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--------------------------------------------------- If you read Self Improvement Books, this free newsletter is for you. Information on new book releases, best sellers, book reviews, excerpts, special promotions, interviews with the authors & more. This is an opt-in, by request only newsletter. Subscriber information is listed at the bottom of this email. --------------------------------------------------- Send all questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (732) 761-9930 In this issue: => Sponsor of the Week => What�s New? Self-Help NEW BOOK RELEASES � December 1-2, 2004 => Self-Improvement Book Store => What Are People Reading? AMAZON.com Top 5 BEST SELLERS for Self Help => Book Excerpt: Beyond the Twelve Steps: Roadmap to a New Life � By Lynn Grabhorn => Book Excerpt: Spiritual Energy Cycles � By Jackie Woods, Russell Woods => Book Review: Brain Trust: The Hidden Connection Between Mad Cow and Misdiagnosed Alzheimer's Disease � By Colm A. 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Covey http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0684846659/selfimprovemeonlA/ 4) The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do � By Samantha Ettus http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1400052564/selfimprovemeonlA/ 5) Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now � By Gordon Livingston, M.D. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1569244197/selfimprovemeonlA/ --------------------------------------------------- *** BOOK EXCERPT: Beyond the Twelve Steps: Roadmap to a New Life � By Lynn Grabhorn *** --------------------------------------------------- That Precious Reunion You have some "time" on the Program. Or, as one might say in more casual circles, you�ve "been around" a while. You�re at that stage where on one hand newcomers look up to you as someone who�s �been there,� and on the other, you feel you can finally hold your own in a conversation with those blasted, beloved "old timers." And what�s the Program? Well, it could be any one of the dozens of Twelve-Step Programs to which millions of us now attribute a better life, or even being alive. Or both. Alcoholics Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous, Al-Anon, Narcotics Anonymous, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Alateen, Nicotine Anonymous, Debtors Anonymous, or You-Name-It-Anonymous; if you�ve ever sat through a bunch of meetings in some grungy church basement and heard, "Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed these steps . . . ," you�re a Twelve-Stepper. You feel fairly comfortable on the Program most of the time. Not great, really, but OK, except for that relentless gnawing. No matter; you have a moderately good relationship with your Higher Power, you speak at meetings off and on, and you probably still have one or two "babies" or "pigeons," those newcomers who incessantly bug you on the other end of a phone. Basically, you�ve got it together. You�re sober, or clean, or in a process of releasing, slimming, whatever. You feel pretty good about your Program on the whole. You go to an acceptable number of meetings, take a good Tenth Step now and then, and may even opt for some occasional Twelfth-Step work when pressed. A model member. But this feeling that there�s something more just won�t leave you alone. Ninety percent of the time you�re not even aware of it, but that other ten percent, what is it? You go about your life pretty much by rote. You wake up in the morning not flying, but OK, and hit work with the same "hi" to the same boss every day. You dutifully reach for that scrungy coffee cup with your name on it and begin your workday after the usual complaints about the coffee�s quality. You listen to the same, unfunny jokes from the bunch, laugh at the appropriate spots (God forbid you shouldn�t be one of the troops!), and make the obligatory comments about Susie�s new dress and how low it�s cut. Nothing changes, particularly you. There�s no excitement, no newness. Maybe you should get more involved with the Program again, maybe get more newcomers to work with, or put in some hours down at Central Office. Maybe it�s time for another inventory. Damn! What is it? Then come the long walks. Are you really looking for something, or is it just spring fever in January? A new church, or dance group, or study group, anything new to fill that void. Perhaps you should share the feeling at a meeting? No, you guess not. How can you talk about a feeling when you don�t even know what the feeling is you�re feeling? So what is it? If you really tried, could you put your finger on it? Empty? Lonely? Or just basically unjazzed? Of course, you don�t want to look at it too closely because it might be nothing more than midlife crisis or college doldrums. Then again, maybe your situation isn�t so subtle. Maybe you�re one of the "Dear-God-how-did-I-ever-get-myself-into-this-mess-and-if-it-doesn�t-change-soon-I�m-going-to-kill-myself" group. And you go to meetings, smiling your usual answer to the usual greetings, "Oh, fine, thanks. I�m just fine." You keep stuffing the feelings as unrecognizable. After all, you�re sober, or clean, or releasing, or off cigarettes and card tables, aren�t you? What else is important? Finally, in shoulder-shrugging resignation, you conclude it�s probably nothing. After all, your life is a damn sight better than it was before the Program, and isn�t that what it�s all about? No! That kind of thinking won�t work any longer. Everything is not fine, not by a long shot. By capping your feelings, denying what the magnificent inner voice within you is trying to scream into your sleeping consciousness, you�re simply stuffing them farther down to fester yet another day. No, this is definitely not what life is all about. The Feeling of Aloneness Most of us go through life not knowing what we want but being pretty darn sure this isn�t it. So we walk around with that gnawing feeling of aloneness. Oh sure, we believe in a Higher Power--out there. We know it�s always there, ready to interact with us the moment we call to it. But the problem is we�re forever removing ourselves from that conscious contact and reverting right back to where we were--empty, separate. Since we�re certain it would be impossible to stay "plugged in" every second of every day, the Higher Power gets put on the back burner, ready for duty when called upon. We go on picking up scraps of joy here and there in those rare and wonderful moments of carefree living, those moments of what? Ahh, those moments of not feeling alone! The list price for this book is $13.95. To purchase it for $10.46 at a 25% discount from Amazon.com, go directly to http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1571742670/selfimprovemeonlA/ --------------------------------------------------- *** BOOK EXCERPT: