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Wisdom Rising: A self-help guide to personal transformation, spirituality and mind/body/spirit holistic living [Paperback]

Vaishali
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October 1, 2008
From alien life to the afterlife, to enlightenment, to the genius of Emanuel Swedenborg and Edgar Cayce, Wisdom Rising will have readers feasting on spiritual nuggets that go straight to the heart, gut and other body parts. In Wisdom Rising, readers will learn the answers to the all-important questions they never even thought to ask. Why does the stock market wait until you make an investment before going into a free fall? Is there a difference between a prayer that someone makes at a gambling table to roll a Lucky 7 and a prayer made at the bedside of a dying loved one? For the more serious-minded, Wisdom Rising will also show readers how to: make your mind your best friend by stopping your attention from bouncing around like a shot on a pinball machine; develop your ability to understand your value, power and worth without having to brush your teeth or dress up first; determine how spiritually healthy you are; and be in right relationship with your life purpose. From non-ordinary reality to wet burka contests, from the gospel according to the Talking Heads to a duel to the death with wallpaper, Wisdom Rising is chock full of enough mystical insights and humor to raise laugh-out-loud spiritual wisdom to a whole new dimension.

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About the Author

Vaishali uses her understanding of mystic Emmanuel Swedenborg s wisdom as the central core of her spiritual practice and writings. Vaishali demystifies mysticism by offering answers to many thought provoking questions about Spirituality Truth. Vaishali has survived a life fraught with every possible personal challenge available to a human experience: the violent death of a loved one, lying cheating significant others, a messy painful divorce, financial devastation due to life threatening illness and injuries complete with years of physical agony. These experiences have shaped her work with honest heartfelt and deeply insightful knowledge on how to understand the purpose behind human life on earth.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 285 pages
  • Publisher: Purple Haze Press Llc (October 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0977320065
  • ISBN-13: 978-0977320066
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.6 x 5.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #220,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The path to vibrant health and wellness begins by creating a right relationship with your mind and your body. Vaishãli, who has healed herself from terminal a right relationship with your mind and your body. Vaishãli, who has healed herself from terminal illness twice without western medicine, prescription drugs or surgeries, shares natural health tips and spiritual practices that will improve your health and your mindset in ways that are practical and complimentary to most lifestyles. She also discusses how the path to vibrant health and emotional wellness begins by creating a right relationship with your mind.

Vaishāli's primary source of information comes from the study and practice of Chinese Medicine(Chi Nei Tsang), Ayurveda and from the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, the great Swedish scientist and mystic who has mastered every known science in his lifetime (1688-1772).Recently, he was voted by Stanford University to be the most brilliant person to have ever lived.
To learn more about Vaishali visit www.purplev.com/mediakit

Education:
San Francisco State University (1994)
B.A. Philosophy and Religious Studies-Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Chi Nei Tsang (Chinese Medicine) Institute, San Francisco (1991)
Practitioner Certification
Ayurveda Institute of New Mexico.
Studied with Dr. V. Lad, who trained Deepak Chopra.

Vaishali in the Media:
Vaishali, is the author of 'The Ultimate Guide to Self-Healing, Personal Growth and Life Management', 'Wisdom Rising' and 'You Are What You Love.'She is an international health & wellness speaker and practitioner, who has appeared on The Dr. Oz Radio Show and Oprah.com. Vaishali is a columnist for The Huffington Post and contributor to Beliefnet and has been published in many magazines worldwide. Vaishali hosts her own radio show, "You Are
What You Love" heard weekly on Friday's and Sundays.

Topics Explored in Vaishali's Books and Workshops Are:

-Effective and Holistic Ways to Be and Stay Healthy including, Chinese Medicine, an Ayurveda diet and lifestyle, an organic diet, and energy medicine.

-The seeds of a greater evolution: exploring how we cannot create a learning experience we do not need.

-Why Ego is the root of all suffering: You may not get what you want, you get what you need to grow the fastest most effective way possible.

-Why one diagnosis and treatment will never work for all and how self-healing is a viable

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The book is a unique combination of humor, wit and spirituality. Elliot Malach  |  7 reviewers made a similar statement
It's one of the book's you'll be reading for the rest of your life. P. R. Riphagen  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, Uplifting and Many Gems of Wisdom Discovered September 18, 2008
Format:Paperback
There are so many reasons to praise this book the hardest part is to know where to begin! I do love the layout and the sketches prefacing each chapter. I love that each part can be read independently especially as I was going through the list of sections and chapters certain ones called to me to read them first.

Vaishali has such an authentic, funny and wise voice. Today there are many spiritual teachers but few combine their own wisdom with humor and current terminology. Vaishali is able to speak about consciousness and spirituality and make it accessible for everyone to understand. She quotes many greats from Swedenborg to Lenny Bruce and shares their divine wisdom with us as she applies it to our current lives.

Vaishali is obviously very intelligent and well studied. She makes you think about your own life and gives you practical yet easy ways to start taking action to become more aware, conscious and in control of your own life.

I feel anyone would gain wisdom from Vaishali's book and I know I will be giving this book to many for Christmas. This book is very timely and I encourage anyone, no matter what stage of spiritual development they are in -- to pick it up.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Downright provocative September 17, 2008
Format:Paperback
Well, the rumors about this book certainly were true. This book is downright provocative, it's got some shocking material, it's controversial. It's all that and it does it with flavour.

