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Posted in Spiritual (Saturday, October 11, 2008)

Written by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. By HCI. The regular list price is $14.95. Sells new for $1.95. There are some available for $0.01.
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5 comments about Chicken Soup for the Teacher's Soul: Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirit of Educators.
  1. Lots of very emotional stories from the college teachers all the way down to the kindergarten level. Some of the stories really make you think about the children and their lives at home. A must read for all teachers of adults and children.


  2. This book is a must or all teachers. The stories are an inspiration to all teachers who might think that their contribution is not having an impact. Very inspirational.


  3. i was upset, there was not a single recipe for chicken soup in this book, nor was it edible.


  4. I was a college professor of 19 years and have been a public school substiute since 09/05. Saw a copy in a public library and decided to get some food. Found myself turned out greatly by some stories, neutral on others and not touched at all on a few. But a great cookbook has some
    recipies for everyone. Putting myself into the shoes of each author I tried to sense the feelings in their soul. Each teacher and student spoke from the heart. Surely one must be moved when another bares their soul, especially dealing with the trials and tribulations of working with children of all ages, trying to encourage them to learn and grow.

    One never knows when a few words or seemingly routine trivial actions will have a profound impact on at least one other person. Eleanor Rooosevelt said it was better to light just one little candle than stumble in the dark. Most teachers cited light at least one candle a term,
    regardless if they are teaching kindergarten or grade 12.

    Let me share two here rather than send them in. The process of getting hired as a substitute teacher in many areas involves being interviewed and positively recommended for hire by a public school administrator. I went to my first interview perhaps not fully prepared psychologically. A
    person asked me some questions over a desk: I could not answer them in K-12 teaching terms, having only previously taught college. The end result found an administrator suggesting I never be hired as a substitute. This was devastating and unexpected. Calling a peer at the education office, I was advised to out right away and get another interview. The second time, I was a bit more loose psychologically. The interviewers were very friendly. Good rapport waa established. I left that school toward the end of the afternoon with a strong rcommendation to be approved as a fine substitute teacher. Within 24 hours there were two interviews with oppostite resultsn. Isn't Clark Kent also Superman.

    I started as an elementary school substitute. After a few weeks I subbed at the high school that viewed me favorably. Leaving the administrative offices after subbing one day I encountered two young boys who were not older than third graders. They proudly greeted me with "Hello Dr. K."

    I highly recommend this book and your feedback.


  5. A great book to read when you need to remember why you became a teacher in the first place.


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Posted in Spiritual (Saturday, October 11, 2008)

Written by Peter Fenner. By Sounds True. The regular list price is $22.95. Sells new for $12.45. There are some available for $10.95.
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5 comments about Radiant Mind: Awakening Unconditioned Awareness.
  1. Whether you are an experienced meditator and long-time scholar or a complete beginner, Peter's teaching on these CDs will lead you to a direct experience of unconditioned mind, which is ineffable, i.e. your mind in its natural state, beyond words, ideas and concepts.

    If you have read the book, you should still order the audio CDs. The richness of Peter's verbal expression, with its emphasis and significant spaces communicates this experience in a way the book cannot. You can actually participte with him in this experience. He is an extraordinary teacher.
    Radiant Mind: Teachings & Practices to Awaken Unconditioned Awareness (Sounds True Audio Learning Course)


  2. The purpose of Radiant Mind is to turn the reader's attention toward cultivating unconditioned awareness in the midst of everyday experience. Peter Fenner is a well known teacher, writer, scholar, and counselor. In the world of nonduality, Radiant Mind is one of the few all-encompassing, structured nondual teachings for students of the early 2000s. If your current involvement with nondual teachings is unsatisfactory, you may be very pleased with the breadth and depth of Radiant Mind. I recommend investigating it.

    Fenner anticipates and confronts the reader's avoidance and dishonesty. He points out the difference between disconnecting from and deconstructing our problems. He's honest: "We don't necessarily want to examine our patterns. In fact, the patterns are constructed with a dual purpose. They are designed to sabotage our life and the lives of others, but in such a way that we don't recognize them."

