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Reviews
The Science of Happiness
There seems to be one thing that we all strive for: happiness. Only when we are truly receptive to it can we feel at peace. Spiritual leader, Master Ryuho Okawa brings the tools to discover happiness and spiritual growth right to our fingertips.
Okawa’s new book, The Science of Happiness, explores the “10 Principles for Manifesting Your Divine Nature.” They are happiness, love, the mind, enlightenment, progress, wisdom, utopia, salvation, reflection, and prayer. As a living Buddha, Okawa founded Happy Science, one of the most influential spiritual movements in Japan with over 10 million members. More than two decades ago, Okawa began receiving revelations and messages from various prominent and historical spiritual leaders. He is now utilizing these teachings to educate people and help enrich their lives.
This enlightening book provides awareness of the 10 principles and various ways to attain them. One primary concept that Okawa touches on is the principle of love. It is only through self-reflection and the realization that we are all united that we can understand the true nature of love. The exploration of our right mind is another idea that presents itself in this book. In other words, restoring the mind to its original God-given state is the ideal goal. Ultimately, individual effort is key to achieving harmony through self-improvement. The secrets have been revealed through Okawa’s timeless wisdom, making happiness possible now.
The Science of Happiness, $14.95, is available through Inner Traditions at InnerTraditions.com. For more information on Master Ryuho Okawa and Happy Science, visit happyscience-usa.org. – DG
Healing Expressions
I was not prepared for the slam of power that hit me when I merely flipped through the pages of Healing Expressions, by Michael Mollenhauer, with Intuitive Artist Jill Mollenhauer.
As a brother and sister team, Michael and Jill have created a work that is alive with the very energy they discuss in the book: Michael with his words and symbols, Jill with her color and paint. Both siblings channel, and by that I gather that they receive cosmic instruction. That instruction is imparted in a comprehensive and detailed style so as to guide the reader through the labyrinth of symbols and paintings.
I have been rocked by every page, again and again. I am a long way from being finished with this book. The message in it is that we ourselves are indeed the only real means by which we heal and create. Not new information, of course; however in Healing Expressions, we are given a viable method to prove it to ourselves.
Michael states, “Once you open a channel of healing, random thoughts will not negatively affect the flow unless your thoughts are ones of attachment and judgment.”
Well baby, that is the challenge. Thoughts of attachment and judgment are alive and kicking most of the time. We just need a little less self-judgment when working with them. Once they become unimportant, they become ineffective.
Healing Expressions, $29, is available at amazon.com, booklocker.com, barnesandnoble.com, or booksamillion.com. For more information, contact Michael at mikemollenhauer.com or Jill at jillmollenhauer.com. – AP