I've come to believe you can think of people of having two identities. One identity is like the superficial shell, the costume, the mask, the person we put on out in the world. The person that makes their way through life conforming to others, compromising for others, and withholding to oneself. This the average person on this planet. This is the same person that will wake up 40 years later and become horrified looking at the life they have lived, the job they have worked at, the people that they have spent their life with.

Then there is a person's real identity, the under the surface, straight to the core identity. This is the identity that goes beyond boundaries because it knows the truth. This is the identity that truly knows how to live and love.

Vaishali is one of the few authors and teachers that knows how to talk directly to a person's core identity and help you unclothe the fake you, the limiting identity, the mask you were. She guides you to make steps toward realising a life that is in full accord with your real identity. And she does it in a way that is both entertaining as it is incisively insightful. She does it without pretense, she cuts out the bs, goes straight to the heart of the matter and she communicates it as if you were her very best friend. She'll make you laugh in the process.

Wisdom Rising is a book you can pick up at any point and start at any page. The chapters are short and the topics, while related, don't have to be read in sequence. It's like being able to have a conversation with the author whenever you like.

Prior to reading this book I knew bits and pieces about her personal history. I knew she had been diagnosed terminal twice. I knew she had been broke and without a home. I knew she had grown up with abusive, alcoholic parents. I know she recovered from a head injury so bad that to this day the doctors still shake their head saying she shouldn't be breathing. These are just a few of the 'highlights'.

While she doesn't often talk about her personal history - once you get a glimpse of what she has been through you start to understand why she's so adamant about the brand of spirituality she teaches. You also start to understand why it's not a luxury, but an absolute necessity to learn, apply and experience spiritual wisdom in your life, not just so that you can survive whatever life throws at you, but so that you know how to grow beyond.

And what I really love about this book is that it makes for a great gift, even suitable for people that have trouble finding time, don't feel they are spiritually inclined or those that aren't the voracious reading-type.

If you liked this book be sure to read 'You are what you love' - her other book. It's one of the book's you'll be reading for the rest of your life.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Wisdom Rising October 8, 2008
Format:Paperback
Wisdom Rising has been a fun and interesting read! We may not have received a Life 101 manual at birth, but if you've found your way to this book, you have found an amazing guide to get you through it!

Vaishali, in her loving and humorous way, reveals to us the many ways we become distracted or off track on our life journey. She's a modern-day sage that you don't have to fly half way around the globe to receive her wisdom! All you have to do is open this book and begin your inward journey. The journey of discovering the truth of who you are, and how you've gotten off track by what you choose to give your attention to. More importantly, she skillfully guides you in getting back on track!

Through her own life experience and the wisdom gleaned from her beloved Emanuel Swedenborg, Vaishali infuses this book with one golden morsel of truth after the next. The best part is she does it with her own brand of light hearted humor! No heavy, guilt-ridden tome to suffer through.

Wisdom Rising is an easy and fun read that you can pick up, open it to any chapter, and start reading without losing a thing! It's perfect for any level of reader or seeker!

Kudos to you for this love and wisdom filled book, and kudos to your artist for the great graphics that punctuate each chapter.

Blessings,
Julia
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5.0 out of 5 stars WISDOM with HUMOR, great book!!!
Hello everybody,
Wisdom Rising is full of goodies/wisdom and lots of humor. Vaishali works are powerful and insightful. Read more
Published on August 14, 2010 by Divine Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Wisdon Rising - A Must Read!
I love this book!!! It's a book written by a friend of mine named Vaishali who is a spiritual advisor with the most integrity of just about anyone I've met. Read more
Published on May 23, 2010 by Jeff Phillips
5.0 out of 5 stars Transformational!
As I approached a new phase of life (the over 50 portion), the year 2008 has proven to be transformational. The catalyst: Vaishali's book "Wisdom Rising." Anxiety? Dread? Read more
Published on April 15, 2009 by Joe Guerra
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Published on January 21, 2009 by robin marvel
5.0 out of 5 stars Vaishali is the Best Self-Empowerment Advocate in the World!
The joy in all Vaishali's books is that it is all expressed with high energy, great compassion and a laugh-out-loud sense of humor. Read more
Published on January 12, 2009 by Lee Joseph
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book!
I absolutely love this woman! She explains spiritual things in such a down to Earth way... and with such a wicked sense of humor. She points out the absurdities of life so well. Read more
Published on December 28, 2008 by seeker
5.0 out of 5 stars A great read for those wishing to improve or learn more about the...
Ever wonder when you hear people who tell you of their unimaginable stories of over coming defeat, illness, death, and just any other downer in life can throw at you, survive? Read more
Published on December 21, 2008 by Midwest Book Review
5.0 out of 5 stars Vaishali's Wisdom Rising is a Self-Help & Recovery Gem
I love this book and its author Vaishali. Vaishali's strength as a author and spiritual teacher is her unique ability to make Universal wisdom relevant to your everyday life. Read more
Published on December 4, 2008
5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner
She's done it again. What can I say that would add to what others before me have already said? Vaishali gives us truth in a package that entertains us as well as gives "food for... Read more
Published on November 21, 2008 by Pela Tomasello
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Some of the author's takes on different subjects is not only unique, but hysterical. I can't even read some of the chapters to my friends without busting out laughing.
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