50 Self-Help Books That Changed Lives (Part 1 of 8)

1.   Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss

Encoded within your body, teaches Dr. Myss, is an energy

system linking you directly to the world's great spiritual

traditions. Through it you have direct access to the divine

energy that seamlessly connects all life. 

In Anatomy of the Spirit, Dr. Myss offers a stunning picture of the human

body's hidden energetic structures, while revealing its

precise spiritual code and relationship to the sacred energy

of creation. Our most revered wisdom traditions, including

Judaism, Christianity, and Hinduism, hold in common

essential teachings about seven specific levels of spiritual

development, the stages of power in life.

These seven great truths also grace the human body

as an energetic system, a spiritual compass

pointing the way to the divine.

By honoring this inborn code,

you can learn to see the symbolic blocks

within your energy centers

and their correlations with your health, relationships,

and spiritual development.

Richly interwoven with research, examples,

and self-diagnostic guidelines,
Anatomy of the Spirit will take you to the heart 

of the spiritual life and beyond.

2.   As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

This little book, filled with much wisdom,

can be summed up in this one sentence:

"All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve

is the direct result of his own thoughts."

Overall, this book is about taking responsibility for your lot in life

- the good and the bad - as it can all be traced to the thoughts

you entertain day in and day out.

It also shows how our thoughts directly impact

our character - we are what we think - How true!!!

I would recommend this book to everyone

interested in changing some aspect of their life.

It is less than 70 pages and can be read 

in less than an hour,

but its effects could last a lifetime.

3.  Ask and It Is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks

I'll be honest -- I don't know what to think of the claim

that Esther Hicks is channelling non-physical entities. 

I initially resisted buying this book,

because I am cautious around such claims

of supernatural inspiration.

But I respect Wayne Dyer and other great thinkers

who praised this book, so I decided to give it a try.

I'm glad that I did.

This is one of the most powerful books

on manifesting your dreams that I've ever read.

Every paragraph contains deep truths

that just feel intuitively right.

This book is especially effective in showing
how our emotions are the key to understanding

whether we are on the road to success or failure

in manifesting our desires.

The exercises are both fun and deeply practical.

I particularly like the exercises involving the "Magical Creation Box"

and "The Prosperity Game."

They make you feel young again -- your imagination is activated

and everything suddenly feels possible.

I don't know whether the origin of this book is supernatural, nor do I care.
The message is true and the exercises work.

Try it for yourself. It will change your life.

4.  Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Published in 1957, Atlas Shrugged

was Ayn Rand's greatest achievement and last work of fiction. 

In this novel she dramatizes her unique philosophy

through an intellectual mystery story

that integrates ethics, metaphysics, epistemology,

politics, economics, and sex. 

Set in a near-future U.S.A. whose economy

is collapsing as a result of the mysterious disappearance

of leading innovators and industrialists,

this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life

- from the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy,

to the great steel industrialist who does not know

that he is working for his own destruction,

to the philosopher who becomes a pirate,

to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad,

to the lowest track worker in her train tunnels. 

Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains,

charged with towering questions of good and evil,
Atlas Shrugged is a philosophical revolution

told in the form of an action thriller.

5. Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins

I first saw Tony Robbins on the Joan Rivers show back in 1993.

I was very impressed by his charisma and energy,

but like many others, felt that Tony Robbins was just a salesman

trying to dupe the naive into buying his books

and then all of the other products, seminars, etc.

I ran into a friend who was radiant (unusual for her)

and unusually bubbly.

She told me some of the changes in her life

that were taking place had begun when she read the book:

Awaken the Giant Within.

What really impressed me were the changes

that started taking place in the days and weeks that followed.

She started to lose weight, was participating more in meetings at work,

and then got promoted. I was impressed. 

So I decided that this must work.

I went out and bought Awaken the Giant

and began to use the techniques

such as "the swish pattern" and "scrambling technique".

Awaken the Giant Within is a huge book, but I read it in one week.

My job performance improved immediately as did my tennis game.

I got immediate and dramatic results.

This is not just a "feel good book", the techniques really work.

6.  "Beyond Survival" by Gerald Coffee

Retired U.S. Navy captain Coffee was a prisoner of war

in North Vietnam from 1966 to 1973,

most of the time in Hanoi and in a cell by himself.

How he endured and what he learned from the experience

are the subjects of this inspiring book.

By calling on his inner resources, such as his faith in God,

his conviction that the United States was right to be in Vietnam,

his love for his wife and children, and his respect for his fellow prisoners,

he was able to overcome loneliness and the pain of occasional torture.

