Spirituality Books

I have had the privilege of not only reading Dr Thakur's book but also of hearing some of it presented by Dr Thakur himself. This is a book that can be applied to any life situation and any problem. I have enjoyed greatly the opportunity to read this book and listen to the presentation.
Thank you Dr Thakur

I have been diagnosed with PTSD and this book has helped me tremendously in dealing with the horrors of the Vietnam war. The effects it has on a Combat Veteran and how one can deal with triggers, trying to relate pain with pleasure. I have the privilidge of meeting weekly at the Kansas City V.A. to have him cover the topics.Currently he is teaching the methods explained in the Book to around 75 Korean, Vietnam and Gulf war Veterans. It is a tremendous tool to help people be more succesful in life, deal with any major trauma that has happened in your own life or the life of a loved one. I reccomend this book to anyone looking to enhanse their life, the small investment is worth it.

Mega Mind is the most practical "self help" book I have read. Dr. Hemant Thankur developed the methods while treating the most damaged individuals returning from war; Mega Mind shows a path to satisfaction and happiness that will work for them and those with lesser problems. His method starts with specific goal setting and then using self induced pleasure and pain to force your brain to make choices in life that fulfill those goals. These methods are the same ones used by advertisers to sell us goods, and they work to sell us our own goals, using Dr. Thakur's system. Mega Mind explores how this system works and why but the practical methods are simple, easy to use, and produce results. Less than 2 hours after starting to read Mega Mind I set some goals and began to use his methods. When I made a choice that did not help me fulfill those goals the system showed me how to use those bad choices to change the choices my brain would make the next time. It is a complete and simple way for anyone to change their own behavior.

The book is short, easy to read and follow, and can be used by people of almost any age. I highly recommend it.

My friend Clelan Dewey, recently loaned me the book "Mega Mind Path to Success and Freedom." I was immediately impressed with the common sense "Introduction" which points out in great detail, that every individual has the capacity to succeed: if properly prepared. In fact, that proper preparation is the most important factor that leads to success and the preparation must start early in life. Because preparation needs to start at an early age and because many young people do not recieve guidance in logical thinking and because this book goes into such easily understood detail, it occured to me that this book would be an excellent text book for high school students. I firmly beleive that if studied in classroom situation, this book would guide many students to a more rewarding life.

This is the best book about PTSD I have ever read. If you know someone who is suffering from a traumatic event, a violent crime, a rape victim, tragic loss of a loved one, witness to a terrible accident, this book is for you.

I cannot say enough praise about this man. If all psychiatrists had his heart, his unwavering faith in mankind, and his old fashioned country doctor style, the science of mental health could take a quantum leap toward the positive.

I don't know if Mahatma Ghandi was considered a genius, or just a man with the right idea at the right time. This is how I see Dr. Thakur's book MEGA MIND The Path to Success and Freedom, his work with PTSD victims; a man with the right idea at the right time, helping war veterans, offering help to all trauma victims.

The fact that this man has dedicated himself to the War Veterans and works himself to nearly to death trying to cure decades of psychological neglect. Well, Let's just say I would take a bullet for this guy anytime.

Phil Spencer Vietnam Veteran

I've read many of Neale Walsch inspirational books and this one by far was the best for me. Realizing that Miracles occur all the time was enlightening.

The short stories of others open my heart and mind to be more aware of God's presence in my every day life.

I would recommend this book to anyone.

All of Neal's books have inspired my husband and I.
It is way of perceiving life and God that makes such
good sense and feels right. So, glad we have read
Neal's works. Recommend them all.

A major theme in Walsch's "Conversations with God" series is the idea that God and humans are in constant contact. The only thing preventing that communication is our unwillingless to listen or our own doubt. Walsch presents interesting stories from real people who believe that they've experienced connection with a force greater than they, one which lovingly directs them to revelations and helps them with crisis and tragedy.

Even if you are new to Walsch's books (I strongly recommmend is "Conversations with God" series, Books 1-3), the stories of these every day people stand alone, and confirm that God is always talking, always communicating. Those who listen and trust are blessed with their own Moment of Grace.

There are moments in everyone's life when they wonder if there is a God and in "Moments of Grace" God touches lives through miraculous events and unforeseen circumstances.

