Category: Self-Help Publisher: Pura Vida Publishing
ISBN-10: 1891569198
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 250
Copyright: Dec 1 1998
Living the Dream is a chronicle of one year of The Dream Workshops—human spirits who have come together to learn from others while they rediscover the deep knowing within themselves. Share the experience of the participants as they individually express their hearts while exploring their original vibrations, essences and gifts.
"Living the Dream - It's Time" is a journey to the innermost level of knowing, an adventure into a world that shakes the paradigms of mainstream thought. This is where magic happens and you can be part of it. You learn to align with your true purpose and unique destiny here on Earth. You rediscover who you are and play in the realm of pure vibration, energy and essence. You rekindle the fire in your belly, the primal excitement that is life itself. You nurture your passion as you would a pilot light, as if it meant the very survival of your soul—which it does. The sleeping spirit within each of us is waking up. It is now time to know our magnificence and openly share what we know with others. It’s time to awaken and live the Dream.Explore the spirit, power and process of The Dream Workshops in a dynamic, play-by-play presentation of this dynamic approach to transformation. Filled with practical, experiential exercises you can do at home to embrace and master Alchemy, Sovereignty, Universal Supply, Synchronicity, Unconditional Love, Grace, Equality and many other natural, miracle-producing states of being.
Excerpt
St. Germain and I spent a lot of time together, sometimes four hours at a stretch. He’d talk and show me life lessons on the wall. I would joke and say to him that this method of instruction felt like when my football coach would project training films of last week's game on the white wall of the locker room. Although, St. Germain's visual presentation was of the future, not of the past! He’d show me how my life was going to unfold, the options I would have along the way, and how I could prepare for it. Much of what he had me focus on was my interaction with individuals and groups. He said I would need all the love, understanding and skills I could muster to facilitate large gatherings someday. At the time my memory of these nighttime sessions was very vague. Usually in the morning, I’d just shake it off as a dream. Deep down within myself, though, I knew it wasn’t a dream at all. I was fully awake, walking around in my bedroom, and talking with St. Germain as I would a close buddy. I would get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it. These meetings went on through high school and college and into my twenties. As the visits became more frequent, I would run into the St. Germain Hair Salon, St. Germain Dress Shop, and receive mailers from the St. Germain Book Co. I knew then that these reminders were appearing in my life to help me keep my sanity and to know that these fantastic rendezvous were real.
Professional Reviews
Profound Page-Turner
I am an avid New Age book reader and have experienced wonderful insights, moments of "aha," and validation of my belief systems. My reading of this book represents the easiest piece of consciousness raising I have yet done and by no means, the least dynamic. I found the magic working on me as I flew through the pages.
-Ariele Huff, Editor, Seattle New Times
Powerful, Authentic Rendering
I have been following the fascinating evolution of the Dream Workshop Gatherings of which this book is about, and I have been truly amazed and pleased at the way the spirit of the Gatherings is captured within these pages. The Gatherings allow each participant to get in touch with their own heart energy, their own intuition, their own soul truth and to live their lives from that space. People find their lives unfolding to be the manifestation of their dearest and deepest dreams. Every Gathering is new and different from the one before, because each one is made of new participants who share consciousness in new and creative ways. Each Gathering brings about personal transformation for the participants, and brings us another step closer to global transformation. Just reading the book will begin the process of transformation in the reader's life, and will add to the transformation of the planet, as together, we create heaven on earth.
-Linda Costello, Phoenix Metaphysical Digest
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Reviews for "Living the Dream - It's Time"
Reviewed by Sulana Stone
9/30/2003
Enlightening. True. Heart-warming. Living the Dream—It’s Time takes us inside a spiritual workshop where we experience our awareness unfolding alongside the workshop participants. If you’ve ever searched for answers to life’s most poignant questions, like “Who am I?” “What’s the purpose of life?” and “How do I find love, money or health?” this book offers valuable insights. Scattered throughout the book are the exercises that the co-author and facilitator, Keith Varnum, uses to assist people to discover their own answers. The book is a play-by-play account of the wisdom that was elicited during the workshops, The Dream—A Gathering of Equals, throughout its yearlong travels.
Unique about this book is that one of the workshop participants, Mark Conrad, is the co-author. Conrad reveals what lead him to the workshops: “I was on the treadmill called a “normal” life with more “success” than many because of my tenacity and ambitious drive. Way deep inside, I knew there was more, but it was way down there.” Along with the rest of the workshop folks, Conrad experiences profound transformation.
The book touches readers where they live—right smack in the middle of life—looking for a deeper, more satisfying road to happiness. We experience the joys and the tears, the humor and the fears. The participants eventually discover an inner wisdom about life, love, themselves and spirit that they weren’t even aware they knew. In The Gatherings, people feel safe enough to face issues and realizations that previously they hadn’t been willing to face. The effect was to provide personal evidence for members of the group that they did have great reservoirs of wisdom, strength, clarity, intuition, love and spiritual depth. Playfully, people were tricked into discovering their own magnificence and equality! Group members came to the common understanding that all participants, including the facilitator, were equal in knowing, personal power, depth of compassion, and spiritual awareness.
Direct quotes from the participants showed many diverse points of view and profound insights. Varnum triggered this gold mine of sharing through presenting own stories of magic, wonder and miracles.
-- A decision delayed even one second is not the same decision --
A fascinating guided journey through your decision making process and cause and effect that will help you to think about your decisions and how your actions or inaction impa
