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Serpent of Light
By Drunvalo Melchizedek

When you open The Serpent of Light, be prepared to enter a realm where miraculous events are the order of the day. As you read along your awareness of the miraculous will be heightened by the realization that all of these synchronicities actually happened in real time. Drunvalo's description of each journey reads like a cross between Don Juan, The Lord of the Rings, and an Indiana Jones adventure story — the only difference is, The Serpent of Light isn't a fantasy tale — every word in this book is true.

The people who traveled with Drunvalo, and witnessed these miracles, will be reminded of their contribution to this work, and of things that happened along the way that they may have forgotten about, or were not even aware of at the time. Fortunately, Drunvalo wrote this book, not just for the ones who were there, or for those who follow his teachings, but for everyone — anyone who reads The Serpent of Light will be stirred to the core by wonders that make it clear that there is much more to this reality than meets the eye — and by the realization that something deep is reawakening in the heart of the Great Mother. That same force is alive inside each one of us now. As our hearts open to embrace it, our beautiful planet will move out of the darkness, into the Age of Light.

Anyone who dreams of the possibility of a new and better world will rejoice when they read this book — don't miss The Serpent of Light — it is Drunvalo at his best.


The Mystical Magical Marvelous World of Dreams
By Wilda Tanner

Wilda Tanner's dream classic offers the spiritual seeker proven methods for using dreams as guidance to heal, resolve problems, and create health, wealth, and enlightenment. Fascinating information on dream research, where we go when we dream, recalling dreams, lucid dreams, and more!

This book is recommended because of its simple, easy to understand lay-out. It contains themes and has very thought-provoking meanings. The book's special feature is that it has a section at the end of each theme which allows you to write in your own personal dream symbols and meanings as you discover them. So, your book becomes more personalized each time you use it. You can use the meanings given to spark your own ideas and record them as well! The Mystical Magical Marvelous World of Dreams also contains some great insights into interpreting your dreams in the overview chapters at the beginning.


Eat, Pray, Love One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
By Elizabeth Gilbert

A well-traveled I’ll- try- anything -once journalist, chronicles her intrepid quest for spiritual healing. Driven to despair by a punishing divorce and an anguished love affair, Gilbert flees New York for Italy to learn the language and revel in the cuisine, India to mediate in an ashram, and Indonesia to reconnect with a healer in Bali. As Gilbert switches from gelato to kundalini Shakti to herbal cures Balinese-style, she ponders the many paths to divinity, the true nature of happiness, and the boom of good-hearted, sexy love. Gilbert’s sensuous and audacious spiritual odyssey is as deeply pleasurable as it is enlightening. It reads like a journal, engaging and accessible. Gilbert writes with a vicious wit often at her own expense.


Spiritual Liberation
By Michael Bernard Beckwith

Either read silently or aloud, Spiritual Liberation can be included during meditation or prayer. Each chapter includes an affirmation that distills its core concepts into a sentence or two for the reader to easily practice throughout the day. Beckwith's personal and touching accounts guide the practitioner to integrate and activate the intrinsic gifts of divinity into everyday life.

"An enlightened society can only be created by awakened beings. It is my fervent prayer that you will be inspired to reveal your innate capacity to become a beneficial presence on the planet and actively contribute peace, compassion, loving kindness, and selfless service to humanity and our world."

The process of spiritual liberation, according to Beckwith, is jump-started by intention and attention. It is fueled by discipline which becomes "blissapline" when we realize that it leads to a new way of being.

This path means moving beyond the tyranny of trends and becoming an adventurer in consciousness.

In a rousing section called "Minding Your Spiritual Manners on Planet Earth,"Beckwith hits high stride with commentary on the spiritual practices of enthusiasm, integrity, respect, generosity, and creativity. Each chapter in the book contains both an affirmation and an embodiment practice. One of the last affirmations reads:

"I attune myself to the creative impulse that indwells me and seeks expression through me. I live to express my essential creativeness by performing every act mindfully, with the attentiveness of the artist that I am. My life is my canvas, and I cover it in acts of beauty, kindness, generosity, and authentic self-expression."


The One Command
By Asara Lovejoy

Asara Lovejoy tells the personal, uplifting true story of how she discovered the secret of THE ONE COMMAND -- a powerful technique for bringing about positive changes in our lives -- at a time when she needed help most. Finding herself in a rather dire situation of having no prior work experience, no savings nor income, and needing to pay the mortgage, Asara let go of an ego-based way of thinking and found a remarkable way to solve her problems through an insight that suddenly came to her out of the blue. Asara Lovejoy shares this secret in order that each of us might much more easily make our dreams come true. The key to success, according to Asara, lies in mastering six steps for achieving the theta state of consciousness, along with a very simple yet powerful command referred to in this book as "the one command."

The "one" command is one sentence which actually contains three main concepts, each one helping to develop faith in something larger than ourselves and a deep knowingness that what we desire is now manifest, along with trust in the fact that our life is completely satisfying. The first nine chapters provide readers with a sense of what kind of results we can expect to achieve using the one command, with numerous examples of people who have been astounded at how quickly their stated desires manifested. The one command is designed to help us turn our ego minds off through the wording of each affirmation that begins, "I don't know how... " when we make this statement in our very most expansive state of consciousness. The difference between the one command and intentions, affirmations, and all manner of vision boards and treasure maps is that it ensures we are in a state of expanded Source Mind awareness.

This book is especially helpful for those who have tried affirmations or similar such life improvement techniques before without much success and for those who have not previously felt a strong sense of spiritual connectedness or faith. The use of the one command will certainly reduce the number of doubts, misgivings and fears we often feel associated with thinking about good things coming our way, while enhancing our sense of guidance and inspiration from divine source. This book enhances one's sense of faith and establishes a connection with Source without specifically advocating any particular kind of prayer, so it can be useful to anyone from any walk of life and religious or spiritual background.


Many Lives, Many Masters
By Brian L. Weiss, M.D.

Have you ever questioned the validity of reincarnation?

Many Lives, Many Masters is a profound account of a prominent psychiatrist and the case history of one patient substantiating the effectiveness of past-life therapy.

As a traditional psychotherapist, Dr. Brian Weiss was astonished and skeptical when one of his patients began recalling past-life traumas that seemed to hold the key to her recurring nightmares and anxiety attacks. His skepticism was eroded, however, when she began to channel messages from the “space between lives,” which contained remarkable revelations about Dr. Weiss’ family and his dead son. Using past-life therapy, he was able to cure the patient and embark on a new, more meaningful phase of his own career.

You’ll want to read this book more than once, as I have. It’s a great gift for anyone with an…open mind.

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