I think God is always trying to talk to us and guide us and the more people talk about their experiences, the more acceptable this form of guidance becomes. I remember being in a situation at the airport on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. We had no idea where we would spend the next few days because a hurricane was about to hit the island. I remember a wonderful woman coming up to us, like an angel. She offered to take us to a hotel, took care of us the entire time, showed us where to get movies and made sure we were safe and had food. I still think she was an angel in disguise.

As Neale Donald Walsch says: "Never doubt that God comes to us in answer to our call. Yet always be aware that the Forms of God are multitudinous. And endless."

The story of a father hearing a voice tell him to find his daughter shows how God helped a father save his child. This book is emotional and revealing and will appeal to anyone who has wondered about their own experiences and the interconnectedness of life. All my life I've been told that God doesn't speak to us anymore, but this book and my own experiences tell me God "definitely" does still speak to us in various ways. I hear words and see them at the same time and sometimes they make sentences that guide me while I'm making important decisions. I will admit to being a little "skeptical" about my own experience until they started to make absolute sense.

If you have ever left your body while sleeping or have experienced a near-death experience, this book helps to shed light on why it happened and how it has happened to others.

"Life is eternal. It has no beginning and it has no end. It has only differing expressions at different points on a cycle that never ends. Death is a fiction and does not really exist, although departure from the body does." ~Neale Donald Walsch

The stories in this book are from real life and are about real people. The stories were sent in to show that God still works miracles and that he is very alive. The people who tell their stories claim that their lives are filled with "moments of grace" where they experience guidance.

Neale Donald Walsch also fills the book with his thoughts and gives advice on how to be happy, how we can be the source of happiness for others and explains how we can be friends with God.

In these stories a mother fights to understand why her baby is ill and ends up meeting an angel who tells her that her baby would live. A man in the midst of addictive behavior views his behavior from a different vantage point and instead of ending his life; he magically finds a support group and discovers God's love.

You can also share your stories by sending them to the address in the "In Closing..." section of this book.

~The Rebecca Review

Known world-wide for the Conversations with God trilogy, Neale Donald Walsch is back with his eighteenth book, Moments of Grace. Walsch says moments of grace occur "when God intervenes in our lives in very real, very direct, and very visible ways." The intervention usually results in individuals changing the course of their lives. His book is filled with real-life accounts of such moments.

Walsch asked people who'd had direct, life-changing experiences with God to contact him. He received an outpouring of stories, from which he selected more than twenty to offer as proof of God's existence. Each story is interwoven with commentaries and reflections based on the rich material in his earlier books. He says that his experiences and those of the people who've sent stories to him teaches us "that God talks to all of us, all of the time."

Walsch emphasizes that his purpose is not in forcing anyone to believe a particular thing, but rather to simply encourage people to share their experiences and stories. His goal is to have people "tell each other our innermost truth about God, about ourselves, about spirituality, about life, and about all the higher callings of life." In this way, we can answer for ourselves the important questions about our relationships to the Divine and to each other. He says we don't know far more than we do know, and it's only through openness and the sharing of our experiences that we can find answers that many of us seek.

Miracles occur every day in every life. Moments of Grace is designed to help individuals discover those miracles in their own lives. Readers will find themselves accepting the challenge of increasing their "openness to new ideas, to new possibilities, and to new ways of understanding each other and God-and God's many gifts."

"More Than A Dream" captures the incredible story of a small group of people who take a seemingly impossible idea about how to change urban education in Chicago and, by sheer will, determination and faith, make it a reality. Kearney does a great job of bringing to light the unlikely path to the school's opening, while also interweaving the stories of 4 students and the impact the school has had on their lives. It's a fast-paced read that I had a hard time putting down.

Building a school, building a future - it's what Chicago Jesuits sought to do when they built a new college prep school for the children of Hispanic working poor. "More Than a Dream: The Cristo Rey Story" is an inspiring tale of an improbable success story of keeping ones faith to keep going despite the innumerable barriers one faces in such an a situation. Author G. R. Kearney should know, as he works as a teacher and a coach at the Cristo Rey Jesuit High School as part of their Jesuit Alumni Volunteer program which Kearney himself helped found. "It's a story that needed to be told," says Kearney. "More Than a Dream: The Cristo Rey Story" would be a grand addition to both Christian and Educational community library collections and for any reader who would seek to learn how exactly this school rose up almost nothing, and how it seeks to help others do the same.

