Time release capsule for mental and spiritual health
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The words that grace the pages of Noah benShea's "The Journey to Greatness" are like time release capsules for mental and spiritual health.  Simple in presentation - and unremarkable on first pass - once ingested and absorbed his insights provide the reader with a continuous experience of `ah-hah'.
The gift of the book rests not so much in its provision of a new perspective - but in its ability to re-awaken a truth deeply engrained within each of us - and that is the human potential to be great, a greatness that finds foundation not in acquisition, nor accomplishment but Being!
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This book is a jewel, in the context of publications about meditation and mind-training. While recognizing the ways in which our chronic distractability diminishes the quality of our attention, of emotion regulation, well-being and health, this book offers a clear path for overcoming these limitations. It offers a path with practices and milestones, in the sense of nine stages, that can support our focusing, refining and deepening of attention. The practices are based in Tibetan Buddhism; yet, these forms of mind-training can be described and applied in universal terms. Next to the attention practices, Four Qualities of the Heart are addressed (loving kindness, compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity). Both groups of approaches complement each other. The book offers the reader many examples of guided meditations, the style is accessible, and there are notes and references for those who seek a deeper immersion in these themes. Anyone, at whatever level of absent-mindedness or attention precision will find inspiration in this enriching publication.
By Adeline van Waning MD PhD, author of&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Less-Dust-the-More-Trust-Participating-In-The-Shamatha-Project-Meditation-And-Science/dp/1780999488/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Less Dust the More Trust: Participating In The Shamatha Project, Meditation And Science</a>
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The woes and troubles faced by the youth around the world mainly arise out of neglect of the spiritual development and growth. The world has become highly materialistic and consumerist, fashioned to feed the soul with vanity. The result accounts for high suicide rates around the world. This is a great time for a practical easy to read book like "what I wish I knew before my 20th birthday". A much needed book of wisdom aiming to build a balanced, well rounded being. Get copies for friends if you love them enough.
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Coming Into Balance: A Guide for Activating Your True Potential belongs in new age and spirituality collections alike, and provides a book of spiritual healing practices based on the Medicine Wheel concept, a spiritual Mandela found in many cultures from Native American to Celtic and Hindu. While some prior familiarity with the Wheel of Life concept is recommended to make the most of this book, its purpose is to provide a template for empowerment and success via a workbook packed with keys to developing circles of consciousness and connection in the world.

While concepts of mandalas, medicine wheels and circles of life aren't anything new to the field of new age thinking, what is different here is having a step-by-step guide that provides exercises and informational keys to change - and, of course, this presupposes that readers are interested in both hard personal work and change.

Those with such a purpose are admonished to use this workbook's step-by-step process with mindfulness, without skipping ahead, skimming its surface, or mistaking simplicity for shallowness. Every chapter holds a different focus, whether it be using moon cycles to track significant events and times in one's life to understanding how the medicine wheel is replicated in nature. Each chapter is significant, each is full of promise, and each requires work to make the most of its insights: the rest is up to the reader.
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In Mindfulness and Hypnosis, Michael Yapko, explores the similarities between mindfulness meditation and hypnosis, concluding that both transform experience through the power of suggestion.  Neuroscience has shown that both hypnosis and meditation bring about similar neurological changes. Behavioral research shows that both calm anxiety, reduce pain, facilitate healing, and support adaptive behavior.

The suggestions in mindfulness meditation are about awareness and nonjudgmental acceptance.  The suggestions in hypnosis are about specific behavioral/emotional outcomes.  Yapko proposes that mental health practitioners trained in either meditation or hypnotherapy combine the two practices into a hybrid called Guided Mindfulness Meditation (GMM).  GMM relies on mindfulness meditation to focus attention and calm anxiety, while incorporating hypnotic methods that help clients tap into unconscious skills and underutilized strengths.  Yapko characterizes GMM as a process in which the clinician guides a client's learning and self-discovery, through suggestion.

Yapko devotes much of this book to the nature of therapeutic suggestion and its proper application.  He elevates suggestion to an art as he explores various hypnotic language patterns, as well as the social factors that influence suggestibility. These factors include:
client uncertainty, clinician status, demand characteristics of the therapeutic encounter, client expectations, and the clinician's communication style.

