Books and Courses 2
THE SECOND SET OF BOOKS AND COURSES THAT HAVE HELPED ME ON MY JOURNEY
Continuing where I left off in the last post in this blog series, Books and Course 1, here are more books that have helped me along my healing journey. Hopefully, it will prove helpful to anyone else who is in need of some physical, emotional and/or spiritual healing.
As before, I will continue to add to this list gradually, and new entries will appear at the bottom of the post, so scroll down if you're returning to this post and go directly to where you left off. You can also see a list of all the books that will eventually be mentioned in these blog posts by clicking on the button below.
"Every thought we think is creating our future."
"The bottom line for everyone is, 'I'm not good enough.'
It's only a thought, and a thought can be changed."
"Life is really very simple. What we give out, we get back."
Interestingly, it's only later towards the end of the book that she added her story, which helped me to realise how the book came to be written and what experience she had that led to her realisations. I guess she wanted to put her message across first and not make it all about her. However, for me, I think people's stories matter and it was learning about hers that made everything more relatable and believable.
During her many years of counselling she discovered commonalities in the patterns of emotional issues and physical symptoms. Her first book, You Can Heal Your Body, is actually incorporated into this second book. It lists a myriad of ailments and physical issues and the possible emotional connections and offers powerful affirmations that will help turn things around. I found it very illuminating and a great starting point to consider where to direct my focus and attention, in terms of physical healing, and to see what, if anything, resonated with me.
She essentially believes that everything comes back to either
a lack of self-love or self-worth.
This is such a powerful book in helping us undersatnd ourselves better. Whilst it made me feel uncomfortable at times, realising there were things I could do better, I'm so grateful for how she's shining a light on the connection between mind and body and how our health is in our own hands.
"Mindfulness is paying attention to the present moment deliberately and non-judgementally."
"There's no causal relationship between external reality and our emotions. Instead, it's the way we interpret real-life events, people and things that makes us happy or unhappy."
"The key to preserving our forest, where it is, is to maintain our connection with it, and one of the best ways to do that is to remind people that our health and the health ofour communities depends on it. When we feel connected to nature, we want to look after it. And this in turn is good for our health. We will benefit not just from the clean air and water forests rpovide, the carbon they store, the species they maintain, but also from the peace and quiet they offer, their beauty and vital spirit, and the myriad benefits to our well-being they hold within them. Our health and the health of the forest go hand in hand."
I'd never done an online course like it before, so didn't know what to expect, but any worries that may have been lingering in the back of my mind were soon allayed. It was such a supportive environment with other participants sharing their thoughts, experiences and questions. There was an online forum where we were to post our "homework" from each week and the opportunity to write comments to support each other. There were extra sessions that were more informal than the course material itself, so you could follow up and chat about the content.
Not only did I learn so much about myself and experience some big shifts in my thinking, but it was fun and uplifting. But, perhaps most significant of all, Nick explained a lot about Conscious Questions and this has been life changing. It's a way of tapping into your soul, and what it is you truly want in life, helping you to overcome fears, limiting beliefs and more. I'm going to share more on this soon.
(Nick still runs courses through The Five Institute like this one, though he may have revised the name of it now.)
"May there be an acceptance of life and people as they are, not as you would have them be."
The two key themes in the book are the possibility that there is a life after death and that we all have lived many lives. From that it leads to the idea that our souls are evolving with each incarnation and how connected to each other we really are, and to the natural world.
As I read this book, everything he shared made sense to me, not just because of what he wrote, but because of my own experiences in life. This has only been deepened as time has moved on and I've gained new insights. It has allowed me to reconnect with my spirituality (something I lost sight of over the course of my adult years). I now believe more fully that there is a universal energy and source for all life, however you wish to label it. Finding it again as been such a wonderful experience and ultimately, it has helped me to transform my life into a happier and healthier one.
In 'The Soul Must Go On', Malcolm mentioned Regression Therapy, something I'd never heard of before. During his own regression, he experienced glimpses into a previous life, which seemed to have a specific meaning that would help in his present life. Although to many it may seem a bit unbleievable, I was so curious that I found myself believing it could be possible, and intrigued enough to find out more. This led me to two books written by Dr Brian Weiss, who is the man who pioneered Regression Therapy.
Having read so much about what it had been like for many other people, there was probably an idea in my head about how it would go. But, so unique is each experience, my regression was nothing like I had imagined. I was amazed by the results. It was even more profound than I had anticipated. It related to my late father who'd died when I was 25 (the experience of which is in my book Shooting Stars). I had the very real feeling that his soul was with me. My regression showed me the swift transition of life continuing after death. The experience helped me believe that our souls do live beyond our physical body and the message was very clear for me, live and love fearlessly. It's something I'm trying to embody every day now. My life has been transformed as a result of it and all that I have been learning along my journey.
More books will added in another post in due course...