I was given a copy of this book by a colleague whose company employs Cristo Rey students. Frankly didn't think I'd ever open the book until I was stuck waiting for a delayed plane. However, once I did open it, I found I couldn't put it down. The book is about a group of priests who want to start a school for poor kids in Chicago, but it's much more than that. It's the story of an entrepreneurial triumph that will inspire anyone in business or struggling with adversity. It's also a great story of young people working for a better future. I highly recommend this book.

What an inspiring book! The detail with which Kearney tackles this story conveys the dedication, hard work, hope, and faith of everyone involved in developing Cristo Rey High School and the Corporate Internship Program. The extensive research that the author presents makes it an easy read; one that outlines the power of people from different backgrounds working together for a common goal. A must read for anyone undertaking a feat that at one time or another seems insurmountable.

This book captured my attention, provoked many thoughts, and sparked my enthusiasm for what the Cristo Rey schools are doing to make a significant difference in inner-city schools. G.R.Kearney took me, the reader, on an incredible journey...from when the Chicago school was only a dream to where it is today...a unique and promising school providing an amazing education to low-income families. The tireless efforts of the founders, supporters, teachers, volunteers, and students have been rewarded with successes both big and small...making this book impossible to ignore! Thank you to G.R. Kearney for telling a story that deserves to be heard by the world!

So many essays stay with me. They are written in a short form but packed with a punch! I found myself needing and wanting to feel (more) centered and after reading this book..it has been achieved. It is always great to pick up a book from your bookshelf, hold it in your hands and read..and dream..and remember..and reflect again and again. :)Enjoy!!

I bought this book maybe 10 or 12 years ago very shortly after it was published when I found it in a gift shop near my house. I fell in love with it standing in the store browsing through it and had to take it home. It has travelled with me to 4 states and 6 homes and has consistently been unpacked and placed right back on my bookshelf where it belongs. One of only about 10 books that I can say that about. It inspires me whenever I look at it, full of the most obvious and wonderful wisdom told in the most eloquent voice of Brian Andreas. You will connect with several of the stories you read, probably most of them, and like me you will want to hang them on your wall to remind you daily of how you really feel in your soul. This is a great find.

I bought this book for a friend after he discovered the website and loved all the drawings and stories. I don't think anyone can escape from being touched by them. There is something in there for everyone, for every situation. I highly recommend you give it to someone you love today.

I saw this book in a boutique in Paducah, KY about 4 years ago. Flipping through a few pages, I needed no more convincing. I purchased the book, read it and placed it in our bookcase. Within the last four years, I have had two children and moved to a different town. I was unpacking some boxes the other day when I found this book. There I sat on the floor, reading through it. I couldn't stop until I was done. I logged on to find more of Brian Andreas's work. It is amazing. So simple, yet so touching. You have to read it!

This little book defies classification. It is a collection of goofy-looking, childlike drawings, on one page, and enigmatic strange little aphorisms, on the facing page, all the way through the book. The pages aren't numbered and there are no chapters, so you just have to wander around and experience whatever you happen to find. Whatever time you spend with this book will be worth it.

Author Brian Andreas is one who thinks outside the box. He draws outside the box, too. And you will soon realize, outside the box is a very good place to be. A place to consider what is really important and meaningful: Love, relationships, children, magic. These are the important things.

The childlike manner is deceptive. This is a book of serious wisdom and serious art, with a silly and childlike appearance. If you can play outside the box, you will love this book, and you will want to give it to all your out-of-the-box friends.I can't recommend Mostly True too highly! Reviewed by Louis N. Gruber

This is not only a book largely about strength through suffering, it's a lesson in forgiveness. Rita was hurt more times than I can count by people whom she should have been able to trust. Rather than holding a grudge against those whose cruelty she endured, Rita's faith in the Heavenly Father enabled her to grant them forgiveness.

