3 X 5's: Index Card Wisdom from Best of Books

A GOOD PERMISSIVE Bill O'Hanlon (2003). A Guide to Inclusive Therapy O'Hanlon has a Master's degree, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and is the author of over 40 books. In this book, he suggests that we give permission *to and not to have an experience* (except for cases of harmful action), including seemingly opposite or contradictory things...some examples follow: you can feel angry and you don't have to feel angry its ok to be sexual and you don't have to be sexual it ok to and you don't have to... you'll stop this or not giving permission seems to free people to make a choice, knowing that either choice is possible, that whatever they have thought/done is part of a continuum of choices, that other things are possible... the next time you need to make a decision (start with something small), consider what the opposite or contradictory choice might be and create a language structure that acknowledges both choices...e.g., you can do/think X AND...

KUNDALINI YOGA Gurmukh (2000). The 8 Human Talents:                                     Restore the Balance and Serenity Within You                                     With Kundalini Yoga Gurmurkh Kaur Khalsa's teacher is Yogi Bhajan...Gurmukh is a Sikh, associated with the Golden Temple, and as of 2000, has been teaching kundalini yoga and meditation for 30 years. Kundali yoga is a chakra based system with postures and meditations related to each of the following eight chakras: rectum (saftey and survival), genitals (procreation and creativity), navel and solar plexus (personal power), heart (love and compassion), throat (communication and truth, 3rd eye (wisdom and intuition), crown of head (self-realization and union), and auric energy field around the body (overall h...

Multisensory Human Kathy Callahan (2005).  Multisensory Human:                                                  The Evolution of the Soul  Callahan (PhD in Anthropology from Purdue) was a naval officer for 20 years, and wrote several books. This book is not a practical book (it appears that one of her other books, "Living in the Spirit, Applying Spiritual Truths in Daily Life" may be more pragmatic). Callahan uses religion, science, and metaphysics as frameworks for exploring the themes of devolution and evolution in reference to humanity, culture, and spirituality.  The key idea of a multisensory human is one with 2 senses beyond the conventional 5...the 6th being imagination, and the 7th being intuition.  There are 2 types of evolutionary processes: micro and macro.  On the micro level, we are spiritual beings created...

SIMPLY LOVE Mary Balogh (2006). Simply Love. This is the 2nd of Balogh's romance novels in the "simply" series of 4 books set in early 19th century England during the Regency era. The main story line centers around the relationship between Anne Jewell, a single mother and teacher in an all girls school, and Sydnam Butler, 2nd son of the Earl of Redford, who is scarred from being tortured on one one side of his body during the Nepolianic wars and is currently a steward of an estate in Wales owned by the Duke of Bewcastle.  Both Jewell and Butler have their demons to face. Anne has an inner demon from the trauma of rape that resulted in her only son and Sydnam has the outer demon of his disfigurement that repells most people...these demons complicate their relationship but they form a friendship that slowly evolves into one romantic interlude resulting in pregnancy which brings them back together and eventually leads to a hasty marriage which culminates in a surprise celebr...