The Story of Stuff
The Story of Stuff
with
Annie Leonard
If you haven't yet seen
this video and interaction website, you've got to check
it out! It sheds light on the consumer culture we live
in and offers awareness to take us into a more
conscious way of being that honors our planet and
fellow humans worldwide. Watch it now!
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Why Is God Laughing?
Why
Is God Laughing
The Path to Joy and
Spiritual Optimism
by
Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra's latest book
is a quick-read narrative style, laced with empowering
insights. The story of a comedian's journey to
enlightenment is followed by a brilliantly written
guide to spiritual optimism. Inspired writing meets an
easy read.
I read the entire book, cover-to-cover, on a 5 hour
flight to Newark!
Enjoy.
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Entering The Castle
Entering
The Castle
by
Caroline Myss
I am loving this book! It
is a work that appeals to all who feel themselves to be
"mystics without monastaries." Myss has written a
soulful and engaging book that speaks to the deeper
desires at the soul of who we are as humans. A great
prescription to awaken from the distractions of the
physical world.
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Transforming Fate Into Destiny
May 2008 - Book of The Month
Transforming Fate Into
Destiny: A New Dialogue With Your Soul
by Robert Ohotto
It's been awhile since I
picked up a book that so truly spoke my language. There
are so many gifted teachers out there, sharing powerful
work... I am often struck by the potency a teaching.
However, in this month's featured book, my appreciation
was taken to the next level. I feel as though much of
the knowledge that I have intuited on my own path is
expressed so clearly here.
Excerpt:
We must understand that the freedom we have in free will is to align with our inner design, but we don't have the liberty to be anything other than who we're meant to become. Said another way, each of us eventually awakens to the terrifying reality that there is precious little we can truly control in life - that is, our ego is the caboose on the train of our being, and the soul is the engine that's truly in charge of our lives. The ego must humbly learn that it can only control the quality of our journey, not the destination, which was planned before we came here...
We must always be mindful of when we're seeking and chasing outer approval for our value. For the degree to which we believe in our inherent worth determines how much we can change the world through our Destiny.
These are beautiful explanations of what I consider to be tenets of the SHiNE philosophy. I suggest this book for the great many powerful themes expressed:
- Examine the western world as a fate-phobic culture... where remarkable teachings regarding the nature of life are too often over-simplified to meet our need to control outcomes.
- Develop soul esteem and connecting to the core inscription guiding your walk in the world.
- Explore the ways in which "the ego has gotten a bad rap"... and consider a expansive and compassionate approach to the ego in which it becomes an ally to the soul, resulting in inner authority.
- Practice the art of soul prayer... and learn how the Law of Attraction fits in when our ego wants that which our soul is not aligned with.
- Transforming how you view death, your body, the psyche... and so much more.
Reading this book, I feel grateful that Ohotto was able to share so many of concepts that are overlooked in modern metaphysical circles. I applaud his courage to state the obvious, and to take us into new frontiers of understanding the undeniable.
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I Am That, I Am
I just finished watching
The Moses Code, a relatively new release by director
James Twyman. Take the recent hit, The Secret, and add
higher consciousness including a heavy emphasis on the
role of service and interdependence in spirituality.
Unlike the teachings of late that have paved the way,
this film is not promoting a metaphysical message
focused on empowering the self... instead it emphasizes
a holy message intent upon empowering the soul. The
movie centers around the words revealed to Moses at the
burning bush... I Am That I Am... and offers a
suggestion for an entirely new way of approaching this
message. I will not go into the particulars... as the
purpose of this posting is not to review the movie.
There is much to be said about the film... yet, I am
writing from a personal place tonight.
There is an undeniable truth that I have been
overlooking in my life. It helped reveal itself to me
tonight, and I have decoded a perception that is a
recent source of great struggle.