This author has delved deep within her soul and with the guidance of her Savior, she has summoned up the courage to reveal and share her story of the battles fought and the battle won. Through faith and her long-standing relationship with God, she steps forward and offers inspiration to those who feel detached and lost. God has utilized this woman as His messenger and there is great clarity in her testimony. Her lifetime of abuse is now used as an instrument of courage and compassion. Her words reaching out, to touch other lives, offering light, hope and peace within, lifting the heart back to the original space God created and intended for all. I am thankful to her and the blessings of her story.
Trudy Wallack

Rita Sexton has opened her heart and life to her readers, allowing us to see into her past and how God has molded her into the sweet, Christ-like person she is today. Anyone who thinks they have an excuse to have a pity-party or blame God for their circumstances, needs to read this book and see the difference Jesus can make in a life surrendered to Him. It's one you will want to pass on to a friend. May God use this book to touch many lives! Thank-you, Rita, for having the courage to share and by doing so, to help others who may be struggling with similar untold stories.

For anyone who believes that they are beyond redemption and that God is an uncaring and distant God because of the trials and hardships that they have faced, this book is a must read. Rita's brutally honest portrayal of her life reveals a loving and faithful Father God Who is not far from each one of us. And we are reminded that He is perhaps the closest and doing the greatest work in our lives when we can't hear His voice or sense His Presence. For those who have already experienced His faithfulness, this book will draw praise after praise from your hearts as you trace His fingerprints through Rita's life-story and recall them upon your own.

This is a brilliant book. The story of Rita Sexton's courageous path to self-discovery and survival, as heartwrenching as it sometimes is, leads the reader on a journey that is ultimately joyful and laden with priceless lessons. An immensely moving, satisfying read, Journey is full of wisdom and offers an important message for those who feel crowded by darkness: Never lose hope.

With all the education man has achieved he's still miserable. How we need God in our lives. Our young people are searching through drugs and the occult trying to find that missing ingrediant in their lives. God's Glory fills the void!

Churches are going "through-the-motions" of a service and people still leave without what they came for. The GLORY FILLS THE VOID!

The GLORY is God's presence! And we need to understand how to react when God shows up.

This book is a must read for anyone who wants to know the mind of God and draw closer to Him. If you want to see revival in your church, home, community, at work, etc.; read this book. David Herzog has written a book that will encourage and inspire you to jump the next level in your walk with God.

Great 40 day devotional/study guide for a daily devotion when you don't have a lot of time. Goes great along with the book.

This book is awesome. You must get this book. I recommend this book to anyone. If you want to experience the presence of God, read this book. This book is filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit. David Herzog is a Great Man of God who is allowing God to use Him to do a great Work in the Kingdom.

Good book about the wave of revival that is going to take place in our nation. Some of the things we will experience are familiar, but many things will be brand-new. We are getting ready to reap the greatest harvest of souls the world has ever seen, and it will happen because of the outpouring of the Spirit.

Reviewer: Charliep "Charlie" (Colorado)
The Mystical Guide to Home Inspection is a book every home owner should read. This book provides tips on maintaining your home, energy saving advice, tips for when you're buying and/or selling a home and it provides you with a guide on how to turn your house into your "home sanctuary". This is much more than a book on home inspection, it really helps readers understand and appreciate their home environment. I highly recommend it.

Charlie Perry, Associate Broker
Prudential Colorado Real Estate

Very highly recommended to all people in tuned with their surrounding energy considering selling their house, The Mystical Guide To Home Inspection: Thoughts From A Holistic Home Inspector by Faith Ranoli (a spiritual minister and speaker who draws from more than 30 years of construction experience as well as her expertise in Geobiology and Earth Acupuncture) is a knowledgeably written, thought-provoking guide to the most effective ways to utilize the natural laws of energy to pass a home inspection with intent to eventually sell. The Mystical Guide To Home Inspection prepares the reader for maintenance, safety, money and energy savings, and how best to approach or interview a house inspector, creating a very tactfully written and "user-friendly" reference for all home-sellers.

I get it now! Finally a book written in PLAIN English. As a seller, I needed to know what inspectors would be looking for as they walked the halls and crawled through the crannies of our house. Faith has made it easy to understand what we need to do.
A must-have for every home seller! Thank you Faith

Being a realtor, I appreciate Faith's expertise in all aspects of home inspection, not just the obvious. This book explains in easy-to-understand terms what makes a home "tick" and all related issues. If you are thinking of buying a home or already own one - this book is a must-read for many reasons. It's "nuts & bolts" and beyond!

This book is of great need to everyone interested in buying or selling a home. It gave so much information and insight. I loved this book and will always refer to it. They would also make great gifts.I never looked at any house with this awareness. THANK YOU! It was fun and informative.

