Inspiration Books

I was introduced to this buy a friend . At one time I was very depressed in life and just lost my sense of self. I didnt care about anything. I was in a horrible realtionship with a guy that cheated on me. I was very down about it all and reading this quotes really helped during this time. It made me realize what is important in life and taught me a lot about how to let go.
This book helped me get over my ex and just made me hope for a better future. A future with someone who I deserve , someone who treats me so much better.

I have read several of Louise Hay's books (including "You Can Heal Your Life") and have always been inspired by what she has to say. She's now in her 80's and she continues to speak of love and healing in all her books, including this one on meditations for the heart and soul.

This colorful little book of meditations starts out in classic Louise Hay style, with her introduction stating, "Remember, in the vast infinity of life, all is perfect, whole, and complete...and so are you."

She then goes on to provide meditations on numerous subjects, such as:

- I am willing to change and grow
- I bless my family with love
- My income is constantly increasing
- I love and accept myself right now
- There is a solution to every problem
- I am healthy and filled with energy...and many more

If you are already familiar with Louise Hay's work, I think you'll really enjoy this little book of meditations. If you're new to her work, by reading this book you'll come to see why she has touched so many people's lives.

This little book helped me through some really tough days, so now I'm giving it to some friends who also could use a little help.

"Within each of us is a center of wisdom far deeper and greater than we are aware of. The meditations in this book are designed to connect with that center and magnify our understanding of life. When we are willing to open our consciousness to new ideas and new ways of thinking about issues, then our lives change for the better." (From the book)

Have you noticed that the way you begin the day often sets the tone for the experences that will follow, as well as how we will react to them? A great way to start the day with positive thoughts is Louise Hay's book Inner Wisdom - Meditations For the Heart and Soul. Hay shares uplifting gems of wisdom that are sure to encourage and inspire you. As with many Hay House titles, this book is full of colorful illustrations and text. Some pages have affirmations such as I breathe in love, and I flow with life, I relase all feelings of guilt, and I create wonderful new beliefs for myself. Most of the pages, however, contain wisdom like:

"Am I expanding or contracting? When I expand my thinking, my beliefs, and everything about me, the love flows freely. When I contract, I put up walls and shut myself off. If I am frightened or threatened or feel that something is just not right, I begin to breathe. Breathing opens me up. It straightens my spine. It opens my chest. It gives my heart room to expand. By practicing breathing, I drop the barriers and begin to open up. It is a beginning point. Instead of going into total panic, I take a few breaths and ask myself: Do I want to contract, or do I want to expand?

One page has the affirmation I perceive my true being with colorful flowers below. The meditation that accompanies it says:

"I see myself having a consciousness of oneness with the presence and power of God. My wisdom and understanding of Spirit increases, and I express the inner beauty and strength of my true being. Divine order is ever-present in my experience, and there is plenty of time for all that I choose to do. I express wisdom, understanding, and love in all of my dealings with others, and my words are Divinely guided. I see myself expressing the creative energy of Spirit in my work, my writing, and my speech. Fun, uplifting ideas flow through my consciousness, and I follow through on the ideas received, bringing them into full manifestation."

Whether using these words of wisdom at the start of the day, during a mid-day retreat, or before you go to bed, you're thoughts will begin to calm and your spirit will feel refreshed. I highly recommend this 101 page book, especially if you desire guidance, wisdom, strength, and peace.

"Remember, in the vast infinity of life, all is perfect, whole, and complete...and so are you."

If your looking for a book full of positive affirmations then this seems to be the only book of it's kind. All the other books I have looked at seem to all say "if things are looking bad then..." this book is more like "things are good and will only get better". The problem I found with this book though, is it leaves you feeling empty, since it is written from a 'New Age' point of view, leaving you with no-one to look up to but yourself.

I purchased both these and 'Trust Your Vibes' deck. I already owned the 'Ask Your Guides' deck. I find these decks give Spirit a way to get to me... when I'm not tuned in. I've been working with each of these daily for about two weeks and have had incredible results. Both assurances that I'm on the right path, and suggestions for redirection.

