From the Author
Writing this book is a culmination of having people ask me for advice based on my point of view, throughout my life.
This point of view came with me but has been refined through thought—reading every book about God and spirituality and philosophy that I could lay my hands on and my driven, deep need to search for Truth—which finally led me to the foundation from which this book is written.
It was also the urging of friends that prompted me to solidify what I talked about and to begin to offer a class called The Shift™, and it was friends who then said, "Please write this down in a book."
From the Inside Flap
Perception produces reality - what we perceive to be reality magnifies.
This book is about perception and how to shift that perception to Living in Grace. This Shift of Perception will demonstrate the Truth that we are living in Grace now.
There has never been a single moment that we have not or will not be living in Grace. But in this place I will call the "Earth state of mind" there appear to be paths that we must walk to remember that we live in the state of Grace. On these paths we search for meaning, power and reasons for our existence.
Most people on Earth walk the "material path." On this path the Earth, the universe, and everything we are and do is material. In the material world, physical power reigns. Some of us have "upgraded" to the "mental path" of believing it is a mental world, and everything is within and of our own thinking. We use mind-power to accomplish our goals and live a better life. In this point of view the mind-body connection comes into play. We begin to say, "I can do it! All I have to do is visualize enough, get my mind and thinking straight." Mind-power employs methods such as visualization and hypnotism to accomplish its goals. This mental path will sometimes diverge into another path, the path of mysticism.
The world today is fascinated by this mental or mystical power and is calling it the Spiritual revolution. Talk of God is accepted, and is now found in all walks of life. It is an improved point of view over the physical standpoint, but it is not the path where this book will take you.
There is one more path—and it is the path of One Mind, that path of non-power, the true Spiritual path. This is The Shift to being completely conscious that all that we are, know, and see is in truth Spiritual. This is Living in Grace.