This is the MOST complete and helpful book about the laws of attraction,
really the MUST HAVE if you are interested in this subject.
Just have finished to read it........now practise......and after......I will let you know......
:-)

The Book came in Excellent condition. Im very pleased and would recommend this seller to anyone!

I stumbled over neville's books by "accident" but have become a devoted fan.He had a unique way of thought,if to mention one-a thought once thought, does not fade into the past-it goes like a thread into the future and creates; i.e, we create our future with what we think and feel today.So you cannot afford a negative thought.I love reading his books again and again.my next step must be changing my attitude,and this book is a great push forward.thank's

I first found about Neville Goddard from Rev Ike and I LOVE his teachings. Any student of The Laws of The Universe will want all his books

Michele Blood

Neville Goddard was a rare bird, even among twentieth century mystics. Not enough is known about his upbringing in Barbados, and what specifically compelled him toward the New Thought Movement and away from his New York theatrical career. According to Neville, the ascended master who became his teacher was awaiting him.

Any serious student of Manifestation, New Thought, Law of Attraction, etc. should not be without this fine compendium of Neville's words...and should seek further, namely to recordings of Neville's public lectures. His voice delivers his convincing rhetoric and case histories elegantly. Once one hears it, returning to the written words, that voice echoes within, as though Neville himself was speaking aloud again, from each page.

Astute learners would do well to have significant grounding in Old and New Testaments and Kabbalah, as did the author, himself. Some of his subtler assumptions bespeak a pedagogy that far outranks his more popular contemporaries.

Thomas Merton begins with man without God and ends with man in union with God. This book provides the existential basis for man's need for a relationship of faith and love with God, our Creator. The reader finishes this book with a unique understanding, perhaps for the first time, of the purpose for which each of us was created and the destiny which can be ours if only we connect with both the God within us and with the infinitely transcendent God of the universe. This book is challenging reading, but the rewards are worth the struggle.

Thomas Merton Writings:
Merton, who had a unique gift of a probing intellect, absorbed various human cultures since his early childhood in Prades. He digested a wide spectrum of knowledge during his study in Cambridge and Columbia and later when he adopted Trappist monastic vocation, delved into a very different environment. He synthesized his global cultural heritage and Cistercian piety into dozens of literary, mystical and inspiring Christian books (ca 50), articles, and lectures written from his cell at Gethsemani abbey, Kentucky.

The New Man:
This is Merton's Patristic theology debut, he approached a theological exposition of the monastic tradition and thought, so fundamentally important although it did not get the attention it deserves. The New Man shows Thomas Merton at the ripe of his spiritual powers and has as its theme the question of spiritual identity. Merton's meditative interpretation of the Bible can be met throughout his essay on the history of fall and theology of redemption. Reading such experience of the mystical transformation in which we will be perfectly conformed to the likeness of Christ, involves the kenosis / theosis way of the desert fathers. We will become 'the New Man' who is the Christ, the new Adam. Salvation, rightly understood and genuinely experienced, is to realize that we are shaped in God's image and created for fellowship with the Living and Loving Creator. This process promises not only self-discovery but also self-realization.
To reach one's 'real self' one must, in fact, be delivered by grace from the illusionary and falsely created self, corrupted by our selfish habits and self deceit.

Life, death, and identity:
What must we do to recover possession of our true selves? Merton discusses how we became strangers to our inner selves by our dependence on outward recognition and material success. Life and death are at war within us. As soon as we are born, we begin at the same time to live and die. Even though we may not be even slightly aware of it, this battle of life and death goes on in us inexorably and without mercy......, instructed by the Spirit Who alone can tell us the secret of our individual destiny, man begins to know God as he knows his own self. The night of faith has brought us into contact with the Object of all faith, not as an object but as a person Who is the center and life of our own being, at once. His own transcendent Self and the immanent source of our own identity and life. ( Opening and closing paragraphs)

Sample Quotations:
Promethean theology: The longing of the restless spirit of man, seeking to transcend itself by its own powers, is symbolized by the need to scale the impossible mountain and find there what is after all our own. ... The great error of Promethean mysticism is that it takes no account of anyone but the self.

