Freedom Is: Liberating Your Boundless Potential

by Brandon Bays

All too often, humans look outside themselves for guidance, but according to Brandon Bays, the power lies within. Her new book gently guides seekers to that place and shows them that by exploring their own passions, they discover a wellspring of wisdom. Her formula is simple and profound. Enlightenment is available to everyone, with no formulas to work out, no rituals or mantras to repeat, nothing to complete in order to receive a heavenly reward. In fact, no effort of any kind is required. All one needs is to simply be. Each chapter explores a different aspect of this eternal essence — including Effortless Being, Present Moment Awareness, Honoring and Reverence, Emotions, Forgiveness, and Enlightenment — and is seasoned with traditional wisdom stories and anecdotes from the author’s life. Each teaching ends with a guided meditation designed to draw readers further into an experience of enlightenment and make it a part of their everyday life.

Genres: Psychology

219 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

American houswife who claims to have healt herself of a tumor in her belly.

Reviews

[Tami]

Many of spend our whole lives searching. Perhaps, we are trying to find that something that will make us good enough, perfect, or worthy of love. Still, it seems that the more effort we put into the search, the less we actually seem to find.

What if we already had everything we needed to be whole? What if the entire time we had been searching for just that right job, the perfect spouse, that right dogma, or the ultimate therapist we had already had all the tools we needed. What if we found out that all that energy we spent running away from our feelings, our natural inclinations, and our flaws was actually making our journey more difficult? What if we found out that we could make a change right here and now and for the rest of our lives?

Freedom Is explores these and many other life changing notions. Based upon the popular Journeywork, the author explores effortless being; nonattachment; present-moment awareness, honoring and reverence; emotions, gratitude, love, forgiveness, and enlightenment.

I thought the material in Freedom Is was well presented and approachable. I felt extremely safe in the hands of the author as I began to explore some very personal, deeply hidden, and potentially scary issues. Moreover, after completing the book, I felt strong enough to carry what I had learned into my real life. One thing I do suggest though is that you also purchase the CD that accompanies this book. It will make the meditations and exercises a whole lot easier to accomplish without having to try to create your own.

[Jenn]

This book was just what I was needing at the time. It opened my eyes to a new way of looking at life, and actually gave me a way to apply the concept she was trying to get across in ordinary day to day life.

It's message is similar as some of the other hoopla that's out right now, such as "Let Go" and "Go With the Flow", to which I could only respond, "Let Go of WHAT? What exactly am I letting go of?!" and "Flow?...there's a flow somewhere...where am I and why am I in this handbasket?" But finally (the universe must have heard my blood-curdling scream everytime someone said that), this book allowed me to understand the essence of what exactly they're all talking about.

Maybe I'm "on the short bus" in this life and needed it spelled out v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y (hey throw in some pictures while you're at it) because I don't necessarily understand things unless it's spelled out and obvious. I don't speak in riddles and I don't learn in riddles either. Speaking in "mystic" is over-rated. Just serve it to me raw and straight.

[Angela]

I enjoyed this book very much, but it would have been nice to have the meditation CD's sold with the book. I will come back to this book later and possibly order them later. Overall, the highlighter was out... I liked the stories that accompanied each chapter. Abundance & blessings wished upon every soul and gratitude to Brandon Bays for the delightful read.

[Sharon Searles]

There are many helpful Journey processes in this book.

[Dianne Fresquez]

Loved it so much that I bought the meditation companion CD.

[Johnny Månsson]

This is a practical and necessary book for anyone who wants to change their life. Here's Brandon Bay's ways you can change your thoughts and your lifestyle.

Much is based on the fact that we should be able to rest in silence through meditation and thought changes. Brandon wants us to live in the present and let go of the past, which only keeps us trapped in an old pattern of thought. Now the only thing that exists and that matters.

After interviewing Brandon, I had the opportunity to take part in one of her courses where I got proof of her way of working. We processed for three days and thus had the opportunity to work with what Brandon calls "The Journey" and is the name of her first book. There she tells about her cancerous tumor that disappeared after her thought work and change of her diet.

The subtitle of the book is, "Open yourself to your inner wisdom" , which is our limitless potential to find peace and from it create what we really like to work with.

This can be quite difficult, but with the help of Brandon's processing exercises, one can slowly but surely understand and realize oneself to a more harmonious person.

The book that was published in 2006 in Swedish is unfortunately out of date but is available in English.

[Erik Steevens]

I found Brandon Bays first book much better!