Centering: A Guide to Inner Growth [Paperback]

Sanders G. Laurie (Author), Melvin J. Tucker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1983

For the attainment of a successful life--including better health and relationships, relief from stress, career satisfaction, and financial security--Centering offers a unique system of meditation techniques to help you take charge of your destiny and realize your full potential. This simple but complete guide to psychic integration shows you how to increase your learning power and healing energy, discover new talents within yourself, develop an understanding of the language of dreams, and live at ease in a stressful world.

The book includes self tests that enable you to accurately assess your current progress and future direction for personal development. 

Editorial Reviews

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"Centering has all the right stuff. If you were going on a trek and were going to take only one book, this one might be a good choice."
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Transformation Times

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"Centering is one of the better-generalized inner growth books on the market. The authors cover a variety of topics from meditation and mindfulness through detachment and the concept of time to healing energy and dream work. They've also included several apptitudinal profile tests for self-inquiry purposes." (
Dr. Tami Brady, TCM Reviews, Feb 2009 )

About the Author

Sanders G. Laurie and Melvin J. Tucker have practiced and taught their unique and highly effective meditation system for many years. Sanders Laurie also wrote and narrated the audiocassette Centering: Guided Meditations. Both authors live in New York State. 

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Destiny Books; 2 edition (November 1, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892814209
• ISBN-13: 978-0892814206
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #643,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book, January 8, 2008

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Mary Ingram (Asheville, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Centering: A Guide to Inner Growth (Paperback)

This is absolutely the best book I have ever read on getting your
inner self centered. I am 76 now and over twenty years ago I went
through a devastating divorce and moved 3,000 miles away knowing
no one. I had convinced myself I could survive. I bought this book
the first year I came and have read and re-read it many many times.
There are golden nuggets like: The past is prologue, so forget it.
It doesnt exist.Nothing exists but the present moment, the here and now.
Most of us have heard this many times but in the end it is the absolute
truth. Dealing with Negativities is one of the best chapters.
As our negativism is probably the one major curse that prevents
us from getting truly centered. For a self help book, this one is
first and foremost one of the best.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive but perhaps too broad, February 14, 2003

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Shawn Regan (marietta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Centering: A Guide to Inner Growth (Paperback)

There is a lot of depth to this book, then there is a section on retaining your subconscious to lose weight and quit smoking. This book seems stuck between the secrets of the universe and self help. New Agers will be happy to find the chapters on the human Aura, Psychic Energy and Healing. Those seeking enlightement are going to like the chapters on Detachment, Meditation and Finding the True Self. There is a terrific exercise on detachment (IMO). This book also has a pretty comprehensive description of "Conscious Creation". There are some good exercises in this book but for the most part I didn't read anything in here revolutionary or that I haven't read somewhere before. The book does agree with texts I've read prior and perhaps its value is bringing many topics together in one place.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars must read, April 22, 2000

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"onepower9" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Centering: A Guide to Inner Growth (Paperback)

After I saw the movie scanners I have be looking to see if there was any real truth to psychic power or mind power to influence any thing besides ones self. I bought many books after I bought this one it said it had no interest in creating telepaths I almost put down. But I read it and slowly practiced the exercises. I can only say if you have the desire to live in this world at a level completely above mentally 87% of others read and practice this book.