Most of us don't really know we are. Oh, sure we may have ideas about who we are and who we might be, but even those ideas aren't really original. Most of our ideas...most of our beliefs come from others who we felt knew us better than we knew ourselves. Most of our beliefs about ourselves and about the world we live in are firmly established in our minds by the time we are six years old. Six years old! No wonder this world is such a mess. Most of us are really unconscious of what we believe and why we believe it and yet it is those ideas that shape our reality.

There is "no" reality outside of ourselves. As Henry David Thoreau once said, "We do not see things as they really are, we see things as we are." The reason why we have depressions, recessions, wars, hunger, poverty, etc. is because individually as well as collectively we "think" these things into being. Not consciously, mind you, but unconsciously. We have depressions because there are enough people in the world today believe in lack and limitation; that there is not enough to go around. We have wars because individually we have wars with ourselves; we hate ourselves, we fight with ourselves, and then we project this hating and this fighting onto other people. This sounds overly simplified, but really, really think about it. If you truly liked yourself and appreciated yourself, would you have any need to find fault in another? Now multiply this by 60,000,000,000. If 60,000,000,000 people genuinely liked themselves and appreciated themselves what would they have to gain by trying to hurting another human being. We like to say that it's "those other people" that create wars and mass destruction because it's hard taking responsibility and as hard as taking responsibility actually is, it's even harder taking conscious responsibility for your life.

When we truly examine our beliefs and why we believe them we begin to see that most of those beliefs have absolutely no basis in reality. It's something we just accepted. I had a second grade teacher that told me to my face that I belonged in a "slow learners program". Can you imagine how devastated I was? For years...and I'm talking years...I thought I was slow...I thought I was stupid...I thought I didn't have the intellectual capacity to really amount to anything in this world. There was a point in my life where I was so down on myself, so disgusted with myself, so dissappointed with myself that I wanted to kill myself and end it all and I actually tried.

Of course I obviously failed and when I did botch the attempt all I could say was, "...and yet another failure..." but something was beginning to happen within me after that suicide attempt. It began to slowly dawn on me that it's not that I really wanted to die, I wanted the old and limiting thoughts about myself to die. That was a major realization.

This book was like a major Godsend to me. I began to truly see how each one of us has a Higher Self. No matter what you may believe, you have a Higher self who knows you more than you know yourself and the only reason you haven't yet made contact with this Higher Self is because your mental and emotional and spiritual clutter are obstructing It from coming through.

You do not have to clear away all of your crap to experience the Higher Self. All you have to do is be willing enough to make a little pathway in the midst of all that debris and your Higher Self will joyfully come forth.

Changing our beliefs and keeping those beliefs changed is very hard work, but it's good work. I won't kid you, the work never gets completely done, but it does get easier and easier because once you begin to really like yourself and accept yourself and trust yourself, the universe begins to unfold in beautiful ways. It's almost like a conspiracy that is FOR YOU and not against you. Yeah, you'll still attract some crud balls along the way, but it's yet another opportunity to experience your Higher Self.

We deserve a world that's peaceful, abundant, loving, and filled with opportunities for EVERYONE. It all starts with us.

As Ghandi said, "We must be the change we wish to see in the world..."

Peace and Blessings.

I highly recommend this book if you are struggling with how to resolve relationship issues. I found it very useful not just for it's obvious purpose of teaching you how to be more intutive, but also for the tools it gives you to cope with (and forgive and release) the stresses of life.

I found this book to be the most enlightening book I have ever read. Tons of ways to find out about yourself, other people wether they be friends, family or strangers. Ways to find out about your life and your path and the world around you. I was amazed by the eye opening thoughts and ideas in this book that have made me see myself and the world around me in a much different light. This book has made a profound change in me for the better. If you want to experience the wonders of this book I suggest you buy it NOW. You can't help but gain enlightenment from this wonderful book. Thank you Ms. Roman and God bless you.

Really this is the first book I have ever seen that addresses the issue of telepathic connection and how we allow it impacts us, either harmfully or in good ways. In my own life I have found myself picking up people's thoughts and feelings but I didn't realize it for a long time because they felt like my own. But over time and many experiences, I finally figured it out. How wonderful to find my situation perfectly described in this book and to get reasonable advice about what to do about it! My tendency to be extremely tired after interactions with other folks is explained too, and clear advice given. What a Godsend!

Such energy drainage in my case is a form of psychic codependence (my term) where I am not focusing on my own life (as explained in the book), but am taking responsability for others' lives. This is classic codependent behavior, but it is in the psychic realm! What an AHA! This I can do something about! With simple mental correction I immediately have a relief-giving energy shift which is quite amazing. Much of the advice in this book is solid information on avoiding codependent pitfalls though the word codependent is never used in this book.

There is a lot of wonderful information in this book. Simple exercises are given to practice managing your thoughts, and training your mind to choose higher energy patterns. When learned these protective and beneficial habits are good for everyone around you and especially those people you are really connected with. You are urged to take a daily self-inventory of your feelings to help learn to sort out your own feelings from those with whom you are in contact, so you can begin to really know when you are picking things up from others and do something about it. The ways telepathy works, (under what condtions) thoughts and feelings are transmitted was a bit of a surprise to me, not at all what I would have guessed. It really helps you to stop being a loose cannon, sending when you don't intend to and receiving when you'd rather not.

Ultimately we must take responsibility for our own thoughts and energy practices and stop being the victims of the vibes that are always around us. This book helps us to "grow up" energetically and accept our place in making our own lives (and through our influence,the world) better and happier.

I have my work cut out for me but now I have a real plan of action. Thank you Sanaya! Your books are balm on a hurting world.