My vibes are getting stronger with this daily work. Key is listening to what is told you and acting on the advice.

Great tool for gaining a deeper understanding and making ongoing adjustments along your soul's journey.

I like these cards a lot. They are very simple to use if you are a beginner at using divination tools. I have had very accuate results for others and me.

I have several decks of oracles cards, and this one is really impressive. It is for good reason that Sonia calls these her "big guns" -I am continually amazed how the cards I choose reflect the heart of what ever is happening for me at the time.

It is the best of Sonia's decks. The images are brighter and the messages are lighter.

I just pulled the card "Choose your friends wisely". If you consider having a card deck as a "friendly advisor" this one will be true to your best interests.

I like this book. Lark books give nice examples and well-illustrated projects. I got lots of nice ideas, but I haven't gotten them into practice yet.

As a contemporary jeweller I was looking for alternative design ideas to create beaded jewellery that made a statement and utilised my skills - this book more than satisfied my creative quest and inspired a few new techniques I'd never tried. And generated a new group of buyers who loved the designs this book inspired.

When I received this book, I read it from cover to cover. I became excited and enthused when I realized that I could DO these projects. The photographs are phenomenal, instructions are very clear, concise and easy to follow. There are several projects that do not need a torch, they are cold connections only. I design jewelry and am a beginning metalsmith student as well. This book gave me so many ideas my head was spinning. I highly recommend this book to those looking for inspiration, and as well for those who need a good technical book on making metal beads!

I often look for great silver smith books that can either inspire me with some great design, or challenge me with some interesting techniques.

This book does both. ALl techniques are cold-joining for the most part.

Even if you do not make beads, the techniques can be applied to rings, pendants, brooches, and so much more. It is great to have a book that can inspire and teach less experienced and shake the cobwebs out the brains of those of us who have loved working with metal for years.

I highly recommend this book.

WOW! I really love this book for it relates to both the beginner silversmith to advanced. Tools needed are covered in enough detail and yet shows that you don't need all the fancy tools in order to make incredible handmade metal beads. I believe that even the most amateur silver worker can master bead making with this book and learn to grow on their own using the guidelines/techniques that are shown in this book. As mentioned by other reviewers, I wish I had purchased this book over a year ago for I used to stumbled along using other references to make my own pendants and wish I knew more to make better metal/silver beads --- well this book is a great help and eye opener for me. I think all interested in silver or metal beads should have this book. I know I will apply techniques learned from this author in the making of my pendants, thus giving them a unique flair seen nowhere else. Thanks to the author for putting her experience and techniques in print and providing excellent images to help guide us in the development of these beautiful beads.

Excellent for beginners and advanced. Clear instructions and wide selection of Japanese ideas. It can be used for some of our more modern quilts.

I have seen some amazing Sashiko work illustrated, but not in this book. Not particularily inspiring here---- not "Ultimate".

Excellent for beginners, the book gives historical background, then moves on to traditional materials and notions and how to use them. A very important section on how to draw motifs on square grids and how to elongate the grids to distort the motifs is alone worth the book's price for it allows total independence for the artist to draw motifs on any fabric the exact size needed for a project instead of relying on stencils and pre-printed fabric, besides being the traditional and cheapest technique.

The projects proposed are in good taste and a good mix of tradition and innovation. Follows a rich pattern library that shows in what order to do each motif, a splendid "Inspiration gallery" and a list of resources. An excellent reference for the experienced and the beginners too!

If you're looking for good, basic information, this book is it. Briscoe describes the history, as well. It also provides some small projects to try out while practicing your technique. I would recommend the book.

I found this invaluable for people just learning to do Sashiko. I keep it with my project bag and supplies instead of on the shelf.