Pictured above is me just a
few months after I arrived in Portland, over four years
ago. As you can see, I looked very different then. I
had very short hair... and my body was tight and
brimming with muscles from the diligence of daily
pushing them to their edge. This was an important
season in my life. Beginning in the year 2000, the body
you see above carried me through many achievements and
much growth. My streamlined physique above reflected my
business ethic, my single-minded ambition, and my
passion at the time.
This was the true beginning of a destiny that I felt
called to embody. It stemmed from a reason for being
that resonated within me for as long as I can remember.
And in the years from the time of that photo to now, I
have witnessed the miraculous. I have watched myself
inch ever-more closely to my calling (and I know this,
because the voice gets louder). And the primary way
that I have done this to date has been to say
"yes"
to pathways
that have enabled me to connect to the voice within.
One choice at a time, I awakened to my soul's
yearning... saying yes to heartbreak as a journey to
self love.... yes to an insatiable spiritual inquiry...
yes to the emergence of the leader within in job after
job... yes to being unpopular to others in the pursuit
of my truth... yes to movement as a vehicle for
unleashing my brilliance... yes to hooping as a pathway
to understand what enlivens me in the presence of
others. Again and again,
yes has been leading me home.
Now, I find myself standing at the doorway of my
mission as a messenger in this time of great love
embodiment. And, suddenly, "no" has stepped in.
I have been experiencing a great paralysis. I am no
longer the same driven woman in that picture above... a
young soul who manifested opportunity after
opportunity... businesses, clients, and projects. The
one who dared to dream of a life where she could work
for herself. The one who worked endlessly, blasting
through to-do lists and pushing through with a warrior
mindset. I am the woman on the other side of the wall
she busted through. I find myself standing at the point
of entry, saying: "Ah yes, now... I know what I can and
must do." And... I do nothing! Much unlike this decade
of movement that propelled me into the now, anything
other than stillness feels false to this new me.
And so, it was today that I wondered aloud to a dear
friend, "What is it that stops
me from the actions towards this next creation of my
soul's deepest yearning?"
The pieces are coming
together now. You see, I have felt conflicted in my
heart. I have always been wired in such a way that I
cannot step forth on a path where my heart does not
fully align. I have experienced it admiration,
resentment, and utter confusion from others for this
inherent trait in me. Yet, I have come to accept it in
myself.
The degree to which my heart has been halting the
progression of my path as an aspiring author is
becoming more clear. I now understand that an old
paradigm has expired, and a new one has been forming. I
am unwilling to take even a step forward with a
worn-out energetic that feels out of integrity with who
I am destined to become.
My Destiny in this life is Service.
And the gifts that I am blessed with are not commodity
or product.
They are blessed pathways that require Grace and
Humility.
The old paradigm is that of the Entrepreneur. Much of
its energy hinges on the question of how to take skills
and talents and make them a marketable and sustainable
source of sustenance in my life. This mode of being is
not good or bad, as it certainly served its time in my
life. Nevertheless, it has been flipped on its head
over the past few months, and I see it now clear as
day. I don't know yet how
this will
change how and what I do... but
I do know that a rapid and irreversible revolution is
happening with me on a soulular
level.
While I am not rejecting the ways of business
development as we know them to operate, I am certain
that my creative energies will continue to allude me if
I continue to yoke them to dollars and cents. In this
new world where I see us all benefiting organically
from the way in which we are destined to serve this
world, a financial plan for a path of transformation
feels somehow forced. Certainly, I can set objectives!
Yet, I know that what
I must create I
must create for the sake of serving a greater good.
I must serve because service is needed.
I must give of myself because giving is the only thing
that matters.
Even to me it sounds a bit idealistic. How will I pay
my bills if I take a month off to write a book? How can
I energetically give away my time and energy to causes
that need it without room in my budget? I will not go
there. I leave such miracles to God. I only know that
this is the simplification (however naive) that must
take place as I move forward on my path.
I opened myself to God through the path of the
Entrepreneur... and now the Minister is stepping in to
take her place.