Yapko's genius shines when he describes, in detail, how clinicians can guide clients through the seven experiential stages of hypnosis, from preparing and educating the client to disengagement and reorientation.

Yapko writes on the uses of dissociation and paradox.  He discusses how hypnotic suggestions can shape subjective experience, altering belief and expectations. He applies metaphor and examples throughout to make his points understandable and memorable. He reminds readers that therapy is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor.  Suggestions and communication patterns must be adapted to the needs and characteristics of each individual.

Yapko's writing takes on a philosophical richness as he invites readers to examine their own positions on crucial questions of living such as what is acceptable behavior and what isn't, when it is appropriate to intervene, what is controllable and what is not, what one attends to and what one ignores, what is reality, what is only wishful thinking, and whether victimized thinking is ever justified.  As practitioners, we will, inevitably, communicate our beliefs about such matters to our clients.  Yapko states that the nature of skillfully applied suggestion and its potential to changes lives invites clinicians to question their own beliefs and assumptions in the face of ambiguities inherent in the human condition.

I like the way in which Yapko brings out the deeper meanings and facets of everyday experience as he plumbs the human psyche to reveal its complexities and contradictions. The influences of Milton H. Erickson and Jon Kabat-Zinn are evident throughout this book, yet Yapko's message retains his unique signature in his compassion for the human condition and its common dilemmas.  His solid reputation as an outstanding and prolific writer on the practice, art, science, and philosophy of hypnotherapy continues in this work.
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This is a wonderful book and I would highly recommend it for anyone who is looking to deepen their experience of life. I recently read&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Full-Catastrophe-Living-Using-the-Wisdom-of-Your-Body-and-Mind-to-Face-Stress-Pain-and-Illness-the-Program-of-the-Stress-Reduction-Clinic-a-FULL-CATASTROPHE-LIVING-Paperback/dp/B002VLM2VG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness, the Program of the Stress Reduction Clinic a  [FULL CATASTROPHE LIVING] [Paperback</a>] by Jon Kabat Zinn. This covers some of the same ground on mindfulness and meditation but it has a thoroughly modern feel and speaks to our fast paced technology filled times. I enjoyed the dual approach of presenting the science of a particular topic then the art. And it presents many useful and easy to learn practices. It's a very accessible book and one that I think nearly everyone would get something out of to improve the quality of their lives.
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Dr. Dacher has given us an elegantly written treasure map to the most valuable riches in life -- happiness, love, wholeness, health and joy, among them.  It is complete with tips and tools and time-tested ways in which to use them. It also offers a unique perspective on health and wellness, looking not at the typical medical office remedies for symptoms, but delving into a more profound source for healing that is contained within each one of us.

This book invites the reader in a beautiful way to begin and continue meditation practice. For busy people, there are suggestions for incorporating short meditations or simple breath work throughout the day. And the included CD can help pace you in a 20-minute session, or in a longer "loving-kindness" form of meditation, until both are familiar enough to do without the CD.

The work is based on a successful 10-week program led by the author. Readers here are invited to chose their own speed and discover which techniques are most useful for them. Everything is written clearly in terms a Western audience can easily understand.

Aware-Awake-Alive is divided into four sections: the Vision, the Path, the Fruition and the Integration. The Vision presents the prospect of "human flourishing," an optimal state of health and well-being that is known to many healing traditions around the world, but remains largely undeveloped in the our modern Western culture. The Path explores time-tested, step-by-step practices drawn both from ancient wisdom and contemporary knowledge. These are offered in progression, for both sitting sessions and practices to carry into daily life that together place you on "the path" to a larger life and health.  The Fruition describes the qualities that arise along this path--serenity and peace, profound wisdom, enduring happiness, selfless love and compassion, and boundless freedom.  The Integration discusses the value of these approaches in addressing some of today's epidemics, such as heart disease, chronic conditions, PTSD, ADHD, depression, and addiction disorders.

For those who have never meditated or have done so only sporadically, you may find inspiration to make a commitment for your life.  For those who already practice some form of meditation or contemplative prayer, you may enjoy reading this book for its deeper insights and encouragement to continue practice.

