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Ask and It Is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks (July 2010)
Ask and It Is Given
Learning to Manifest Your Desires The Teachings of Abraham
by Esther and Jerry Hicks
Ask and It Is Given is the book chosen to accompany the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa theme for the month of July 2010
This fascinating book by Esther and Jerry Hicks, which presents the teachings of the nonphysical entity Abraham, will help you learn how to manifest your desires so that you`re living the joyous and fulfilling life you deserve. As you read, you`ll come to understand how your relationships, health issues, finances, career concerns, and more are influenced by the Universal laws that govern your time-space-reality - and you`ll discover powerful processes that will help you go with the positive flow of life. It`s your birthright to live a life filled with everything that is good - and this book will show you how to make it so in every way! "One of the most valuable things about
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Foreword by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Breaking the Argument Cycle by Sharon M. Rivkin
BREAKING THE ARGUMENT CYCLE
How to STOP FIGHTING without Therapy
by Sharon M. Rivkin, M.A., M.F.T.
Revealing where the real conflict lies in a relationship - and resolving it once and for all
"What`s the big deal? I don`t know why you`re so upset. All I said was..."
Sound familiar? Breaking the Argument Cycle is a book for all those who`ve ever found themselves arguing with their significant other, again and again, about money, sex, or even a seemingly trivial topic - when, at its core, the conflict is about something completely different. As a longtime marriage and family therapist, Sharon Rivkin has helped hundreds of couples fix their relationships by understanding why they fight. Here, she shows how anyone can use the tools of therapy to break the cycle of destructive fighting, namely, by resolving the core issues of early arguments, which have their roots in childhood and are repeated over time. Presenting case histories compiled from her years as a therapist, as well as easy exercises, Rivkin sets forth a simple, three-step process - Peel, Reveal, Heal - to empower couples to identify and then resolve their core issues themselves, shedding light on what they`re really arguing about. This is followed up with healing exercises. By thus breaking the argument cycle, confusion and chaos turn into clarity and healing - and everyone can learn how and why they get hooked into an argument, how to unhook, and how to develop lasting tools to turn conflict into intimacy ... even after years of fighting.
Choices That Change Lives by Hal Urban (April 2010)
Choices That Change Lives
15 Ways to Find More Purpose, Meaning, and Joy
by Hal Urban
Choices That Change Lives is the book chosen to accompany the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa`s theme for the month of April 2010
Hal Urban, author of the much-loved bestsellers Live`s Greatest Lessons and Positive Words, Powerful Results gives us his third book of inspirational and practical wisdom on leading a more meaningful and more joyful life. With Choices That Change Lives, Hal reminds us that our lives are theresult of our choices and the most important choices we make become our character traits, the ones that lead to fulfillment and peace of mind. He illuminates fifteen character traits that help us more fully develop our capacity to live rich and rewarding lives. He assures us that it`s never too late to change, to break the chains of self-defeating attitudes and habits, and challenges us to dig a little deeper - to grow in such qualities as humility, patience, empathy, and courage - and to renew ourselves daily.Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chödrön
Comfortable with Uncertainty
by Pema Chrödrön
108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
This book offers short, stand-alone readings designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness amid the challenges of daily living. More than just a collection of thoughts for the day, Comfortable with Uncertainty offers a progressive program of spiritual study, leading the reader through essential concepts, themes, and practices on the Buddhist path. This book will be cherished by Pema Chödrön readers, since it offers pithy and stirring passages gleaned from her previous books.Faith and Will by Julia Cameron
Faith and Will
by Julia Cameron
Weathering the Storms in Our Spiritual Lives
THIS INSPIRING NEW BOOK from the bestselling author of The Artist`s Way explores one of the most vital questions that spiritual seekers encounter on the journey to enlightenment: Where do I turn when my soul is urging me to keep growing toward God but my mind and being, stubbornly, will not follow?The author of twenty eight books that deftly trace the intersection between art and faith, between creativity and spirit, Julia Cameron has earned millions of fans around the world. In this, her most inward-leaning book to date, she provides a heartbreakingly honest and insightful depiction of her struggle to reconnect to her faith and her realization that having faith, of necessity, means relinquishing will. A wise and passionate book, Faith and Will guides readers through the process of learning to let go and, in turn, learning to live.
