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    Moving On - Pathways to Personal Growth: A Practical Guide to Using Meditation for Healing
    Moving On - Pathways to Personal Growth: A Practical Guide to Using Meditation for Healing
    Moving On - Pathways to Personal Growth: A Practical Guide to Using Meditation for Healing
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    Moving On - Pathways to Personal Growth: A Practical Guide to Using Meditation for Healing

    By Margaret Pinkerton

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    There is a difference between being alive and being able really to live and enjoy life. This book is about learning how to do the latter, through a process of self-transformation and meditation.
    Although this book has been written specifically for people with a life-threatening illness, it is relevant for any person wishing to explore the process of self-transformation as an essential part of improving overall health and well-being.

    "Moving On is a knowledgeable, practical and accessible guide to using meditation as a transformative tool for healing. It encourages a compassionate view of ourselves and one another as we make the journey towards deeper self-understanding and acceptance. Moving On provides the reader with a real understanding of the mind and how it can either destroy our peace or, if harnessed, can form the foundation for true healing. I will gladly recommend it in my work." - Petrea King, author "Quest for Life".
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateFeb 21, 2014
    ISBN9780992311926
    Moving On - Pathways to Personal Growth: A Practical Guide to Using Meditation for Healing

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      Moving On - Pathways to Personal Growth - Margaret Pinkerton

      There is a difference between being alive and being able really to live and enjoy life. This book is about learning how to do the latter, through a process of self-transformation and meditation.

      Although this book has been written specifically for people with a life-threatening illness, it is relevant for any person wishing to explore the process of self-transformation as an essential part of improving overall health and well-being.

      Moving On is a knowledgeable, practical and accessible guide to using meditation as a transformative tool for healing. It encourages a compassionate view of ourselves and one another as we make the journey towards deeper self-understanding and acceptance. Moving On provides the reader with a real understanding of the mind and how it can either destroy our peace or, if harnessed, can form the foundation for true healing. I will gladly recommend it in my work.

      PETREA KING, author Quest for Life

      Contents

      Foreword
      Chapter 1 Attitudes

      Chapter 2 The Inner Self

      Chapter 3 Self-Esteem
      Chapter 4 Relationships

      Chapter 5 Letting Go

      Chapter 6 Transition

      Chapter 7 Spirituality: the Power to change

      MOVING ON...

      Pathways to personal growth

      There is a difference between being alive and being able really to live and enjoy life. This book is about learning how to do the latter, through a process of self-transformation and meditation.

      Although this book has been written specifically for people with a life-threatening illness, it is relevant for any person wishing to explore the process of self-transformation as an essential part of improving overall health and well-being.

      It is increasingly being recognised that physical health is closely related to mental, emotional and spiritual states of being. When mental, emotional or spiritual experiences are negative and unbalanced, the effectiveness of the immune system is decreased, weakening the body’s ability to fight physical disease.

      Health practitioners can provide treatment for physical disease. However, it is each individual’s responsibility to develop the awareness and process to rebalance mental, emotional and spiritual experiences towards positivity, health and well-being.

      FOREWORD

      In my own experiences of treating and caring for people affected by illnesses such as cancer, AIDS, motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis, I have always been struck by the vast and unique differences individuals and families have in approaching their situation. Some are utterly shocked by the initial confrontation of ill-health and the prospect of facing change, dependency or death. Following, or even during, this initial reaction, many will simply accept medical advice about management of their condition. Much hope tends to be invested in such treatment even though outcomes may not, in reality, be as good as desired. There is usually uncertainty and anxiety, even if the implications of the diagnosis can be contained through the hope of successful medical management. Anger, guilt, depression and blaming oneself or others are common experiences particularly if there has been a delay, either in seeking medical advice or in the doctor’s making of the diagnosis. Sorrow and grief are especially experienced by those who are considered incurable at diagnosis or who have experienced major changes in function and appearance. There is much emotional dependency then on support from others, either within the family, from groups or from individual counsellors. Thus the trauma experienced is physical, emotional and social. It is also spiritual, in the form of a confrontation with mortality, which is always experienced, whether the condition is curable or not.

      While some people become primarily fearful and dependent as a consequence of their illness, others adopt a more positive attitude, seeking a deeper understanding of the nature and significance of their situation. This usually entails obtaining information about the disease itself and evaluating the available treatments. They also consider what they can do themselves, in terms of lifestyle changes or mental attitude, either to help themselves get well or to maintain quality of life. This often involves gathering and processing information about complementary therapies, diet and meditation. A positive attitude is developed towards self-help and enhanced personal control, with an approach to healing which is broader than mere dependence on physical treatments. Generally these unique individuals consider that a holistic approach to healing deals with the root psychological, emotional, environmental or spiritual causes of disease.

      One pitfall I have observed in adopting complementary and attitudinal approaches to self-healing has been the emphasis on controlling the disease, such that this becomes a yardstick of success or failure. Thus, if the disease progresses, an emotional crisis of personal failure, guilt and despair emerges in some people who were previously so positive in their attitude. It usually occurs when the person has invested his or her energy entirely in the one outcome of cure. This shows us that the seed of what is often called a positive attitude might really be the fear of dying and raises the question of what is really meant by a positive attitude.

      Healing may best be considered the attainment of spiritual well-being in which I experience inner peace, regardless of the physical condition. By switching the emphasis from disease control to personal enlightenment I can envisage healing as a state of self-realisation and renewal of spirituality. The illness might then be viewed as a stimulus for personal growth, a cleansing process for my inner life. In this way I can adopt an attitudinal approach, hopeful of remission, without dependence on this outcome to maintain peace of mind.

      Moving On is an

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