My life seemed to be spinning out of control due to medical issues and job issues and on and on. I had read the book, "Ask and It Is Given" by Esther and Jerry Hicks and loved it. So, I expected no less from these cards. Each day, I randomly select a card and then I keep that card with me throughout the day, referring to it. It has both opened my eyes to what is wonderful in my life, and brought me amazing peace when faced with some obstacles. I believe that the card I get each day is given to me for a reason...and so far the cards are 100% on target. Highly recommend.

I now know when I'm being to assertive or not assertive enough; when to back off and when to move in. I'm already practicing a lot of the methology and will give it it's 5th star when I'm successful

I just sat down and slowly went through the whole deck while listening to meditation music. Card by card, my spirits began to lift. I even found myself smiling and laughing a bit, which is kind of rare for me as I have been incredibly negative in recent years.

I know now that I will use these cards a lot to lift my spirits and assist in my deliberate creation of my reality.

These cards are great, because, after you have listened to and read some of the Abraham material, to the point where you understand all of the basics, then these cards will serve as quick and easy reminders on all of the points that Abraham makes.

If you need your spirits lifted, this will definitely do the trick. And try it with inspirational, instrumental music, such as new age and hearts of space.

It's not what you read or how much you read thats important - but being alive and staying on track is healthy for our mind - these inspiration keep me on track and when i talk on the phone to a friend i randomly chose a card which inspires me ... try it for your self ... Thanks Esther and Jerry "again"

I read all the wonderful reviews, especially the one from Janet, and decided to buy the cards but these cards do not reflect that quality. To me they look like they were done in a rush just to make money. The pictures on them are very cheap and there is nothing uplifting or inspirational about them. There is no booklet that would go with the cards which is a great loss. The text of the cards is sometimes inspirational but usually it is just something we heared already so many times. I so much lack vibrations that would carry you beyond the words you read, something that is always present when writting is channeled. I truly do not understand how Janet Boyer could write what she did about the cards. It is not true. There is nothing uplifting or new about them. Just sentences we know and ugly pictures. The author did not even made an efford to write a booklet for it.

I feel that Janet Boyer must be a beginner in channeled teachings because no one who is familiar with channeled material could not call this a master piece. All these words has been written for so many times. For example "Omni reveals the four principles of creation" from John L. Payne is also a channeled book on the same topic. All the cards feel like copied from this book but without the original energy.

I believed Janet and bought the cards. Me and my clients, we were very disappointed.

When you break it down, this book (like many other motivational guides) states the obvious. These writers don't tell you anything you didn't already know for yourself.

- You need to work hard and consistently to succeed.
- You need a support group to keep you motivated and to ease the burden of the harder tasks.
- Finally, but most importantly. You need to think happy thoughts. Don't say or think anything negative about yourself or your goals, to yourself or anyone you talk to about it.

Wait. Did i just distill the book down into three sentences? Seriously, I was impressed with the way this writer managed to take the obvious and make it seem new and fresh and I've started to see results in my own day to day life. Goals are being met, I'm making new and very powerful friends that I would never have met had I not followed the obvious principles set forth so elegantly in this book.

Highly recommended.

Just in case anyone was considering trying/purchasing the dvd program on tv, the book has the same info - beware. So, you can pay the $20-30 for the book and read the info yourself or you can pay $600 for the dvds/cds, journal and 2 workbooks and basically have him read it to you. Besides that, the 30 day trial offer actually expires in just under 30 days (calculated from when you are billed not from when you receive the product as the reps tell you). So you will be billed for the first installment within 30 days. Please be aware of that.

The info is decent but very little of it is something original. If you are brand new to the "how to be successful" quest then there is helpful info such as vision mapping and how-to's of communication. Otherwise, if you already know how to write detailed goals and communicate your ideas the material might be a good refresher for you - therefore put into practice what you already know.

