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Mayra Calvani -- Curled Up With A Good Book, December 2, 2006
This review is from: Life-Changing Affirmations: A 30-Day Plan For Spiritual Transformation (Paperback)
Vicky Thompson's new book is a tool you may find helpful for releasing stress and reorienting your thinking powers.
According to Thompson, people have a "monkey mind" that jumps around from one negative thought to another, and affirmations and meditation can keep the "monkey mind" under control while providing a comforting feeling of inner peace.
But what, exactly, are affirmations? The author defines them as "powerful statements of intention about what you intend to create in your life." Affirmations serve as guide posts and motivate and induce positive action. They are powerful tools in maintaining a positive mental state, reducing day-to-day stress, achieving a goal, improving health and creating a sense of peace and well being. Some experts believe it takes a minimum of 21 days to change behaviour, and that positive attitude is vital for both health and happiness.
Thompson's book is a practical approach to begin using affirmations in your life. Divided into 30 days, each day offers an affirmation and a meditation prayer to go with it. During these 30 days, 5 areas are explored: love, intuition, inner wisdom, forgiveness, and service. Each day focuses on a specific area. The meditation prayers are accompanied by visualization techniques. For example: "See yourself standing on a mountain. The sun shines brightly, illuminating you and creating a golden glow around your body. This golden light surges through your body, filling you with the power of God as you say the following prayer:" (day 2)
According to Thompson, the book will help you achieve change in the following manner:
Days 1-5: learn to fuel change
Days 2-11: develop an intuitive spiritual practice
Days: 12-18: access inner wisdom
Days 19-24: use the tools of forgiveness
Days: 25-30: use your spiritual energy to serve yourself and others.
Because of its small size, this is a book you can put in your purse and take anywhere with you, thus keeping mediation very approachable--while waiting at the doctor's office, for example.
If you wish to reduce stress, be more able to handle daily problems and look at them from a higher perspective, but you don't have a lot of free time to spend on meditation, this might be the perfect book for you. Thompson's approach only takes a few minutes each day. Readers of Chopra will find this work enjoyable and helpful.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Great book, February 16, 2009
This review is from: Life-Changing Affirmations: A 30-Day Plan For Spiritual Transformation (Paperback)
Great gift for a friend who has been struggling through life lately. She's really turned herself around with the help of the methodology in this book!
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A simple self-help guide that harnesses the power of prayer to realign one's attitude toward life, August 11, 2005
This review is from: Life-Changing Affirmations: A 30-Day Plan For Spiritual Transformation (Paperback)
Workshop leader and spiritual expo speaker Vicky Thompson presents Life-Changing Affirmations: A 30-Day Plan For Spiritual Transformation, a simple self-help guide that harnesses the power of prayer to realign one's attitude toward life. An affirmation and a meditational prayer for each day of the month guide and focus the reader toward a strengthened faith in the Spirit and upholding one's own power and wisdom. Each set of five affirmations and meditations is given a different category: "Using Love As the Power for Change", "Developing an Intuitive Spiritual Practice", "Accessing Inner Wisdom and Strength", "Using the Tools of Forgiveness", and "Serving the Self and Others". An uplifting and motivational guide to bolstering one's spiritual life. Day 26 Service: My brothers and sisters, I know you through God. / As God shines through my heart, I shine the light for you. / As God teaches me about love, I share my lesson with you. / As God holds me lovingly, I embrace you. / As God whispers in my ear, I laugh with you. / As God uses my able hands, I reach out to you. / Let God work through me. / Let God touch the world through me. / Let God live through me.
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