    Following each chapter are exercises. Their initial objective is to connect you with your fixations or conditioned existence. Then the exercises are designed to cultivate unconditioned awareness through sitting, pure listening, and various ways of deconstruction, especially conversations: "These conversations dismantle the structures of our conditioning and introduce us to the experience of contentless awareness."

    For those who think they are beyond meditation, or contemplative practice, Fenner points out that practice is necessary in order to reveal to us that practice is not necessary. More honesty: "This constant denial saps our energy and demoralizes us, because we're engaged in a losing battle with a reality that simply isn't interested in our existence."

    Peter Fenner does not allow you hide anywhere. He knows all your tricks and spells them out. At the same time, he is open about the paradox of functioning out of the nondual space. He says, "You're so complete it doesn't mean anything to say you're complete. This book is a paradox. ... I'm sure you also know that it has nothing to do with unconditioned awareness."

    Counselors, psychotherapists, coaches, spiritual teachers, and self-realized gurus looking for ways to explain things better, and anyone functioning within, or with, or as the paradox, will benefit from reading Radiant Mind.

    Radiant Mind may also be engaged as an 8-month course. Fenner mentions the course in passing at the very end of the book. He gives all he's got within the limitations of a book. The course is not necessary, however the serious reader/student will know soon enough.

    Finally, I want to briefly talk about the index. The index is excellent and professional. The only thing that puzzles me is why the material in the exercises at the end of each chapter was not indexed.

    For example, under the entry "pure listening," all the appropriate page numbers in the book are noted except for pages 123-124, which are exercises in pure listening. Perhaps the indexer or publisher could explain to me the justification. Aside from that, it is one of the best indexes in the nonduality genre today. That the Appendix on Radiant Communication was indexed is commendable.

    Jerry Katz
    One: Essential Writings on Nonduality


  3. For those seeking some form of Enlightenment, Fenner shines a bright, if not harsh, light on just what enlightment is - and is not. His writing is actually very positive and helps one to experience the non-dual in everyday life (hence: Radiant Mind), instead of merely seeking to "be" non-dual, which of course is an impossibility. This is the CD version - it is clear but Fenner does speak a bit slowly, perhaps attempting to induce a calm aura into his ideas. Very straight forward and down to earth, a welcome change to the Ken Wilber style. A valuable addition to a seeker's library.


  4. This book is exceptionally clear and lucid, while covering material that is deep and too often difficult.

    If you pay close attention, you'll be able to notice that the author gives us readers a *process*, somethings to do...that help us get results.

    This isn't theory-only, it's very practical.

    If you want good background and foundation, processes and methods that work, if you want to come away with clarity and be able to make progress -- then this is one of those rare books that will give you all that.


  5. Radiant Mind is a fantastic book! Having read many books on Zen, Buddhism and meditation, along with personal training and meditation retreats, I have to say Fenner nails it! It is difficult to say exactly what it was in the book that was most meaningful, but what Fenner says and how he says it definately gave me several Ah-Ha moments. Similar to Adyashanti's teachings, if you have moved beyond dogma and liturgy in Buddhism, and are truely looking for the essense of Buddha's awakening, then this work is where you want to spend time. It is a book I will return to many times.


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Posted in Spiritual (Saturday, October 11, 2008)

Written by Sera J. Beak. By Jossey-Bass. The regular list price is $16.95. Sells new for $9.01. There are some available for $6.99.
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5 comments about The Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting Your Divine Spark.
  1. The Red Book was a great read, funny and inspiring.I bought copies for two girlfriends who also love it!


  2. I was a little cautious about getting this book. The title kept throwing me off - but the description kept calling me in. Unorthodox it is. It might be offensive to some - but then they are probably not the ones too interested in having a spirituality that beams light of any kind (sorry if that offended the traditional or conservative spiritualist). Sara is brutally honest, blunt, close to her Creator, in touch with her divine and her feminine soul, soaks up wisdom and spews it out lovingly for all to hear, live, love. I would go a step further and recommend it for men - we all long for our feminine soul to sing and dance. Sara, I'm waiting for your next one...your sequel...The Redder Book.