Steven K. Scott takes a while to get to his message as he reiterates what he will present and how he struck it rich after failing in his first eight jobs. While his advice is good, if sometimes familiar, you have to be a bit patient to find it since his 15 sharp success strategies aren't always his chapter headings. He offers techniques for turning your personal vision into a reality, and includes numerous anecdotes about how famous historic figures achieved their goals. He also provides useful worksheets, comparison charts, summaries, definitions, steps, actions and goals. Scott tends to repeat examples and spotlight his own achievements, so this is a bit extended, but we find that his detailed case histories and solid counsel carry the day.

Another great book by Scott. In this book Scott uses lessons from great like Thomas Edison and Ford to illustrate how persistent, singleness in purpose, and goal driven effort--applied to acquiring wealth--rules the day. I also recommend his book "Millionaire's notebook."

You may want to read similar books on creating wealth, such as "Think and Grow Rich," by Napoleon Hill and "The 17 Principles of Creating Wealth," by Phillip Collinsworth.

After reading this book, I decided to purchase the DVD and workbooks. The DVD's put the same information out as the book, but Steve Scott's workbooks in the DVD's are well worth the investment. I have done "vision mapping" a couple of times in my life and to accurately state it from my point of view, the process works. Suggest you read the book before investing in the DVD's. And if you invest in the DVD's you can get re-conditioned sets directly from Steve Scott's company on Ebay for less than half of full retail, which is what I did. The only serious criticism I have of this is Steve Scott's on-going running commentary using a Porche Carrera as an analogy for what doing the program can do for you gets old and is a bit corny. Then again, Steve Scott teaches you to thrive on criticism! Good stuff if you use it!

This book is for everybody. I do not believe in absolute truth, but the truth that comes out of Chopra in this book points to absolutely every intricate piece of my life. As a psychotherapist, I suggest this as reading to almost all of my clients regardless of their beliefs. This book will enhance your perceptions of what is real and suggest to you the fact that there always has been room for "you" to "breathe."

Amazon editors: Please correct the review that says that Farsi is the national language of India -- it's not, it's a language of the territory of Iran (Persia) etc. India and Iran are quite different places. :-)

This is a must buy for anyone who enjoys reading books with a slant towards "getting what you want", "law of attraction" types and "new age" or spiritual type self help books.

This book deals specifically with "coincidence", describing how many people don't realize there are reasons behind these synchronistic experiences. This book informs you how these events are not JUST coincidence, and how there are ways to fulfill your desires and create the life you want by paying attention and acting on them.

The writing is an easy comfortable read, is very much in-depth and there are suggested exercises for those who like to put action to what they read.

---*** THE BOTTOM LINE ***---
This is a must buy. I have read only four of this author's many books, but this is my favorite by far. I have re-read it many times.
This book is very in-depth and is just as applicable for a "newbie" to this genre or someone who has "read them all".

You will not be disappointed in any way if you get this book.

This is one of my most dog-earred books. Long before the so-called-secret came around, Dr. DeePak Chopra was writing about the science of vibrational levels, about the frequency of objects, about the power of thought and meditation. For many decades Dr. Chopra has lived the life, walked the talk and written the volumes from the most acceptable viewpoint of a scientist. He seems to be ahead of his times with a large portion of the planet certainly coming to the same focus. This book truly is an act of courage and an act of love. The reader will ponder life from a wonderfully fresh perspective, and will soon realize there is no such thing as coincidence. Coincidence is but a mirror we draw to us through our individual frequencies of the law of attraction. This book deserves far more stars than 5!

In my continuing quest to unearth the best authors who impact the mind, body and spirit, Deepak Chopra has become a favorite. I received the CD set of The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire some time ago and zipped through all five CDs. I remember telling a friend that the CDs seem like Deepak is speaking Farsi (the national language of India, his home country). A few weeks ago I continued listening to the CDs and all of a sudden, ILLUMINATION! I can actually understand the powerful messages from the author, WOW!
As you focus, Chopra's message to the listener is consistent: Pay attention to the signals in your life to manifest your true destiny. The author provides basic guided meditations, unique prayers and stories interwoven into his narrative to inspire the listener to look within for all answers, for this is where GOD dwells.
This five-CD set requires acute attention, interaction, intention and action to reap the most benefits. Much work is required and the benefits gained will be immeasurable. So take the journey to "change the way you look at things - and the things you look at will change."

