Heart Thoughts: A Treasury Of Inner Wisdom author: Louise L. Hay edited by Linda Carwin Tomchin Hay House Inc. 1990 ISBN# 1-56170-045-2 The title for this book says it all: "A Treasury Of Inner Wisdom"! This is a wonderfully gentle book, filled with common sense and caring. Louise L. Hay is a metaphysical lecturer and teacher that uses her work to help people connect with their own inner resources, and realize the full potential of their own creativity and ability to act as catalysts for their own personal growth and self-healing. From the book: Dedicated To Your Heart Our hearts are the center of our power, I have learned that we create easily and effortlessly when we let our thoughts come from the loving space of the heart. Claim your power now. 1 Ms Hay has used excerpts from her lectures, along with meditations and spiritual treatments to cover a wide range of issues - issues that we all face at some point in our lives. Some of the subjects covered are: Abundance, Acceptance, Anger, Change, Choice, Family, Forgiveness, Grief, Guilt, Infinite Power, Spirit, Unconditional Love, Working Together and World Community. Each section is kept short and concise, while offering unique wisdom to those choosing to work with the book. From the book: Abundance The more we dwell on what we don't want, the more we get it. I Am A Yes Person I know that I am one with all of Life. I am surrounded and permeated with Infinite Wisdom. Therefore I rely totally on the Universe to support me in every positive way. I was created by Life and given this planet to support all of my needs. Everything I could possibly need is already here waiting for me. This planet has more food on it than I could possibly eat. There is more money than I could ever spend. There are more people than I could ever meet. There is more love than I could possibly experience. There is more joy than I can even imagine. This world has everything that I need and desire. It is all mine to use and to have. The One Infinite Mind, the One Infinite Intelligence always says "yes" to me. No matter what I choose to believe or think or say, the Universe says "yes" to me. I do not waste my time on negative thinking or negative subjects. I choose my "yes's" with care. I choose to see myself and Life in the most positive ways. Therefore, I say yes to opportunity and prosperity, I say "yes" to all good. I am a "yes" person living in a "yes" world responded to by a "yes" Universe, and I rejoice that this is so. I am grateful and joyous to be one with Universal Wisdom and backed by Universal Power. Thank you God for all that is mine to enjoy in the here and now. 2 This book is a wonderful tool for personal empowerment. It can be used on a personal basis, or as a tool in family settings or other group settings, such as Men's/Women's Study Groups, or even teen/pre-teen study groups. When we see where our thoughts are coming from, we can silence the internal critic that blocks our personal growth and access our internal child, who wants to support us in all things. It would also be very easy to identify a problem area and locate in this book a number of different sections that can be used to work through the area. This is a gentle tool for empowerment, and I highly recommend it to everyone. Since it is holiday time, I am also going to suggest that this book would make a wonderful present for everyone on your list! Thank you for visiting my Personal Empowerment page. May your day be Blessed. Footnotes: 1. ibid. Introduction. 2. ibid. pages 2-3. (c) November 2003 Bonnie Cehovet Personal Lifestyle Reading - I offer a Personal Lifestyle Reading using Tarot that looks at past, present and future influences in your life, at the energies that are currently available to help you along your path, and at those energies that are appearing as challanges. My goal is to offer you insight into your decision making process, as well as tools that you can use to both better understand your path and make conscious, choice centered decisions. Home Personal Empowerment links Personal Empowerment articles View My Guestbook Sign My Guestbook Graphics by Art for the web