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Light Emerging: The Journey of Personal Healing

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This book throughly describes health and sickness and how the human aura reflects them. It also contains discussions on the hara and the core star, the holographic view of life, creating the healer-physician team, the different stages of healing, and in-depth discussions on how to heal through the seven levels of the human energy field. I liked this book because it always describes a positive approach to healing, no matter what the sickness may be. I was amazed to learn how the same health problem can holographically show in different areas on your life, visible and otherwise; and how this very truth itself determines the different areas in which the patient, along with him/her healer-physician team, need to work on. She describes how the healing of a physical sickness can bring wellness on the psychological and spiritual sides of the self; the reverse can also happen (psychological and spiritual healing can enhance the physicial well-being). There simply was nothing I disliked from this book. The author has written another book, "Hands of Light", her first book on the human aura, and it describes the human aura deeper but left out other areas described in this book, such as the hara and the core star.

I read Emerging Light with some high expectations, having read Hands of Light. This book was a dissapointment to me. It seems that Barbara followed the path of "I wrote one successful book, therefore I can cash in one the craze" that many authors do. There wasn't a lot of really relevant information here, though a few tidbits here and there. When she discusses the cords it didn't seems anywhere near as accurate as when Mark Rich writes about them in Energetic Anatomy. The part about the core star isn't anything I had ever heard of and didn't really resonate with me much. I think sticking with Hands of Light is probably a better idea.

I found "Light Emerging" to be a profoundly inspiring book. It delves into the complex relationships of our minds and our spirituality, to our physical bodies. But more importantly, it opens doors to new possibilities with regard to healing and self-awareness. I felt it explored and championed the idea of a team effort between physician, healer, and patient. This triumvirate is a terrific concept when you think about it; it addresses all aspects of the person--body, mind, and spirit, and it serves to give the patient a feeling of solidarity, of not being alone in their struggle for both their heart and health. And, it keeps the focus on how the two are interrelated. The book is positive, enlightening, and filled me with an overwhelming sense of hope. I highly recommend it.

This book definitely adds to Barbara's first book 'Hands of Light', but as her being a scientist I ask myself where's the science in this book? She seems to just rely on her spirit guides for everything, even all the stuff she should and probably does know as a well educated person! Why all the push to get everyone involved in the New Age/Eastern Religion stuff and depending on what the spirits say for everything? Instead why not concentrate on teaching people how to do things on their own like Donna Eden does in her book Energy Medicine? If all Brennan's guides chanellings where left out of the book I would have added another star to it's rating.

I would say that this is the best book on healing I've found. This and Anodea Judith's "Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System As a Path to the Self" are the two books I'd start with for anyone interested in this topic. Best wishes for healing yourself and in this way, the world!

Barbara Brennans first book, Hands of light, was rightly acclaimed for its thoroughness and convincing approach. Though I had my misgivings about its lack of questions about the nature of the author`s sources, I eagerly bought Light Emerging immediately after it was issued. Easily one of my big disappointments, this book wallows in half-baked repetitions of what was stated more succinctly in the first volume.

But the far larger problem is Ms. Brennans "discoveries" of new levels of energies, new psychic centers, etc. Her background and standing as scientist is toted in large types, but any hint of scientific method is completely lacking. Is it not strange that omniscient yogis with an ancient heritage in energy science like Lahiri Mahasaya and Ramana Maharshi have not discovered these levels that Ms. Brennan delivers without divulging how she arrived at her conclusion, from a far lower level of consciousness than her predecessors, as far as I can see? There is an openness to accept healing within the framework of health services. But if healers choose the religious approach instead of the scientific, they must do so openly and honestly. Stating her personal views in the name of scientific method, as Brennan does, is a fundamental disservice to the development of a true healing community. A good example of the reverse is "The tibetan book of living and dying", where the approach is humble and the claims modest, but where Sogyal Rinpoche succeeds brilliantly in outlining a practical approach for dealing with the dying. I recommend you buy Rinpoche`s book instead of wasting your money on "Light emerging", as I did.

In my opinion, this book is most suited to the "healers". I am only part-way through it right now, but thoroughly agree with what I have read so far because I have either experienced it or it makes logical sense from where I am on my personal journey. The book is slow reading, not difficult, but slow if you really want to understand what Barbara has written as she combines science with metaphysical beliefs. I cannot compare this book to her first book because, although I purchased her first book years ago, I honestly have not read it yet. "Light Emerging" was recommended by my master teacher. Barbara has spent significant time studying the auric fields of people vs. behavior.

I plan to return to this review at a later time and update it with additional information, but I see it as a valuable resource for a healer (for both healing self and healing others). By the way, if you don't know it already, healing is not limited to the physical body. There is emotional healing and spiritual healing as well. ALL are important. The healthiest people are those who are balanced on all levels.

This 342-page book explains a lot about energy, both scientifically and metaphysically. If you have already done significant reading, this book expands on a lot of it, such as explaining the chakras and the movement of energy throughout the system. As Barbara goes through each chakra, she explains how you likely behave if that chakra is fully functioning or if it is blocked. Quite a few illustrations within the book visually show you the energy movements within people who exhibit certain types of behavior, and the movements of energy within groups of 2 people exchanging energies at certain levels. This is one way in which this book is different from many other chakra and energy vibrational books. An example is an illustration of a couple in dispute and how they energetically resolved the dispute. Barbara has the developed ability to see the auric fields, as some do, and she supplements her writing with experiences she has had with clients. In this instance, she explains the energy movement in 3 stages of the therapy between the couple, as well as illustrates it in picture form, so you can follow what is happening energetically between the couple throughout the process.

Here is a little tid-bit for you from the book: Barbara mentions that Dr. Robert Beck, a nuclear physicist, found that all healers exhibit the brain-wave patterns of 7.8 - 8 Hz while they are giving healings, the same fluctuation of the earth's magnetic energy field (the Schumann waves). The assumption is that the healers are synching up with the earth's magnetic field when doing healing. Dr. John Zimmerman, founder and president of Bio-Electro-Magnetics Institute, found through additional research, that once healers have linked with the Schumann waves, the right and left hemispheres of their brain have become balanced with each other and show a 7.8 - 8 Hz alpha rhythm. After they link with the patient for some time through laying on of hands, they are able to link the client in with the same earth's energy magnetic pulsations.

Good book. If you are into metaphysical energy and healing, I think you will enjoy it and find it very informative. If you are NOT into metaphysical energy and healing, you will likely not understand it and may get nothing from it, especially if you are not open to this area of study.

i thought that this was a very personal and important read after getting through brennan's first book, hands of light. this is another textbook in the brennan healing science (which is an amazingly comprehensive and interesting healing modality). light emerging is really speaking to me at this time in my life because it really addresses the individual's personal healing (or self healing) process. it outlines 7 steps to healing, and can be applied to spiritual and physical healing. it goes into more detail about the how we sometimes go out of alignment with our soul's purpose, and the specific spiritual structure of our light body. i found this to be really informative and comforting during a period of intense spiritual growth and change. thanks barbara!

If you are a healer, or someone looking to create a personal healing plan for your life, this is a powerful book. This book helps tie together the emotional and mental with energy healing.

This book came highly recommended to me by my instructor and also a client of mine. I found the book to be very inspiring and well written. I am very happy that I decided to take their advice, it is an excellent read.