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Images of Wholeness: Awakening Healing, Creativity and Spirituality

Dr. Dustin T. Shannon-Brady, Author
275 pages
October 2004, The Grail Press, Edmonton, Alberta


Table of Contents

Chapter One: Imagery, Language and Wholeness

1 An Introduction

Chapter Two: Imagery, Language and Wholeness

12 Revealing Wholeness
13 The Search for a Healing Context
15 Deepening our Inner Connections
17 Soul Language
20 The Grail Journey

Chapter Three: Images of Healing

25 Soul Wounds
26 A Shared Responsibility
27 A Barrier to Healing
30 Facing Ourselves
31 My Wounded Child
37 Healing Ourselves
39 Healing the Inner Child
40 Our Natural Child
41 Our Wounded Child
44 The Wonder Child
46 Creative Coping
47 Stress and Mind-Body Response
49 The Art of Reframing
50 Relaxation and Coping
51 Transformative Imagery
51 Caring for Ourselves
52 Creating Support
55 Our Insurance Policy for Staying Healed
57 Spiritual Support
59 Developing a Spiritual Identity

Chapter Four: Images of Love & Compassion

67 Reaching Inward
68 Bridges to the Inner Self
70 An Attitude of Indifference
70 Awakening of the Heart
72 Breakthrough
72 Emptying the Container
73 Love’s Lesson
74 Knowing Love
76 Touching the Heart
79 Having and Losing Love
82 Learning Forgiveness
84 The Solvent of Pain
85 Invocations to Love
87 Birthing Compassion
89 Models of Compassion
93 Curriculum for Compassion
95 A Symbol for Love and Compassion

Chapter Five: Images of Fear and Courage

102 Opening to Fear
103 Fear of the Loss of Self
105 Fear of Insignificance
106 Fear of Losing Control
108 The Jonah Complex: Fear of Being Our Best
109 Overcoming Fear
110 Facing Fear
112 Controlling Fear
114 Refocusing
115 Encountering Personal Dragons
118 Developing Courage
119 Roots of Courage
120 The Inner Mentor
121 The Courage to Be
122 Everyday Courage
124 Courage to Be Our Best
125 Courage to Surrender
126 Courage to Celebrate
128 Facets of Courage

Chapter Six: Images of Creativity

135 The Inner Demand to Create
136 Blocks to Our Creativity
139 Requirements for Creativity
140 Forms of Creativity
140 Courage to Create
145 Fire and Creativity
149 Fear of Creativity
150 A Failure to Create
152 Spirituality and Creativity
155 Gifts of Creativity
156 Birthing Images
159 Living Art
163 The Therapeutic Guided Imagery Process:
Awakening Creativity
172 Mastering the Language of the Self
174 Awakening New Being
177 Celebrating our Creativity

Chapter Seven: Images of Fire

183 Trusting Our Images
184 Spiritual References to Fire Images
187 Seed Images
189 A Lost Part Rediscovered
190 Meditation: The Yoga of Fire
191 Shaktipat - The Fire of Grace
192 Fire: A Universal Part of Us
193 Cosmic Origins
195 Mystery of the Flame
196 Creative Fire
197 Passionate Fire
198 The Fire of Transformation
200 The Promethean Journey
201 Birthing Fire

Chapter Eight: Images of Gratitude & Grace

207 The Nature of Gratitude
209 A Now Attitude
209 A Relationship to Others
210 An Elevating Attitude
211 Grounding Gratitude
212 Ingratitude
214 The Posture of Gratitude
215 Acknowledging Our Blessings
217 The Tenderness Taboo
218 The Language of Gratitude
219 Practicing Gratitude
221 Receiving Grace
222 An Image of Grace
223 Tapping the Inner Gold Mine

Chapter Nine: Images of Ecstasy

229 The Nature of Ecstasy
231 Obstacles to Ecstasy
232 Locating Ecstasy
235 Missing Ecstasy
236 Golden Opportunities
238 Reaching Inward
240 Inner Connections
241 A Golden Blessing
242 Paths to Ecstasy
244 Ecstasy or Excitement
245 Religion and Ecstasy
245 Embracing Ecstasy
247 Inviting Ecstasy
248 Drinking the Divine

Chapter Ten: Images of Radiance

253 The Veil
255 The Quest
257 The Desert
259 Images of the Abyss
261 The Ascent
262 The Labor for Light
264 Scintillating Reminders
265 Ultimate Growth
266 Silencing
267 Tending the Fire
268 The Sacred Dance
270 The Dazzling Radiance
272 The Grail Way

 

Other publications by the author

  • "Come Alive" CD -The Art of Resiliency- Staying Healthy in Stressful Times co-authored with Allen Balser, Alta Care Resources, 2004


  • Images of Wholeness: Awakening Healing, Creativity and Spirituality 2004


  • Therapeutic Guided Imagery: Illustrated Case Studies (in print 2005)


  • Images of Wholeness: Therapeutic Guided Imagery for Awakening Healing, Creativity and Spirituality - audio tapes and journal- 1998


  • 1994 Conference on Men’s Health - co-editor and contributing author, University of Alberta, 1995


  • Images of Empowerment - 10 part video series on affective education, University of Alberta, 1989


  • Strategies of Wellness - 10 part video series on health promotion, University of Alberta, 1987

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    To purchase any of these publications and/or recordings, please contact:

    The Grail Institute (contact info)

    or email dshannonbrady@compusmart.ab.ca

     

     


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