SIMPLE GIFTS
Your relationships as a spiritual path
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In writing this little book, I felt it important to initially share some of the guiding influences to its creation. These “guides” or “influences” are in the form of critical autobiographical information. To this end, I have included an extended portion of background in this Preface. Since these influences often seem to come from sources that cannot be documented, I have little option but to share as much as I can about the context of their arrival in my life. I trust that the reader will grant me this. Having come from a logical background that is well grounded in scientific documentation, I can see the challenges that this may represent for some. I honor your choice. Nothing happens by chance. All of the surrounding factors of any given event, while material to that event, may never be fully known. To the best of my memory and knowledge, I have captured the basic elements surrounding some of the key events leading up to the writing of this book. My goal has been to keep it as simple, accessible and as free of extraneous material as possible. The most important key to keep in mind is that this is not a book of solutions. It is a book of heuristic* ideas, devices and guidelines to assist those who are wishing to free themselves from limitations, illusions, traps, and heal the ego conspiracy against their Greatness. These have worked for me, and I am grateful for the guidance I have received, regardless of where it came from. I have been blessed to have had this guidance, and I am deeply honored to share these simple gifts with you. *Definition of “Heuristic” • Encouraging discovery of solutions: relating to or using a method of teaching that encourages learners to discover solutions for themselves. • May involve trial and error: using or arrived at by a process of trial and error rather than set rules. • Able to change: can describe a computer software program that modifies itself in response to the varying conditions it encounters. • Experience-based exploratory techniques for problem solving, learning, and discovery. • A way to grow that does not involve rigid dogmatic, black and white requirements. These gifts arrive in the form of heuristics and are intended to support and liberate your natural gifts and guide your movement through the ego’s conspiracy toward the truth of your Higher Being – your Greatness. As you will come to see, it all begins with moments of awareness and grows from there. The heuristics are your ticket to these moments. I encourage you to check out and explore each and everything you find along the way. Try it on, see if it’s a fit. We wouldn’t buy a new piece of clothing without trying it on first, so why is it not at least equally important with our mind and its contents? The early chapters are essentially establishing a basis that can permit an open inquiry and that can offer a foundation and framework on which to build. Treat every chapter and its contents as an invitation to an exercise in true heuristic exploration. I have debated with myself whether to leave the autobiographical information in the book, or to take it out. I have chosen to leave it in, as it conveys an extra element of depth that is not only relevant and material to the development of this book but also shares a personal reflection of the author that is often missing in an endeavor of this sort. Enjoy my following story. “Life is a great Adventure, or nothing”...Helen Keller ......
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Have you ever noticed that your success, work, and relationships often seem to be sabotaged? That may be because it is actually true. There is a dark and destructive, covert conspiracy within. It sabotages our success, work, and our most-important loving relationships. It is busy actively working against you even as you read this synopsis. While it is actually a fear-based illusion, it is typically perceived as reality and is rarely, if ever, examined. Through simple heuristic devices, you can begin to explore the nature of your world, and how you perceive it. What’s more—you can begin to lay the groundwork and build the foundation for discovering who you really are … and it isn’t what you think. Perhaps most importantly, you can work within your relationships to discover your special gifts and the sacred nature of your partner and take the necessary steps to heal the sabotage that would destroy it.
About the Author
James F. Shea, B.A., M.A., CHT. is a Therapist, Counselor and Consultant, in business and private practice in Vancouver, B.C. He serves, at present, as the Director of the Quantum Empowerment Institute, where he offers both individual and group programs in the area of Transpersonal Empowerment. His lectures, workshops and seminars have proven powerfully inspirational and transformative, and James has become acknowledged for his Vision and skills developed over more than four decades. His eclectic approach draws on a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Psychology with more advanced research in the area of Psycho-Spiritual Awakening being carried out at Centers in London, England and in San Francisco, USA. James has also been certified as a Clinical Hypnotherapist by the American Board of Clinical Hypnotherapy. In addition to his counselling practice, and his involvement in the Institute, James was involved for almost two decades with the Provincial Government in the establishment and support of alternative residential learning environments for the developmentally challenged.