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Title: The Secret of the Shadow: The Power of Owning Your Whole Story by Debbie Ford ISBN: 0062517821 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 24 December, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.55
Rating: 5
Summary: A Life Altering Experience!
Comment: And I thought the "Dark Side of the Light Chasers" was life altering! "The Secret of the Shadow" has revealed yet another layer I hadn't seen before. Until reading this book, I had been living in the very limiting stories of, "I'm not good enough" and "I'm not deserving." In simple and clear terms, Debbie Ford has provided me with a roadmap to identify the beliefs that have been running my life. I now have the tools to transform my automatic behaviors which have created negative results in the past. Debbie's wisdom has awakened my own spiritual essence such that I can truly see my divine right to have it all!
When I saw that I am robbing myself of fulfillment, joy and self expression by not sharing my gifts with the world, I was able to make a shift in my perception. As a result, I am already moving forward in creating the life of my dreams. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is ready to play on the court of life in a big way!
Rating: 5
Summary: Soul searching in the shadows.
Comment: Debbie Ford drew a standing-room only crowd during her recent visit to Boulder promoting this book. She is a workshop facilitator at the Choprak Center for Well Being with a background in transpersonal psychology. Ford is an amazing speaker, whose words left me on an emotional high for days.
Perhaps easier said than done, the premise of Ford's new book may be summarized as follows. "Healing the wounds of our past is a sacred process," she observes. "It's a holy event, a moment when we decide to step out of our dramas, the smallness of our individual selves, and see the sacredness of our existence. By gaining wisdom from our emotional wounds, we break free from our past and are able to grasp something truly amazing--our Divine purpose in this life" (p. 122). We create "stories" for ourselves that not only define who we are, but that ultimately separate us from ourselves, others and the world, leaving us begging to belong and and fit in, while draining our energy (p. 9). "When we're living inside our stories," Ford says, "we engage in repetitive habits, abusive behaviors, and abusive inner dialogues" (p. 10). Our stories tell us, for example, that we're not good enough, we're not loved, we're not special, we're undeserving, we're nobodies, we're flawed, and we can't trust. Ford's book demonstrates through example that these stories do not truly define who we are, and serve only to limit our potentials for love, inner peace, success and the lives we dream of living. Through many exercises, she encourages us to step outside our stories, and walk through the dramas of our lives, making peace with ourselves by embracing all that we are and all that we are not (p. 102).
"Close your eyes," Ford said during her recent Boulder appearance, "and imagine the life you'd rather be living. Now open your eyes and start living that life now." Ford's book shows that it's just that easy. Well, almost that easy. Written by someone who has been there, done that, it points the way towards personal growth and how to live a more authentic life. A little twelve-step, a little Buddhist dharma, while the exercises in Ford's inspiring book may not make you feel good at first, they might just leave you feeling real in the end.
G. Merritt
Rating: 5
Summary: Forever changed the way I view myself and my world
Comment: I am familiar with Debbie Ford's other works, however, this book truly feels like her most important message yet.
While reading this book I discovered that everything I had previously thought myself to be -- my past, my beliefs, my feelings, my limitations -- is just part of a story that I created about myself. A story that has kept me small. A story that has prevented me from spreading my wings and flying as high as I am capable. This realization has opened a door in my consciousness that can never again be closed. It has awakened a deep inner knowing of who I am and what my life is about.
What I loved most about this book is Debbie's generous accounts for her own evolution, from living inside her limiting "story" to choosing a life outside of it. The book is filled with practical exercises and meditations that helped me to find the wisdom of my life's experiences, and to see myself as the magnificent spiritual being that I am.
Thank you, Debbie Ford, once again, for taking the light of God out of the shadow. I am deeply touched and forever changed.
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