My Aspiring Soulful Life
  • Home
  • Mindful Motion
  • soul candy
  • short stories
  • Authors Corner
  • Photo Gallery
  • poetry
  • wanderlust chronicles
  • soul food
  • About Me


​









soul food




​a special compilation of
​treasured reading and resource finds

Mindful Reads

10/27/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
​This is a compilation of thought-provoking reads that may challenge some deep rooted perceptions of yourself and the world. I've read many of these, and the others are on my ever growing "to read" list. Some of these have brought me a great deal of peace and comfort in my life, as well as being instrumental in me making some profound changes. If there is one that intrigues you, a full description can be read by clicking on the Amazon image.

I am pleased to announce my first children's book,
The Kind Hearted Princess and The Mighty Spirited Prince is now available for purchase.  
​Want to join Lexi and Grier on their adventures?  Just click on the book below for more information
Picture

Stillness Speaks

Eckhart Tolle
​"When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself."

"True intelligence operates silently. Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found."
​
"Your unhappiness ultimately arises not from the circumstances of your life but from the conditioning of your mind."

The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle
"As soon as you honor the present moment, all happiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out of the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love- even the most simple action."
​
"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life."

A New Earth:  Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Eckhart Tolle
​​"The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it."

"Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for abundance."

"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at the moment."

​The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho
​"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."

"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."

​The Celestine Prophecy

​James Redfield
​"I don't think that anything happens by coincidence.... No one is here by accident...Everyone who crosses our path has a message for us. Otherwise they would have taken another path, or left earlier or later. The fact that these people are here means that they are here for some reason..."

"We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad things...the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative."

Conversations with God

Neale Donald Walsch
Book 1
​"There is enough money in the world, and enough time, love, food, water, and compassion to share with everyone."

"You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and courage, a helper in time of need, a comforter in time of sorrow, a healer in time of injury, a teacher in times of confusion. You are the deepest wisdom and the highest truth; the greatest peace and the greatest love. You are these things. And in moments of your life you have known yourself as these things. Choose now to know yourself as these things always."
​Book 2
​"...the Ultimate Truth: nothing exists in the universe that is separate from anything else. Everything is intrinsically connected, irrevocably interdependent, interactive, interwoven into the fabric of all of life."
Book 3
​"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."

"Love is that which is unlimited. Ere is no beginning and no end to it. No before and no after. Love always was, always is, and always will be."

"You must learn to be gentle with yourself. And stop judging yourself."

The Future of God:  A Practical Approach to Spirituality For Our Times

​Deepak Chopra
​"Faith must be saved for everyone's sake. From faith springs a passion for the eternal, which is even stronger than love. Many of us have lost that passion or have never known it."

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success:
A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of your Dreams

Deepak Chopra
​"The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift. That is why this moment is called 'the present'."

"And in our willingness to step into the unknown, the field of all possibilities, we surrender ourselves to the creative mind that orchestrates the dance of the universe."

The Universe Has Your Back:  Transform Fear To Faith​

​Gabrielle Bernstein
​"The Universe loves and support us all; we just need to remember to realign with the energy of love so that we can receive it."

Miracles Now:  108 Life Changing Tools for
Less Stress, More Flow and Finding Your True Purpose

Gabrielle Bernstein
​"In every given moment we have a divine spiritual assignment in front of us: Choose love or choose fear."

"Much of our anxiety and stress comes when we're focused on fear and disconnected from the voice of our inner guide."

A Return to Love:  Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

​Marianne Williamson
​"We ask ourselves, whom am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?"

"It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives."

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure..."

​"My heart be your shelter, and my arms be your home."

​A Course in Miracles

​Foundation for Inner Peace
​"Perfect love casts out fear. If fear exists, there is no perfect love. But: Only perfect love exists. If there is fear, it produces a state that does not exist."

"Darkness is lack of light as sin is lack of love. It has no unique properties of its own. It is an example of the "scarcity" belief, from which only error can proceed. Truth is always abundant. Those who perceive and acknowledge that they have everything have no needs of any kind."

"You do not need God's blessing for that you have forever. But you do need yours. The picture you see of yourselves is deprived, unloving and very vulnerable. You cannot love this. Yet you can easily escape from it or better, leave it behind. You are not there, and that is not you. Do not see this picture in anyone, or you have accepted it as you."

