Achieving Personal Power and Inner Calm: A Practical Guide to a More Fulfilling and Stress Free Way of Life.

By Charlene Thomas

Our Place in today's world is frequently filled with doubts about who we are and what is involved in finding power and peace. We often have false beliefs that external circumstances have power over us and thus control the degree of inner peace and joy we experience.
ACHIEVING PERSONAL POWER and INNER CALM provides and understanding of the inter relationship between spiritual-bibical and emotional health principles. It provides a step by step guide on how to incorporate these principles into the detail of our daily lives ...thus ensuring we have internal peace, joy, and power ... No matter the life circumstance .

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 20, 2014
• ISBN: 9781493162901

Charlene Thomas

Charlene Thomas grew up in Dominion, a small coal mining town on Cape Breton Island. She has been writing as long as she can remember .e.g. songs, fiction and self care books. She is a published author She has worked in leadership and clinical roles within Mental Health In Nova Scotia . She has been active in her community including helping to establish the Truro Help Line and the Truro Palliative care unit. She lives with her husband of 30 years in North River NS . "My hope is that the message. In this book will help young people know it is alright to be themselves and that the questions will provide the tools to assist teachers ,parents and care givers in discussions around self esteem and being perfect Just the way you are!" Charlene Thomas RN B.ADM(HS)MHA(Published Author) Feedback is always welcomed! [e-mail]

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Copyright © 2014 by Charlene Thomas.

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Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

Rev. date: 02/17/2014

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter I The Beginning Of Seeing Ourselves As Different From ‘The Other’

Chapter II Spiritual Warfare

Chapter III The Roles We Play (Recognizing Our Roles Are Not Us)

Chapter IV Walking In The Spirit

Chapter V Reducing The Ego Within

Chapter VI Life Impressions / Spiritual Impressons

Chapter VII Connecting To Spirit Helpful Practices

Chapter VIII Recognizing Our Spiritual Unity

Chapter IX Receiving Spiritual Energy

Chapter X Evaluating Your Spiritial Journey

Conclusions

Appendix

Inspirational Quotes From Spiritual Leaders And People Of Wisdom

About The Author

DEDICATION

To my husband, Blaine

You inspire me by the way you naturally live your life from a ‘spirit centered’ place… . treating everyone with respect and dignity bringing humor and joy to all you encounter. I am so blessed that you love me.

BIBLICAL REFERENCES

Good News Bible

With Deuterocanonicals / Apocrypha

Canadian Bible Society, Toronto, Ontario

The Holy Bible

The Knox translation of the New Testament

The MacMillan Company of Canada Ltd.

Acknowledgement

To Eileen MacVicar

The best typest ever

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

When I reflect on my life journey, I would say that being a ‘spirituality’ seeker has been a priority and ‘thread’ throughout.

Initially with practicing my Christian tradition, then moving on to involvement within the church and finally to reading, studying and learning from a variety of spiritual leaders.

The influences for which I thank God daily includes the wisdom and love I received from my mother, the talents I received from my father, my husband Blaine… who lives the principles of love, your neighbours, my brother and sisters and family, the Holy Bible, traditional Africian spirituals and the many spiritual and secular writers whose insights added new truths to my spiritual practices.

My wish and prayer for each of you is that some of the revelations