  3. I attended one of Sera Beak's workshops prior to reading the book. I strongly recommend her workshop! I am still reading the book, but it is just as amazing as the workshop! I think you have to be ready for The Red Book and open to Sera's fresh perspective. Sera is wise beyond her years. She ties so many spritual and religious concepts together in a way that really make sense...to me anyways. I love that Sera acknowledges that spirituality and religion can co-exist and shows us the way to make that happen for ourselves. If you read this book...get ready for that Divine Spark and where it will take you!


  4. I thought most had lost it! Thanks Sara for doing this, wherever you are! This is a journey gathering major patterns and rituals that are used by all spiritual systems around the world and given to us that feel less than whole, or seem to be searching in the wrong places again and again. About time, next time, I think making also more focused on the general "we" would allow men in too, but I have no clue what men would think-so thank you!


  5. One of my friends got this for me to read over my family vacation in Spain. I can honestly say I think it was meant to be... the book, the timing, the lessons! It's not only fun to read, but has some really great points and makes you think. Reading The Red Book was life changing for me and put everything in life in perspective! I have now decided to sell my life consuming business in the states and move to Spain within the next 5 years! I guess I am the typical target audience, 28 y.o. female and Sera absolutely captured my heart and ignited my divine spark. I have recommended it to all of my friends and will get it for each one of them!


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Posted in Spiritual (Saturday, October 11, 2008)

By Tarcher. The regular list price is $16.95. Sells new for $5.66. There are some available for $1.56.
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5 comments about Meeting the Shadow (A New Consciousness Reader).
  1. This collection of 65 essays from a wide array of Jungian practioners is designed to give us a window into the mysterious world that lives within each of us; the shadow.

    Each of these essays, in their own unique ways, throws the lid off of our own personal "Pandora's box" and brings us face to face with the disowned and despised parts of who we are: sexual urges, rage, resentment, arrogance, greed, envy; the list is endless.

    Jung was once quoted as saying "I would rather be whole than to be good." I did not understand this statement until I read this book. Now that I have begun my own "shadow work," the picture is becoming clearer, and clearer.



  2. The 65-article anthology "Meeting the Shadow" is a mixed bag, with some articles the equivilent of fluffinutor, and others with rich and deep meaning for those searching for knowledge. This book did make me reconsider how I project onto others. This is a good psychological read, but some of the information is quite dated, as some articles are relevent mainly to the Cold War(It was written in 1990, but some articles are from the '70s.).


  3. I did not realize that this was a shadow workbook until after I had read quite a few chapters. It is an entertaining book to read, reminding me of Vincent Prices Theatre. As great as one story is the next one tops it. Zweig and Abrams have gathered a great collection of stories that will get you to open up your mind to receive something that was there all the time. 5 STARS!


  4. If you are interested in the Jungian idea of The Shadow, this is a great read. Just look at the contributors- Robert Bly, Jung, Joseph Cambell, Ken Wilbur... these are big names by smart people.

    We are using this book in a Shadow Work class, and everyone has truly enjoyed it. I think you would too.


  5. This is a reader; brief articles taken from other sources, on the subject of the shadow. It is a good place to start if you are new to this subject, but it is by no means comprehensive. It is quite repetitive; almost every article/essay begins with the definition of the shadow, and several themes are continually restated throughout. As another reviewer said, the book is dated, what with mentions of US-Russian relations, but don't let that stop you; you need not read every article in order to benefit from the messages within. Instead, read articles selectively, according to your own personal needs.


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Posted in Spiritual (Saturday, October 11, 2008)

Written by Geri Larkin. By HarperOne. The regular list price is $24.95. Sells new for $14.38. There are some available for $14.39.
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1 comments about Plant Seed, Pull Weed: Nurturing the Garden of Your Life.
  1. Geri Larkin's life has taken her from the heights of American business to the simplicity of Buddhist practice. She began her career as a jet-setting business consultant -- and is ending it as a sort of free-lance teacher and landscape consultant living in a tiny home in the Pacific Northwest.