Aware-Awake-Alive at once demystifies the practices of inner development and meditation while indeed opening the path to the deeper mysteries in our soul.  This is a keeper.
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Spire is a very helpful tool- to remind me of the most important thing.... slow down, be present, and breathe
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40 Days to Reclaiming Your Soul is a devotional adventure in finding freedom from destructive relationships, unhealthy emotional attachments, and negative perceptions. The book is designed to be used with Reclaim Your Soul. It is made up of 40 daily devotionals that help the reader put into practice the disciplines introduced in the book; disciplines in self-discovery, establishing identity, and developing behaviors that lead to living a resilient lifestyle.

Each of the 40 day devotionals include a daily discipline, reflective questions, activation exercises, and an empowerment prayer.  These components enhance the reading experience to another level of spiritual understanding, application and, beyond simply reading for information and knowledge.

The scripture passage, reflection, and empowerment prayer, incorporate and re-enforce specific actions that can be taken in a direct relation to the discipline of the day.  Disciplines range from attributes and alliances, contending for versus competing with, to pursing purpose and pursing Gods presence.

40 Days to Reclaiming Your Soul  A Companion to Reclaim your Soul is a powerful spiritual growth resource leading to building and rebuilding relationships, emotional healing, and a positive change in attitudes.

Foundational, transformational, character building, and Christ honoring.

A complimentary copy of this book was provided for review purchases. The opinions expressed are my own.
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This collection of essays examines how thoughts and emotions affect our bodies and the bodies of others at a distance.  It is an insightful look at the relationship between science and "unscientific" topics like prayer, love, laughter, work, creativity, dreams and more, an examination of consciousness and spirituality in medicine. Everybody knows that something vital is missing in modern allopathic medicine - the role of the human mind. The author points out the deep level of ignorance within science about the origin, function and destiny of human consciousness. But at last we are moving toward a vision of consciousness that liberates the mind from its identification with the physical brain and body. Of course, the implications for medicine are vast. He refers to the ideas of Jung, Ken Wilber, Erwin Schrdinger, David Bohm and Rupert Sheldrake and makes a valid case for the fact that our power to heal and be healed extends beyond our physical bodes. The essays fall into the three categories Meaning, Mind and Nonlocality, and the book concludes with a bibliography, a section on sources and an index. This is a classic and I recommend it to all who are interested in holistic or spiritual healing and those want to take responsibility for their own health.
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Dr. Weiss has written a number of meaningful books centering on past life regression therapy. This book presents a detailed approach to self awareness that includes excersises and step by step guidance to assist the reader in their quest for inner peace. It includes some of his experiences with patients and other people attending his seminars, as well as his personal thoughts on related topics.
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In his book, Questions for a Full Life, author Frank Briganti addresses the psychological and spiritual aspects of how people can find peace, unity, and internal harmony. Briganti presents an in depth discussion about how to achieve a full human life. Understanding the mystery of God is a key element needed to reach fulfillment. He states, "This book is about discovering and realizing the possibilities for growth, commitment, completion, happiness, and even ecstasy found in the union of the body and mind."

Briganti explains five important sections to achieving a complete and harmonious life. Fresh Horizons explores what is meant by living a full human life. The Keys path focuses on understanding the mind through imagination, desires, and self awareness. Inner Realities explores our selves through a better understanding of how our mind works. Pathways provide the tools required for achieving a full life. Final Horizon focuses on the future and how to create a future that is meaningful and happy.  Each chapter within the section is filled with spiritual and psychological wisdom that help readers connect to themselves. Briganti imparts some important messages: We don't have to be restrained by negative thoughts and emotions. Inner life and growth leads to external growth and happiness. We cannot connect to others until we connect to ourselves.

A noteworthy point of the book is Briganti's explanation of how to harness our thoughts through the use of imagination and understanding our mindsets. By understanding how we question ourselves and the world around us, we are better able to reflect on the many paths to achieving a full life. The key is to find the right path for you.