Hardcover Edition
Finding Water by Julia Cameron
Finding Water
The Art of Perseverance
by Julia Cameron
This powerful installment in Julia Cameron`s groundbreaking body of work on the creative process will guide readers to discover enduring inspiration - it will lead them to water.
Finding Water offers guidance on weathering the periods in an artist`s life when inspiration appears to have run dry. It gives advice and wisdom about tackling the greatest challenges artists face, such as:
- Making the decision to begin a new project
- Persevering when a new approach to your art does not bear immediate fruit
- Staying focused when other parts of your life threaten to distract you from your art
- Finding possibilities for artistic inspiration in the most unlikely places
With its revolutionary twelve-week program for artistic renewal from a foremost authority on the creative process, Finding Water is essential reading for any artist.
Forgive for Good by Dr. Fred Luskin
Forgive for Good
A PROVEN Prescription for Health and Happiness
by Dr. Fred Luskin
Forgive for Good was the book chosen to accompany the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa theme for March 2009 Based on scientific research, this groundbreaking study from the frontiers of psychology and medicine offers startling new insight into the healing powers and medical benefits of foregivness. Through vivid examples (including his work with victims from both sides of Northern Ireland`s civil war), Dr. Fred Luskin offers a proven nine-step forgiveness method that makes it possible to move beyond being a victim to a life of improved health and contentment.
Happy for No Reason by Marci Shimoff
Happy for No Reason
7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out
by Marci Shimoff with Carol Kline
A BREAKTHROUGH APPROACH TO HAPPINESS
What would it take to make you happy? A fulfilling career, a big bank account, or the perfect mate? What if it didn`t take anything to make you happy? What if you could experience happiness from the inside out - no matter what`s going on in your life? In Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out, tranformational expert Marci Shimoff offers a breakthrough approach to being happy. Incorporating the latest findings in positive psychology, powerful tools and techniques, and moving real-life stories, this life-changing 7-step program will raise your "happiness set-point." You don`t have to have happy genes, win the lottery, or lose twenty pounds. This book will enable you to experience more unconditional happiness in your life - starting today!
How Can I Help? by Ram Dass and Paul Gorman
How Can I Help?
Stories and Reflections on Service
by Ram Dass and Paul Gorman
*** This is a book to accompany Spirit is Calling for September 2008
Not a day goes by without our being called upon to help one another - at home, at work, on the street, on the phone... We do what we can. Yet so much comes up to complicate this natural response: "Will I have what it takes?" "How much is enough?" "How can I deal with suffering?" "And what really helps, anyway?"
In this practical helper`s companion, the authors explore a path through these confusions and provide support and inspiration for us in our efforts as volunteers, as members of the helping professions, or simply as friends and family trying to meet each other`s needs. Here too are deeply moving personal accounts: A housewife brings animals to lift the spirits of nursing home residents; a police officer talks a desperate father out of leaping from a roof with his child; a nurse allows an infant to spend its last moments of life in her arms rather than on a hospital machine. From many such stories and the authors` reflections, we can find strength, clarity, and wisdom for those times when we are called on to care for one another. How Can I Help? reminds us just how much we have to give and how doing so can lead to some of the most joyous moments of our lives.
I Need Your Love - Is That True? by Byron Katie
I NEED YOUR LOVE --IS THAT TRUE?
How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead
by Byron Katie
I Need Your Love -- Is that True? was the book chosen to accompany the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa theme for May 2009.
