TRUTH 
Making Life Make Sense. 
Life. It confuses, perplexes and confounds. Many people have written about it, few have offered explanations. In TRUTH, Shaman Ross Bishop offers a unique perspective of life that differs significantly from our normal understanding of it. Bishop provides insight into why life is the way it is and offers some groundbreaking insights into how we might live "fearlessly and passionately." 
Bishop says, "Life can been viewed from many perspectives, and our present view is based upon the antiquated values of the age of conquest. Those old beliefs and values have simply outlived their usefulness. They inhibit our growth and development both as individuals and as a society." 
The Age of Conquest was part of The Age of Karma, a 20,000 year period that has covered much of the period of man’s social existence. During The Age of Karma, certain aspects of spiritual development, like enlightenment, were virtually impossible. We are entering a 50 year period that will be known as The Age of Awakening, and the rules regarding what is possible will be changing. 
The Age of Awakening will encourage us to find different and more profound ways to be and that involves learning to live from the place of truth. Learning to live from truth powerfully changes how we see and feel about ourselves and how we deal with life. 
Shaman Bishop says, "True inner peace can only be found by shifting perspectives and moving ourselves to the space of truth. You cannot eliminate emotion if you are in the ego space. Take an emotion like fear, for example. Fear arises because we feel separated from our natural selves – from our God-consciousness. Living in the ego-space, we do our best to confront fear, but from the ego, you can only minimize emotion, you cannot eliminate it. We end up failing and then feel worse about ourselves. That," says Bishop, "is a major flaw in our or present understanding of life." 
"Using the fear example, if you shift to your center to the space of Universal Truth, you realize that psychological fear is a created phenomenon made to fill the space of perceived separation from the Creator. Once you return to the God-space, fear simply ceases to exist, it is no longer relevant." This is an example of the essential message contained in TRUTH. One of the book’s secrets is that it shows the individual how to move past the ego and live in the God-space. 
The God-space is not some esoteric, spiritual practice known only to shaman. The concepts are quite simple and have been with us for quite some time. Bishop points out that, "For thousands of years spiritual teachers of all kinds have urged us to do one simply thing – to open our hearts to ourselves and to each other. Whether you read the Bible, the Torah, the Bhagavad-Ghita, Buddha’s Sutras or the Koran, there is basically one message contained there: ‘Open your heart." Bishop points out that, "All any situation needs is more compassion. Whether it is an argument with your partner, being angry with yourself or the situation in Iraq, the whole world would be enormously better off if we would simply open our hearts to each other, but more especially to ourselves." 
The problem is that we have all been hurt and opening the heart can be difficult. TRUTH has been written to help address the problem of holding the God-space. "I get asked all the time abut how to hold the God-space," says Bishop. "Actually what you have to do is to learn to stop not loving yourself. After that, nature takes care of everything else. I have included a number of useful tools for doing that in TRUTH."

Truth

Self-Help

Bishop, Ross

Personal Transformation

Blue Lotus Press

Enlightenment may not be as unreachable as you think. Author and shaman Ross Bishop writes: Life is not about becoming something different than you already are. Life is about finding out that it s safe to let go of what you re not - of all the protective things you cling to that hold you back. You are already the magnificent being you are becoming. The evolution is in your consciousness. Your learning the truth is the crux of the transformational process called enlightenment. The difficulty comes in letting go of your limiting beliefs, so that you can be free to be who you truly are. Most of us are afraid that if we let go of who we think we are, we will be left naked and alone out in the cold. In Journey to Enlightenment, Bishop provides a most insightful perspective on why things in life happen as they do and what you can do about them. He explains why you created your beliefs, how they get in your way and more importantly, he offers effective techniques for healing the hurt that lies beneath them, including a clearly explained, and easily presented, version of the ancient shamanic journey process, to help you move closer to enlightenment. Ross discusses a host of other topics including an interesting perspective on why it is difficult to change, living in the God Space, dealing with entities, The Misunderstanding, past lives and an entire chapter on learning to work with the power of gratitude.

Journey to Enlightenment

Ross Bishop

Relationships

A set of tools to help people on the spiritual journey to find themselves.

Finding Inner Peace

Healing The Shadow is about helping people heal their inner woundedness and step into the light. It brings into a modern context thousands of years of shamanic healing practice. Already one of the classics of modern shamanism, this second edition with an additional 130 pages, promises to be an even more effective resource. Healing The Shadow doesn't promise enlightenment, but it will show you how to get there. For thousands of years tribal shaman have helped people deal with the limitations that keep them from enjoying life. In this book, Ross Bishop brings these ancient healing methods to you so you can use them to advance your spiritual growth. While many books make promises, this one delivers. Healing The Shadow is the kind of book you reach for when you need something more to move you to a new spiritual place. Easy to follow and yet spiritually profound, Healing The Shadow has already brought spiritual peace and a more peaceful life to many people, and this second edition promises to do even more. As one spiritual seeker wrote, This is the book that helped me heal a lifetime of pain. Here is what others have said: Healing The Shadow is the most life changing book I have ever read! . . .it has liberated me to live in passion and truly embrace life. . . I have been able to reclaim my essential passion and wholeness. This is the book that changed my life! It is not easy work. . . It is worthwhile work. The Shadow is my Bible. I keep Shadow on my bedstead. I read a little each night before I go to sleep. I met Ross and hoped his book would give me some clue as to how he had gotten to where he was. I am pleased to say, it did!