    In fact, in this new book she writes that when she volunteers at an emergency food bank -- it's impossible to tell her and the other folks running the program from the clients in need of the emergency food.

    It's a wonderful journey, which Geri has laid out for readers in a series of books that are half spiritual memoir and half Zen advice about everything from personal relations to -- in this new book -- cooking up the dandelions you've pulled from your front yard.

    Around the time her previous book, "The Chocolate Cake Sutra," was published, I invited a group of high school students to spend time interviewing Geri for a documentary film on prayer and meditation. Geri was heading back to southeast Michigan for a few days from her new home in the Pacific Northwest, and I told the students that the cost of a seat with Geri was reading her book.

    If you know anything about the busy lives of teenagers, the idea of reading a book on Buddhism sounds like an impossible challenge. But, on the day of the interview, an eager little crowd of students pulled couches up around Geri's own easy chair. They pulled out these beautifully well-thumbed copies of her book -- their pages sprouting bookmarks, sticky notes and slips of paper with questions scribbled to ask Geri.

    That's the best way I can convey the excitement of her spiritual voice. It can hook and hold a busy teenager -- or a busy middle-aged writer like myself.

    These are books not to be missed, because they leave you with a hopeful smile on your face -- and a fistful of good ideas to make sure that smile is shared with someone else.

    They're great for small groups -- easy reading, but deep provocative wisdom in each chapter.


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Posted in Spiritual (Saturday, October 11, 2008)

Written by David Deida. By Sounds True. The regular list price is $16.95. Sells new for $5.00. There are some available for $5.00.
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5 comments about Blue Truth: A Spiritual Guide to Life & Death and Love & Sex.
  1. This is a truly amazing book. This is the second David Deida book I have read. Six months ago I started my first year of law school, in a new city where I knew nobody. I was really lost for a long time and hit a new low. I eventually took the initiative to do several things to improve my situation, and this book was one of them. It has really helped to change my life by realizing just how closed off I was/am to the world. Change is a slow process, of course, but this book really helped and continues to help. The advice is solid, true, and open. There are no false pretenses in this book; no ego; just insight and something that offers to help.

    Also, Deida's writing style is very beautiful and sincere, which makes the book that much more helpful.


  2. What a delight to read a man's perspective on the feminine and have it resonate so clearly. This was recommended by one of my spiritual "brothers" and I found it to be a sensitive, aware portrayal of the masculine/feminine dynamic - at least as far as it goes. I'm sure he says other things elsewhere, and I'll be reading some of them. It's a book for women to better understand men, and vice versa. What a huge contribution that is!


  3. David Deida is a God send,. Read any and all his books if you are ready to take your whole life to the next level. I am so grateful on many different levels for the wisdom, clarity, love and honor he passes on.


  4. This book may change your life. I carried it around with me to read soundbites throughout the day for months at a time- after I'd read it cover to cover. I find myself quoting from this book for people who are needing some inspiration or to just give someone a little "medicine" where I think that they might need it. Beautiful and poignant.

    I'd like to respond to the only "one star" review given this book. If you notice, it is NOT a book review. It is a character assassination from someone who is obviously bitter about a teacher of David Deida's. I could care less where Deida learned and experienced the concepts of this book, the fact is that they work, they are beautiful- yes, controversial- but still beautiful. I've found my feminine essence where I didn't know it existed. In my lover, I now know what it feels like to be a woman. I did NOT know this before discovering the works of Deida. I hope that you read this book.


  5. I cried through the first few chapters. I thought the book was concise and yet really powerful. I've read a lot of David Deida's books, and while the message is absolutely stunning, the writing is sometimes confusing. I feel this one is very clear, very much to the point and very deep. Blue Truth could very well be one of these books that I end up reading over and over again, until I feel it is embedded into my very being. The experience that I get reading it is really strong and life altering.