It is not that I believe I have to live minimally (or
go without the material pleasures in life) to be great
in service.... yet I do know that, for me, service must
start to proceed my monetary apprehensions and needs to
feel secure. I fully appreciate and honor the ways in
which the business-mind is shaping my reality and
providing me with liberties to have choice over what I
do with my time... yet, what AM I doing with my time?
This may sound dramatic but everything aside from
helping others to feel the light of their brilliance
within feels like a slow death to me. Too much time is
spent on complex business operations and not enough on
the inspirations that pulse through me in the moment.
I am taking my life back now.
I pray for the divine guidance within me to show me the
way.
Hay House Radio
April 2008 - Resource of the Month
Hay House Radio
I felt like I
had stumbled upon a goldmine when a friend recently
suggested I check out Hay House Radio online. So many
of my favorite authors, coaches, and distant-mentors
all featured in one place. Become a member and you can
download amazing talks for FREE! Sign up (again, it's
free) and then visit the "Archives" to add talks to
your iPod.
Check it out!
Happier Than God
March
2008 - Book of The Month
Happier Than God
by Neale Donald Walsh
I am so excited about this
book for two reasons:
1) It is written by one of my favorite authors and
teachers
2) It speaks directly to an issue near and dear to my
heart... the misrepresentation of the Law of Attraction
and how to take metaphysical teachings to a Higher
Plane.
I myself have just started reading it, yet feel
confident in the basic premise... one that echoes many
of my earlier blog postings. It is time for us to
mature in our approach to manifestation, metaphysics,
and what it is to be a creative being. Reaching beyond
the ego, into a Higher Realm of expressing our power in
this world. I look forward to curling up in bed tonight
with this book... and I hope you will check it out as
well.
And by the way, I am quite certain it echoes with a
similar resonance as that within my own heart. The
opening page is a quote:
God says for me to tell
you this:
Nothing needs fixing;
everything desires A Celebration.
You were made to bend
so that you could discover
all of the many Miracles
at your feet.
You were made to stretch
so that you could find
Your Own Beautiful Face of Heaven
just above
all that you think you must shoulder.
When I appeal to God
to speak to me,
I am feeling just as small
and alone
as you are.
But this is when
for no good reason at all,
I begin to Shine.
(Begin to Shine - 2007 m.
Claire)
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A New Earth
February 2008 - Book of The Month
A New Earth: Awakening
to Your Life's Purpose
by Eckhart Tolle
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle. This is a book that I picked up nearly two years ago, when it was first released. The degree to which the pages are earmarked and inked is a testament to what a treasured resource it continues to be on my spiritual path. I was thrilled when I learned that Oprah Winfrey has joined forces with Eckhart Tolle. They will be sharing this extraordinary work worldwide through a 10-week interactive webinar. - Candice
Creating a New Earth is a Community Event. Join
Us.
Our community has the
opportunity to be an active participant in a global
force, led by Eckhart Tolle and Oprah Winfrey. Join
Life Coach and Joyful Visionary, Candice Schutter, as
she opens her home studio to a gathering of those
interested in experiencing the power of collective
awakening. Candice will help facilitate exploration of
the depths of this work in a weekly offering - equal
parts coaching and community book discussion. We will
gather as a group to attend the online class LIVE, and
then stick around to discuss our experiences. This is a
donation-only community event.
A New
Earth
SHiNE Circle
Group
Coaching & Discussion Group
the SHiNE Portal - NE Portland
Mondays, March 3 - May 5
6:00pm to 8:30pm
6:00pm
Webinar (view together)
7:30pm
Refreshments & Discussion
Just
3 Easy Steps:
1
SIGN
UP ONLINE
at Oprah.com for the online
webinar and access to workbook supplements.
2
RSVP
to SHiNE
Email us to let use know
you plan to attend. Space is limited, so act
now.
3
AWAKEN
in COMMUNITY
Read each week’s assigned
chapters and join us on Monday nights to share in the
experience.
