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The complete idiot's guide to spiritual healing

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Print Book, English, ©2000
Alpha Books, Indianapolis, IN, ©2000
xviii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780028638348, 0028638344
44015833
I. YOUR JOURNEY TOWARD WHOLENESS. 1. What Is Spiritual Healing Anyway? Define This. Be All That You Can Be. So How Do I Get There? Step by Step. Spiritual Butterflies.2. The Fall from Grace. In the Beginning. Creation Myth. A Short History of Healing. Witch Doctor?. The Paths Diverge. Paradise Lost. Coming Full Circle.3. The Paradox or Why Bother? That Just Doesn't Make Any Sense. Don't Take It Personally. Can't Do This to Get That. Resistance Is Futile. Finding the Eye of the Tiger. Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.4. Beware the Snake Oil Salesman. Put a Nickel on the Drum and Be Saved. I Promise It Will Work This Time. The Cursed Curse. Walking to the Beat of Another Person's Drum. Where Do Lost Dreams Go? What's Really Real?II. SO, WHAT'S AVAILABLE? 5. Alternative Medicine. You Want to Stick That Where? Seeking the Pathys. The Old Is New Again. Dash for the Doshas. The Eyes Have It.6. Altered States. The Brain Meets the Mind. Whip That Brain into Shape. Here Come Da Drugs. You Thought You Already Knew How to Breathe. Rebirthing Isn't as Painful as It Sounds. Using Your Head to Quiet the Noise. Want to Quack Like a Duck? Float Your Cares Away. Out of Body, Out of Mind.7. Body Therapies. Starting with the Spinal. Rubbing It Down. Rolfing. Other Therapies for That Body. Bioenergetics. Craniosacral Therapy. Reflexology. Aromatherapy. Sound, Music, and Art Therapy. Color and Light Therapy.8. Energy Work. Put On the Healing Hands. Reiki. Psychic or Absentee Healing. Look Mom, No Knife. Magnets and Other Gadgets. Rock On--Crystal Therapy. Spiritual Whammy Jammies.9. Spirit Stuff. Care and Feeding of Your Spirit. Going Out of My Head. Ask for Help and Ye Shall Receive. Let's Think About It. Spirit Speaks. Changing the Channels. Which Doctor?III. MAKING YOUR MIND YOUR OWN. 10. There Is No "Out There." The World's a What? It's an Inside Job. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall. Do You Want to Be Right or Do You Want to Be Happy?11. What Did I Just Say? Making My Mind Behave. Hearing Your Self-Talk. Don't Assume. Staying Off the Train. Everyone's a Critic. Judge Not.12. My Emotions Made Me Do It. Separating Your Emotions from Your Feelings. Your Emotions Aren't Facts. Not Just Love Is Blind. I Never Agreed to That. Them's Fighting Words. Learning How to Act Instead of React.13. Dynamics of Change. Waking Up to What's Really Real. I Believe. Intent, the Wind Beneath My Wings. Choices and Outcomes. How to Change Anything and Everything.14. Journaling. Write? ... Yeah, Right! Stalking Yourself. Daily Pages. Stopping the Mind.IV. WHEN YOUR BODY YELLS, LISTEN. 15. Mind/Body/Spirit Connection. What Do You Mean It's All in My Head? Your Mind Is Always Listening. Three for the Price of One. Talking to Your Body. Do You Know Your Own Power? Connect the Dots. A Right Relationship with All Three.16. But It Hurts So Good. Me--Hurt Myself? You and Addiction, Face to Face. Why Should I Stop? How Do I Stop Them, Once and for All?17. Shake Your Booty. Listening to What Your Body Needs. Work That Body. Bodies in Motion. Moves from the Movies. Anybody Home?. Your Body as a Temple.18. Eating Mindfully. There's More to Eat in Life Than Chocolate. Seeing the Sun in Every Bite. Eating as a Sacred Act. Your Body Really Needs More.V. THE SPIRIT THAT MOVES YOU. 19. Prayer, Connection, and Inner Guidance. Feeling Safe. Your Inner Voice. I Knew That. The Right Prayer Just Left Me. Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Following the Energy. Knowing the Difference.20. I Give Up, I Surrender. Surrendering Doesn't Mean Giving Up. I'll Never Give Up. Well, Maybe. Phew! Now You Get to Win. There Is an Easier Way. The Power of Silence.21. Nature as Healer. Go Tell It to the Mountain. Talking to the Trees. Babble at the Brook. Rock On. You're Home. Finding a Peace That Lasts.22. Love, Compassion, Judgment, and God. God Who? Finding Your God. What Do I Believe? Loving the Self. Being Gentle Is Not Always Easy. The Compassionate Heart. Judgment Hurts. Whose Gift Is It? An Alarm Clock for the Spirit.VI. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. 23. Coming Up with a Formula. Figuring Out What You Need to Do. Is It My Mind or My Body or My Spirit? And I Asked Myself. And I Answered. How to Apply It All. Going the Extra Mile. Am I Really Ready? It's My Life. What Is My Process?24. Relationships. Intimacy (Into-Me-See). Love Without Strings. But They Drive Me Crazy. What's Love Got to Do with It? Looking at You Looking at Me. Let's Talk.25. Who Am I and What Do I Want to Do? What's Behind the Curtain? You're Not Your Body or Your Actions. What Really Matters? Your Personal Myth. Who Do You Want to Be? Your Eulogy--a Little Early. Work Can Actually Be Fun. Doing What You Love and Making Money. Having It All. If You Have to Be a Street Sweeper. Do I Have a Life's Purpose?26. Finding a Happiness That Lasts. You Can Be Happy, No Matter What. Letting Go of Attachments. When Your Inside and Outside Match. Inner Peace Is in There. Set Yourself Free. You Already Have It. What Do You Really Want?27. Planetary Healing. Who Put the Lines on the Map? Creating a Loving, Supportive Community. Your Legacy. Coming Together. The Earth Will Be Fine; We're in Danger. From the Inside Out. We Are All One. It Starts with You. Imagine All the People.APPENDIXES. A. Additional Reading. B. Organizations. Index.