FROM THE CREATOR OF THE WORK, HERE IS YOUR KEY TO FINDING MEANINGFUL LOVE AND CONNECTION
In Loving What Is, bestselling author Byron Katie introduced thousands of people to her simple and profound method of finding happiness through questioning the mind. Now, I Need your Love --Is That True? examines a universal, age-old source of anxiety: our relationships with others. In this groundbreaking book, Katie helps you question everything you have been taught to do to gain love and approval, and in the process find a genuine connection, revealing:
- Why the ways we have learned to seek love and approval only lead to disappointment
- How love is different from need
- How to achieve greater solf-love and acceptance through The Work
I Need Your Love --Is That True? helps you illuminate every area in your life where you seem to lack what you long for most - the love of your spouse, the respect of your child, a lover`s tenderness, or the esteem of your boss. Katie reveals how unraveling the knots in the search for love, approval, and appreciation brings real love and puts you in charge of your own happiness.
Living a Life that Matters by Harold S. Kushner
Living a Life That Matters
by Harold S. Kushner
Living a Life That Matters was the book chosen to accompany the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa theme for August 2009In this luminous yet practical book of spiritual advice, bestselling author Harold Kushner shows us how even our smallest daily actions can become stepping stones toward integrity.
Drawing on the stories of his own congregants, on literature, on current events, and above all, on the Biblical story of Jacob - The worldly trickster who evolves into a man of God - Kushner addresses some of the most persistent dilemmas of the human condition. Why do decent people so often violate their moral standards? How can we pursue justice without giving in to the lure of revenge? How can we turn our relationships with family and friends into genuine sources of meaning? Persuasive and sympathetic, filled with humanity and warmth, Living a Life That Matters is a deeply rewarding book.
Loving What Is by Byron Katie
Loving What Is
Four questions that can change your life
by Byron Katie with Stephen Mitchell
*** This is a book to accompany Spirit is Calling for August 2008
Out of nowhere, like a fresh breeze in a marketplace crowded with advice on what to think and believe, comes Byron Katie and what she calls "The Work". In the midst of a normal life, Katie became increasingly depressed and desperate. Then one morning, she woke up in a state of absolute joy, filled with the realization of how her own suffering had ended. The freedom of that realization has never left her, and now in Loving What Is you can discover the same fredom through The Work.The Work is simply four questions that, when applied to a specific problem, enable you to see what is troubling you in an entirely different light. As Katie says, "It`s not the problem that causes our suffering: it`s our thinking about the problem." Contrary to the popular belief, trying to let go of a painful thought never works; instead, once we have done The Work, the thought lets go of us. At that point, we can truly love what is, just as it is.
Loving What is will show you step by step, through clear and vivid examples, exactly how to use this revolutionary process for yourself. You`ll see people do The Work with Katie on a broad range of human problems, in their relationships, at work, and on their deepest anxieties and fears. Once they have done The Work, they experience a sense of lasting peace and find the clarity and energy to act, even in situations that had previously seemed impossible.
Mindful Loving by Henry Grayson, Ph.D.
MINDFUL LOVING
10 Practices for Creating Deeper Connections
by Henry Grayson, Ph.D.
In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Henry Grayson shares his breakthrough techniques for creating deeper and more lasting connections with our loved ones.
Henry Grayson, a psychologist, relationship counselor, psychoanalyst, and former minister who has been working with couples and individuals to improve their relationships for more than thirty years, has found that most people are actually more unhappy after marriage counseling or couples therapy. In Mindful Loving he sets aside the traditional methods of therapy to show you how to look at your relationships from a completely different perspective. By getting to the root of our relationship problems, Grayson creates a whole new framework in which to view intimacy - one where psychology, spirituality, and science meet. He shows you how to:- Break the vicious cycles of interaction that trap you in patterns of resentment and isolation
- Identify the six forms of counterfeit "love" and nine barriers to love
- Practice ten characteristics of Empowering Love
- Create a spiritual marriage rather than an ego-based one
Filled with technigques, exercises, meditations, and inspirint case studies, here is an indispensable guide to creating healthy and fulfilling relationships that is destined to become a classic in the field.