Each chapter is headed by a paragraph of invincible principles

that Coffee discovered for himself during his ordeal:

"The only real security we have is the certainty

that we're equipped to handle whatever happens to us. "

"Humor is integral to our peace of mind

and ability to go beyond survival."

7.  "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Blink is about the first two seconds of looking

-- the decisive glance that knows in an instant.

Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point,

campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading

with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling.

Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage,

speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars,

and military maneuvers, he persuades readers to think small

and focus on the meaning of "thin slices" of behavior.

The key is to rely on our "adaptive unconscious"

-- a 24/7 mental valet -- that provides us

with instant and sophisticated information

to warn of danger, read a stranger, or react to a new idea.

Part 2 of 8 

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The Passion of the Christ (1080p/720p)

The Passion of the Christ (sometimes referred to as The Passion)
is a 2004 American drama film directed by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus Christ.

It depicts the Passion of Jesus
largely according to the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
It also draws on pious accounts such as the Friday of Sorrows along with other devotional writings,
such as those attributed to Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich.

The film covers primarily the final 12 hours of Jesus' life, beginning with the Agony
in the Garden of Gethsemani, the insomnia and grievance of the Virgin Mary,
but ending with a brief depiction of his resurrection.

Flashbacks of Jesus as a child and as a young man with Mary his mother,
giving the Sermon on the Mount, teaching the Twelve Apostles, and at the Last Supper are some of the images depicted. The dialogue is entirely in reconstructed Aramaic and Latin with vernacular subtitles.

The film has been highly controversial and received mixed reviews,
with some critics claiming that the extreme violence in the movie "obscures its message."

Catholic sources have questioned the authenticity of the non-biblical material the film drew on.
The film was a major commercial hit, grossing in excess of $600 million during its theatrical release,
becoming the highest grossing R-rated film in United States
and highest grossing non-English-language film of all time.

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Top 10 Places You Can’t Go To (by Jamie Frater)

Top 10 Places You Can’t Go

(by Jamie Frater)

The world is full of secret and exclusive places that we either don’t know about,

or simply cannot visit if we wanted to.

This list takes a look at ten of the most significant places around the world

that are closed to the general public or are virtually impossible for the general public to visit.

#10: Mezhgorye

Mezhgorye is a closed town in Russia which is believed

to house people working on the highly secret Mount Yamantaw.

The town was founded in 1979. Mount Yamantaw stands at 1,640 metres (5,381 ft)

and is the highest mountain in the southern Urals.

Along with Kosvinsky Mountain (600 km to the north),

it is suspected by the United States of being a large secret nuclear facility and/or bunker.

Large excavation projects have been observed by U.S. satellite imagery as recently as the late 1990s,

during the time of Boris Yeltsin’s pro-Western government after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Two garrisons, Beloretsk-15 and Beloretsk-16, were built on top of the facility.

Repeated U.S. questions have yielded several different responses

from the Russian government regarding Mount Yamantaw.

They have said it is a mining site, a repository for Russian treasures, a food storage area,

and a bunker for leaders in case of nuclear war.

#9: Vatican Secret Archives

This has been mentioned on a previous list – the archives are not secret despite their names.

You can view any document you wish. But you cannot enter the archive.

You must submit your request for a document and it will be supplied to you.

Despite the foolishness of the recent junk from Ron Howard and Dan Brown (Angels and Demons),

the documents are all available and there are no copies of suppressed scientific theories

or great works that were banned.

The only documents you can’t access are those which are not yet 75 years old

(in order to protect diplomatic and governmental information).

Indexes are available for people who want to see if a document exists in the archives.

The Vatican Secret Archives have been estimated to contain 52 miles (84 km) of shelving,

and there are 35,000 volumes in the selective catalogue alone.

#8: Club 33

Contrary to popular belief, Disneyland has a full liquor license

which is used when the place closes down to the general public to accommodate private parties.

But there is one place in Disneyland that is always open to sell booze: Club 33.

Club 33 is a private club located in the heart of the New Orleans Square section of Disneyland.

Officially maintained as a secret feature of the theme park, the entrance of the club

is located next to the Blue Bayou Restaurant at 33 Royal Street

with the entrance recognizable by an ornate address plate with the number 33 engraved on it.

Fees for joining range from US$10,000 – US$30,000 and membership comes with a car park.

If you want to join the club, you have to go to the end of the fourteen year waiting list.

#7: Moscow Metro-2

Metro-2 in Moscow, Russia is a purported secret underground metro system

which parallels the public Moscow Metro.

The system was built supposedly during (or from) the time of Stalin

and codenamed D-6 by the KGB.

