A Guide for the Advanced Soul (Paperback)

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Product Description

This international bestseller--a book of inspiring, illuminating meditations, each beautifully rendered in calligraphy--provides a remarkable treasury of timeless wisdom, showcasing a wealth of inspiring thoughts, from the Bible and the Koran to Shakti Gawain and Eileen Caddy.

About the Author

Susan Hayward was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1957. After traveling extensively throughout Europe, North Africa, Canada, and America, she settled in Sydney, Australia. Here she broadened her interests into the alternative fields of herbalism, massage, astrology, nutrition and meditation practices. Through her own exploration of Eastern and Western philosophies, and desire for personal growth, she self-published this book of wisdom. The wide selection of quotations Susan has chosen demonstrates her belief that love and wisdom transcend all boundaries of time, nationality and religious dogma. Her foreword embraces her own philosophy of life and the concept of using the book for guidance. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown (December 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316357464
• ISBN-13: 978-0316357463
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #550,541 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A little "guide" that WORKS (if you let it), April 19, 2002

By	Joel L. Gandelman (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A Guide for the Advanced Soul (Hardcover)

I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!! About 11 years ago a series of events took place that left me emotionally, spiritually, and psychologically drained. I literally felt like things were hopeless. Then I got the paperback version of this book...and I mean it when I say it helped change my daily life.

I followed the author's suggestions (I was willing to try anything): I held the book in my two hands, held the problem or dilemma in my mind, meditated a bit on it, let my mind (and body) be still...then closed my eyes, made my request in a question form...and opened the book. I would always open it and only look at the page that I "felt" I was being led to by one of my fingers.

Most of the time I was amazed: the quotation on the page TRULY referred to my problem and gave me some insight. And I (more often than not) acted on it. Once in a while I'd get an answer that didn't seem like an answer, so I'd reframe the question and start the process again.

Years later I gifted this book to someone in trouble. And I truly missed not having it. Then, last month, I bought it AGAIN...this time in hardcover.

I STRONGLY recommend this book. Even if you read it from cover to cover (which is not really how it is designed to be used) you'd gain a wealth of insight, since the quotations -- from yogis, to Eileen Cassidy, to the Bible, to Walt Whitman -- are the BEST to help steer your thinking (and some say guide your intuition) towards helpful, often healing solutions.

This is a small but potent book. Great to read. Great to use as a little voice that will answer your questions as you randomly turn to a page after a bit of meditation. And, most of all, GREAT to GIFT to friends, family or someone who's facing some difficult challenges. Once you use this book you'll never want to be without it.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The 'getting of wisdom' from some wise souls!, October 14, 1999

By	J Massy-Greene (Australia) - See all my reviews

A few years ago my husband and I separated and later that same year I lost my best friend (my mother) to cancer. Not long after, I was given this book and I have kept it next to my bed ever since. It is a wonderful compulation of wise words that have given me strength, peace, acceptance and the understanding of inner wisdom that we all have, if we care to look. Enlighten yourself and others and enjoy the wonderful insights of this book of Wisdom! 'Seek always for the answer within'

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Guide Only for the Fearless, January 1, 2002

By	Love Gems "styson" (Gold River, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Guide for the Advanced Soul (Hardcover)

Ms. Hayward's book has been a part of my life for more than 15 years. I recently purchased the updated version for a friend of mine. To achieve the best that this book offers, one must truly let go to the insight & experience that its text provides. If you are prepared to let go a little, and to learn even a little more, you will appreciate the peace you can receive from this volume.

Best wishes to you all...