Inside-Out Healing: Transforming Your Life Through the Power of Presence [Paperback]

Richard Moss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2011

      Join world-renowned consciousness teacher and healer Richard Moss in an exploration of the power of presence in your life. Presence is associated with feelings of aliveness, connection, creativity, satisfaction, and flow. It is presence that frequently is the “difference that makes the difference” in your ability to enjoy life, heal emotional wounds, experience intimacy, and support the growth and transformation of others.

      This inspiring book presents powerful principles, tools, and practices for transforming self-limiting patterns of thought and behaviors and for staying in the present even in the midst of very difficult feelings. Drawing from individual counseling sessions and utilizing practical exercises, Dr. Moss demonstrates how awareness and presence can be applied to support change in yourself and others, thereby creating a solid bridge between knowing and doing.

Inside-Out Healing will help you:

 

•     Become more available and fully connected with yourself and others

•     Build a solid foundation for healing in all areas of your life

•     Be better able to handle difficult situations with more elegance and ease

•     Improve both personal and professional relationships

•     Expand your capacity for genuine empathy and compassion

•     Experience more richness, gratitude, and fulfillment in your life and relationships

 

      Are you ready for a shift of consciousness that liberates your mind and heart? Whether you’re motivated by illness, relationship unhappiness, or the desire to excel and experience life to the fullest, this book holds the keys.

 

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About the Author

Richard Moss received his doctorate of medicine in 1972, but eventually left that career after a life-changing realization led him to his true calling: the exploration of consciousness and the integration of self-realization in daily life. For more than 30 years, he has been a guide to people from diverse backgrounds and disciplines in living a path of love and wisdom. He is the author of six seminal books about consciousness transformation, self-healing, and presence. He lives in Ojai, California, with his wife, Ariel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Hay House (February 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401927580
• ISBN-13: 978-1401927585
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars This can take you to the next level May 3, 2011

By M. L Lamendola TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

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I was a bit skeptical of this book at the beginning, because it seemed to share the word repurposing used by "new age" self-styled gurus who don't know what they are talking about. But really, there isn't a better way to express the principles and ideas than in using the words as Dr. Moss uses them.

As I continued to read, I found myself drawn ever deeper into an appreciation for Dr. Moss. What he's talking about in the book isn't some "new age" mumbo jumbo. Instead, it's about both the philosophy and a particular methodology of being fully present in what you are doing at the moment. This may sound elemental and seem like one of those "I already nailed that one" things, but it's not.

Being fully present is not something people tend to do. Our very culture works against it, as do the demands of life in general. We are easily pulled in multiple directions at once. Often, we try to live in the past, present, and future simultaneously.

For example, consider a fairly typical situation. A man is having a conversation with his wife. She's telling him about her day while comparing this or that event to something that happened a few months back. He's giving her advice while thinking about the ball game scheduled for later that evening. They are having a collective monologue.

Maybe that example doesn't fit you. But if you will review in your mind conversations you've had earlier in the day you will probably see a similar pattern. Instead of focusing on the now, each person is bringing something else to the table. They aren't truly engaging each other.

And that's just conversations. The same issue arises in other ways. For example, why do you experience stress if you are behind on a project? Because instead of being in the now and dealing with the project work, your mind is dealing with the future consequences of a late project. We also dredge up the past in ways that hamper our ability to deal with the present.

This book shows you a methodology for dealing with that issue. The context is that of healing, as the title suggests. So many of the examples are about dealing with sickness. But it is clear to me that the same methodology can be used for inside-out maintenance, inside-out growth, and inside-out whatever else you want. In fact, if you watch an elite athlete performing in his/her sport, you are very likely watching someone who is using these "in the now" principles.

I'll give you an example. Dr. Moss is a climber. That's something we have in common (I started climbing in the previous century). The ability to be in the moment is, I feel, a make or break for a climber. And the more of the now you occupy, the less you are limited as a climber.

Fear of heights? By focusing on the now, you aren't thinking about falling in the future. You just climb, with your attention on what you are doing now. And that's true of other challenges in climbing.

In fact, I was climbing the day before I finished reading this book. My climbing partner asked me about a bouldering route that he had been unable to solve, despite many tries. After watching him fail to ascend, I remarked that he needed to be fully in the now at each point. I then solved the route on my first ascent. The problem, I said, was he wasn't putting his center of gravity where it needed to be at the moment and this was pulling him off the face. Do not look ahead or behind, but be fully in the now. He then tried the route, and succeeded.

This kind of change in ability is one of the kinds of payoff brought about by being fully present. Think of the potential for your career, health, personal relationships, and other areas that are important to you.

This book consists of 13 chapters, an appendix, and endnotes in 252 pages.

44 of 47 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read March 2, 2011

By LIZDVM

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This is Richard's most clear, concise work to date. (I have read all his books) He shares insights and powerful tools that are accessible to everyone interested in spiritual/personal growth. He covers many difficult topics including, serious illness, death and the "dark feelings" we have all felt. He gently and compassionately invites the reader to expand from the heart. From here he guides them on a path that allows one to move lovingly through these times. He does NOT use strategies but instead shares how to befriend the mystery of the unknowable Present Moment. This is a classic work written from the focused and spacious place he encourages the reader to enjoy.

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank God for people like Richard Moss... March 5, 2011

By Moe Ross

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I have known Richard Moss for many years and experience him to be one
of the "real deal" teachers. All of his teachings and books,including Inside-Out Healing, offer an invitation for all of us, no matter where we are on our journey,
to go a little deeper, a little wider and fully embrace not only who we are, but that we are. What I love the most about his work is his willingness to share what he knows as a friend... as a fellow traveler on the journey. Richard Moss's workshops and materials do not assume that we do not know anything. In fact, just the opposite. He dignifies all of us by knowing that we each have gifts to offer.
I highly recommend this book and his work for anyone, no matter where you are on the journey to wholeness. He is a clear, compassionate communicator and his offerings reflect the integrity of his life. Bravo Richard! ... Moe Ross