Russian journalists have reported that the existence of Metro-2 is neither confirmed nor denied

by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) or the Moscow Metro administration.

The length of Metro-2 is rumored to exceed even that of the public Metro.

It is said to have 4 lines and lie 50 to 200 m deep. It is said to connect the Kremlin

with the FSB headquarters, the government airport at Vnukovo-2,

and an underground town at Ramenki, in addition to other locations of national importance.

Needless to say, the fact that no one confirms its existence makes it pretty difficult to visit.

#6: White’s Gentlemen’s Club

White’s is the most exclusive English gentlemen’s club.

It was founded in 1693 by Italian Francesco Bianco (Francis White)

to sell the newly discovered hot chocolate,

but eventually became a typical (but extremely private) gentlemen’s club.

The club is famous for its “betting book” in which members make bizarre gambles.

The most famous of which is a 3,000 pound bet on which of two raindrops

would slide down the window first.

So why is this club on the list?

Women are excluded completely from membership, so that is half our audience out.

Secondly, men who want to join this exclusive club can only do so if invited by a sitting member

who has the support of two other members.

Unless you are a member of royalty, or are extremely powerful in politics or the arts,

you are unlikely to ever see the exclusive White’s invitation.

#5: Area 51

I have put this so high on the list because it is the one place most readers are likely to expect to see.

Area 51 is a nickname for a military base that is located in the southern portion of Nevada

in the western United States, 83 miles (133 km) north-northwest of downtown Las Vegas.

Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large secretive military airfield.

The base’s primary purpose is to support development and testing

of experimental aircraft and weapons systems.

The intense secrecy surrounding the base, the very existence of which the U.S. government

barely acknowledges, has made it the frequent subject of conspiracy theories

and a central component to unidentified flying object (UFO) folklore.

The sign above states that deadly force can be used if people enter the Area 51 zone.

#4: Room 39

It is unknown how the name originated.

Room 39 or Bureau 39 is arguably one of the most secretive organizations in North Korea

that seeks ways to obtain foreign currency for Kim Jong-il,

North Korea’s Chairman of the National Defense Commission.

Room 39 was established in the late 1970s.

It has been described as the lynchpin of the North’s so-called “court economy”

centered on the dynastic Kim family.

Very little is known about Room 39 due to the secretive nature surrounding the organization,

but it is widely speculated that the organization uses 10 to 20 bank accounts in China and Switzerland

for the purposes of counterfeiting, money laundering, and other illicit transactions.

It is also alleged that Room 39 is involved in drug smuggling and illicit weapon sales.

It is known, however, that the organization has 120 foreign trade companies

under its jurisdiction and is under the direct control of Kim Jong-il.

North Korea has denied taking part in any illegal activities.

Room 39 is believed to be located inside a ruling Workers’ Party building in Pyongyang,

the capital city of North Korea.

#3: Ise Grand Shrine

The Ise Grand Shrine in Japan, a series of over 100 shrines,

is the most sacred shrine in Japan.

It is dedicated to Amaterasu (the Sun goddess) and has been in existence since 4 B.C.

The main shrine is alleged to hold the most important item in Japan’s imperial history: the Naik?

(the mirror from Japanese mythology which eventually ended up in the hands of the first emperors).

The shrine is demolished and rebuilt every 20 years in keeping with the Shinto idea of death and rebirth

(the last rebuilding was in 2013). This ranks very high on the list of places you will never go

because the only person who can enter is the priest or priestess

and he must be a member of the Japanese imperial family.

So unless we have a Japanese prince or princess reading the site, no one here will ever see

anything more than the thatched roof of the Ise Grand Shrine.

#2: Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center

This is a place that is not only closed to the public,

but it is a place that the public hope to never have to enter!

In most “end of the world” films we see these days, there is always a highly classified area

where US government officials and a chosen few get to go in the hopes

that they can escape the impending doom.

The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center is the real thing.

It was set up in the 1950s due to the cold war but continues to operate today.

It is a “last hope” area. For obvious reasons its operations are highly classified.

It is run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The center is already functioning and even in small local disasters in the US,

much of the telecommunications traffic is routed through it.

#1: RAF Menwith Hill

RAF Menwith Hill is a British military base with connections to the global ECHELON spy network.

The site contains an extensive satellite ground station and is a communications intercept

and missile warning site and has been described as the largest electronic monitoring station in the world.

The site acts as a ground station for a number of satellites operated by the US National Reconnaissance Office, on behalf of the US National Security Agency, with antennae contained in a large number

of highly distinctive white radomes, and is alleged to be an element of the ECHELON system.