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B Rosenberg, Ph.D.Nonviolent COMMUNICATION
A Language of Life
by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Create your life, your relationships and your world in harmony with your values
Most of us have been educated from birth to compete, judge, demand, and diagnose - to think and communicate in terms of what is "right" and "wrong" with people. At best, communicating and thinking this way can create misunderstanding and frustration. And still worse, it can lead to anger, depression, and even emotional or physical violence.In this international bestseller, Rosenberg uses stories, conversation role-plays, and real-world examples to introduce this world-renowned, four-part Nonviolent Connumication (NVC) process. Far more than a communication technique, you`ll learn to transform the thinking, language, and the moralistic judgments that keep you from the enriching relationships that you dream of. You`ll start to resolve conflicts with ease, more easily get what you want without using demands, begin to hear the needs of others with less struggle, strengthen your personal and professional relationships, and start living your fullest potential.
With Nonviolent Connunication, you`ll learn to:
- Put your primary focus on connection through empathic listening rather than "being right" or "getting what you want"
- Transform conflict into mutually satisfying outcomes
- Defuse anger and frustration peacefully
- Create personal and professional relationships grounded in mutual respect, compassion, and emotional safety
- Break patterns of thinking that lead to arguments or depression
- Move beyond power struggles to cooperation and trust
Nourishing Connections by Cathryn Couch and JoEllen DeNicolaNourishing Connections
The Healing Power of Food & Community
by Cathryn Couch and JoEllen DeNicola
More than simply a cookbook, Nourishing Connections is the inspiring story of how a community gathered its resources to creatively address a multitude of needs. The book`s publisher, The Ceres Community Project, provides 25,000 beautiful, delicious and nourishing free meals each year to individuals and families living with a life-threatening illness such as cancer. The program`s chefs are hundreds of teens from more than eighteen local schools. The young chefs gain culinary and leadership skills, knowledge, and the inspiration to make cooking and eating whole foods a part of their life.The book`s more than one hundred recipes represent those most loved by the Ceres Community Project`s clients and all have been home tested by people living with serious illness. For those with limited energy, each recipe comes with suggestions for how to break down the preparation tasks into smaller steps over several days, as well as a wealth of suggestions for how to nourish your self well with almost no cooking.
Nourishing Connections includes vital information for everyone about the link between what we eat and our health. The book includes a wealth of simple, practical suggestions about how to improve your own diet and a rich resource section of books, websites and specialty food sources to support your journey.
Powerful or Powerless by Georgia PrescottPOWERFUL or POWERLESS
A Spiritual, Not Religious Look At The 12 Steps
by Georgia Prescott
This book was written for
- People confused by how to admit powerlessness over their addiction and become powerful in their lives.
- Spiritual coaches who are dealing with people who don`t want to name and claim a disease.
- People who don`t want any part of the God stuff.
- Family and friends of alcoholics who aren`t ready for sobriety yet.
Rev. Georgia Prescott is the founding minister of the Center For Spiritual Awareness in West Sacramento, CA and has been involved in the recovery movement for over 35 years. A dynamic and compassionate counselor, she is known for her story telling and down to earth style.
Real Life Rituals by Karyl HuntleyREAL LIFE RITUALS
By Karyl Huntley
The pivotal events of our lives go by largely uncelebrated: children pass into adulthood, two people become parents, a family moves to a new home. Karyl Huntley`s Real Life Rituals is a hands-on guide that offers you a way to celebrate the significant moments and passages of life. Designed to be adapted for large groups or parties of one, Huntley`s rituals include spiritually grounded ways to:- Celebrate the birth of a child
- Honor a school graduate
- Bless a new home
- Commemorate an anniversary
- Release or enhance romantic relationships
Real Life Rituals also provides celebrations for those special times of the year -- solistices, equinoxes, and holidays -- that have been acknowledged by people through the ages.
Real Life Rituals -- a powerful, timeless, and joyous opportunity to genuinely experience the times of your life.
Renewal by Eknath EaswaranRenewal
A Little Book of Courage & Hope
by Eknath Easwaran
This is a little book of hope - wise, warm suggestions to help us change ourselves to change our world. Read it whenever you need some courage, some inspiration, and some peace in your heart. Read it when you need an answer to the question, "But what can I do?"Hardback cover.
