Many of the great mystics and sages in history have told us that their spiritual realizations began in childhood. Gandhi Albert Einstein and Abraham Lincoln are just a few famous figures who have reported these events. Based on more than five years of interviews this book combines startling firsthand accounts of secret spiritual lives including recollections from adults who have forgotten or repressed such experiences in childhood. The author explains how parents educators and therapists c...

In a world on fire with unprecedented possibility as well as peril, what kind of mind is needed in order to thrive and survive? How can education help develop human potential to be a match for this reality?The Integrative Mind radically updates the vision that we hold for education, the pedagogy that can help us achieve it, and the human consciousness that underlies it all. Consciousness and culture has been thrown out of balance by the neglect of key ways of meeting the world. The...

Find meaning, wholeness, and spiritual depth with this field guide to the inner life that explores and integrates four essential virtues: Presence, Heart, Wisdom, and Creation.In a world with greater knowledge, more advanced technology, and more groundbreaking innovation than ever at our fingertips, we are still looking to find our way. We are still searching for that essential insight on how to lead a really good life.By drawing from across tradition and t...

Educating from the Heart: Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Transforming Education is based on the questions: "What does it mean to educate from the heart? What does it mean to educate with spirit?" It offers both theoretical overviews and practical approaches for educators, academics, education students and parents who are interested in transforming schools. Well-respected voices in the field of education provide a framework that includes recent findings from the world of n...

From one of America’s most brilliant writers, a New York Times bestselling journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.At the heart of Buddhism is a simple claim: The reason we suffer—and the reason we make other people suffer—is that we don’t see the world clearly. At the heart of Buddhist meditative practice is a radical promise: We can learn to see the world, including ourselve...

**Best-selling author of Happiness Now!"Happiness is a spiritual path. The more you learn about true happiness, the more you discover the truth of who you are, what is important, and what your life is for."**Be Happy! is the follow-up to Robert Holden’s best-selling Happiness NOW! In this book, Robert gives you a front-row seat on his 8-week happiness program—famously tested by independent scientists for the BBC-TV documentary called How to Be Hap...

"Balancing the Light Within" is the first in a series of channeled discourses from the Ascended Master ST. GERMAIN. It discusses the nature of Light and love useful tools of awareness the body's chakras and their colors as well as how to heal yourself and others with metaphysical means; suggested readings. CONTENTS Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: Light Vibrations Chapter 2: How to Find the Light Chapter 3: Tools of Awareness – Using the Light Chapter 4: The Light is a Form of Love Chapter...

Explore the life-changing ideas and words of some of our deepest thinkers, teachers, and sages.A brand new updated edition of the only book to distill the classic, life-chaging texts on happiness and fulfilment. New chapters include The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Brene Brown's Daring Greatly and The Power of Habit.Thousands of books have been written offering the 'secrets' to personal fulfillment and happiness: how to walk The Road Les...

A manual for Mindful Focusing—a new integration of Western psychology and Buddhist mindfulness techniques for accessing your inherent wisdom and solving life’s problemsEver come up against one of those moments when life requires a response—and you feel clueless? We all have. But there’s good news: you have all the wisdom you need to respond to any situation, even the “impossible” ones. It’s a matter of tuning in to your felt sense: that subtle physical sensation th...

B **reak free of self-defeating habits with help from cognitive psychology, neuroscience & Eastern thought in this guide from a New York Times–bestselling author, featuring a foreword by the Dalai Lama."An inspired and innovative look at the ways we can be tripped up by our habitual thinking…beautifully melding the teachings of Buddhism, horse whispering, and [Tara's] own therapeutic practice." —Bonnie Raitt, musician and activist"The road i...

A clinical psychologist offers a revolutionary approach to dream analysis—through artistic expression: "A jewel."—Robert A. Johnson, author of Inner WorkDream books that guide readers to work with their dreams invariably ask them to write their dreams down, or perhaps record them. The Art of Dreaming stands apart from all other dream books in that it invites readers to work with their dreams in whatever medium is most natural and beneficial to the...

This compilation of newsletters is a treasure trove of profound information and wisdom channeled from the Beings of Light. The information and guidance offered is uplifting valuable and useful especially at this time of accelerated and all-encompassing change. VOLUME II CONTENTS Preface ASCENDED MASTERS NEWSLETTERS # 19: All Paradigms are Dissolving: The Example of Money # 20: The Concepts of Transformation and Change # 21: Are You Living Your Life to the Fullest? # 22: Reality and Change ...