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Posted in Spiritual (Saturday, October 11, 2008)

Written by Paramahansa Yogananda. By Self-Realization Fellowship. The regular list price is $6.50. Sells new for $2.93. There are some available for $3.81.
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2 comments about Living Fearlessly: Bringing Out Your Inner Soul Strength (How-to-Live Series) (How-to-Live Series).
  1. The editors at Self-Realization Fellowship have again produced a beautifully inspiring and motivating volume, drawing on some of the great yoga master's inimitable expressions of eternal truth. Drawing partly from talks published elsewhere (e.g., Man's Eternal Quest and The Divine Romance), this volume also includes life-empowering quotes that would otherwise have to be culled from the years of Yogananda's Self-Realization Lessons - plus a couple of other essays not elsewhere in print. In the latter category is a brilliant piece on faith, fearlessness, and the uprooting of unconscious fears.
    In times of tremendous uncertainty and world-upheaval the reassurance offered by such pieces as "Ridding the Consciousness of Worry" and "Removing the Static of Fear" are real treasures. It is exquisitely comforting to read how Yogananda himself handled threats of economic disaster in "Finding Inner Assurance that God Is With You" - one more demonstration that he does not speak from abstract theory but from principles that he has tested and proven in his own life. He never tells you that it will be easy - only that the power of attunement with your soul will lead you to VICTORY over the most difficult challenges. His life and those of his advanced students are testimony to that truth.
    Seldom has a tiny volume combined so effectively the most advanced concepts of psychology with the most divine insights into the power of faith. This is destined to become another classic of PRACTICAL SPIRITUALITY - perhaps rivaled only by his AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI (ISBN 0876120834 ) and THE LAW OF SUCCESS (ISBN 0876121504 )


  2. The Divine words of Paramahansa Yogananda delivers the one message that will set you free from fear and its debilitating effects in your life. That message is to recognize and connect fully to your divine source, to God, and how this omniscient presence is within you, at all times. It is within your heart and soul.
    By focusing on how Divine Source is with you, in you, and as you at all times, you will come to discover that you are never alone.

    A wonderful message is that fear is humankind's greatest enemy. By renewing your MIND, and focusing on your Divine heritage, you will come to trust that God is on your side. You will learn through this book that your circumstances are to draw you closer to your connection to Divine Source, so that you can follow your inner guidance, take proactive action in your life, and cast out fear completely.
    In this way you will come to know the immense Divine creative power you do have, and how circumstances are merely passing occurrences. You, however, are eternal. Your creative capacity comes from your Divine connection to the greatest power in this Universe, and that is Love.

    HIGHLY recommended if fear has been in your life, preventing you from claiming every Divine gift and experience you deserve. This book will help you cast out fear forever.

    From my Heart, Barbara Rose, author of: `If God Was Like Man' and `Individual Power'. Borntoinspire.com



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Posted in Spiritual (Saturday, October 11, 2008)

Written by Pamela D. Blair. By Hampton Roads Publishing Company. The regular list price is $19.95. Sells new for $9.00. There are some available for $8.50.
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5 comments about The Next Fifty Years: A Guide for Women at Mid-Life And Beyond.
  1. I bought three books (this is one of them) to give as gifts from amazon. I was apprehensive they would not be on time for a golden wedding anniversary and 50th birthday of a close relative.

    Firstly, the books where in mint condition with superb contents and apropos for the occasion (good guidance from brief descriptions by amazon) and best of all delivery was precise. Provided tracking was accurate with a couple of days to spare.

    Amazon is still excellent in all aspect as I keep dealing with it! KUDOS!!!!


  2. I thought I had ordered the book but it seems the CD was ordered instead. Fortunately the author was kind enough to refund my money but I was very disappointed. After researching what had been the communication problem, the person who was circulating the CD as part of her lecture series was advertising the CD under the book title then stating she was replacing the book with the CD. I personally feel that is an inappropriate way to advertise her product and it should be done separately. I may reorder the book at a later date obviously through a different Amazon distributor.


  3. Thought-provoking, comprehensive, and chock full of pertinent information, Pamela Blair's book is an invaluable guide for the woman crossing over to midlife.
    The reader can explore every aspect of what lies ahead for her as an older woman in 150 short essays that range from cultural attitudes and myths about aging women to such practical matters as health, finances, and relationships.
    The author poses questions at the end of each essay to which the reader can respond to by journaling right in the book, making it a highly personal experience.
    As an added bonus, a study guide is provided at the end of the book for women who wish to meet in discussion groups using The Next Fifty Years.
    This book is the perfect companion for the woman who wants to better understand and enter in celebratory fashion midlife and beyond.