Riches Within Your Reach! by Robert CollierRICHES WITHIN YOUR REACH!
Discover for Yourself the Astonishing and Simple Keys to Success - And Put Them in Action Today
Self-help master Robert Collier devoted his career to revealing one remarkable secret: Human beings, since the dawn of history, have used the applied principles of mental visualization to achieve their aims. Many of the world`s most successful figures - from Napoleon Bonaparte to Benjamin Franklin to Andrew Carnegie - began their lives at a significant disadvantage, without the wealth or health that many of their peers enjoyed. Yet they were able to triumph and succeed in ways that their contemporaries weren`t - by focusing their desires on a single aim, and using the power of those desires to tap into the infinite potential of their own minds.In Riches Within Your Reach! Collier collected four of his most popular works - The God in You (1937), The Magic Wand (1940), The Secret of Power (1945), and The Law of the Higher Potential (1947) - to create a comprehensive guidebook to discovering your own definite purpose, and using it to fully access the hidden agencies of your mind and achieve lasting success.
Seeing Good at Work by Dr. Joyce Duffala and Rev. Dr. Edward ViljoenSeeing Good at Work
by Dr. Joyce Duffala and Rev. Dr. Edward Viljoen
YOU ARE A GOOD-HEARTED PERSON WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, surrounded by good-hearted people with good intentions. Yet with the pressures of daily life, especially in the workplace, this is not always your experience. Seeing Good At Work provides 52 weekly steps to transform your experience in the workplace. Short readings and exercises, simple yet profound, point you in the direction of seeing the best in yourself and others in any situation.
Start Where You Are by Pema ChödrönSTART WHERE YOU ARE
A Guide to Compassionate Living
by Pema Chödrön
START WHERE YOU ARE is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart. With insight and humor, Pema Chödrön, author of The Wisdom of No Escape and When Things Fall Apart, presents down-to-earth guidance on how to make friends with ourselves and develop genuine compassion toward others. The author shows how we can "start where we are" by embracing rather than denying the painful aspects of our lives. Pema Chödrön frames her teachings on compassion around fifty-nine Tibetan Buddhist maxims, or slogans, such as:- "Always maintain only a joyful mind"
- "Don`t seek others` pain as the limbs of your own happiness"
- "Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment"
- "Be grateful to everyone"
Working with these slogans and through the practice of meditation, Start Where You Are shows how we can all develop the courage to work with our own inner pain and discover joy, well-being, and confidence.
That Which You are Seeking Is Causing You To Seek by Cheri Huber (March 2010)THAT WHICH YOU ARE SEEKING IS CAUSING YOU TO SEEK
by Cheri Huber
Includes "One Less Act of Violence"
That Which You Are Seeking Is Causing You To Seek is the book chosen to accompany the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa`s theme for the month of March 2010
What we are looking for is causing us to look. That`s why we need not to go anywhere, do anything, learn more, figure anything out or worry about going wrong. We need only to stop, sit down, be still and pay attention. We feel this simple little book will assist you in doing just that.
Cheri Huber has been a student and teacher of Zen for over thirty years. She founded the Zen Monastery Peace Center in Murphys, CA; the Zen Center in Palo Alto, CA; and Living Compassion (www.livingcompassion.org), a nonprofit dedicated to peace and service.
The Abundance Book by John Randolph PriceTHE ABUNDANCE BOOK
by John Randolph Price
Includes the 40-Day Prosperity Plan
John Randolph Price draws from personal experiences in his bestselling books to demonstrate that consciousness is the key to life, and that truly, nothing is impossible - and that includes the manifestation of unlimited wealth and financial independence!In The Abundance Book John provides a road map to the Land of Affluence within each one of us. It is a journey of joy to that glorious inner realm of limitless certainties where every true desire is fulfilled.