ECHELON was reportedly created to monitor the military and diplomatic communications

of the Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies during the Cold War in the early 1960s,

but since the end of the Cold War it is believed to search also for hints of terrorist plots,

drug dealers’ plans, and political and diplomatic intelligence.

It has also been involved in reports of commercial espionage

and is believed to filter all telephone and radio communications in the nations

which host it – an extreme violation of privacy.

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The Bible (2013 Miniseries)

The series covers "Genesis to Revelation" in "one grand narrative," within five two-hour parts,
each containing two or three biblical stories told through live action and computer-generated imagery.

According to Burnett, it included "obvious" stories such as Noah's Ark, the Exodus, and the life of Jesus Christ. Five hours are taken from the Old Testament, five from the New. The series is based on the New International Version and the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.

Downey and Burnett said their "greatest hope" in making the series
was that it would "affect a new generation of viewers and draw them back to the Bible."

Episode 01

Beginnings

Noah tells of the Creation story and Fall while aboard the ark (Genesis 6-8); Abrahamic covenant; the Battle of the Vale of Siddim (Genesis 14); Hagar and Ismael (Genesis 16); birth of Isaac (Genesis 21); Abraham is tested (Genesis 22); Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19); Moses learns of his roots, kills a soldier, and flees Egypt (Exodus 2).

Episode 02

Exodus

God speaks to Moses through the burning bush (Exodus 3); Moses returns to Egypt; ten Plagues of Egypt (Exodus 7-11); Moses leads the Israelites in The Exodus; Moses parts the Red Sea (Exodus 14); Moses receives the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai (Exodus 20); Joshua becomes the leader of the Israelites (Deuteronomy 31; Joshua 1); the Israelites camp outside of Jericho; Joshua sends spies into Jericho (Joshua 2).

Episode 03

Homeland

Joshua invades and conquers Jericho (Joshua 6); Delilah betrays Samson, a hero of the Israelites who battled against the Philistines (Judges 16).

Episode 04

Kingdom

Samuel anoints Saul as king, a move that could throw the nation into civil war (1 Samuel 15); Saul is consumed with jealousy over the crown when David defeats Goliath (1 Samuel 17); King David ushers a golden age for Israel, but is soon seduced by power and lust for Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11); God forgives David, and Solomon builds God's temple in Jerusalem (1.Kings 6).

Episode 05

Survival

The Jews are enslaved in Babylon (Jeremiah 39); the image of gold and the three Hebrews in the blazing furnace (Daniel 3); Daniel is thrown into the lions’ den, but when his faith endures and God spares him (Daniel 6); the Jews are allowed to return to Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 36; Ezra 1).

Episode 06

Revolution

During the time of Roman occupation, the Angel Gabriel tells Mary that she will bear a child (Luke 1); Joseph takes Mary to Bethlehem for the census, where Jesus is born (Luke 2); the Holy family escapes Herod’s order to kill Bethlehem’s male babies (Matthew 2); Judea comes under the ruthless rule of Pilate; John baptizes Jesus (Matthew 3); Satan tempts Jesus in the wilderness (Matthew 4); Jesus performs the miraculous catch of fish and calls Peter (Matthew 4).

Episode 07

Mission

Jesus feeds crowds of thousands in Galilee (Matthew 14) and brings a dead man, Lazarus, back to life (John 11); Jesus enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey – a declaration that he is the Messiah; Jesus turns on the money-changers in the Temple (Mark 11).

Episode 08

Betrayal

Caiphas coaxes Judas into betraying Jesus; Jesus throws the disciples into turmoil at the Last Supper; Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14); Jesus is arrested and Malchus' ear is cut off
by Peter and Jesus heals his ear; Jesus is confronted by the high priests
at his Sanhedrin trial (Matthew 26). 

Episode 09

Passion

Peter denies Jesus (Luke 22) and Judas hangs himself; Pilate's wife has a dream and warns Pilate not to crucify Jesus (Matthew 27); Pilate has Jesus whipped 40 times and the crown of thorns are placed on Jesus' head (John 19); Jesus is condemned to death (Matthew 27); Jesus is crucified;
Jesus is buried (John 19).

Episode 10

Courage

Mary Magdalene goes to his tomb, a figure walks towards her – he is back (John 20); Jesus commissions the disciples to “go and preach to all” before he ascends(Acts 1).
The Holy Spirit comes at Pentecost (Acts 2); Stephen is stoned by the Pharisee Paul (Acts 7);
Paul has a vision and experiences a miraculous change of faith on a journey to Damascus  (Acts 9); martyrdom of the Disciples, John's survival and exile to Patmos, John receives a revelation – Jesus is coming back, and all who keep the faith will be rewarded 

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