MATTHEW, 18.3

Hell is other people.

JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Hell is thinking there are other people.

BRYAN HUBBARD

For Lynne, who lights up my time

The first thing I noticed about Bryan was his laugh. I was a fellow editor in the shabby offices of a British publishing company in 1985 and, newly separated at the time from a three-year-old marriage, had very little to smile about.

Wed been in the middle of an otherwise uneventful corporate meeting of the companys editorial and advertising staff when the proceedings were interrupted by an outburst from one corner of the room. An entire editorial team was convulsed in giggles, led by the editor, the loudest of the group.

This was no ordinary laugh this deep baritone burst open the silence, seeped into every corner, and rained down on every person seated in the room. Indeed, as I discovered when I heard it again in subsequent weeks, Bryans laugh was fully capable of traversing walls. Although it soon had everyone in the room laughing along a particularly dour group ordinarily these were not simply copycat gestures. They represented the shock of recognition that occurs when the listener is a rare witness to joy emerging straight from within soul.

The resonance of that laugh was all the more astonishing to me after I got to know Bryan in the months that followed and learned something of his history. As a child Bryan had been a victim of abuse not physical abuse but mental cruelty of the most potentially debilitating kind. His father, George, an intelligent, if emotionally arrested man, had been severely disappointed in his own life and consequently vented most of his frustration with its shortcomings on his young son usually in the form of a venomous sarcasm.

Bryan had been his fathers unwanted third child from a second marriage and a constant reminder of his own failure to create a loving relationship, particularly with his first wife, who preferred to have her two children taken away from her rather than live with George for one more day.

George refused to acknowledge his son by name and never missed an opportunity to belittle, shout at, or in some way verbally abuse him. Although Bryan was extremely intelligent, his father placed him in a school for tough delinquents, where he essentially survived only by nimble verbal sleight of hand.