Donation Only Event
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RSVP prior to attending
The Other 90 Percent
December 2007 - Book of The Month
The Other 90 Percent:
How to Unlock Your Untapped Potential in Leadership and
Life
by Robert K. Cooper
A colleague and
friend recently recommended this book to me... I am
just getting around to reading it. I am only a quarter
of the way through it; yet, I am fully enjoying the
energy with which it is written. You can read lengthy
reviews (and excerpts) on Amazon - see link below. In
short, I consider it upbeat and inspiring tool the path
to unleashing our brilliance.
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Do you have recommendations
for other brilliant resources?
I want to know about them! Email SHiNE
Peace Is Every Step
October 2007 - Book of The Month
Peace Is Every Step:
The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
by Thich Nhat Hanh
This month, I choose to
share with you a pivotal book upon my journey of
awakening. A simple book by a simple monk with a simple
message... it changed everything for me a decade ago.
Thich Nhat Hanh delivers his message of meditation,
bringing it alive in ways that transcend a meditation
cushion or temple floors. If you want to change the way
you experience the mundane moments of life, you have to
read this book. You will never do dishes (or look at a
dandelion) the same again.
Excerpt:
The Dandelion Has My Smile
If a child smiles, if an adult smiles, that is very
important. If in our daily lives we can smile, if we
can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone
will profit from it. If we really know how to live,
what better way to start the day than with a smile? Our
smile affirms our awareness and determination to live
in peace and joy. The source of a true smile is an
awakened mind.
How can you remember to smile when you wake up? You
might hang a reminder--such as a branch, a leaf, a
painting, or some inspiring words--in your window or
from the ceiling above your bed, so that you notice it
when you wake up. Once you develop the practice of
smiling, you may not need a reminder. You will smile as
soon as you hear a bird singing or see the sunlight
streaming through the window. Smiling helps you
approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
When I see someone smile, I know immediately that he or
she is dwelling in awareness. This half-smile, how many
artists have labored to bring it to the lips of
countless statues and paintings? I am sure the same
smile must have been on the faces of the sculptors and
painters as they worked. Can you imagine an angry
painter giving birth to such a smile? Mona Lisa's smile
is light, just a hint of a smile. Yet even a smile like
that is enough to relax all the muscles in our face, to
banish all worries and fatigue. A tiny bud of a smile
on our lips nourishes awareness and calms us
miraculously. It returns to us the peace we thought we
had lost.
Our smile will bring happiness to us and to those
around us. Even if we spend a lot of money on gifts for
everyone in our family, nothing we buy could give them
as much happiness as the gift of our awareness, our
smile. And this precious gift costs nothing. At the end
of a retreat in California, a friend wrote this poem:
I have lost my smile, but don't worry. The dandelion
has it.
If you have lost your smile and yet are still capable
of seeing that a dandelion is keeping it for you, the
situation is not too bad. You still have enough
mindfulness to see that the smile is there.
You only need to breathe consciously one or two times
and you will recover your smile. The dandelion is one
member of your community of friends. It is there, quite
faithful, keeping your smile for you.
In fact, everything around you is keeping your smile
for you. You don't need to feel isolated. You only have
to open yourself to the support that is all around you,
and in you. Like the friend who saw that her smile was
being kept by the dandelion, you can breathe in
awareness, and your smile will return.
The Mastery of Love
September 2007 - Book of The Month
The Mastery of
Love, by Don Miguel Ruiz
This book is a
recommendation truly as a follow-up to his earlier
work, The Four
Agreements. When the message this
earlier book is received and embodied, it has the power
to transform your life in the most empowering of ways.
While I am not far into it, I sense a similar potency
in The Mastery of
Love. If you have ever wanted
to understand love as an action and purposeful way of
life, you'll gain insights from this book.
Excerpt:
I want you to imagine
that you live on a planet where everyone has a skin
disease. For two or three thousand years, the people on
your planet have suffered the same disease: Their
entire bodies are covered by wounds that are infected,
and those wounds really hurt when you touch them. Of
course, they believe this is a normal physiology of the
skin. Even the medical books describe this disease as a
normal condition. When the people are born, their skin
is healthy, but around three or four years of age, the
first wounds start to appear. By the time they are
teenagers, there are wounds all over their bodies.
