Gathering Our Divinity [Paperback]

Linda Sedesky (Author), Linda Sedesky (Author)

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Publication Date: July 6, 2006

"Gathering Our Divinity" is the unfolding of a spiritual journey. As you follow this candid, heart-felt process, at least three things will happen: you'll realize how strikingly familiar Linda Sedesky's questions and challenges are; you'll open your heart to heal deep wounds within your soul; and you'll come to understand your true value. If, along the way, you also laugh, cry, become angry, sad or frightened, don't worry.... it's all part of the process of awakening the real you.

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To be freeto allow yourself to be who you are. Have faith in your ability, and you will find freedom. Look to GOD to see the mirror of love within you. Choose your destiny, and allow what you have chosen. Believe in yourself. Align with your higher self to find GOD. Self-discovery is a constant journey and will be as rewarding as you choose. Open your heart and your mind to allow you to discover the truth of who you are.

One of the challenges before you is making your own choice of healing. Healing is not just about your physical body. It is about all of you - your heart, mind, body and soul. Healing is about your own relationship with you. Do you feel good inside? Do you always love yourself? Do you allow others to love you? Do you believe in you? When you look in the mirror, do you find love, or do you find what you feel needs to change to find love?

This is what your healing journey is about, if you choose it - learning to love yourself unconditionally. Many times I have been asked the question, "If you had it to do over again, would you?" My answer to that is an emphatic "YES!" I have laughed, I have cried, I have felt pain and I have felt sorrow, but through it all, I have found me. You must make the choice for your own healing. No one can make it for you.

Whatever choice you make, know this: you are already perfect. Inside, you are the light. This journey of healing is only to help you know this inside you. I already see it. Now, it is up to you.

Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing (July 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1552125866
• ISBN-13: 978-1552125861
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,417,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Gathering Our Divinity, April 10, 2002

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Timothy E. McMahon (Lincoln, RI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gathering Our Divinity (Paperback)

Gathering Our Divinity
by Linda Sedesky

Reviewed by:
Timothy E. McMahon, M.S.
Principal Web Developer
The McMahon Group

Linda Sedesky's first book titled "Gathering Our Divinity" is an intensely personal journey into the author's inner self. The author's journey into her own healing provides deep insight into the process of personal exploration and spiritual growth available to each of us. Sedesky employs the Socratic method to lead her readers to a space where the dark questions that lie just under the surface in each one of us are percolated up to bright sunlight. As these types of journeys will do, Sedesky's travels bring forth a broad range of questions that arose in her being as she traveled down her road to healing and self-understanding. When posed to the receptive reader, these questions can open a pathway to our own self-understanding and acceptance.

Sedesky's story is told through three books - though perhaps these would be better titled as meditations. One might compare this work to some of the team building exercises we have all heard about in various management and self-help seminars. These are the exercises where the individual grows from trust solely in the self, to trust in the team. Here though, the author leads the reader on a journey to see the inner divinity inherent in each one of us. From there she teaches us the value and strength of joining the human experience.

Book One looks at the author's inner struggles and turmoil, and like Rene Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, Sedesky peels back the layers of self doubt, anxiety and pain to reveal the pristine truths that lie beneath. For this reader, the core of Book One was the section titled "Facing the Truth of Life." This section states the unambiguous truth that "Life is what you make of it. [It] is not a burden to be endured. It is an awakening of the spirit. It is the uncovering of you" (24). This passage is simple, plain spoken and irrefutable.

Book Two speaks to the power of sight and love and letting go of things like guilt and shame. It also articulates the profound energy that comes from our ability to experience the value of the choices we make. Here the author makes a conscious choice for transubstantiation from a purely self-centered oneness to a being at peace both with its self as well as with the whole of human experience.

The final book in this work brings us to a threshold where Sedesky stands on a "new foundation." Here she is willing to accept the truths she has uncovered in the long and fruitful journey she has undertaken. From this new place of understanding and choice, Sedesky offers her hand in an unmistakable gesture of leadership and assistance. Having worked her way through her own healing journey, she now turns those energies to us, offering a roadmap to our own self-discovery. The only question unanswered is whether we will accept Sedesky's healing hand.

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational!, June 4, 2002

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Romance At Its Best (Warminster, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gathering Our Divinity (Paperback)

In a world full of self help books, along has come an entry that is not the same old thing. Allthough it does share in spirit many truths that other gurus have proferred, they are presented in a new light, one that is easy to read and gives the reader much to think about.

The author leads the reader on a journey of healing in three mini books. One is taught to love one's self, to forgive self, and to accept their role as part of the Divine plan. In learning to love the self, one loves and forgives others, and God. Being healed is essential to experiencing any good in life.

There are other points to be made, but as in the most profound areas of life, they can not be summed up in a review, they must be read and personalized. A few were mentioned here only to give you the idea of what to expect when you begin the journey of this book. If you have ever read Betty Tapscott or Norman Vincent Peale, or Joyce Meyer, you will enjoy this book. There is value in it, even if you can not agree on every issue.

Romance At Its Best