    - Chloe Jon Paul


  4. I liked this workbook. It is comprehensive and divided into four sections: Thoughts, Cultural Attitudes and Myths about Women Aging; Who we are, Who and What We Live With; and Looking Forward. In her introduction, Blair suggests that we skip sections which do not apply to us. All of her short essays are followed by space in which to respond to questions such as "how does this feel?" or, more specifically, asking for a response to the issue addressed.

    There were sections which did not pique my curiosity and I did read through those quickly. However, on a whole, the issues addressed are those which we, as women in the second half of life, should be thinking about. Her style gives us an opportunity for reflection, but does not ask us to spend hours thinking and writing. One could work through a section or even a few pages, put it down, pick it up and still follow the flow of the concepts.

    Blair's book is intended to be used as a personal journal but could be used in a discussion/writing group following the study guide in the back or any other format deemed fitting for a group of women. It is well written researched and easy to follow.

    The titles of her essays are enough to entice one to read. For example: Myths to Not Live By, Changing Tempo, Aging Can Be Fun? Ages and Stages and An Attitude of Gratitude. There is a long bibliography and a study guide. Her writing is pleasing and her flashes of humor and mini-stories about herself keep The Next Fifty Years from being a dry workbook. Blair feels that "we have an assignment to make clear our role in society: to inscribe the possibilities of age on the guideposts to the future."

    by Judith Helburn
    for Story Circle Book Reviews
    reviewing books by, for, and about women


  5. This is a fantastic book and a great reference to help you get through some of the challenging times as we age (most of the challenges are in our head).
    The Next Fifty Years gives you some grounding, puts your life into perspective. I love it.


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Posted in Spiritual (Saturday, October 11, 2008)

Written by Eckhart Tolle. By Amber Lotus Publishing. The regular list price is $13.99. Sells new for $9.29. There are some available for $9.37.
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1 comments about A New Earth 2009 Wall Calendar.
  1. Anything that reproduces the wisdom that comes forth from Eckhart Tolle is great! I can't get enough of this practicable wisdom that he shares to the world.


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Posted in Spiritual (Saturday, October 11, 2008)

Written by Agnes Sanford. By Ballantine Books. The regular list price is $6.99. Sells new for $3.26. There are some available for $0.63.
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5 comments about Healing Light.
  1. This book has always been popular with spiritualists and New Thought exponents, but also with certain Christians who have failed to take on a Biblical worldview.

    Of course the Bible teaches that Christians should engage in a healing ministry. But the operative power should be the power of Christ, not the kind of power which works thru spiritualist mediums and then re-labelled "the Holy Spirit", in this way confusing the gullible. Indeed, the main problem with all of Mrs Sanford's writings is that she does not seem able to distinguish between the genuine power of the Holy Spirit and the power that operates in a spiritualistic context. But because she often uses Christian terminology, this confuses many of her readers. Even then she occasionally lets slip references to the Holy Spirit as "it".

    Mrs Sanford was influenced both by her own `psychic powers' and New Thought (which is the thinking foundational to the `Mind Science' religions, like Christian Science, Unity, Higher Thought, New Thought, etc.). Combining this with a theistic worldview, she ended up believing in panentheism, namely the idea that God is literally in everything. Panentheists take this not just in the sense that God upholds everything by His Word, but in the sense that He can be contacted within and by means of the created order: "God ... is the one who made nature, and He's in nature, and He is nature," (p.33) and that "the very spirit and presence of God are in all created things." (Healing Power of the Bible, p.41)

