Calm Within

Can the average person understand and apply the principles of quantum physics to create a new reality in his or her life?  A reality much more creative and fulfilling than the survival patterns most of us are operating out of?

Yes! contends Joe Dispenza in his fascinating new book “Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself”.  Don’t let the words “quantum physics” scare you away.  Early in his book Dispenza gives the best explanation I have read to date of what quantum principles are all about.  More importantly, in a detailed step by step manner he explains how we can take this knowledge to implement positive changes in our lives.

“When you and I can connect the dots of what science is discovering about the nature of reality, and when we give ourselves permission to apply those principles in our day-to-day existence, then each of us becomes both a mystic and a scientist in our own life,” Dispenza writes in the introduction.  This was exciting to me, and I wanted to read more.

I liked Dispenza’s vulnerability in describing his own learning curve in quantum living.  After being featured in the documentary “What The Bleep Do We Know?” Dispenza was in great demand as a lecturer.  His problem, he soon realized, was that his daily emotional state depended on the responses he received from his audiences.  “I saw that all of my perceived happiness was really just a reaction to stimuli in the external world that made me feel certain ways,” he writes.  “I didn’t want to lecture again until I was the living example of everything that I was talking about.  I needed to take time for my meditations and to make true change in my life, and I wanted to have joy from within me and not from outside of me.”

Dispenza made these mental adjustments, and he passes on the lessons he learned to his readers.  He also gives many examples throughout the book of others who have made similar changes.  Rather than reading like a dry physics textbook, Dispenza’s colorful descriptions of the quantum process gave me the confidence that I, too, can operate at this level in my own life.

Towards the end of the book Dispenza gives detailed meditation instructions to shift the reader’s base thought pattern from the draining “survival” mode to a more fulfilling “creation” orientation.  I found this a bit overwhelming, so thankfully he also offers a couple of guided meditation audio files on his website to help with the process.  I downloaded and followed one of the meditations, and I can already feel a positive shift inside of me regarding a life change I want to make.

“When you have thoughtfully rehearsed a future reality until your brain has physically changed to look like it has had the experience, and you have emotionally embraced a new intention so many times that your body is altered to reflect that it has had the experience, hang on … because this is the moment the event finds you!” Dispenza writes.  “And it will arrive in a way that you least expect, which leaves no doubt that it came from your relationship to a greater consciousness – so that it inspires you to do it again and again.”

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This is another book review in my partnership with Hay House.  I was not financially compensated for this post. I received the book from Hay House for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.

“I am God”

Early in his book “Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting” Wayne Dyer encourages his readers to declare this bold statement.  The key to manifesting your desires, Dyer believes, is recognizing your divine nature and live from that.

Now this statement will immediately cause some readers to toss the book aside.  “Much of organized religious teaching proclaims that God is an all powerful being outside of you,” Dyer says.  People of that mindset will no doubt consider “Wishes Fulfilled” heresy.

I would encourage you to stick with Dyer and let him explain this different concept of God than what you may be familiar with. “There exists within all of us a Divine spark, called the I am that I am, and when it is kindled and nourished, it is capable of miracle-making at an astonishing level,” Dyer writes.

Two keys to “miracle-making”, says Dyer, are your imagination and feelings.  “Once you place a thought into your imagination about who you want to become, I encourage you to live from that end, as if it had already materialized into the physical realm,” he writes.  And “when you are able to passionately feel whatever it is that you wish to have or become, as long as it is aligned with your highest self – that is, God – you become it and it becomes you.”

I liked these ideas and looked backed at the accomplishments in my own life.  Did I not first “imagine” that I could create something special, and “feel” it was possible, before my past visions became reality?  Yes!  Reading Dyer’s detailed explanation of this process encouraged me to make these mental exercises a part of my daily routine.  I created a one page summary of the book’s key points and pasted it to my “quote wall” at home, where I look at it every day.  I am excited to see what future “miracles” occur in my life by following these principles.

Dyer gives many examples throughout the book from his own life and from others on how this process can change lives.  One in particular I was impressed with was the story of Anita Moorjani, a woman who was on the brink of death yet healed herself of cancer after a realization of her true loving nature.  Dyer also touches on other spiritual phenomena, like the presence of mysterious “orbs” in photographs at his lectures, and his own remote healing from the Brazilian “John Of God”.

Wayne Dyer in my opinion is one of the great spiritual teachers alive on the planet today.  “Wishes Fulfilled” is another in his series of inspirational books that have had a positive impact on my life.  “Let your imagination explore your invisible realm in a way that will allow this new energy to permeate your life,” Dyer suggests.  “Move to a place within yourself where Wishes Fulfilled is a new way of being rather than just the title of a book.”

You can get “Wished Fulfilled” from these book sellers:

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This is another book review in my partnership with Hay House.  I was not financially compensated for this post. I received the book from Hay House for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.

We’ve all met them.  People we know who just seem to have it all together.  Positive people who live life to the fullest each day.  They aren’t famous,  but they are a source of inspiration to their family and friends.

James Twyman in his new book “Love, God, and the Art of French Cooking” tells his story of meeting a man like this.  Left abandoned by his girlfriend on the driveway of a Canadian bed and breakfast, Twyman is approached by a distinguished French gentleman named Roger.  It turns out Roger is the owner of the Drew House,  and also a renowned French chef.  Sensing Twyman’s despondent mood, Roger invites him in for a cup of coffee.

“The best life is the one that brings joy to others – that is the way to happiness,” Roger tells Twyman over the breakfast table that morning.  “This is why I love to cook, because when I use the best ingredients I can find and put love into everything I make, it changes people’s moods … and sometimes even their lives.”  Soon the two become friends, and the relationship would change Twyman’s life forever.

In “French Cooking” Twyman is very open in describing his issues with women.  The author brings the reader into the heart of his pain, and at times this can be depressing to read.  Yet in being open with his self doubt, Twyman sets us up to hear the words of wisdom from Roger.

I liked one segment early in the book where Roger instructs Twyman on the proper way to chop garlic, making an analogy to life in the process.  If you slowly cut garlic into little slivers, Roger says, it retains its juice.  By the time you put it on the fire, it’s locked its juice inside, diminishing the flavor.  A better way is to smash the garlic with great force, destroying it and completely exposing the juice.  “Your life is not meant to be slowly dissected, ” Roger relates, “it is meant to be smashed.  The juice inside you flows out and adds flavor to everything you touch.  When you try to control circumstances and the people around you, you’re doing so out of fear.  You need to let go of the fear and let it spill out into the world like this garlic.”  The book is full of cooking instructions like this, transformed into lessons about life.

I also liked how “The Art of French Cooking” builds nicely to a climax.  As Twyman works through one relationship issue after another under the counsel of Roger, the story leads to France.  Twyman and Roger fly to Paris to meet Roger’s mentor, Alain – a world famous chef.  “How could Alain possibly affect Twyman more than Roger has?” I thought to myself as I read through the pages, anxious to see how the book would end.  The trip to France does have a profound impact on Twyman, and he summarizes well in the book’s concluding pages what he learned about himself from these two French chefs.

I have admired James Twyman from his work in movies (such as “The Moses Code”) and from the wisdom he shared on his Hay House radio show.  But this was the first book of his I have read.  Twyman has the gift of opening up his life to his readers, allowing them to see parallels in their own lives.  I look forward to reading more from James Twyman.

You can get “Love, God, and the Art of French Cooking” from these book sellers:

Hay House

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

This is another book review in my partnership with Hay House.  I was not financially compensated for this post. I received the book from Hay House for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.