Editing Life and How to Survive It

{{short description|Book by Robin Skynner and John Cleese}}
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| author            = [[Robin Skynner]], [[John Cleese]]
| isbn              = 978-1446490716
| pub_date          = 2011
| publisher         = Random House
| language          = English
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'''''Life and How To Survive It''''' is a [[self-help]] [[psychology]] book written by the therapist [[Robin Skynner]] and the comedian [[John Cleese]]. The book is written in a question and answer form, with Cleese asking questions about relationships, and his therapist Skynner answering them. It is the sequel to ''[[Families and How to Survive Them]]''.

The book aims to answer questions both psychologically and sociologically about why the world is the way it is and how this affects individuals. The narrative takes the reader on a journey into hidden consciousness and tries to explain why and how relationships do or do not work. Concepts such as the three parts of the human psyche ([[Id, ego and super-ego]]) are explored.

At one stage in the book, Skynner describes his experiences with [[LSD]] as part of a research project and the effect that they had on his subsequent consciousness, particularly in terms of understanding a spiritual dimension of life and the interconnectedness of all phenomena within it - a sense that echoes much of the descriptions of mystical experiences collated in [[William James|William James's]] ''[[Varieties of Religious Experience]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Robin Skynner and John Cleese|title=Life And How To Survive It|date=2011|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1446490716|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HfTBjZEs6cgC&dq=Skynner+Cleese+LSD&pg=PT78|accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref>

== References==
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[[Category:Popular psychology books]]
[[Category:Self-help books]]
[[Category:Books by Robin Skynner]]
[[Category:Books by John Cleese]]
[[Category:1993 non-fiction books]]


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