John Randolph Price is an internationally known visionary, philosopher, lecturer, and bestselling author of books on the dynamics of living a whole, full, and rich life. His writings, published in many languages, combine the ageless wisdom of East and West with personal experiences to reveal the unlimited potential we all have to achieve mastery over the world of illusion.
The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent by Esther and Jerry HicksThe Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent
LIVING the ART OF ALLOWING
by Esther and Jerry Hicks
This leading-edge book by Esther and Jerry Hicks, who present the teachings of the Non-Physical entity Abraham, is about having a deliberate intent for whatever you want in life, while at the same time balancing your energy and living the Art of Allowing along the way. But it`s important to note that the awareness of the need to balance your energy is much more significant than goal-setting or focusing on ultimate desires. And it is from this very important distinction that this work has come forth.As you come to understand and effectively practice the processes offered here, you will not only achieve your goals and desired outcomes more rapidly, but you`ll enjoy every single step along the path even before their manifestation. As such, you`ll find that the living of your life is an ongoing journey of joy, rather than a series of long dry spells between occasional moments of temporary satisfaction.
The Answer is You by Michael Bernard BeckwithThe Answer is YOU
Heart Sets & Mind Sets for Self-Discovery
by Michael Bernard Beckwith
Based on the Public Television Special - Michael Bernard Beckwith: THE ANSWER IS YOU
In times of challenge and change, there are key questions that many share: Do we search for meaning, or grasp for survival? How can we prosper and grow? What is genuine happiness and how may we experience it?As one of the most respected visionary teachers of our time, Michael Bernard Beckwith addresses these profound questions in his first public television special. In this book, Beckwith explores in depth these topics and more.
Beckwith`s unwavering conviction about creating a world that works for everyone is contagious, encouraging and convincing. Readers will experience greater self-awareness, courage and self-reliance.
Hardcover Edition
The Art of Being by Dennis Merritt JonesThe Art of Being
100 Ways to Practice Purpose in Your Life
by Dennis Merritt Jones, D.D.
Would you like to live in the now, but don`t know how? For our busy lives of "doing," popular spiritual teacher Dennis Merritt Jones gives practical and simple ideas for living in the present moment and bringing forth purpose and meaning in life.The Art of Being is filled with 101 delightful, uplifting essays that bring Jones`s unique viewpoint to topics such as harmonious relationships, greater health and well-being, forgiveness, and gratitude. At the end of each short chapter, he provides a simple yet profound "Mindfulness Practice," designed to allow the lesson to be appplied directly to your life.
"Our soul recognizes who we really are," Jones writes. "The amazing thing is that as you strive to consciously be who you have come here to be, life takes on a richer, deeper meaning and purpose than you ever dreamed possible. Your every action becomes a sacred act and a spiritual experience."
The Art of Being is an inspirational guidebook for all those who would like to experience more purpose, joy, and meaning in their lives.
Hardback Edition.
The Five Love Languages by Gary ChapmanTHE Five> LOVE LANGUAGES
How to Express Heartfelt Committment to Your Mate
by Gary Chapman
ARE YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE?
He sends you flowers when what you really want is time to talk. She gives you a hug when what you really need is a home-cooked meal. The problem isn`t your love - it`s your love language!In this international bestseller, Dr. Gary Chapman reveals how different people express love in different ways. In fact, there are five specific languages of love:
Quality Time - Words of Affirmation - Gifts
What speaks volumes to you may be meaningless to your spouse. But here, at last, is the key to understanding each other`s unique needs. Apply the right principles, learn the right language, and soon you`ll know the profound satisfaction and joy of being able to express your love - and feeling truly loved in return.Acts of Service - Physical Touch
The Heartmath Solution by Doc Childre and Howard MartinTHE HEARTMATH SOLUTION
by Doc Childre and Howard Martin with Donna Beech
The Intelligent Heart
Access the power of your heart`s intelligence to improve your focus and creativity, elevate your emotional clarity, lower your stress and anxiety levels, strengthen your immune system, promote your body`s ottimal performance, and slow the aging process.Discover How You Can:
- Immediately lower stress hormones
- Raise anti-aging DHEA hormon
