SPIRITUAL STUDY

One of the cornerstones of ASC is spiritual study. Since our inception, we have selected an interesting variety of books to educate and enlighten us. These books are read and discussed each week, and we come together in a group circle to have conscious conversations. We review key concepts and share personal challenges and growth experiences. The readings have inspired lively dialogue that continues to help us evolve personally and collectively. These book sessions are open to anyone who chooses to participate and honor the discussion guidelines that have been established.

 

LIST OF BOOKS WE HAVE READ:

 

September 2010 – April 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spiritual Liberation: Fulfilling Your Soul's Potential

Michael Bernard Beckwith, Author

Publication date: 2009

 

The message of this book is that we can only be liberated by doing our inner spiritual work. With a profound respect for all religions, Beckwith's writing provides wisdom from ancient and present day luminaries. Readers are inspired to go inward and focus on how to reshape their lives in order to evolve into their highest good. Each chapter offers good summaries and guiding affirmations.

 

 

September 13, 2011 – December 8, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wisdom of the Ages: 60 Days to Enlightening

Wayne Dyer (editor)

Publication date: 2009

 

This book includes a vast array of writings covering the past twenty-five centuries. Not only are readers introduced to sixty different writers from many different cultures, but readers learn how to apply this wisdom to their everyday lives. Whether the teaching comes through a poem, a prayer, philosophy or a proverb, anyone blessed to read this book comes away wiser, feeling much more inspired to create a better life and a better world.

 

 

January 17, 2012 –

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Twelfth Insight: The Hour of Decision

James Redfield, author

Publication date: 2011

 

This was the first novel we read. It is the fourth in his series (preceded by Celestine Prophecy, The Tenth Insight, The Secret of Shambhala). This book is all about learning how to tap into intuition and create synchronicity. Redfield's novel contributes to a better interpretation about the end of the Mayan Calendar. We have entered a new Wave of Creation, which is what the 12th Insight refers to. As the plot thickens, the characters are led into more and more danger, from Sedona, AZ, to Mt. Sinai, Egypt. The excitement of the story supports the author's message that using spiritual knowledge humans are evolving onto a higher path of Oneness.

 

 

Sept 11, 2012 – January 29, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

Marianne Williamson, author

Publication date:  1992

 

This book has been updated from its original publication twenty years ago. It is even more pertinent today. The author's life was significantly changed when she read A Course in Miracles, which is the basis for this book. She shares personal experiences as she writes passionately about how to love. By learning to love we can all become more peaceful and create lives that are fulfilling. Spiritual insights drawn from "The Course" are inspirational guideposts for the readers.

 

 

February 7, 2013 – April 25, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conversations with God – Book 1

Neale Donald Walsch

Publication date:  1996

 

After hitting near rock bottom, Walsch turns his life around and becomes a famous best selling author. How does he do that? Book 1 (of 3) tells his story. It unfolds as his real intimate conversations with God. Asking question after question, he gets the answers he had been seeking. Is it really God answering him? How does one really know? Who is God? Where is God? This book provided us with a lot of stimulating discussion.

 

 

September 26, 2013 – January 9, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TranscenDance Expanded by Michael Bernard Beckwith

Publication date: 2013

 

In his position as Senior Minister at the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, CA, "The Rev," as Rev. Michael Beckwith is called, presents a music CD with this book. This book contains nine powerful chapters. Each chapter is a transcription of an original wisdom talk he delivered at Agape. Readers are uplifted when they read his words and most people receive tremendous insights about how to go deeper into themselves to create the life they desire – and deserve. Listening to his words set to music is like putting icing on the cake.