Spirit in bondage: The image of God is brought to life in us when it brakes free from the shroud and the tomb in which our self consciousness had kept it prisoner, and loses itself in total consciousness of Him Who is holy. This is one of the main ways in which "he that would save his life will loose it." (Luke 9:24)

This book might truly change your view of life because it leads you to examine the deepest parts of your soul. In plain language that's very easy to follow, Merton describes how we can abandon our self-absorbed lives and then discover again our true selves in Jesus Christ. It is a book about the transforming power of God, and although it is deeply spiritual in tone and theme, it is highly logical and straightforward in style and structure. Merton hopes to lead us to transformation and salvation not through fear or blind hope, but by persuasion.

Apart from other theological musings, Merton develops rather profound thought, namely that "Christianity is not the religion of a law but the religion of a person." (page 181 of paperback edition).

The philosophical consequences of such move are profound, since the whole focus shifts from the logic of intellectual pursuit of knowledge to the mystical endeavour towards Truth by love.

Being an atheist, I do not quite understand how presented approach could be in any real sense satisfying to the human mind. However, Merton's analysis renders interesting feedback on assumptions, presuppostions and mechanics of the religius mind. I feel like the outcome of Merton's writing is much more than satisfaction of his artistic ambition. The author seems to be congruent about what has been written, which makes it even more interesting.

First I read Merton's "Mystics and Zen Masters" just out of curiosity--How does this Christian monk see the monastic tradition of Zen Buddhism? I found his writing on this subject so compelling that I wanted to find out more about the author himself and read "The Seven Storey Mountain". Then I was so moved by this guy's long and arduous spiritual journey that I just had to see what he had to say about his own tradition, Christianity...and so I read this book, "The New Man", and wasn't dissappointed.
In one way this book is an extended meditation on Saint Paul's idea of Christ being the New Adam, and of what this idea really means for us. Merton has an uncanny ability to take old, familiar passages from the Bible--passages that have become dull and opaque in their very familiarity--and breath new spiritual life into them; they come alive with a significance and relevance you never really thought about before, but that seem natural and unforced after the fact. And he does all of this in ways that communicate eloquently with modern, educated people in today's world without strain or condescension.
In another way this book is an extended meditation on the significance of the sacrament Baptism, and again Merton is able to take what some might see as an old, tired, silly ritual and tease out its deeper spiritual significance in compelling, convincing ways. For any adult preparing for this sacrament I would highly recommend this book for that reason alone. And in general I would highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to see the Christian tradition at its best.

Excellent book.Allowed myself to change my position on Let it go and let God. The main point in this book is to acept that our love ones are sick and that they can't make decision on their own. We need to help them in the wright way.

This is a great book that tells it like it is about a terrible disease and the people affected by it. More help and information here that in any Al-anon literature I have ever read.

I only wish that I'd found this book years ago as I started the journey of addiction with a family member. This book was my turning point. Clear, concise. I finally GOT alcoholism. It sank in and I thank this author from the depths of my heart for putting wisdom to pen to paper.

Well the book was excellent. Ourwhole family is reading it. The only problem I had is that I paid extra for two day shipping on a Monday and the book was not received until Friday (late afternoon).

I bought this book based on the reviews and the description on the website. I have to say I am somewhat disappointed. She initially talks about how the idea of detachment, loved one's detaching themselves from the addict and living their own lives, is incredibly difficult if not impossible to achieve. I am in total agreement with her there. However, she then kept referring to this idea and after a while I got the feeling she was trying to prove something, but I'm not sure to whom. As a reader I felt that I had purchased her book, I was willing to be open to her ideas, so why beat the same drum over and over again? Was she writing for the wider audience of, perhaps, other addiction specialists out there? Anyway, it went on for too long.

The other criticism I have is that her discussion of an intervention supposes that we all have large families and a wide network of friends to draw from in staging one. I find this view a bit limited and naive. From my own experience, I can say that my husband comes from a family of substance abusers(not ideal candidates for an intervention)and that his network of friends includes, guess who?, a wide network of users. So, the book did not give me the answers I was looking for. I will have to search elsewhere. She alludes to working with a professional if you can't build up a large team, but I think she could have put a little more into this alternative.

That said, I do think this book is worth reading. Her descriptions of interventions are good and offer hope to those of us struggling against the disease of alcoholism/addiction.

Keep strength.