World Famous Comics: Transitions: Prayers and Declarations for a Changing Life
Transitions: Prayers and Declarations for a Changing Life
By: Julia Cameron Publisher: Jeremy P Tarcher Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Jeremy P Tarcher Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 208 Publication Date: October 11, 1999
Book Description: Through her revolutionary books and workshops,Julia Cameron has inspired thousands to pursue their creative dreams.
A heartfelt book of empowering prayers and reflections for the soul in times of crisis and transformation.
In this gift-sized book, Cameron shares beautiful prayers of empowerment followed by potent declarations and reflections on the nature of change and coping. They extend beyond affirmations to facilitate a powerful awakening of the potential of the human soul and to revitalize our abilities to transform our lives in the face of whatever the universe may put in our life's path. The audiotape, read by Julia Cameron and world-renowned composer Tim Wheater, enhances the book and includes Wheater's healing music.
Transitions will help guide the soul and draw readers toward the source of their inner strength. Whether read in one sitting, or used over time, this is a book no thoughtful being will want to be without. Index.
The Artist's Way--which has sold more than 1.2 million copies--began it all, offering life-changing concepts for developing creativity and facilitating personal growth. The Vein of Gold and The Right to Write drew further from Cameron's remarkable fountain of knowledge and experience to help readers reach ever-broadening horizons, setting them on the path to their creative hearts. Now, in Transitions and The Artist's Date Book, Cameron gives us two new tools and maps for the journey and the roadblocks we face along the way.
Transitions -- something for everythin This was my all time Julia Cameron favorite. Something to seek out when in crisis -- like a prayer book for the spiritual personality. Very helpful.
Meditations on the Creative Life ***** This book contains short prayers/meditations related to being an artist, writer, or really, creator of any type, done in a style reminiscent of Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way". If you are a fan of Cameron, the guru of creativity for artists and writers, you will certainly enjoy this. Each page has a quotation at the top, and then the author writes a meditative paragraph that is related to the quotation. She always ends with an affirmation, "Today...."---something that you can take with you into your day. The book has a topical index in the back too. Lovely book, highly recommended. *****
Words of Comfort I found this small book very powerful and helpful. There were quotes and small essays for all types of transitions.
This is an effective way to connect with the higher power and obtain the strength one needs during times of transition.
Bravo to Julia Cameron for a first-aid kit for us in transition.
Beautiful thoughts and words when I needed comfort. I had bought this book early in the year (2005) but had somehow put it aside and forgotten about it. Three weeks after the death of my husband in December, the book "appeared" to me again and it was such a comfort to me. I am now reading it for the third time. It has been one of my best tools for dealing with my grief. Thank you Julia for such beautiful thoughts. Thank you God, for such a talented writer.
Declarations for a Changing World There are some books that are so good, you almost want to keep their existence a secret-somewhat like finding a hidden treasure in a field, a needle in a haystack or a pearl of great price at a rummage sale. Julia Cameron's Transitions strikes me as one of those books.
Cameron is better known for her popular and sensitive book called The Artist's Way, which is a combination of creative and devotional insights and incentives for all who have the urge to paint, sculpt, build, compose and design from a faith-center. That book has been a much-thumbed companion for many artist friends of mine.
Transitions is perhaps a more intimate version of that better known work. In it, Cameron offers prayers and what she calls "declarations" for a changing world. These are presented in a form much like a daily devotional. There is a quotation from a source familiar or obscure, followed by reflections by Cameron herself.
Throughout the book, Cameron seeks to remind both herself and the reader that accepting change is the key to thriving through it. She is a tender and thoughtful traveler through the various life events that some would call surprise, others would term crisis, yet all will experience at one time or another.
For those who are convinced that change is always "bad", there are some outstanding sections on these aspects of change: abundance, clarity, compassion, courage, curiosity, expansion, happiness, love, protection, service, satisfaction and strength. What? You say that you had never considered these things as "change"? All the more reason to explore what Cameron has to say about them.
Then, there are sections having to do with relationships. I particularly like what Cameron has to say about genuine friendship. She begins by quoting our first President George Washington on that subject: "True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." Cameron goes on to encourage us to see those relationships we call friendships in the atmosphere of values that help us determine their verity: "Friendships require honesty and honesty requires courage. In all friendships there are moments when we must choose to be courageous. ...Honesty is healing and nutritious to my heart and its friendships." (pages 63-64). Cameron invites you to respond to your yearning for those genuine friendships, which surpass the superficial, the way a solid cherry table surpasses particleboard. You sense the kinds of support Cameron offers the adventurous traveler through life.
The reader may be surprised that Cameron quotes both well-known Christians and those of other faiths; moreover, that she brings gleams of light from cultures other than our own. The timid reader may keep such insights at arm's length. But to do so would miss the wonder and beauty to be had in these pages, as well as our Lord's pithy observation, "The Spirit blows where it will."
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