    Mrs Sanford's concept of the atonement is also nonChristian. The Bible speaks of the atonement as a legal transaction, in which Messiah Jesus is our sin-bearer and receiving in Himself the punishment for sin which He did not Himself commit. Accordingly anyone who puts their entire trust in him can be set free from objective guilt, and so escape our Creator's just judgment. By contrast, Mrs Sanford appears to substitute a metaphysical view which views the sins which Christ bore as actual quasi-physical entities, in line with her view that "thoughts are things". According to her, Christ "literally lowered His thought-vibrations to the thought-vibrations of humanity and received into Himself man's thoughts of sin and sickness, pain and death. And as He was the Son of God and therefore able to transcend time, He took into Himself all of the sinful thought-vibrations of all humanity, past, present and future." (p.135) She continued: "So He cleansed the thought-vibrations that surround this globe as a purifying plant cleanses our drinking water, taking it in dirty, throwing it up into the sunlight and sending it forth clean." (p.136)

    After reading this, it will not be surprising to learn that Mrs Sanford regarded herself as a "metaphysician" (p.140), a term commonly used of "New Thought" and other `Mind Science' practitioners. In fact, one of the main influences in Mrs Sanford's teaching on healing was the work of Dr Emmet Fox (1886-1951), a major New Thought pioneer (Sealed Orders, p.103; Behold Your God! p.79). Fox wrote a famous book called The Sermon on the Mount, in which he reinterpreted those famous words of the Lord Jesus as consisting of a series of spiritual laws which could be applied with absolute scientific consistency to achieve certain, definite and predictable results.

    It can be seen that Mrs Sanford's teaching about Christ's death on the cross is not the Biblical teaching, but rather an attempt to accommodate Biblical teaching to New Thought philosophy. Indeed, Mrs Sanford regarded herself as combining sacramentalism with New Thought-style "metaphysics": "Most people think that one cannot be both a metaphysician and a sacramentalist. But I have found that one can, and that knowing both methods gives a widely varying approach to different minds." (p.140)

    What are these laws? They are not found in the Bible, but Mrs Sanford, who claimed special knowledge of "God's laws", taught that there were four of them:

    1. Relax and remind yourself that there is "a source of life" outside ourselves.

    2. Turn on the power, by requesting either an increase or an influx of the power, even by such a command as, "whoever you are - whatever you are - come into me now!"

    3. Believe that the power is coming into you, and give thanks for it.

    4. Observe the operations of that power; in other words: decide on some project and carry it out. (p.19)

    Mrs Sanford envisioned a time when world peace would be attained by projection of benevolent thoughts: "A new age is being born. The day has come when love-power, at the command of ministers and surveyors and children and everyone, is sufficient to change hearts here and there in the world about them. This is the beginning of a new order!" (p.62)

    So God is no longer a sovereign Person, but merely a force which must be projected through human agency to achieve anything of any significance. None of this has anything to do with the Bible, but is an expression of the New Thought dictum that "thoughts are things".

    Of course, people are free in this age to believe whatever they like. But what is strange is that sincere people can insist that Mrs Sanford's views agree with the Bible. Clearly the two are quite contrary.


  2. I love talking about Agnes as if we're best friends forever. I tell people, "Well, Agnes says..." or, "Agnes put it like this." She is the authority on prayer in our time. Simple, engaging, challenging, and most of all, loving. My faith has been shaken up and rebuilt because of this book. Thanks Agnes.


  3. This was part of a birthday gift and I used next day shipping...received email the next day stating that it was sent to another location and would be a day late.


  4. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about spiritual healing. Agnes Sanford shares many of her own personal experiences with healing. In addition, she provides guidance for anyone who is interested in the healing ministry.


  5. Agnes Sanford's deep faith is inspiring and her healing techniques really work! A must read for all who know that faith can truly conquer all!


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Chicken Soup for the Teacher's Soul: Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirit of Educators
Radiant Mind: Awakening Unconditioned Awareness
The Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting Your Divine Spark
Meeting the Shadow (A New Consciousness Reader)
Plant Seed, Pull Weed: Nurturing the Garden of Your Life
Blue Truth: A Spiritual Guide to Life & Death and Love & Sex
Living Fearlessly: Bringing Out Your Inner Soul Strength (How-to-Live Series) (How-to-Live Series)
The Next Fifty Years: A Guide for Women at Mid-Life And Beyond
A New Earth 2009 Wall Calendar
Healing Light

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