Nanci,

First, a really BIG `Thank You!' for a book that is insightful and honest - devoid of religious platitude and `imaginative goobly gook.'

I have been researching Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) over the past few years and have found correlations between people's NDE accounts and EVP communications.

The wide-ranging variables around the descriptiveness of NDEs is related to individual mindsets, backgrounds and interpretations - and your NDE account in particular helps me to understand the extremely broad `random-type' recorded comments passed on by discarnates from within their new realms of being.

Your insights will also greatly assist other EVP researchers to begin to broaden their own mindsets as they understand that they are dealing with a great number of discarnate energies with a multiplicity of views about their particular disembodied status.

Maybe, rather than considering anything `demonic' in this life, people start to perceive human becomings as being various `shades of grey', rather than simply considered as being`evil' or`good!'

I agree - we are ALL Light Beings who exhibit different facets and hues of our godly basis in human form.

Nanci - Great Work! - You're book is a watershed for me - very much looking forward to the next two books in t

I was relieved to find out that God isn't a humorless, authoritarian parent figure keeping tabs on us. Thanks, Nanci!

Elaine Lewis

I've read just about every book there is about life after death, life before life, etc. and some of them have really touched me deeply, especially Michael Newton's "Journey of Souls" and "Destiny of Souls" and Neale Donald Walsch's "Conversations with God" series. I really thought that this subject had been so thoroughly covered that there wasn't much new that could be offered but this book, "Backwards" by Nanci Danison, somehow captures the best of all the previous books in this genre and then goes beyond that. It is a book filled with breathtaking new insights and mind-expanding revelations. This book resonated with everything inside me that I think of as "me" and then went beyond that to touch who I really am and that is a Being of Light. After finishing this book I bought the CD audio book so that I could listen to this over and over again. After reading this I have gone beyond just hoping that what other near-death experiencers have told us is true to actually believing that what Nanci saw & heard is the true reality. This book takes the FEAR out of life. For the first time, the very first time in my life, I find that I'm actually looking forward to each new day, no matter what it brings, and I'm looking at it without that FEAR that permeated my outlook before. Love is all that matters and no truer words were ever spoken. What an awesome experience this book has been.....and still is every day. Thank you for sharing it Nanci and I hope there are more books to come.

BACKWARDS is an interesting and profound book despite of being an easy reading - a well and articulate style. Congratulations Nanci L. Daninson!
It will be nice if all people will read the book and reflect about their lifes and what they do - we will leave in a better world, a kind of return to Paradise.

I am thankful for Nanci Danison's insightful recall of her personal NDE which resonated deeply within me; and, as I read her account, I had the sense I was hearing truth spoken, finally! I was recently privileged to hear Ms. Danison speak in person and found her personal account of her profoundly life-changing experience surprisingly candid and honest, thus, very credible - a woman who needed to do something with the knowledge she was given during her incredible journey and in so doing, she's become God's Messenger. This is a book I will return to over and over again.

This book is very easy to understand and use. I highly recommend it to anyone wishing to free themselves of negativity, poor self-image or any blocks holding them back from success in any form.

If you enjoy reading books that has potential to change your life, I will recommend reading this. It is a little long winded. However, I had to try it out with issue I was having - A lower back pain issue. I had a feeling it was due to a little stress, and I have been doing physio for a few weeks.
I got in touch with the part of me that is controlling the pain, and found its positive intention. Well, cut a long story short. I got rid of 80% of the pain in 15 mins, and over the next 2 days it was getting better and better. There is no-limit to what you can use it for, Just give it a go.

What a waste of time.
What this book describes is nothing more complicated or profound than the NLP technique called "parts negotiation" - described at humungous length.
What makes the book different is the massive amount of New Age crud that it inserted into the text at every possible opportunity.