Healing The Shadow (2nd. ed.)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

About Life

The Practice of Solitude: A Journal for Introspection and Self-Reflection

Rankin, Victoria E.

Religion & Spirituality

How would your life be different if you could regularly access boundless wisdom?
Would it be more peaceful? Fun? Expansive?
What are you waiting for?
Each one of us sits upon our own toolbox--our own treasure trove of inner resources. The trick is learning how to open your toolbox and skillfully use the tools inside.
In Sitting on the Toolbox: Buddha's Wisdom for a Joyful Life, Buddhist monk Venerable Bhante Sujatha uses humor, personal anecdotes, and a mix of ancient and modern stories to show you how to access your own deep truths and live a fuller, more joyful life.

Sitting on the Toolbox: Buddha's Wisdom for a Joyful Life

Sujatha, Venerable Bhante

Stern, Stacey

Alternative Medicine

Morning Coffee with Bhante: A Collection of Inspirational Wisdom

About the Author\nVenerable Bhante Sujatha\nOrdained as a Buddhist monk in his native Sri Lanka at the age of eleven, Venerable Bhante Sujatha is singularly focused on adding more love to the world. The founder and Spiritual Director of the Blue Lotus Temple and Meditation Center in Woodstock, IL, Bhante leads a regional congregation and teaches loving-kindness to people seeking the art of contentment worldwide.\nBhante gives more that 380 talks and guided meditations annually. He travels hundreds of thousands of miles, often going straight from the plane to a podium. Speaking at temples, churches, meditation centers, yoga studios, schools and universities; he teaches that love is the way and peace is a constant practice.\nHis annual humanitarian work spans the globe. Recent charitable projects include; bringing much needed supplies, construction and technology to under-funded Sri Lankan schools, creation of a tube well system to bring drinking water to a parched community, and support of pregnant mother's spiritual and medical needs -- including donating incubators and ultra-sound equipment to maternity hospitals in his home country.\nIn recognition of his invaluable impact in spreading Buddhism in America, Bhante was awarded the highest honor within his lineage when he was named the Chief Sangha Nayake of North America in 2013.\nBhante's approach to meditation is deep and simple. He shares core Buddhist teachings in ways that are practical and easy to understand. A radiant, funny, and wildly energetic monk, Bhante helps people attain peace that can only be found in deep silence.\nBhanteSujatha.org\nSometimes the deepest truths are already within us, waiting in the background to be recognized. 
Lessons like these often come in a few simple words. Leaving us saying, "Yes! That's what I was thinking!" 
In this collection, Bhante Sujatha shares with us this kind of wisdom: easy to remember, fun, practical, deep, and subtle. 
As you move through this small collection, you will discover something new with each reading. Wisdom will develop within. Until one day, you will read something that was exactly what you needed to hear, at exactly the right time. And it will change your life forever. --Michael Fronczak, Moderator of Morning Coffee with Bhante & Co-Founder of Sanatha Suwaya

About the Author\nVenerable Bhante Sujatha\nOrdained as a Buddhist monk in his native Sri Lanka at the age of eleven, Venerable Bhante Sujatha is singularly focused on adding more love to the world. The founder and Spiritual Director of the Blue Lotus Temple and Meditation Center in Woodstock, IL, Bhante leads a regional congregation and teaches loving-kindness to people seeking the art of contentment worldwide.\nBhante gives more that 380 talks and guided meditations annually. He travels hundreds of thousands of miles, often going straight from the plane to a podium. Speaking at temples, churches, meditation centers, yoga studios, schools and universities; he teaches that love is the way and peace is a constant practice.\nHis annual humanitarian work spans the globe. Recent charitable projects include; bringing much needed supplies, construction and technology to under-funded Sri Lankan schools, creation of a tube well system to bring drinking water to a parched community, and support of pregnant mother's spiritual and medical needs -- including donating incubators and ultra-sound equipment to maternity hospitals in his home country.\nIn recognition of his invaluable impact in spreading Buddhism in America, Bhante was awarded the highest honor within his lineage when he was named the Chief Sangha Nayake of North America in 2013.\nBhante's approach to meditation is deep and simple. He shares core Buddhist teachings in ways that are practical and easy to understand. A radiant, funny, and wildly energetic monk, Bhante helps people attain peace that can only be found in deep silence.\nBhanteSujatha.org\nSometimes the deepest truths are already within us, waiting in the background to be recognized. 
Lessons like these often come in a few simple words. Leaving us saying, "Yes! That's what I was thinking!" 
In this collection, Bhante Sujatha shares with us this kind of wisdom: easy to remember, fun, practical, deep, and subtle. 
"As you move through this small collection, you will discover something new with each reading. Wisdom will develop within. Until one day, you will read something that was exactly what you needed to hear, at exactly the right time. And it will change your life forever." --Michael Fronczak, Moderator of Morning Coffee with Bhante & Co-Founder of Sanatha Suwaya

Dbt for Life: Skills to transform the way you live (Blue Lotus Press)

Partington, Diana

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Truth

Journey to Enlightenment

Finding Inner Peace

Healing The Shadow (2nd. ed.)

About Life

The Practice of Solitude: A Journal for Introspection and Self-Reflection

Sitting on the Toolbox: Buddha's Wisdom for a Joyful Life

Morning Coffee with Bhante: A Collection of Inspirational Wisdom

Morning Coffee with Bhante: A Collection of Inspirational Wisdom

Dbt for Life: Skills to transform the way you live (Blue Lotus Press)