Soul Awakening Practice

"In this period of great upheaval, James O'Dea offers a profound message of hope. This is a book that demands active engagement - indeed, a revolution in your daily living - and provides a path for spiritual seekers of every persuasion." Lynne McTaggart, co-founder of What Doctors Don't Tell You Prayer and contemplation access the deepest aspect of ourselves, allowing us to radically transform our lives and the world; the deeper the reflection, the more we can be stirred to action. Using a beautiful six-line prayer as a springboard, thought leader and activist James O'Dea lifts us into page after page of poetic contemplative reflections that illuminate our understanding of the soul's long awakening journey; the forces that open the heart and enlighten consciousness; the understandings and actions that dissolve wounds and secure lasting peace.What unfolds is a framework of unparalleled clarity, integrating sacred practice, wisdom teachings, science and conscious activism with essays from outstanding spiritual leaders and thinkers, including Barbara Marx Hubbard on soul awakening; Michael Singer on wounds dissolving; Ervin Laszlo on light shining; and Hopi elder Mona Polacca on peace radiating.

This wise, splendidly written, subtly passionate book, by one of the world's pioneering sacred activists will open your mind, inspire your heart, and focus your whole being on the essential tasks of our time - urgently putting love into action to preserve nature and humanity. --Andrew Harvey, Author of "The Hope - A Guide to Sacred Activism and Co-Author with Carolyn Baker, "Evolutionary Love Relationships" Soul Awakening Practice provides a stirring and uplifting context to weave together prayer, contemplation and action. As such it offers us poetic and spiritual guidance for a time that cries out for this kind of deep integration. --Seane Corn, Yoga Teacher I have often said that prayer is the broom that sweeps out our hearts. Soul Awakening Practice presents reflections that will assist you to further develop or continue in your prayer practice. With this prayerful cleaning of our heart, it is possible for us to receive the true gift--peace. When we are in pieces, that's what we share with the world but when we are in peace, we manifest peace, we exude peace and we spread peace. --H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji The need for cooperation and partnership as opposed to domination and dominion is becoming more and more evident in these threshold times. Many are calling for peace in our times and James O'Dea makes the case that peace calls for dynamic engagement. It requires the building of trust that allows love to flow so that compassionate connection can interrupt the cycles of wounding. Soul Awakening Practice is a handbook that reveals a path forward as it skillfully guides us to an awakening of the heart to the full expression of peace. I highly recommend this book which offers grounded practices that will be a revolution in your daily life. --Justine Willis Toms, Co-founder, Creative Producer, Host of New Dimensions Radio and author of Small Pleasures: Finding Grace in a Chaotic World. With passions and anxiety high, we are called to find power from within. Soul Awakening Practice is not only on time, but a guide to help everyone re-connect to their Source of power. James O'Dea's uncanny ability and clarity is spot on for bringing us all to a deeper, more powerful way of living. --Sister Jenna, spiritual leader, author, radio and TV personality, renowned speaker and founder of the Meditation Museum in Silver Spring, Maryland and McLean, Virginia

James O'Dea is the award-winning author of Cultivating Peace and Creative Stress. He is lead faculty for the Shift Network's acclaimed global Peace Ambassador Training and has conducted frontline social healing dialogues around the world for many years. He is the former president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Washington office director of Amnesty International as well as CEO of the Seva Foundation. He is a member of The Evolutionary Leaders group founded by Deepak Chopra and is on several advisory boards such as The Peace Alliance and Kosmos Journal. James grew up in Ireland and England and currently resides in Colorado.