According to the authors there are 5 "core states", or are they "clusters of core states" - the authors don't seem sure.

We allegedly all have these 5 states:

"While these states are in one sense univeral experiences, in another sense they are unique to each person and each part of us."

Sorry?

If they are universal experiences, why we need a book to teach us how to experience them?

And if, as the authors acknowledge, "parts" don't actually exist except in a metaphor, how can any "part" have any kind of experience at all?

By the way, these 5 "universal experiences" are:

- Being
- Inner peace
- Love
- OKness
- Oneness

Oh, wow, like heavy, heavy vibes, man! Was this book written in the 1990's, or the 1960's?

New Agers and people constantly on the lookout for "trippy" experiences will probably love this book. For everyone else, why bother?

When they call it core transformation, they do mean core trasformation. You work with each part until you integrate the core. Okay that's an oversimplification. But this work is the ultimate evolvement of "Frogs into Princes" by Bandler and Grinder, my first NLP book in 1979 that I bought at the Bodhi Tree. The way the authors pare down the issues into a core integration process is simple, yet amazingly workable in its simplicity in every way. Now, why do I say idea instead of "ideas" in myreview title? Because the idea is to transform the core issue from negative and destructive to positive and productive which should be the core goal of all genuine cognitive therapy and stuff like that. Which makes this even more powerful to me than Arthur Janov's Primal Scream when I read it as a kid in 1981. And gentler and more evolved than Trance Formations or Using Your Brain For A Change in that it integrates all those techniques and works into a complete core process that "Does it". With that said, that's why this book is definitely worth five stars to me.

Captain Josh.

I have been an NLP Master Practitioner since 1996 and I recommend the Core Transformation method from personal experience. It is a powerful technique, based on reframing, that goes more or less like this:

1) You identify a behavior/feeling/response you want to change

2) You find a 'part' of yourself that is responsible for the behavior/feeling/response

3) You recognize that the part actually has a positive purpose and ultimately wants to do you good or protect you

4) You make peace with the part and become friends with it

5) You uncover the part's purpose, probably after passing through several layers of intent - you get to the 'core'

6) You ask the part to keep its purpose (which is positive) and change the behavior/feeling/response associated with it, reaching the same results by another, more ecological behavior/feeling/response

7) After the procedure things will begin to change, even though you may not be immediately aware or it - your unconscious mind may not provide you with that knowledge.

In 1997 I had to make this big change in my life and I was not sure how to begin. Fortunately I was lucky to participate in a Core Transformation workshop given by Connirae and Tamara Andreas in Denver. It was an incredible experience that helped me a lot, even though only years later I had enough perspective to appreciate all its influence on my life. The effect, I now believe, was that I came back from the workshop feeling much stronger and sure of myself, with all my internal parts aligned.

You may choose to take the Core Transformation workshop before or after reading this book. This book can be just a book or a powerful change tool depending on how you use it. You can do the exercises yourself or (better) with the help of a partner.

I hope my account helps and that you use this book to make the changes you want in your life.

This is a darling little book. I bought The Apron Book, also by EllynAnne Geisel and it's a real jewel. This book is a jewel as well. Very cute indeed. I love all things retro and kitch and this little book is a great reflection of retro wisdoms and cuteness. I am planning to buy several for my special girlfriends who love retro stuff too!

I was surprised when I received this book regarding how tiny it is. My fault--I didn't read the product dimensions to learn that it is only 3.7" tall. The photo doesn't reveal how small the book is. I bought 3 for hostess gifts, but wouldn't have paid 5.99 each for them if I had known how tiny it was.

I bought "Apronisms" and just love it.
I think it makes a wonderful gift tucked into an apron pocket.
$5.99 is comparable with other similar books of it's size.
This book has a wonderful texture and I love the graphics and the sweet "thoughts" that are incorperated in this darling little book.
I have both Apronisms and The Apron Book by author Ellyanne Geisel and
I look forward to seeing other books by this author.