Mysticism is a journey of personal transformation. The Vital Mystic describes that journey in careful detail, providing tools, techniques and insights that support a deepening mystical practice. As mysticism opens doors to our innermost Self, it introduces us to powerful currents flowing beneath the surface of consciousness. With careful preparation, immersing ourselves in those currents can be inspiring, edifying and empowering. How can we ensure our mystical practice remains vital and alive? First, we can explore patterns of thought and emotion that hinder our ability interpret mystical information, and gently reshape those patterns in constructive ways. Second, we can focus our mystical efforts on the most positive, spiritually enriching outcomes. The Vital Mystic also explores common questions and hurdles encountered during mystical practice, so that regardless of what challenges arise we can remain grounded, purposeful and compassionate in all of our choices. First published in 2003, The Vital Mystic lays much of the groundwork for the development of Integral Lifework by T.Collins Logan in subsequent years.

Empath to Mystic is a complete blueprint, guiding you to an internal source of confidence, strength, and mastery of your spiritual ability. On this journey you will transform: ~ Procrastination and a lack of motivation into passion and action. ~ Mental doubts into confidence and courage. ~ Overwhelm into mental clarity, and perspective. ~ Numbness and confusion into creativity that shines through a free and open heart. As one reviewer wrote: "Aaran is beloved for sharing such deep and personal wisdom. In all my years of self-discovery, I've never come across someone who understands exactly what I've gone through the way Aaran does and how to master a part of myself in such simple steps, through contemplation and journaling. Not only do I think this is a well-planned tutorial, but it truly comes from a place of love." Becoming a true mystic, you will learn that trying to distinguish between your thoughts and emotions and the thoughts and emotions of others is an endless, looping, and exhausting task and that there actually is no difference. You will go on a journey of emotional healing and understand why your unique empathic ability has awakened. You will embrace the profound messages you receive from your inner voice; finding the confidence to share those messages with the world. em·path: a person who is awakening to the oneness of all beings and who has become aware of their ability to apprehend the mental and emotional states of others. mys·tic: a person who has a spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect and who allows those truths to guide their life. The world's most well known modern mystics, from The Dalai Lama and Deepak Chopra to Pema Chodron and Eckart Tolle emphasize the importance of practice when seeking connection with your authentic self. Therefore, while providing you with a detailed intellectual comprehension of your empathic and spiritual ability, Empath to Mystic also offers a practical guide to using it. It contains over 220 meditations, journaling prompts, and action steps that will help transform your life from the inside out. Becoming a master of your inner voice and intuition is about so much more than getting clear answers to life's questions or having a finely tuned instrument for manifestation. It is ultimately about awakening to the truth of yourself and knowing without question what your work is in the world. It is about self-love and absolute confidence in your intuition. It is about opening your heart and turning your intuition into a powerful tool that helps others. Aaran and his book Empath to Mystic will illuminate the path to fearlessly being yourself and to living an abundant life that is a testimony of passion, freedom, and confidently 'dancing to the beat of your own drum.' Will you step up to reclaim your authentic vision, inner connection, silent receptivity, and purposeful creation?

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National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Columbus Dispatch At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion—and indeed our future. “Don’t be put off by the academic title of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its prose is always lucid and often lyrical…he unfolds his case with the utmost intellectual rigor.”—The New York Times “When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium BC men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “He is as startling as Freud was in The Interpretation of Dreams, and Jaynes is equally as adept at forcing a new view of known human behavior.”—American Journal of Psychiatry

Located deep within the anterior hip joint and lower spine, the psoas major (usually just referred to as the psoas) is critical for optimal postural alignment, movement, and overall well being. The psoas is the only muscle in the human organism that connects the upper body to the lower body, and its importance extends to the nerve complex and energy systems. As modern-day populations grow more sedentary, psoas-related lower back and hip pain, and the ailment of "sitting too much," are on the rise. Even the most active of athletes can suffer from psoas imbalance and pain. The Vital Psoas Muscle demonstrates how to keep the muscle in balance through specific exercises designed to strengthen and utilize this amazing muscle, and discusses its vital role in the emotional and spiritual state of the human being. The interconnection between the psoas and the root chakra is explored, along with yoga poses and postures that stimulate the psoas. Eighty full-color illustrations depict anatomical details, and show the key stretching and strengthening exercises in this practical and comprehensive treatment of the most important skeletal muscle in the human body.

In The Road to Joy, Kevin McClone invites us to join him in a personal and professional journey exploring eight core psychospiritual pathways that lay the foundation for more joyful living. Inspired by the death of his beloved wife, Grace Chen-McClone, this book seeks to integrate core pathways of psychospiritual transformation. Each chapter explores one pathway in depth, utilizing psychological and spiritual sources, and ends with concrete practical action plans. McClone draws heavily from psychology research and spirituality embedded in various spiritual and mystical traditions including the wisdom rooted in the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.