Can you imagine how these people are going to treat
each other? In order to relate with one another, they
have to protect their wounds. They hardly ever touch
each other’s skin because it is too painful. If by
accident you touch someone’s skin, it is so painful
that right away she gets angry and touches your skin,
just to get even. Still, the instinct to love is so
strong that you pay a high price to have relationships
with others.
Well, imagine that a miracle occurs one day. You awake
and your skin is completely healed. There are no wounds
anymore, and it doesn’t hurt to be touched. Healthy
skin you can touch feels wonderful because the skin is
made for perception. Can you imagine yourself with
healthy skin in a world where everyone has a skin
disease? You cannot touch others because it hurts them,
and no one touches you because they make the assumption
that it will hurt you.
If you can imagine this, perhaps you can understand
that someone from another planet who came to visit us
would have a similar experience with humans. But it
isn’t our skin that is full of wounds. What thevisitor
would discover is that the human mind issick with a
disease called fear. Just like the description of the
infected skin, the emotional body is full ofwounds, and
these wounds are infected with emotional poison. The
manifestation of the disease of fear is anger, hate,
sadness, envy, and hypocrisy; the result of the disease
is all the emotions that make humans suffer.
...
Imagine that you could visit a planet where everyone
has a different kind of emotional mind. The way they
relate to each other is always in happiness, always in
love, always in peace. Now imagine that one day you
awake on this planet, and you no longer have wounds in
your emotional body. You are no longer afraid to be who
you are. Whatever someone says about you, whatever they
do, you don’t take it personally, and it doesn’t hurt
anymore. You no longer need to protect yourself. You
are not afraid to love, to share, to open your heart.
But no one else is like you. How can you relate with
people who are emotionally wounded and sick with
fear?
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Excerpts
Enhancing Communication: Resources
Wise
Heart - Compassionate Communication
with LaShelle Charde
Today I had the privilege of attending a workshop on
NVC (non-violent communication). This two-hour
introductory event, entitled Compassionate
Communication, was led by LaShelle Charde.
She is a gifted, local facilitator who lovingly and
graceful guides others in clarity and connection. I
highly recommend her services to anyone who would like
to bring consciousness and compassion to relationship
and communication. Her logo (pictured above) really
visibly describes the sensation of being held in the
container that NVC provides. Check out one of her local
classes soon... perhaps I will see you there!
To learn more about LaShelle & NVC:
visit her website: www.wiseheartpdx.org
or the NVC
site: www.cnvc.org
Saying
What's Real:
7 Keys to Authentic Communication and Relationship
Success
by Susan
Campbell
This book is another great
resource recommended to enliven communication in your
most intimate relationships. I have only scratched the
surface of its contents; however, it is rich with
tangible resources that will empower you to bring
honesty to your communications with less anxiety and
greater ease. Campbell suggests seven keys to authentic
communication and relationship
success, giving you verbal anchors
that guide a more grounded approach to expressing the
truth within your heart and mind. Examples include:
"Hearing you say that, I feel...", I am getting
triggered...", "I appreciate you for...". Each
statement is explained more in-depth so that you may
learn to create the energetic environment that will
support listening, speaking, and being heard with
purity.
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Eat, Pray, Love
August 2007 - Book of The Month
Eat Pray
Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert
This book is an
extraordinary and fun read. I picked it up at the
urging of a dear friend. And, as the kind woman at the
bookstore pointed out, it is a must-read for any woman
of in her 30's-40's. In fact, any
woman who has
made the journey through self-discovery is sure to
resonate with this articulate, funny, and lovable
woman's journey. Check it out...
From
the book jacket:
By
the time she turned thirty, Elizabeth Gilbert had
everything a modern, educated, ambitious American woman
was supposed to want— a husband, a house in the
country, a successful career. But in-stead of feeling
happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief
and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing
depression, another failed love and the complete
eradication of every-thing she ever thought she was
supposed to be.
