Self Help, Spiritual Inspiration
Date Published: 06-21-2021
This is a thought-provoking and enlightening exploration of spirituality and perception. The text functions as a guide to self-improvement, with a mixture of autobiographical elements and snippets of universal wisdom...
The
speaker provides accessible solutions to life's difficulties, and an outlook
of optimism applicable to any circumstance. The illustrations and graphics
are thoughtfully chosen, and the interactive textual elements give this work
an originality that sets it apart. The speaker's own experiences and
conclusions are at the heart of this fiction, and the first-person narrative
voice creates a sense of proximity between author and reader. The text
describes itself as 'a journey to the heart', and this truthful discovery of
the self is reflected in the speaker's revelation of his whole self through
the text. The narrative often presents a dichotomy between positive and
negative outlooks or voices.
For example, the speaker includes sections in which his self-doubt speaks, 'you've got no proper education, you can't spell properly, you're dyslexic and your grammar is crap. You're not really a writer'. This negative voice directly opposes the sense of self-belief the speaker builds within the narrative. He uses examples such as this to remind readers that the journey to happiness is complex and that flaws or setbacks are natural. The negative separation or fragmentation of the self is prevalent in the lines, 'I do not love the grumpy me, the sad me, the hostile me, the parts of me that act as if I do not care'. The act of writing represents a unification of the self and an attempt to reframe the speaker's life into coherence. The frequent use of direct address and rhetorical questions promotes an active reading experience, in which the author opens up a dialogue with the reader. The text includes prompts and activities for the reader to engage with and learn from. Encouraging readers to take part in the text is emblematic of their journey to self-fulfillment and love, in which they must take responsibility for actively creating their own happiness.
The speaker depicts his process of enlightenment as a framework for others to emulate, and the format of the text demonstrates the transfer of agency to those who take part in the speaker's challenges at the end of each chapter. This work ultimately teaches us that 'we are the cause of what is' and thus sheds light on the crucial idea that every individual has the power to create themselves and their world positively.
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About the Author
Toby Negus is an artist, both with paints and of the spirit. His work reflects a deep commitment to meeting life on its terms and an equally deep understanding of human nature.He is a published author of three books 'The Sacred You - how to be your own saviour; and A Spiritual Journal - a collection of art and writings celebrating the human spirit. He is a collaborative author of Conscious Creators books and magazines that have become best sellers on Amazon. And he has published a children's book on manifesting 'The Boy Who Dreamed in Colour'Toby has always been fascinated with how and why we do what we do and became a student to himself and the world around me at an early age. At 21 he joined a modern day 'mystery school' and spent 20 years in the study of the esoteric world of energy, ancient cultures, self-development and the hermetic laws. Within this, he became a teacher to groups in the UK, Israel and Denmark. This journey caused the acquisition of an abundant treasure of principles that help free the mind and heal the heart in practical and sustainable ways.His art flourished in the creation of the book The Sacred You, where he illustrated the deep and sometimes elusive principles within self-development. His work as now grown to a substantial collection of art and words that heal the heart and free the mind
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excerpt from "The Heart Knows What the Mind Cannot See"
A song without
heart carries no life.
It is from the
heart that comes so many defining qualities of love and the human adventure of
life. It is the source of our abiding happiness, because the wish of the heart
is for our happiness. It knows what is best for us because it knows us
intimately. Within its chamber lives our loves, hopes, and our dreams.
The heart is
the source of all the world’s greatness. It can pull star dreams to earth, for
the heart has created all the wonders of the world, all the gifts of humanity
and all the songs of love. It is the home of an innocence, a wise innocence
that dispels the cynicism I hold in myself and of myself.
It is the
place of our truth, not the truth of yesterday or tomorrow that my mind
struggles to know, but the truth of the moment, the living truth. And when I allow it, it is a cathedral of light, a
library of illumined text that describes the union of my heaven and earth. Its call has the power to move mountains or
create the gentlest touch of love. It is the artist within, the writer of
meanings, and the manifestor of dreams.
Although we
live in a world of this-and-that, there is within the heart the dreams of
forever and memories of the infinite.
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