Life Visioning: A Transformative Process for Activating Your Unique Gifts and Highest Potential

by Michael Beckwith

Overview

Why have you been given this singular treasure that is your life—and how will you use it? What is the purpose for the unique blend of gifts, skills, experiences, and perspectives that you alone possess? To support you in answering these questions and living in sync with your inner calling, Michael Bernard Beckwith presents Life Visioning—an essential companion for anyone seeking to accelerate their spiritual evolution. Here he offers his complete Life Visioning Process—transformational technology for applying deep inquiry and spiritual practice to enable the growth, development, and unfoldment of your soul. Join him to learn more about:

The four stages of consciousness: Victim, Manifester, Channel, and Being—the characteristics of each stage, and how we move through them
• The dance of co-creation—establishing the balance between effort and surrender
• Applying the Life Visioning Process in all of your life structures, including relationships, finances, livelihood, and spiritual practice
“When your thoughts and actions begin to align with the imperatives of your soul,” explains Beckwith, “you enroll the full support of the universe. Unimagined possibilities begin to open up as you synchronize with the divine.” In this book, you will discover an unparalleled method for navigating every stage of your evolutionary journey—and fulfilling your highest calling as only you can.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781622030507
Publisher:	Sounds True, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/01/2013
Pages:	216
Sales rank:	297,739
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 7.84(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Michael Bernard Beckwith
Michael Bernard Beckwith is the founder and spiritual director of the Agape International Spiritual Center, a transdenominational community in Los Angeles. He is the founder of the University of Transformational Studies and Leadership, and an international speaker and teacher of meditation. Beckwith is a featured teacher in the film The Secret, and also appears in the films Pass It On and Living Luminaries. He has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and Larry King Live. Beckwith's books include Inspirations of the Heart, 40 Day Mind Fast Soul Feast, and A Manifesto of Peace.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Introduction: How to Become "Yes!" 1

Part 1 Evolving Through the Stages

Chapter 1 The Universality of Visioning 13

Chapter 2 The Four Stages of Evolutionary Growth 27

Chapter 3 Stage One: Victim Consciousness 39

Chapter 4 Stage Two: Manifester Consciousness 57

Chapter 5 To Connect, Must We Disconnect? 83

Chapter 6 Stage Three: Channel Consciousness 91

Chapter 7 Stage Four: Being Consciousness 111

Part 2 The Life Visioning Process

Chapter 8 The Dark Night of the Soul 125

Chapter 9 Preparing the Ground of Consciousness 133

Chapter 10 The Art and Science of Visioning 145

Chapter 11 Integrating the Vision into Our Life Structures 159

Epilogue: A View from the Heart 181

Acknowledgments 187

Credits 189

About the Author 191

Editorial Reviews

This inspired and brilliant work gives us the understanding and tools of Sacred Psychology.” —JEAN HOUSTON, PHD, author of A Passion for the Possible

“In Life Visioning,Michael Beckwith eloquently unfolds the secrets of deep inquiry for spiritual development, which leads to infi nite possibilities in our lives.” —DEEPAK CHOPRA, MD, author of War of the Worldviews: Science vs. Spirituality

From the Publisher

According to Beckwith (Spiritual Liberation), director of the Agape International Spiritual Center, the Life Visioning Process is a “conscious participation in the evolution of your consciousness.” Beckwith’s method is intended for all faiths and uses New Thought principles to foster spiritual evolution and connection with the divine, here called Source. To lay the groundwork for LVP, Beckwith discusses five foundational life qualities, eight life structures, and four stages of evolutionary growth that lead to greater consciousness. The actual Life Visioning Process isn’t explained until almost the end of the book. It consists of seven steps in which practitioners enter a meditative, intuitive state to ask the higher self for guidance. Beckwith’s writing is powerful in its positivity, and LVP may indeed be a valuable tool, but this book suffers from a lack of organization. The various steps, life structures, and evolutionary stages become confusing. Beckwith is also fond of abstract terms (Great Knowing, Divine Ideation), which may sound nice, but aren’t well defined. Most frustratingly, more time is spent praising LVP than clearly explaining it. (Jan.)

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