June 2009 Books
The Starfleet Messages; Linking Nutrition to Mental Health; A Woman's Guide to Opening a Man's Heart; Lighten Up!
The Starfleet Messages
A Galactic Guide to Spiritual ExpansionThe Galactic Frequency Council of Galactic Starfleet Command is challenging you to “get on with what you came to this planet to do.”
This channeled work offers assistance for learning to open up the physical, emotional, mental, etheric and spiritual bodies to the frequencies of the soul. “That's what ascension is all about—you manifesting more of your higher dimensional You down here on Earth,” we are told in the Foreword.
The assistance comes in the form of explanations regarding a wide range of phenomena, including (but not limited to): soul evolution; soul contracts (destiny); spiritual expansion; divine unity; the nature of time and good and evil; sound frequencies; energy vortices; divine sexuality; the universal heart chakra; the true nature of love, abundance and giving; interdimensional communication; and conscious activation of all strands of our DNA.
The message of The Starfleet Messages feels pretty common sense to me, but I've learned that what is common sense to some of us will throw others into shock. The book offers some new insights and a lot of good reminders as to how and why it matters that we take the trouble to tune in and live a conscious life. It also promises that we cannot help but be affected by the high-vibrational energy of the channeling. That has to be a good thing. Feel your crown chakra starting to tingle?
—Chiwah
Linking Nutrition to Mental Health
A Scientific Exploration
The mind-body connection goes both ways: just as negative thinking can create disease in the body, poor nutritional habits can create havoc in the mind.
In Linking Nutrition to Mental Health, clinical dietician Ruth Leyse-Wallace explores the connection between mental and nutritional health in our society and offers recommendations for putting groundbreaking research discoveries into practice to vastly improve our quality of life.
Here's something I learned: Vitamin B 12 deficiency can show up as irritability, apathy, sleepiness, suspiciousness, emotional instability, memory problems, mood swings and difficulties with concentrating, reasoning and abstract thinking. Given that aging is often accompanied by a decrease in B 12 levels and that a vegetarian diet provides none of this vitamin, some of us should sit up and take notice. In psychiatric patients, she tells us, Vitamin B 12 deficiency may surface as organic brain syndrome, paranoia, violence and depression. So… Get your B 12 !
I recommend this book as a useful reference. Ruth presents a synthesis of breakthrough scientific research from around the world, assembled in anwell-organized fashion. For most of us, this would not be a book we'd choose for casual reading. If you're looking to find the nutritional link to what ails you, however, it might be just the ticket.
—Chiwah
A Woman's Guide to Opening a Man's Heart
What woman hasn't felt the heartache of failing to connect more deeply with her man? And what man hasn't felt the temptation to shut down in the face of a woman's emotions?
Beginning by inviting us to see how nature and society collude to set it up that way, Kamala offers instructive examples from real life that both women and men can relate to. She breaks the problem down into easily digestible, bite-size chunks, then shines a light into the darkness of self-delusion to make it clear that it originates not in the other person, but in ourselves.
Beginning with the premise that a man can feel safe enough to relax his defenses with a woman who has learned to fully accept and love the dark parts of herself, the book offers exercises for attaining greater self-acceptance, asking for what we want in a non-defensive, non-threatening manner, and developing a level of intimacy that takes us far beyond sex.
I particularly appreciated her approach to the discussion of tantra. “Flawless attention to what is, attention that is neither goal-oriented nor performance-based, combined with the mastery of breath, is the gateway to Tantra,” she explains. Later in the book she goes into detailed descriptions of a variety of ways to use the breath to enhance the experience of spiritualized intimate connection.
Though the title suggests a book for women, men will in fact find it equally instructive.
I found A Woman's Guide to Opening a Man's Heart a treasure chest of frank and thoughtful insights into what it takes to create a transformative relationship, offered to the reader in a tone both compassionate and respectful.
Initially it was the title that intrigued me—and as I made my way through the book, fascination turned to love. Kudos to Kamala for creating a masterpiece that mirrors in its tone the compassion and respect advocated in its instructive content.
—Chiwah
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Lighten Up!
The Authentic and Fun Way to Lose Your Weight and Your WorriesAre you ready to get into shape? Only if it's fun? Then this is the book for you. Say goodbye to “useless diets, gadgets, and faux scientific cures.” And intestinal cleansing. And obsessing over organics, grass-fed, and free-range.
Loretta understands that trying to slim down isn't for quitters. She tells us from the outset that it's going to require commitment. We're going to have to take action, use common sense, and learn how to regulate our emotions. But that doesn't mean we can't have a good time.
Feeling guilty about a few licks of ice cream or a piece of cake? Forget about it. Eat what you like—just reduce your calorie intake. If, like most of us, you have trouble limiting yourself to small portions, her humorous key to being realistic about portion sizes should help.
But that's only the beginning. One piece of info I picked up was that I would have to sleep more hours than there are in a day to burn enough calories to stay thin. Oh well… guess I'd best wake up and crawl out of bed.
Lighten Up! The message is that you deserve to be free of fanaticism when it comes to food and exercise, but that you do have to pay attention and take control of your life. The book offers good self-assessment tools and a variety of approaches to having fun eating for a thinner body—so there's bound to be something here for you. And me. —Chiwah
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