Tomorrow, May 8th, James Ray, author of Harmonic Wealth is hosting a teleseminar for his new book at 10 am PST. The teleseminar will be replayed at 6 pm pst. In this teleseminar you can ask James Ray questions before the call and he will answer them on the call. If you would like to participate, you can ask a question before hand by visiting:
Daryn Kagan’s new book What’s Possible is a book about real people overcoming great odds and inspiring others. She was recently interviewed on CNN. She says that her favorite example is about a man who is a double amputee with two artificial legs who completed an Iron Man event which consists of running, swimming and biking. This man is also interviewed by CNN. The link to both of their interviews is below.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/book-of-inspiration-and-hope/4173750586
Three of the top five book on the May 3 New York Times Bestseller list all ask very spiritual questions such as why are we here, how do I live the life I deserve to live, and what actions can I take make the most of my life.
Number one on the list is The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. This book is written by a man who has terminal cancer and explains how he is making the most of his time left to live. Number three is The Secret, the book written by Rhonda Byrne based on the hit movie, The Secret, which shows us that we are responsible for creating the experiences in our lives. Number five is Harmonic Wealth by James Arthur Ray with Linda Siversten. James Ray is a star of The Secret and his new book talks about how to achieve harmonic wealth (which he distinguishes from just money) in our physical health, intellectual life, relationships, career and spiritual life.
This list shows that people are really searching for meaning, purpose and joy in all aspects of their life. All of these books go beyond the material definations of success such as making a lot of money. They ask us what is really important to us and inspire us to take responsiblity for living a life that is consistent with what we really value in our life.
James Ray, author of Harmonic Wealth, was interviewed on the Today Show yesterday. James Ray is a true “modern man’s mystic”. I refer to him this way because he has devoted much of his life to studying ancient spiritual practices and applying them to the modern world. For example, he was a top salesman at AT&T before becoming a full time author and speaker. Yet, while at AT&T, he began to apply his spiritual practices to his work. Eventually, this led him to create his Harmonic Wealth books and programs.
On the Today Show, James spoke about how true wealth goes far beyond making money. He says that wealth occurs when a person’s spiritual, financial, relationships, physical and mental lives are all in harmony. He also responded to some of the criticism in The Secret about its emphasis on just thinking your way to success. The Secret helped launch Ray into the national spotlight with appearances on Oprah and Larry King. But, Ray did mention that one point not stressed in The Secret is that a person needs have their thoughts, feelings and actions all in alignment to create what they value in life.
You can read the first chapter of his new book is at:
Russell Simmons recently wrote a book Do You: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success. Russell Simmons is known for his work with Def Jam Records, Phat Farm, and Def Comedy Jam and referred to as “The CEO of Hip Hop.” While most people know him as an entertainment mogul, he attributes his success to spiritual principles that he lays out in his book. In the introduction he says, “Instead of The Prince or The Art of War, these laws are rooted in books like Autobiography of a Yogi or The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.”
The book is an interesting example of how an entertainment mogul applies spiritual principles to his work. Russell explains that he is able to be focused through daily mediation and yoga and also how important it is for him to give back. There are many interesting antedotes throughout the book that give a glimpse into the daily business operations of his life and how he approached these challenges from a spiritual perspective.
Gregg Braden just released his new book Spontaneous Healing of Belief. In his book, he suggests that our beliefs can literally change our physical bodies and opportunities for abundance. The website below is a short video clip of Gregg Braden giving an explanation for how our beliefs influence us.
http://promos.hayhouse.com/braden/040208email/video_braden.php
Oprah Winfrey has teamed up with Eckhart Tolle to conduct an online class on Tolle’s book A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose. Over 700,000 people signed up for the class. The classes are free and take place on Mondays for the next 10 weeks. The sessions have no formal structure, but will inlcude streaming questions from participants. Additionally, they will discuss what each chapter means and how to apply it your life. According to Winfrey, Tolle’s book, “helps us to distance ourselves from our egos, which, of course open ourselves to a higher self, which he calls consciousness. It helps us to stop creating our own suffering and obsessing over the past and what the future might be.” Tolle went from suicidal despair to inexplicable bliss during a spiritual transformation in 1977. Tolle’s publishers have shipped 3.5 million copies of A New Earth since Winfrey selected it for her book club. In order to register, visit www.oprah.com/anewearth.