Are We Spiritual Yet? [Kindle Edition]

Corinne Edwards (Author)

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Product Description

This is not a religious book.

There are many paths to spirituality - Infinite Intelligence, All That Is, Organized Religion or Atheism that are all valid. We all try to be good and compassionate people whatever our backgrounds or who we have become as we grow -.
- As long as we are not hurting anyone else and trying to be kind and compassionate – including to ourselves.

We are usually the last on the list.

When I had a national cable TV show on Wisdom Television, I interviewed self help and self improvement authors. More than 400 of them. Many of them regarded as famous gurus.

One of my challenges was I soon realized they were all saying the same thing in a different way. My job was to read their books and find that different “nugget” I could build an interview around. Sometime, I had to really dig to find it.

The chapters in this book tend toward that goal. You may find a nugget that helps you in your journey towards how to build a happier and more fulfilling life.

Take what is good and resonates with you and leave the rest.

I stole most of the ideas from those authors anyway. I can’t give them individual credit, except a few quotes here and there, because they all run together.

But they make up what I believe today. So thanks to all of them for contributing to my education.

My intention is that you find one A-HAH moment within this book you can use.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 57 KB
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B006VGFGQU
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #602,874 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4.0 out of 5 stars With an eye to the real world, January 24, 2012

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Mr. Evan Hadkins (East Coast Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Are We Spiritual Yet? (Paperback)

Corinne is a blogging friend. She has had a varied career that has taken in real estate, counselling, and (most relevant to this post), interviewer of self help and self improvement authors on the cable show Wisdom TV.

As she was interviewing these writers Corinne found that they were all saying the same thing in slightly different ways. This lead to a couple of things. First thing: she needed to find the different thing as a way to make the interviews fresh. Second thing: this book.

Overview

This book is Corinne's summary and distillation of spirituality.

Each chapter is a brief, punchy and self-contained reflection on a major theme. The 17 chapters cover such topics as:

peacefulness

fear and small stuff

personal growth

gratitude

when you can't forgive

intuition - listening to your signals

writing your way to a decision

today is as good as it gets

Approach

Corinne is looking for spirituality that works in the real world and looking at how spirituality can work in the real world. You'll search in vain for 'metaphysical fluff'.

Corinne's writing style is down to earth and direct - in her chapter on the secret (The Secret - how's that working for ya?), she says that she learnt early that:

If you really, really want something, it is not going to happen if you don't do something to get it. (p.28)

In her chapter on forgiveness she asks: "But how do we get there? And who, within us, is going there?", and answers:

It is the child you have covered up. It is you. It is me. Unhealed. Frightened. Hidden. Sure he or she is bad.(p.13)

Corinne is also wise enough to use <strong>stories</strong>, which are engaging (personally I find it difficult to write this way - even though I enjoy reading it), so that the book is not heavy or difficult to read.

Corinne has chosen to treat important topics rather than to come up with a treatise or theory. This means that you are free to <strong>take you learn</strong> and leave the rest - she isn't laying out a system that she wants to convince you of.

Conclusion

If you want a book of inspirational thoughts on spirituality - with an eye very much on the practical - then I think you will enjoy this book and benefit from Are We Spiritual Yet?.