Spiritual Energy Cycles � By Jackie Woods, Russell Woods *** --------------------------------------------------- Chakras, Frequency, Color, Sound!! Wait!! Too much to keep track of. You�re probably right. The important concept to grasp is that human beings are not just static lumps of matter. We are made of energy fields that affect, and are affected by, the rest of the world. Our energy fields have several different levels that interact with each other and our surroundings. Our physical bodies, then, are just the hard, innermost kernel of an onion-like energy field that floats in the sea of energy that makes up our reality. Is that better? At least for now, let�s deal only with that idea and put names like �auras,� �etheric and astral bodies,� and any other metaphysical terms you may have heard, aside. So, our bodies are nothing more than energy fields. Not so hard to believe. We all readily admit that matter is energy, and we are matter. If we are energy fields, then we exhibit the properties that energy does, right? If energy has to flow, then we have to flow. In fact, a healthy body is the manifestation of a flowing energy field. So a blocked or stagnant energy field would manifest as an injury or disease, right? Absolutely. An affliction of the physical body is caused by a block in our energy field, held in place by an emotion. Always. Sound like a strong statement? Why? If you made lemonade with stagnant water, the finished product would be rather �diseased� wouldn�t it? But what about dropping a hammer on your foot: how could that be caused by a block in your energy field? Well, if you hold your arm near the energy field of the television screen, the hairs all stand up. So you know that energy fields affect their environment. And we know that energy has this �magnetic� property. So what if your field contained the belief (an energy) that you couldn�t stand up for what was rightfully yours, held in place by the fear of confronting your boss about a raise? Couldn�t that magnetically draw an accident to the part of your body that symbolically represents standing? OK, here�s the keystone. If everything is energy, then God or the Universe or whatever your idea of perfection is, is also energy. So, as energy beings, we are all part of that perfection. We are all made of the same energy as the rest of the Universe (God included), so we are all connected. This is where the idea of Universal Oneness comes from which we have learned to associate with shaved-headed monks in some monastery in Tibet. Now, when I say we are all made of the same energy, I am not trying to imply that we have no differences. For instance, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are obviously connected and, really, made up of the exact same water, but they have many different characteristics: direction of currents, frequency of storms, temperature, etc. Because they are different expressions of the same thing, we think of them as separate entities; as energy beings, we are the same way. If we accept this concept of connectedness, it makes it much easier to imagine that changes in our energy fields would lead to changes in the flow of energy that is creating the circumstances in our lives. After all, raising the water temperature in the Atlantic by even a few degrees would eventually affect the quantity and quality of marine life in the Pacific. Obviously, in the earlier example about the raise and the hammer, it would be ludicrous for a being which is part of Perfection to not have the strength or the right to stand up for what they deserve. So, we see that a block in energy flow is really an Untruth. In fact, all the Untruths that end up as blocks in our energy fields - �I�m not good enough,� �I can�t get what I need,� �I�ll always be alone,� etc. - are really just variations of the central Untruth that we are not part of that Perfection or God-Energy. Nevertheless we hold these untruths in all four of our bodies, Physical, Emotional, Mental, and Spiritual, all the time, and the manifestation of these blocks into our world causes us much pain and suffering. In this book we are going to look at how to change this process. The list price for this book is $9.95. To purchase it from Amazon.com, go directly to http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=096596650X/selfimprovemeonlA/ * Spiritual Energy Cycles has an on-line book discussion for those seeking support and interaction with others on their growth journey. Simply go to http://www.jackiewoods.org and scroll to the bottom of the page where you will find a link to the discussion. No time commitment necessary, read postings and post as often as you like. Start applying growth concepts to your life and watch your life change! --------------------------------------------------- *** BOOK REVIEW: Brain Trust: The Hidden Connection Between Mad Cow and Misdiagnosed Alzheimer's Disease � By Colm A. Kelleher, Ph.D. *** --------------------------------------------------- When the cattle-borne sickness known as Mad Cow Disease first appeared in America in 2003, authorities were quick to assure the nation that the outbreak was isolated, quarantined, and posed absolutely no danger to the general public. What we were not told was that the origins of the sickness may already have been here and suspected for a quarter of a century. This illuminating expos� of the threat to our nation's health reveals for the first time how Mad Cow Disease (a.k.a. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) has jumped species, infecting humans in the form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), and may be hidden in the enormous increase in the number of Alzheimer's cases since 1979. Detailing the history and biology of Mad Cow Disease, Brain Trust discloses how an investigation into the mysterious deaths in a group of cannibals in a remote part of the world evolved into a research program in the United States that may have had unforeseen and frightening consequences. The shocking questions examined include: - Have millions of Americans already been exposed to the prions known to cause Mad Cow Disease through years of eating tainted beef? - Does the epidemic of prion disease spreading like wildfire through the nation's deer and elk pose a threat to hunters and venison eaters? - Are the cattle mutilations discovered in the last 30 years part of a covert, illegal sampling program designed to learn how far the deadly prions have spread throughout the nation's livestock and beef products? Exposing the devastating truth about Mad Cow Disease and a new theory of the possible consequences of a little-known government research program and the potential national health catastrophe that may be the result, Brain Trust inoculates Americans with an effective cure: the truth. The list price for this book is $22.00. 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