Questions for a Full Life is designed to stimulate our senses, question our current state of being, and offer ways of achieving clarity. The structure of the book is designed to help the reader look inwardly, question, and find creative solutions. Because the book is packed with so much information, it would have been beneficial to end each chapter with a summary to help the reader develop a self reflection program. As well, it would have been helpful to see a daily work guide that one could use to implement the many principles presented in the book.

Whether you are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, or trying to figure out where you fit into the world, Questions for a Full Life is a helpful companion to any healing process or self-reflection plan. It will help you connect to your self and the world around you.

Tracy Roberts, Write Field Services
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I'm not so sure that people with non-psychotic mental illness would not benefit from this book. Depression in particular is a major problem in our world today. I know. I treat many people with it every working day. My approach is to see the whole spirit/mind/body  that seeks my help as a person needing a whole lot more than a quick magic pill. I try to get the spirit/mind/body back in to some harmony. A big part of this is restoring spiritual depth to people, or helping them re-connect with this infinite dimension. So along with judicious use of medications, I dispense love, warmth and hope. This includes sharing inspiring wisdom from other sources. "Your erroneous zones" was for me one of the great transforming books of all time. In this latest work, Dr Dyer continues to teach that the true source of inner healing is not outside somewhere, but within us, in our own grasp.

Depression is a life threatening illness. For some people with depression, this book may just be a life-saver.
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This is an excellent spiritual psychology book and timely with respect to the energy that's seeming to escalate throughout the planet and its critters (us)at this time.  The phrases intersperced throughout seem to catch the mind's attention and, if used in daily living, can change lives.  For one thing, it has made me more aware of the mirrors in my world with respect to both my shadow elements and my good.  I have also felt, from time to time, a linking with the Pleiadians which always makes me smile and inspires me to open myself even further to the work that I have charted to do.
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Read this, then share it with every member of hour family. In less than an hour, your entire family will share one common framework for life - a thought process based on love, instead of a thought process based on fear.

Practice the simple techniques within this book, and you'll have 85% of the benefits from nlp, meditation and prayer with 1/10th the effort.

Worth 20x the investment for the time it saves getting to the essential truths of life.
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Pleiadian Principles for Living:A Guide to
Accessing Dimensional Energies, Communicating
With The Pleiadians, and Navigating These Changing
Times by Christine Day is an important work on
how people can align themselves to new energies
gaining a foothold on earth.

Day opens the book explaining the importance of
understanding our vulnerabilities so that we can
transcend them in a continuous process of uniting
with the community at large. The author explains
how each person has a unique crystalline structure
with an unlimited ability to hold the frequencies
of the divine light within each of us. This divine
light translates into empowerment which fuels the
enlightened self according to the author.

Day explains how the various parts of the body
participate in self healing. For instance, the
thyroid accesses the divine factor in each of us.
The heart opens up the intuitive factors while
the spine makes self healing possible.

The author believes that people should project
stability; however, you cannot save children
from the experiences they are about to have
with life itself. In addition, the children in
this new age will be acutely aware of their
own surroundings.

Pleiadian Principles for Living:A Guide to
Accessing Dimensional Energies, Communicating With
The Pleiadians, and Navigating These Changing Times
by Christine Day is a forward looking book written
to deal with the New Age which was born at the
conclusion of 2012 according to the author. Some of
the principles in the book date back to the Atlantians
and Lemurians who lived on continents which disappeared
long ago.

The book provides interesting reading for people
who have a firm belief with regard to the intuitive
side of life and living. The book comes with a website
for downloading audio files which amplify the presentation.
The audio files describe the New Age which commenced
in 2013. This period, according to the author, represents
profound change in the energy cycles on earth and indeed the
galaxy itself.

This book will appeal to readers who have an interest in
New Age concepts, theologians, philosophers and historians.
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This advanced textbook deals the temporal factor in our human consciousness experience.  Libet explains to neuroscience of free will, with our "privileged access" to consciousness and internal resources he terms "proprietary domains" within our privatized Global Workspace.  The authors lays out the evidence for "mind-time," which provides our "veto fiat," the foundation of humanities justice system, as it is veto-time allowing us to "not a the trigger," despite of impulse to-act.