To recover from all of this, Gilbert took a radical
step. In order to give herself the time and space to
find out who she really was and what she really wanted,
she got rid of her belongings, quit her job, left her
loved ones behind and undertook a year-long journey
around the world, all alone. Eat, Pray, Love is the
absorbing chronicle of that year. Gilbert's aim was to
visit three places where she could examine one aspect
of her own nature, set against the backdrop of a
culture that has traditionally done that one thing very
well. In Italy, she studied the art of pleasure,
learning to speak Italian and gaining the twenty-three
happiest pounds of her life. India was for the art of
devotion, where, with the help of a native guru and a
surprisingly wise Texan, she embarked on four months of
austere spiritual exploration. Finally, in Indonesia,
she sought her ultimate goal: balance-namely, how to
somehow build a life of equilibrium between worldly
enjoyment and divine transcendence. Looking for these
answers on the island of Bali, she became the pupil of
an elderly, ninth-generation medicine man and also fell
in love in the very best way—unexpectedly.
An intensely articulate, sensible, moving and funny
memoir of self-discovery, Eat, Pray, Love is about what
can happen when you claim responsibility for your own
contentment. It is also about the adventures that can
transpire when a woman stops trying to live in
imitation of society's ideals. This is a story certain
to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the
unrelenting need for change.
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Radical Acceptance
July 2007 - Book of The Month
Radical
Acceptance, by Tara Brach,
Ph.D.
I am currently reading an
insightful book written by Buddhist teacher and
scholar, Tara Brach, PhD. It is an compassionate and
insightful journey inside the wars we wage within. It
is beautifully written, includes supplemental
meditations, and is laced with tons of beautiful quotes
from teachers of all paths. Tara shares her story as a
peek into the discovery of self-acceptance.
Excerpt:
The renowned
seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true
freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfections."
This means accepting our human existence and all of
life as it is. Imperfection i snot our personal problem
- it is a natural part of existing. We all get caught
in wants and fears, we all act unconsciously, we all
get diseased and deteriorate. When we relax about
imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the
pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is
wrong.
D.H. Lawrence described our Western culture as being
like a great uprooted tree with its roots in the air.
"We are perishing for lack of fulfillment of our
greater needs," he wrote, "we are cut off from the
great sources of our inward nourishment and renewal."
We come alive as we rediscover the truth of our
goodness and our natural connectedness to all of life.
Our "greater needs" are met in relating lovingly with
each other, relating with full presence to each moment,
relating to the beauty and pain that is within and
around us. As Lawrence said, "We must plant ourselves
again in the universe."
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Stumbling On Happiness
I am reading a remarkable book, by
Daniel Gilbert, entitled: Stumbling On
Happiness. It
speaks to the Researcher archetype in me... the one who
was enthralled as a psychology major with explanations
of the curiosities of human behavior. Psychology is, at
best, the synergy of a multitude of minor illuminations
that have been woven together to reveal the universal
pathologies of the human mind. I love the beauty of
this paradoxical science - the attempts to measure the
subjective experience that is beyond objective
measurement - due to the fact that the absolute truth
can never be known as long as human's are the one doing
the measuring. It is a fascinating predicament, that I
love getting tangled in from time to time.
The book is a masterful work of a Harvard psychology
professor who has weaved together research on the
inherent pitfalls of imagination, foresight, and
expectations as they relate to happiness. I find
pleasure in any work that challenges the most basic
tools that I use in my personal and professional
practice (namely: imagination and sensation)... asking
me to question, refine, and evolve my perspectives,
making them more sound and viable. I highly recommend
it!
From the website:
Most of us spend
our lives steering ourselves toward the best of all
possible futures, only to find that tomorrow rarely
turns out as we had presumed. Why? As Harvard
psychologist Daniel Gilbert explains, when people try
to imagine what the future will hold, they make some
basic and consistent mistakes. Just as memory plays
tricks on us when we try to look backward in time, so
does imagination play tricks when we try to look
forward.
