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April 2004 Newsletter Good BooksThe Luck Factor: Richard Wiseman is a research scientist and former professional magician who became fascinated with understanding the differences between lucky and unlucky people. The Luck Factor, his first book, reports on the questions, interviews and experiments with hundreds of volunteers over eight years that led to his discovery of the "four principles of luck"-four ways lucky people think and behave that make them lucky. Lucky people-
The book's last section, Creating Luckier Lives, takes Wiseman's research to the next step. What happens when volunteers go to "Luck School" and learn to think and behave like a lucky person? In Wiseman's words, "Could the four principles ... be used to increase the amount of good luck that people encounter in their lives? Would it be possible not only to explain luck, but also to create it?" Throughout the book you'll find techniques and exercises, based on the four principles, designed to help you increase the luck in your own life. I also encourage you to visit the author's web site at http://luckfactor.co.uk where you can download an interesting article about this research. "... the good fortune experienced by lucky people is not the result of the gods smiling on them, or their being born lucky. Instead, without realizing it, lucky people have developed ways of thinking that make them especially happy, successful, and satisfied with their lives. In fact, these techniques are so effective that sometimes it appears as though lucky people are destined to lead charmed lives." -Richard Wiseman
The Power of Intention: In his newest book Wayne Dyer explores the word Intention not as something we do, but as an invisible field of ENERGY that intended us, and everything that exists, into being. Dyer uses Intention as a "synonym for the loving Source from which we all emanate and to which we all aspire to reconnect." According to Dyer, this universal Source that co-creates with us possesses seven qualities or faces of Intention: Creativity, Kindness, Love, Beauty, Expansion, Abundance, Receptivity. In becoming these seven qualities, we connect with and stay connected with the power of Intention-and all we're intended to become and to create. Putting Intention To Work (Part II) consists of "eight chapters offering specific information and a step-by-step guide for applying these principles to your daily life." The chapter themes range from creating self-respect and purpose to healing and abundance; the steps are simple, powerful reminders to stop connecting with ineffectual low-energy ways of being and connect with the energy of Source. Here's one of the example steps from Chapter 14-It Is My Intention to Appreciate and Express the Genius That I Am: "Step 2: Make a decision to listen more carefully to your inner insights, no matter how small or insignificant you may have previously judged them to be." This a book you'll probably read more than once, and then return to for smaller doses of inspiration, encouragement and guidance. A free preview of Chapter 15-A Portrait of a Person Connected to the Field of Intention is available at www.DrWayneDyer.com. In March, PBS aired a new 4-hour television special with Dr. Dyer speaking on The Power of Intention. If you missed it, watch for it in the future! It's well worth your time. "The key word here is contemplating.... The way to establish a relationship with Spirit and access the power of this creating principle is to continuously contemplate yourself as being surrounded by the conditions you wish to produce." -Wayne Dyer
The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn Over the years I've seen a number of references to Florence Scovel Shinn, but I didn't know this book existed until a few months ago. Actually, it's one volume containing four books: The Game of Life (written in 1925), Your Word is Your Wand (1928), The Secret Door to Success (1940), and The Power of the Spoken Word (1945). Shinn is described as a mystic, healer, metaphysician, lecturer, artist, illustrator... but I regard her as the "divine godmother" of affirmative thought and word. Her creativity knows no limits and her spirit still refreshes. I've gotten wonderful feedback from people who have picked up the book after I mentioned it to them. You can read excerpts from her writing on the "Florence Scovel Shinn Home Page" website at http://website.lineone.net/~florenceshinn. "All that is mine by Divine Right is now released -Florence Scovel Shinn |
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