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The Sacred Bedroom: Creating Your Personal Sanctuary

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This book brims with suggestions for transforming the bedroom into a sacred place for prayer and meditation, sleep and dreams, romance, rituals, and sacred sex. While it might take a few days or weeks to read THE SACRED BEDROOM, it could take several years to make most of the changes recommended. Just for starters, there's the physical space to be rearranged according to the principles of Feng Sui; the floor covering and bedclothes to be replaced with natural, non-toxic materials, and some sacred objects to be obtained for the creation of a bedroom altar. Robinson suggests that we make these changes gradually, as we can afford to. I started out by splurging on a compact box of tissues which enabled me to move my hand lotion from my bureau to my night table. Now I can use my bureau top for an altar. The altar is the focal point for meditation and prayer, essential activities for the maintenance of a sacred bedroom.
Robertson has created a beautiful archetype of the sacred bedroom for readers to aspire to. Some of its components are not practical for all of us, but the principles of the sacred bedroom, to be carried beyond the bedroom door into our daily interactions, can easily be integrated into our spiritual lives. These are: "The divine image within," the reminder that we and all those we meet are eternal souls made in God's image; "True Love," that helps us recognize God within ourselves and others; "Energy," being aware of the flow of energy everywhere we go, and keeping it positive; "Filtering the artificial," to protect ourselves from the influence of the media and the synthetic world; and "honoring the authentic self," the confident self who knows the permanence of the soul and its place in the universe, no matter what occurs in daily life.

Emily VanLaeys (...)

Jon Robertson's Sacred Bedroom provides tips to creating a personal sanctuary for spirituality and refuge, from using atmosphere to encourage either romance or sleep to embellishing a room with candles or aromatherapy. Packed with practical applications.

The other day my brother dropped in for a visit and happened to wander into our bedroom. I went in after him to hear him exclaim, "I want my bedroom to 'feel' like this one. Why, it feels wonderful in here! What did you do to make it feel like this?" What I did was read and use Jon Robertson's "Sacred Bedroom" to help create a truly wonderful space that even my brother, who isn't easily taken in by his surroundings, noticed. Needless to say, he is receiving a copy of this book for a gift, so that now, he too, can enjoy the benefits of a good read and a transformed bedroom. Not only that, but the author will also introduce brother dear to the art of Feng Shui, dream therapy, and some other "boudoir" arts that will soothe his soul and tickle his fancy. Thank you Jon, for a great book, one that in my opinion belongs in every home.