Cindy has a wide variety of classes that
she teaches. She taught many metaphysical topics such as Tarot
Numerology and Hermetic Philosophy as well as topics like Goddess
Psychology and Power Animals!
This month's
recommended books:
Practicing Conscious Living and Dying:
Stories of the Eternal Continuum of
Consciousness
by Annamaria Hemingway Part of my husband's "Dave" NDE story is one of the stories
included in this book. I think it is a wonderful book, not just
because his story is included, but because Annamaria has put together an
incredibly inspiring collection that will bring a tear to everyone's eyes.
It motivates you into living a more conscious life and helping others.
An uplifting collection of spiritually illuminating
texts and powerfully thought- provoking real life stories, showing death as
an integral part of life. Modern medical advances have resulted in death and
dying becoming a taboo, which leaves us feeling isolated when the
inescapability of death touches our lives. These touching observations of
closeness to someone else who is dying, and personal accounts of near death
experiences and after-death communication, illustrate how coming to terms
with the inevitability of death is actually a life-affirming experience.
These emotionally powerful and inspirational experiences address timeless
questions and show how each of the people has come to understand that death
teaches us that the preciousness of life must be lived with a sense of
purpose and meaning, as a celebration of our existence.
A New Earth:
Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Paperback)
by Eckhart Tolle A lot of what is said in this book is not new but Eckhart
brought these concepts together as a step by step approach to enlightenment
and diminishing ego. I highly recommend this book if you only read one book
this year this should be the one.
A New Earth is a profoundly spiritual manifesto for a better way of life—and
for building a better world. With his bestselling spiritual guide The
Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the
freedom and joy of a life lived "in the now." In A New Earth, Tolle expands
on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of
consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key
to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how
our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger,
jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how to awaken to a new state of
consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence.
Courageous Souls:
Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth?
by Robert Schwartz Courageous Souls explores the premise that we are all eternal souls who
plan our lives, including our greatest challenges, prior to birth for
purposes of spiritual growth. The book contains ten true stories of people
who planned physical illness, having handicapped children, deafness,
blindness, drug addiction, alcoholism, losing a loved one, and severe
accidents. Because very different life challenges are often planned for
similar reasons, readers who have not faced these specific challenges will
nevertheless see themselves - and their motivations as a soul - in these
stories. As readers come to realize that they themselves planned their
lives, suffering that once seemed purposeless becomes imbued with deep
meaning. Wisdom may be acquired in a more conscious manner; feelings of
anger, guilt, blame, and victimization are replaced by acceptance,
forgiveness, peace, and gratitude.
Dr. Michael Mirdad has written a
book that can assist us all on the path to wholeness, and help us live a
life of balance and peace. By using life’s little lessons and tests also
called initiations, Dr Mirdad explains that as we learn, we open our hearts
and our souls connection to God becomes stronger. As this happens we move
closer to a more spiritual and enlightened life. The seven basic initiations
involve different parts of ourselves from our bodies, minds, emotions and
spirit. This book is not only to be read, but experienced. The message is to
take those triumphs and tragedies of life and use them as pavers to continue
to build our road to peace and happiness.
Meditations: Creative Visualization and Meditation Exercises to Enrich Your Life
by Shakti Gawain
First published in
1991, this new edition is twice as long and includes all the original
meditations as well as those from more recent works that focus on intuition
and prosperity. These meditations can be used to help readers and
practitioners tap into creativity; connect with their inner guide; explore the
male and female within; and much more. With a new introduction by the author,
this is a perfect companion for the millions of readers who seek "private"
guided meditation from this inspiring teacher.
Universal Waite Tarot Deck
by Pamela Colman Smith (Illustrator), Mary Hanson-Roberts (Illustrator),
Stuart R. Kaplan
The Universal Waite Tarot Deck provides a
colorful, eye-appealing alternative to the traditional Rider Waite Tarot
Deck. The color tones reveal details of the imagery that is appealing
and conductive to readings and meditation. As a tarot reader &
instructor, I have used several decks, favoring the Rider-Waite deck for
over 10 years. However, the more eye-pleasing coloring of the Universal
Waite Tarot has brought out a lot of details that were much more difficult
to see in the original deck. I use the deck now in my phone and in-person
tarot readings and workshops. The rich symbolism of this deck makes it easy
to interpret intuitively without prior study yet, still offers a wealth of
deep, esoteric knowledge for advanced readers.
The material is broken into 18
lessons, of which 7 cover the card meanings themselves (three for the minor
arcana, one for the court cards, and three for the major arcana), and 6
cover spreading & reading the cards with examples. The text is concise, and
for each card there's a section explaining it's symbolism and meanings when
straight and reversed. The explanations are solid - Eden Gray draws on
Waite's Pictorial Key to the Tarot and the Golden Dawn's Book.