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The Ten Commitments: Translating Good Intentions into Great Choices

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This is a great book! Simple, practical and profound, this book is for people who are ready to take responsibility for writing their own life story. Rather than acting or reacting based upon external pressure we are challenged to turn within, find our truth and act from a place of commitment.

Author, David Simon, writes that "this book is for those who can embrace the idea that free will is the greatest gift to humanity, and that despite what has happened up until now, we are capable of writing a better next chapter." Reframing the Ten Commandments into commitments he suggests that we claim our ability to consciously choose through acts of personal commitment to principles such as authenticity, freedom and truth and includes practical steps to help in maintaining those commitments. The idea is not that it's always easy or that we all immediately become saints, but rather that the internal shift towards accepting our own power to choose creates the potential to write the kind of life story all of us dream of, a story of love, compassion, abundance and truth.

Acting based upon fear of punishment is weak. Acting based upon our personal truth is powerful. This book encourages us to use the commandments as clues to find our personal truth and commit to translating those principles into action.

Amen to that.

The Ten Commitments is refreshingly clear and simple. David Simon takes the Ten Commandments and translates them into examples for positive living. Rather than the "shoulds" in life that limit us, we can choose instead look to our own internal wisdom and make commitments to ourselves which bring us more peace, happiness and abundance. This is a new classic, along the lines of "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success." You'll want to carry it with you and read it over and over again.

The Ten Commitments by David Simon, MD is a profoundly life awakening, enhancing experience. It is written with depth, heart and genuinely sincere wisdom.

A couple of wonderful quoted passages from this profound book state:

"Your mind is a field of thoughts, engaging in a continuous conversation about what has happened, what is happening and what might happen to you. In response to your perpetual experiences, you make discriminations, evaluations and judgments, colored by emotional reactions."

"Your soul is the silent witness to your mind and body. . . your quietly observing soul, providing continuity to your identity. When your observing soul, thought-generating mind and physical body are aligned, you are most likely to translate your intentions into choices that result in the desired outcome.
Commitment implies action. When you make a commitment, you dedicate yourself to a course of action that you believe will result in the expansion of happiness and wellbeing."

"Commitment Versus Affirmation"


"Repeatedly affirming something seldom leads to lasting change. Successful people do not continuously tell themselves, "I am a powerful person. . . What do you want? Are you prepared to take the steps to get it?"

"In The Ten Commitments we will explore how to make good choices, not out of fear of being caught or punished, but because they reflect the person you really want to be--the sacred being you sense you are. As a result, the quiet voice of your soul that wants you to be happy, know love, feel vital, and have meaning and purpose in life will find its expression."


I highly recommend this book to any person who truly desires to live the kind of life that makes life worth living. This wonderful book will inspire you to do just that!

Barbara Rose, Ph.D., author of If God Was Like Man, Stop Being the String Along, Know Yourself and If God Hears Me, I Want an Answer!

From the first chapter to the last, the Ten Commitments opened my eyes to many aspects of my life which had previously perplexed me . . . and then it provided clear and insightful ways for opening my heart to myself and those around me. I know I will be reading this book again and again.

If Moses was in tune with the Divine millenia ago - enough to be entrusted with that era's 'Rules of the Road': The 10 commandments, then it's totally appropriate that Dr. David Simon has progressively revealed v. 2006 in his new book The 10 Commitments. David and Deepak are definitely 2 of the world's greatest healers, and they bring the Divine into their practice with many enlightening insights and practical, user-friendly action steps! I highly recommend this book for all healers AND all those in the process of healing.

This is a "must have" book for anyone who has the desire to cultivate awareness and take full responsibility for their own growth and transformation.

Ten Commitments offers a path to freedom from the control and limitations (whether conscious or subconscious) of an external authority as presented in the text of the biblical Ten Commandments. Dr Simon invites us to explore, contemplate, and then translate each commandment into a personal commitment. Personal commitments then become the vehicles for the exploration and expression of our deepest desires, intentions, and actions as they emerge from the core of our being into the world of our creation.

This book is very clearly written, easy to understand, and smoothly accessible for the personal integration of the subject matter. Its message is inspiring, spacious, and very timely as a gift of healing in this era of spiritual and religious diversity and tension.

There is something so comforting about being led on a spiritual journey by someone who understands not only the spirit, but also the body and the mind. Although this book is sourced in some of the oldest wisdom traditions known to man, the author's advise is sound, practical, and not at all lofty. I absolutely recommend this book for anyone who wants to be more, know more, do more, or get more out of their life.

very insightful...the idea of changing "thou shalt not..." into "you can (and should)..." is a real eye-opener...i am already familiar w/Dr. Simon's work with the Chopra Center & this is another valuable tool in what is, obviously a work in progress...

I am impressed with the sensitive and profound way in which the ten commitments are related to the ten commandments. Throughout my life I've struggled with the idea that God is angry and I appreciate the presentation of God in my life in a more loving and nurturing way -- which of course, I truly understand Him to be; a true representation of love. My health and well being is available to me at all times, and this book tells me exactly how to get there. It's a great gift for anyone focused on being empowered in their life.

The Ten Commitments by Dr. David Simon was one of those books that I didn't want to stop reading. Each chapter was full of interesting stories and simple ways that we can help ourselves feel better. There are things like meditations that anyone can do, daily routines to help make you feel better plus so much more. I think by following these simple commitments we can not only help heal ourselves, but also help heal our planet. I recommend this book to all.