The 7 Steps to Personal Power: Creating Opportunities Within [Hardcover]

James M. Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1992

The Seven Steps to Personal Power makes use of seven subtle energy systems inherent in the human body and mind, known to ancient philosophers and healers. Here they are clarified and built into a positive system for self-directed growth and change.This is a book of solutions for today's problems and the appendix contains a special section:51 Things To Do When Nothing Else Works. The book is all about Creating Opportunities Within.

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From the Publisher

Personal excellence and true satisfaction can be yours when you learn how to use the seven great gifts you were given at birth. Ancient healers and teachers from all over the world used these seven subtle energy centers in such powerful healing systems as acupuncture and Ayurvedic medicine. Now Dr. Thomas brings you a way to master these seven powers of mind and practical guidance for putting them to work to make your dreams come true. He demonstrates how they can be combined with present-day psychological techniques to create self-directed change. Based on personal experience and case histories, this unique book shows you how to become your best consultant in all the important areas of your life and offers a way to find new options and opportunities.

About the Author

James M. Thomas, Jr., Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice and is an Episcopal Priest Aspirant. His interests are in comparative religion and he is on the board of St. George's College, Jerusalem and is psychological consultant to several diversion programs. Thomas experienced his first miracle of personal healing as a captain in the Vietnam War, and has been a spiritual seeder ever since. In working with private patients and corporate clients who want to make change, he reports a high rate of success when transpersonal elements are added to ordinary therapeutic practice.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 190 pages
• Publisher: Hci (December 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558742417
• ISBN-13: 978-1558742413
• Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,581,154 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Concise, useful, interesting. I refer to it again and again, June 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The 7 Steps to Personal Power: Creating Opportunities Within (Hardcover)

I purchased this book when it came out a few years ago and it remains my favorite self-help book. Dr.Thomas's expertise in both religion and psychology gives him a broad understanding of the human heart and mind, yet he writes with clarity and directness. I especially like the brief exercises at the end of chapters. They never fail to work for me. An uncomplicated approach to the complex topic of personal power.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Catalyst for growth, May 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The 7 Steps to Personal Power: Creating Opportunities Within (Hardcover)

In being a personal friend of the author, I'll attempt to keep my review as objective from bias as possible. The 7 Steps to Personal Power is a good analysis of the corelation between certain dimentions of psychology and the 7 energy centers (Chakras) of Vedic philosophy. Those who are familiar with Jung will note his writings about the psychological corelations with the Kundalini; although Thomas' work is unavoidably similar to this, it is presented in a constructive context, more geared toward the individual's active use of these great observations. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in persuing a new (to the hegemony of western society) and suprisingly effective way to self-help.