Debra M MacDonald style of writing is easy to read and her message is one of healing. She professes that "spirit" is about relationships and that dis-ease in relationships is ultimately detrimental to health. She actually uses a percentile score and is unabashed at comparing the "life energy score" to the kind of score kept by a banker. Mindful attention on past hurts will deplete the life energy score; whereas the forgiveness of past hurts will replenish the score. Mrs. MacDonald also gives an anatomy lessen on the brain expressing the notion that we have a "heart brain" and an "ego brain" and that many of us may be "bilaterally switched" off because of the intensity that our ego brain is exercised at work. Her book has you revisit past chapters as if you may be a reader that has a switched off ego brain and can't recall the first thirty pages of her 125 page book whilst half way through.
Other parts of the book will put you through an exercise of clearing (oops, this word "clearing" is not mine and not Debra's but picked up from some of my other reading) your demons by having others comment on your strengths and weaknesses. You literally survey folks for responses of what they think about you and your characteristics. She then asserts that you will have feelings of "denial" upon receiving back the surveys. This is all quite administrative and then you get to embark upon your journey of change - like fixing what's wrong with you. It is right here that you will sense my "ego brain" working over time. You got it. I don't condone surveying your friends and family because given the fact that you actually picked up this book and read it likely puts you in a much better position to respond to someone else's questionnaire than have them fill in yours. Certainly you and I have things about us that could use change. However; I've always been a harbinger that it's important to be "careful who you listen to."
I very much enjoyed the story of the Princess and her four loves. Tiesto's "Magical Circus" just queued up on the stereo when the tale began and it was here that I felt a connection to the author.
Irrespective of my sarcasm, I enjoyed the book because it's provocative, Mrs. MacDonald is forthright in her spiritual enlightenment, and she shared something very personal to her. Somebody who cares sent me the book. Thanks again. In tune with the principle of "paying if forward", anyone who is subscribed to my blog through "Networked Blogs" and sends me an email requesting the book with an address will receive a free copy of "Reclaim Your Spirit" in the mail.
In closing, Mrs. MacDonald states "each time you bring old negative emotions into your present thoughts, you are feeding your vital life energy to your emotional skeletons". Hard to disagree with her here!
