February Read

Title: The Right Questions: Ten Essential Questions To Guide You To an Extraordinary Life
Author: Ford, Debbie
Book Description from amazon.com:

New York Times number-one bestselling author Debbie Ford presents revolutionary questions that, when answered with complete honesty, change the way we see ourselves and make decisions - ultimately moving us toward the life we desire.

The realities of the life we live today are a result of the choices we made yesterday, three months ago and three years ago. But we don′t wind up $50,000 dollars in debt because of one extravagant purchase. Nor do we put on 30 unwanted pounds as a result of a couple of decadent meals. And our relationships certainly don′t fall apart overnight because of one decision. We are where we are because of repeated unconscious choices made day after day. If we want to understand why and how we created our present day reality, all we need to do is look at the choices we made in the past. Ford cuts right through our denial with the 10 questions that immediately reveal the true motivations behind our thoughts and actions. But more than that, by rigorously and honestly asking and answering these 10 vital questions, we regain control and have the power necessary to create the life we always wanted.

The 10 questions are:
1-Will this choice propel me toward an inspiring future or will it keep me stuck in the past?

2-Will this choice bring me long-term fulfillment or will it bring me short-term gratification?

3-Am I standing in my power or am I trying to please another?

4-am I looking for what's right or am I looking for what's wrong?

5-will this choice add to my life force(chi) or will it rob me of my energy?

6-will I use this situation as a catalyst to grow and evolve or will I use it to beat myself up?

7-Does this choice empower me or does it disempower me?

8-Is this an act of self-love or is it an act of self-sabotage?

9-Is this an act of faith or is it an act of fear?

10-am I choosing from my divinity or am I choosing from my humanity?

January Read 2/ 2017

Title: Beyond Past Lives: What Parallel Realities Can Teach Us About Relationships, Healing, and Transformation
Author: Kelley, Mira
Call Number: 615.8528 K29B 2014
Book Description from amazon.com:
 In this book, regressionist Mira Kelley shares the life-changing lessons she has learned from her clients to help you find support and understanding, and to empower you in your own growth. Mira teaches you how to connect with your Higher Self in any moment to receive guidance. You’ll come to understand how everything around you is just a reflection of yourself, why is it important to forgive, why you have the right to love yourself, and how the Universe always supports you lovingly and unconditionally.
     The stories contained in these pages will help you discover how to heal your body, mind, and spirit as you learn about the nature of time, karma, destiny, and free will—as well as how each choice creates a new reality for you. As you read Beyond Past Lives, you’ll see how regression has helped others shift to a reality of health and well-being, and you will be guided to achieve the same for yourself. Prepare for a powerful transformation as you experience the profound lesson of your past lives!
My Read:
Reading this book is as if I took a journey with other souls. There are so many stories to read. The following is one I still remember as I closed the book. It's about a soul taking a flower form in one of its lives on earth. "It's a flower. Orangish; bloomed with a very green and very thin stem. Almost don't know how the flower is being held up from such a small stem. And it's me. And it's breathing. It almost expands and contracts....To be the flower feels amazing. I open and close. I am in complete control of when I open and close. Ha! And I am expansive! And I am interesting. I am detailed. I am in a garden...Nobody is like me. Nobody. There's a few other small flowers, but I am the most free, the most expressive..I feel this confidence comes from being in this flower. I have a very expansive, impressive top. But such a thin stem. And this stem somehow holds me up. I can never leave and never move from there, and that is just okay...I don't even care if I am able to move and leave. Why would I want to leave this? I have everything I need. I like that I have this essence, this energy, and this powerful beauty, and that the other flowers see it...It feels eternal."--page 161-162
Another takeaway from this book is as followed:
"The Soul's Purpose---Your soul is created to fulfill a purpose. This idea, shared by both Serena and Ariel, has the power to take our oldest negative conditioning and turn it into dust. Yet most of us were never taught that our existence was asked for by God. And that, because God asked for us, we deserve to be. Most of us are raised to believe that we need to prove our worth and that we must take certain steps to deserve the grace of God. Our very existence is the proof of how worthy we are to the Universe. we wouldn't exist it we were not desired and unconditionally loved, even before we were created."-page 156-157
It's mentioned repetitively in stories in this book that we just have to "be yourself" ; the being of being oneself.
Be yourself is enough.