Using cutting-edge research, much of it original,
Gilbert shakes, cajoles, persuades, tricks, and jokes
us into accepting the fact that happiness is not really
what or where we thought it was.
Smart, witty, accessible, and laugh-out-loud funny,
Stumbling on Happiness brilliantly describes all that
science has to tell us about the uniquely human
endeavor to envision the future, and how likely we are
to enjoy it when we get there.
BTW, you may even enjoy this one even if you are one
who is typically overwhelmed by fact and figures.
Gilbert's writing style is funny, satirical, and
sometimes even has me laughing out loud. Enjoy!
Dare To Be Yourself
theMessenger April 2007 - Book of The
Month
Dare To Be
Yourself, by Alan Cohen
A fabulous and inspirational read, this book is a must
have on your bedside table. A three-page journey will
take you further than you might imagine, as Cohen
offers you anecdotes from all walks of life to help
bring out the SHiNE in you. I especially love the
fusion of spiritual traditions that he offers.
From the back cover:
In this
powerful map to self-discovery, Alan Cohen draws on
sources from Buddhism to the Bible, from Gandhi and
Einstein to A Course in Miracles, sharing many of his
own radiant moments of revelation on the spiritual
path. He shows how we can let go of the past, overcome
fear, and discover the power of love in our lives...
Dare to Be Yourself will dramatically enlighten,
empower, and enliven you as you awaken to life and love
and the unique gifts that are yours to give the
world.
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Intimate Communion
theMessenger February 2007 - Book of The
Month
Intimate
Communion, by David Deida
Intimate
Communion is on my list as one of the top ten most
influential books in my life! If you would like to
learn more about masculine and feminine essence, and
how sexual polarity influences our most intimate
relationships, this is a must read. Both informative
and poetic, this is the perfect book for Valentine's
Day!
Excerpt:
As a woman
you have become the all of his desire. As a man, you
have become the spine of her surrender. Grateful for
your demise in life, the Divine is alive in every
lover's smile. This book is for men and women who are
turned on by sex, love and true spiritual ecstacy. It
is for people who enjoy tangled bodies, open hearts and
enlightened minds. If you are not delighted by a style
of intimacy involving deep passion, deep devotion and
deep understanding - all three - then this book is not
for you.
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Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting
theMessenger January 2007 - Book of The
Month
Excuse Me, Your Life Is
Waiting, by Lynn Grabhorn
Are you
familiar with recent publications by Esther & Jerry
Hicks? Were you inspired by The Secret? Are you curious
about how to take metaphysical principles and bring
them to life in your everyday? The book is a playful,
easy- reading guide to just that. And true to its
purpose - inspiring you to feel good - it will even
leave you laughing out loud at times. Check it out!
Excerpt:
We cannot
hold ourselves above responsibility for what is
happening around the world today, for the planet
mirrors the predominant vibration in which it is
emcompassed. We cannot say the awfulness is simply the
result of others' evil, or wrong-doing, or even
ignorance... So rather than the "ain't it awful's,"
when we finally starting saying to ourselves, "Nothing
is more important than my feeling good," we can begin
to break those destructive negative talk patterns.
Then, by God, we truly start to make a difference with
what is happening around the world.
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This Time I Dance
theMessenger December 2006 - Book of The
Month
This Time I
Dance, by Tama J Kieves
Looking
for some inspiration into the new year? Tama J. Kieves
has written a brilliant and insightful book on the
journey to creating the work you love. I highly
recommend this book for any of you who are committed to
following your heart towards an abundant and fulfilling
livelihood. Written to the everyday artist in each one
of us, Tama's poetic language is both seductive and
accessible. One of the RARE books that I have read more
than once.
Excerpt:
Now I've
begun to think that it's not that the universe supports
us, but that it supports itself. It provides conditions
of growth and plenty when you step into the role it has
in mind for you. Nature doesn't support the journey of
a cactus in the rainforest. But things come easily to
the palm.
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