​Parenting with Presence

​Susan Stiffelman
​"Today's kids carry the weight of the world on their backs. They are urged to excel in school, perform impressively in their extracurricular activities, manage complicated relationships (both real and cyber), and compete to get into a good college or find a decent job."

"As parents we have a dramatic influence on our children's beliefs and what matters. If we teach them that external achievement is what we care most about, they will naturally look for shortcuts to get ahead..."

"They need to know that we want them to live with curiosity, excitement, and enthusiasm, and that we are here to enjoy life, not to push and shove our way through it."

Parenting without Power Struggles

​Susan Stiffleman
"When our children perceive us as steady and calm- regardless of their moods or behavior- they can relax, knowing they can count on us to get them through the challenging moments of their lives."

The Seven Spiritual Laws For Parents:  
​Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

​Deepak Chopra
​"Children should also be taught that success and fulfillment come from inside, and it is only inside that matters. Each of us is responsible for how we feel, what we wish for, and how we decide to approach life's challenges."

Conversations with God for Parents

​Neale Donald Walsch
​"Love is all there is."

"There are three parts to you: Body, Mind, and Soul."

"Every day you can start over. Who do you dream yourself to be today? (The purpose of your life is to recreate yourself anew in the next grandest version of the greatest vision ever you held about Who You Are.)"

"Self-discovery is the pathway to certainty."

​Conversations with God for Teens

​Neale Donald Walsch
​"If you could ask God any question, what would it be?"

Fire in the Heart:  A Spiritual Guide for Teens

​Deepak Chopra
​"Do I have a soul? How do wishes come true? What is the supreme force in the universe? How can I change the world?"

​Teens Ask Deepak:  All the Right Questions

Deepak Chopra
​"At every age we all need to know what life is really all about. Not just on the surface, but deep down. Teenagers are no exception."

​Love it Forward

​Jeff Brown
​"May we always find a sliver of light when we need it most. May we support each other in shamelessly sharing our inner worlds so that no one suffers alone. And may we give each other a little bit of our own light when we have some to spare. Surely there is enough light to go around."

​Spiritual Graffiti

​Jeff Brown
​"Real change is seldom a giant step. It is usually a small one. Small but deeply real. We hold the fear and the faith at the same time...and we cross the bridge slowly..."

Ascending with Both Feet On the Ground:
Words to Awaken your Heart

​Jeff Brown
​"Essential lessons cannot be avoided. Callings don't go away. When we turn away from our lessons, when we ignore our truth-aches, the universe jumps into action, orchestrating our return- a symphony of self-creation dedicated to our unique expansion. This is the nature of karmic gravity- we are returned back to our path until we fully walk it."

Hope Is a Traveler

​Susan Frybort
River of Love
​

When like the sudden wind
on the ocean,
the tides of life washed me ashore-
you collected my heart among the remnants,
then breathed deeply
into all my quiet dreams.

Edge of Wonder:  Notes From The Wildness Of Being

​Victoria Erickson
You don't need to choose mediocrity
when fire exists.
Fire is passion
and passion is aliveness,
and for once,
allow your belief
to undo your disbelief
so destiny can hold you
in its ecstatic, flaming grasp.

Rhythms an Roads

Victoria Erickson
​Every morning you rise,
I want you
to remember this:
there are amazing things
to be a part of,
and fight for,
and feel,
because the world
will unlock hundreds
of doors when you
give this day
all the courage, love,
and intensity
you can.

Do you buy used books online at Amazon? Be sure to check out ​Housing Works' selection.All proceeds go to AIDS/HIV and homelessness project in NYC. Want to learn more about this project? Click here:  Housing Works
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.


    You can find my images from some ​of my travels available for purchase at:

    Shutterstock 
    Dreamstime 
    iStock by Getty Images 
    Adobe Stock 
    Fotolia by Adobe: us.fotolia.com/p/206433466

    They are also available for purchase as prints and on many great products at:

    REDBUBBLE

Adventures await!
​Want you join me on the journey?


You can also join me at:

  • Home
  • Mindful Motion
  • soul candy
  • short stories
  • Authors Corner
  • Photo Gallery
  • poetry
  • wanderlust chronicles
  • soul food
  • About Me