Inprint - New Books of interest by Jeanne Spiro

The Lost Spiritual World by Ruth Rimm. (Global Renaissance Society, $39.95, Hardcover.)

The Lost Spiritual World takes you on a journey of learning to smile in the face of adversity, of healing and refreshing your spirituality, and of finding joy in the magnificent mystery that is you. It explores the emergence of a new global spirituality that mixes the best of each wisdom tradition with the latest findings in psychology, quantum physics, neuroscience, and linguistics. It invites you to experience the beauty and sacredness of our wisdom traditions, to taste their spiritual nectar free from religious doctrine.

It’s wavy shape and wavy designs challenge orthodox (which means straight thinking in Greek) kinds of spirituality. They remind us that the journey of life is full of new discoveries, expanding perspectives, and magnificent twists and turns; it is anything but a straight and narrow path. The mysterious designs and metallic inks reveal a new language of the heart, a new way of finding spiritual enlightenment in a postmodern, scientific age. This first volume explores Christianity through the Gospel of Mark; later volumes will explore Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Judaism, and Islam.

Momfulness: Mothering with Mindfulness, Compassion, and Grace by Denise Roy. (Jossey-Bass, $14.95, Paperback.)

Denise Roy combines the hard-won wisdom of a parent with the insights of meditation to create a spiritual practice that goes to the heart of everyday life: mothering with mindfulness. Roy coined the term momfulness as a way of describing how motherhood, when practiced with mindfulness and compassion and a willingness to let it awaken our hearts and transform our lives, is a spiritual path. Roy’s book offers a way for readers to recognize that time with one’s children and family is not a distraction from sacred practice, but the very essence of it.

Momfulness outlines six deep lessons that parenting, along with many of the world’s spiritual disciplines, teaches us: developing true presence, practicing embodiment, paying attention, cultivating deep compassion, recognizing the sacred in all things, and the value of community. These themes serve as entry points for an enriching discovery of ways women can reduce stress and promote peace and balance within and without by cultivating a mindful, compassionate, mothering presence with themselves, with their children, with the world. Through anecdotes, reflections, and specific practices, this book invites mothers to wake up and embrace their lives, discovering that they are always standing on holy ground.

The Cure: Heal Your Body, Save Your Life by Dr. Timothy Brantley. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., $24.95, Hardcover.)

While pharmaceutical companies are busy creating the next miracle drug, researcher and naturopathic healer Dr. Timothy Brantley contends that,, contrary to popular opinion, there is a logical answer to almost every health condition. Whether our health problem is due to bad habits or an unhealthy lifestyle, understanding why we are getting sick is crucial to becoming truly healthy.

In The Cure, Dr. Brantley shows how most health problems are not caused by genetics or germs, but rather by our average eating habits. Drawing on his groundbreaking research into nutritional healing, he has developed a program to flush toxins out of the body, restore balance, promote natural healing, and increase vitality—a program that has already helped many seriously ill patients, including several well-known celebrities, achieve permanent remission. Dr. Brantley tells the story of his health discoveries and shares his revolutionary step-by-step program, which you can follow at home. It features a diet of raw or lightly cooked organic foods as well as exercise, rest, fasts, water, whole food supplements, and herbal formulas. The Cure outlines a personal plan for nutrition and detoxification plan to help you regain your health, and ultimately, save your life.

The Kabbalah Book of Sex & Other Mysteries of the Universe by Yehuda Berg. (Kabbalah Publishing, $17.95, Hardcover.)

The Kabbalah Book of Sex is a stimulating, thought-provoking exploration into the most important of all human relationships—sex. Noted kabbalist Yehuda Berg takes you on a far-reaching journey through time and otherworldly dimensions where you will discover the spiritual origins of sex, according to the ancient teachings of Kabbalah.

Most sex manuals focus on only one aspect: the physical mechanics of the act itself. According to Kabbalah, the key to finding real sexual pleasure lies in self-awareness, not technique. Here, contemporary sexual issues confronting men and women are dealt with in a candid and forthright manner, providing you with powerful knowledge and tools for transforming your sex life beyond what you dare to imagine. The kabbalistic secrets concerning sex, love, death, the human soul, and the meaning of our existence are revealed here.

Excuse Me, Your Job is Waiting: Attract the Work You Want by Laura George. (Hampton Roads, $16.95, Paperback.)

What is the secret to finding the job of your dreams? The law of attraction. Author Laura George applies the powerful law of attraction to the life experience of getting a job. She says that even hard-to-place candidates can procure employment in a tough job market if they stop searching for jobs backwards. In Excuse Me, Your Job Is Waiting, George uses wit and wisdom to walk job searchers through a process that takes them from seeking employment using a narrowly defined set of skills towards a value-driven approach that expands their opportunities. She helps candidates to stop changing themselves to fit a job’s description, and to start showing employers what their skills could bring to the job.

Drawing on her extensive experience as a human resources manager, George shows how employers need people to fill job vacancies, but want to hire people who will bring the most value to the company. That’s why applicants need to use their skills in new and inventive ways to display their versatility and their desire to contribute. As job searches wear on and spirits begin to flag, it becomes harder for applicants to make the creative adaptations necessary to stand out from the crowd. George pairs visualization and positive thinking techniques with practical, real-world job search advice to create a powerful resource for the modern job seeker. Packed with insight, advice, and experience, it is designed not just to help people find a job, but to help them find the job they really want.

Sacred Vow by C.G. Walters. (Dragon’s Beard Publishing, $13.95, Paperback.)

In C.G.Walters’ debut novel, Sacred Vow, Ian Sarin is drawn into the world of Katerina, an apparent stranger with whom he is immediately familiar. Previously unknown to him, they are living together in many other simultaneous lives. The bond between Ian and this mysterious woman is a key element needed to heal a growing disintegration in the Collective Consciousness, the source of all reality. The Sisterhood to which Katerina belongs has historically assisted the Collective Consciousness to heal a rift that threatens us all when it occurs. Since antiquity, when called by the Collective, they have preformed a ritual to bring together two individuals from disparate realities, a member of their order and a second person who has received a chosen message from the Collective. Unaware of any such communication, Ian is that second person at this time in history. As he learns the vast ties he and Katerina share, he and those around him come to consider that their relationships, lives and the work before them were never restricted to what is seen and what is known.

Sacred Vow shares with us the magic of a loving commitment that spans time and the understanding that such a commitment needs to be held sacred. It is a love story, one that shows the journey towards one true love has infinite expressions.

Journey Into Now: Clear Guidance on the Path of Spiritual Awakening by Leonard Jacobson. (Conscious Living Publications, $22.95, Hardcover.)

Like the Power of Now and similar books that address the value of being present, Journey Into Now takes us to the next level, providing answers to questions that must eventually be addressed by those of us genuinely seeking to awaken.

How do we heal and complete the past, so that we can be more available to the present? What are the primary obstacles to awakening? What is the role of healing, forgiveness, and repentance in awakening? How do we free ourselves from repressed emotions which can be so harmful to our health, our relationships, and our enjoyment of life? How do we free ourselves from the tyranny of the ego? What are the hidden keys to enlightenment? How do we live consciously in an unconscious world?

To be present enhances every aspect of life. It empowers us and frees us from the pain and limitations of the past and anxiety about the future. When we are fundamentally present, we live without judgment, fear, and desire. We live in a state of acceptance. We live as love in the world. The illusion of separation has dissolved. We live with a strong sense of peace and a continuing awareness of the Oneness of all things. The awakening of human consciousness is our only real hope for the future. When enough of us awaken, the world will be redeemed.