Every single person is looking for happiness in life - this book shows you how to attain spiritual happiness in a straightforward, easy-to-follow approach. Some find happiness in giving, some in receiving; some in accomplishing a particular feat, some in wealth, health, love, responsibility, freedom from responsibility, respect, power, beauty, talents, or in achieving a loving and harmonious household. In "Secrets of Spiritual Happiness", Sharon Janis demystifies the secrets of spiritual happiness in an entertaining, accessible and down to earth style. She describes the barriers to happiness and offers practical tips to help readers respond to life situations in ways that will bring greater harmony and happiness. Readers will learn how to feel complete even while grieving the loss of something or someone of great value. Spiritual happiness transforms your fear into faith, and your anger into compassion and blessings. "Secrets of Spiritual Happiness" guides people to think and act in ways that continually refresh themselves, from changing outer circumstances that block your joy, to realizing that your own views and interpretations are ultimately the source of your unhappiness as well as of your happiness. Real world situations are examined and practical (non-denominational) advice offered.
Sharon Kumuda Janis is an award-winning filmmaker, musician, speaker, and author of books including Secrets of Spiritual Happiness and Spirituality For Dummies.
While living a simple life of creative solitude along coastal California's Cardiff by the Sea for the past twelve years after many years of monastic life and then Hollywood filmmaking, Janis has steadily built and expanded, page by page and file by file, the Night Lotus Website of free multimedia spiritual resources (http://www.nightlotus.com) offers thousands of files of books, videos, music, photos, and more, all available for free in a noncommercial setting, without pop-ups, email harvesting, or google ads. The Night Lotus website draws hundreds of guests from around the world every day, and has been awarded "Cool Site of the Day."
Janis was introduced to the ideas of consciousness by her two psychology teacher parents at an early age, taking a three-month course in hypnosis at age seven and lecturing in her mother's class on dream symbolism at age nine. While studying neuroscience and film at the University of Michigan, she went to the local Ann Arbor ashram as part of a university field trip, experienced a spiritual awakening, and planned a two-month stay at the ashram of Baba Muktananda. Two months turned into a ten-year journey of monastic life, study, practice, service, and deep spiritual immersion, while scripting and editing hundreds of videos for the worldwide spiritual path of Siddha Yoga Meditation.
From the ashram, Sharon moved to Hollywood for an award-winning career as film editor, director, and producer, working on many news feature shows and television programs including Hard Copy, The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, and X-MEN. These mainstream avenues honed Sharon's creative skills and brought her in touch with speaking to mainstream audiences.
The combination of monastic life and Hollywood creativity paved the way for Sharon to share her offerings with the worldwide community in a vibrant, down-to-earth style. She soon launched a new career as a professional spirituality speaker, author, and documentary filmmaker. Today, Janis lives in Cardiff by the Sea, California, as a spirituality speaker, author, and documentary filmmaker, sharing a universal view of spirituality with humor and insight.
Fun Facts from Sharon's Eclectic Journey
* Sharon Janis was born Jewish, brought up atheist, and then spent a decade living in an Indian Ashram. She now follows a universal spirituality that includes all faiths, and spent several years going to a different denominational service every week.
* Sharon's parents were both psychology teachers - she took a 3-month course in hypnosis at age seven, was reading books by Freud and other psychologists at age nine, and wrote a paper contrasting Freud's structural and topological theories at age twelve.
* Sharon double-majored in neuroscience and film/video at the University of Michigan, where she began using the self-hypnosis techniques she'd learned during childhood to do what she called "Exploring the Unconscious," and was known to do a bit of faith healing in her college dorm.
* The ashram where Sharon lived, studied, practiced, and served for ten years is the same ashram path described in the "pray" section of Elizabeth Gilbert's bestselling book, Eat, Pray, Love.
* After ten years of monastic ashram life, Sharon moved to Hollywood, where she edited and produced many popular television shows and movies, including X-Men, the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Candid Camera, Hard Copy, and many news and news feature programs, winning local, national, and international awards for her work.
* Sharon offers a popular and extensive website with hundreds of pages of free multimedia spiritual resources - videos, music, writings, photos, and more - often on a shoestring budget (generally living under the poverty line), believing that spiritual teachings and blessings should be offered as freely as possible and that the universe provides the daily bread, even if it's not always as fancy a bread as we might like to enjoy.
* Sharon produced a powerful documentary about the American sage Peace Pilgrim for the Friends of Peace Pilgrim foundation, and found great inspiration in Peace's story about living a simple life that is in harmony with your life's mission.
Sharon has been a frequent lecturer at the Golden Door Spa, where copies of Spirituality For Dummies are in every guest room, with the owner's apology for the title and personal endorsement of the book's value.Sharon also offers sacred music concerts with songs and chants from various spiritual traditions (view video clips from Sharon's talks and sacred music concerts at: http://www.spiritualityspeaker.com)
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