"catch phrases for 2010"

THAT WHICH YOU ARE SEEKING IS CAUSING YOU TO SEEK

by Cheri Huber

Includes "One Less Act of Violence"

That Which You Are Seeking Is Causing You To Seek is the book chosen to accompany the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa's theme for the month of March 2010

What we are looking for is causing us to look. That's why we need not to go anywhere, do anything, learn more, figure anything out or worry about going wrong. We need only to stop, sit down, be still and pay attention. We feel this simple little book will assist you in doing just that.

Cheri Huber has been a student and teacher of Zen for over thirty years. She founded the Zen Monastery Peace Center in Murphys, CA; the Zen Center in Palo Alto, CA; and Living Compassion (www.livingcompassion.org), a nonprofit dedicated to peace and service.
A More Ardent Fire by Eknath Easwaran (February 2010)

A More Ardent Fire

FROM EVERYDAY LOVE TO LOVE OF GOD

By Eknath Easwaran

A More Ardent Fire is the book chosen to accompany the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa theme for the month of February 2010

In form a verse-by-verse reading of a chapter on devotion from the Bhagavad Gita - the most popular spiritual document of India - Eknath Easwaran's words of practical wisdom guide us through the nitty-gritty challenges of everyday love, showing:

• How to deepen our love for all those around us
• How to seek the divine in all our relationships
• What it means to "love the Lord"
• Why it is so difficult to change entrenched habits - and how to make those changes
• Effective spiritual practices for learning to love

"It is through deepening and strengthening our capacity to love those around us that we travel the most direct route to love of God."
Ask and It Is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks (July 2010)

Ask and It Is Given

Learning to Manifest Your Desires

The Teachings of Abraham

by Esther and Jerry Hicks

Ask and It Is Given is the book chosen to accompany the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa theme for the month of July 2010

"One of the most valuable things about Ask and It Is Given is that Abraham gives us 22 different powerful processes to achieve our goals. No matter where we are, there's a process that can make our lives better. I love this book, and I love Esther and Jerry Hicks!"
-- Louise L. Hay

Foreword by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
The Invitation by Oriah (May 2010)

The Invitation

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for

by Oriah

The Invitation is the book chosen to accompany the Center for spiritual Living Santa Rosa's theme for the month of May 2010

In a world of endless small talk, constant traffic jams, and overburdened schedules, "The Invitation" opens the door to a new way of life - a way of intimacy, honesty, and peace with ourselves, others, and the world around us. Oriah invites us to embrace the varieties of human experience, from desire and commitment to sorrow and betrayal, and to open ourselves to all that is possible. The Invitation is an invaluable guide to overcoming the obstacles that stand in our way and to discovering the true beauty that life has to offer.

Accept the invitation and open yourself to a more meaningful life.
Learning from the Heart by Daniel Gottlieb (January 2010)

Learning from the Heart

by Daniel Gottlieb

Lessons on Living, Loving, and Listening

Learning from the Heart is the book chosen to accompany the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa's theme for the Month of January 2010

The answers are in these pages.

With gentle and guiding voice that has endeared him to millions of readers and listeners, Dan describes how we gain deeper wisdom and understanding from the unexpected events in our lives. A classic storyteller, Dan provides tender and deeply affecting "lessons" that reveal his own very human vulnerability as well as the love and generosity of others.

These revelations come from an author who has experienced many forms of loss in his own life. From the moment he suffered a spinal cord injury that left him quadriplegic at the age of thirty-three, Dan found himself facing the kinds of questions that most people encounter over the course of a lifetime. In the process of rebuilding his career, his family, and his life, Dan made discoveries about what all humans have in common, including a longing for love, understanding, and security. And he learned that the speed of life only takes us further away from what we long for.

In these chapters, Dan is unstintingly generous in sharing the thoughts and feelings that heve touched the lives of so many. From "Our Orphanhood" (why the universality of loneliness can make us feel less alone) and "We, the Wounded" (how wounds may be inevitable, but so is healing) to "What Our Children See" (how parental stress can shape a child's future) and "Holding My Mother's Hand" (a moving recollection on the death of a parent), Dan reflects on the challenges that all of us face as humans and the feelings that, too often, we do not allow to surface.

And, finally, Dan succeeds in answering the primary question: What does it mean to be human? His answers - challenging and reassuring, humorous and transcendent - are sure to touch the heart of every reader.
Choices That Change Lives by Hal Urban (April 2010)

Choices That Change Lives

15 Ways to Find More Purpose, Meaning, and Joy

by Hal Urban

Choices That Change Lives is the book chosen to accompany the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa's theme for the month of April 2010

Why Faith Matters

by David J. Wolpe

Why Faith Matters is the book chosen to accompany the Center for spiritual Living Santa Rosa's theme for the month of June 2010

The Powerful Story of One of America's Top Rabbis - His Battle with Cancer, His Struggle with Faith, and His Poignant Response to the New Atheists