Bøker av Steve Taylor

A compelling investigation of how intense psychological suffering can lead to a dramatic shift into a new, expansive identity Why do some people who experience the worst that life has to offer respond not by breaking down but by shifting up, into a higher-functioning, awakened state, like phoenixes rising from the ashes? And perhaps more importantly, how can we emulate their transformations? Over many years of observing and studying the phenomenon of life-changing awakening through extreme suffering, Steve Taylor coined the term ';transformation through turmoil.' He calls these people ';shifters' and here shares dozens of their amazing stories. In addition, Taylor uncovers the psychological processes that explain these miraculous rebirths after years of struggle or devastating loss, addiction, or imprisonment. He highlights a number of lessons and guidelines that the shifters offer us. In Extraordinary Awakenings, readers will find not only riveting stories of transformation that show the amazing resilience of the human spirit, but also hope and guidance to call on during their own struggles, together with inspiration and profound food for thought.

Discover the Essence of Who You Really AreThese powerful meditations and poetic reflections will comfort, inspire, and gently bring you out of the hectic day-to-day and back to the bedrock of peace, and even joy, of your true, essential, and authentic self. By encouraging you to see the limitations of your everyday, conditioned personality, Steve Taylor empowers you to step outside of it so you can breathe the fresh air of freedom. His words will guide you on a journey through the landscape of wider awareness, pointing out the obstacles and landmarks along the way to enlightenment. A profound modern spiritual text with the power to transmit awakening, The Calm Center will help you open to the deepest and highest experiences of a life fully lived.

Breaking the Chains:The New Underground Railroad: Christians Leading the Way to Freedom explores the biblical teachings on human dignity and the abolition of modern slavery. This book is designed to help readers gain a deeper understanding of the Christian perspective on this issue and to provide practical tools for action. Whether you are a Christian leader, an activist, or simply someone who cares about justice, this guide will equip you to make a difference in the fight against modern slavery.Drawing on the teachings of the Bible and the inspiration of historical abolitionists, this book motivates Christians to take action against human trafficking, forced labor, and debt bondage. With a focus on justice and compassion, it equips readers with the necessary knowledge, tools, and strategies to actively engage in the fight for freedom.The book emphasizes strategies for advocacy, education, and victim support, empowering readers to take practical steps towards abolishing slavery. It offers a comprehensive guide for Christians, focusing on justice and compassion, while also addressing the spiritual and moral dimensions of the issue

Have you ever been in an accident and felt that time slowed down? Have you felt time stretch radically, or even apparently disappear, in a state of deep meditation? Psychologist Dr Steve Taylor calls these Time Expansion Experiences, and in this book he shares his years of research into this life-changing phenomenon. Most of us will have experienced a TEE, an experience of time slowing down in an extreme situation, and yet it is a phenomenon that has never been fully explored or explained - until now. Psychologist Dr. Steve Taylor has spent several years analysing "time expansion experiences" (or TEEs), after collecting hundreds of reports. He has also found many examples of "time cessation experiences" (or TCEs), in which time appears to disappear altogether. In this book he shares the fascinating psychology and shared features behind all of these case studies, coming to an incredible conclusion: TEEs are a real altered state of consciousness, rather than a trick of recollection. Not only this, but TEEs and TCEs are almost always positive, with a sense of calm well-being, clarity and heightened awareness. In this ground-breaking book, discover profound implications: What do unusual states of consciousness such as mystical experiences, psychedelic experiences, and near-death experiences tell us about time and consciousness?What can the countless reports of "life review" - when people view a whole lifetime of events and experiences within a few seconds - tell about the past, present and the future?What does modern physics have to say about the idea that linear time is illusory?If our perception of time is an illusion, is it possible to speed up and slow down time at will, including inducing TEEs?

Discover the Chronicles of Mary Magdalene as you've never seen them before. In "Mary's Salvation," the first installment of an epic saga, Mary Magdalene reveals secret scrolls that become the cornerstone of the first Christian assemblies. This hidden knowledge turns more than just water into wine; it transforms human consciousness. Can you imagine a world prior to the teachings of Jesus and Mary? This book promises a unique window into that divine transformation.Ever wondered what was so captivating about the teachings of Jesus and Mary Magdalene that they sparked a spiritual revolution? "Mary's Salvation" offers more than just stories; it provides an intimate look at divine strategies, existential battles, and a celestial plan that was millennia in the making. This isn't your average Sunday school story; this is a gripping tale filled with suspense, divine interventions, and earth-shattering revelations.Jesus' crucifixion didn't just end in death; it ushered in a new era for mankind. The real story, however, is in the scrolls penned by Mary Magdalene, explaining how His sacrifice altered our very understanding of spirituality, morality, and human potential. This perspective-shattering revelation can only be found in "Mary's Salvation" a book that promises to shake the very foundations of your belief system.""Mary's Salvation" is a profound journey into the Chronicles of Mary Magdalene, revealing secret scrolls that became foundational to early Christian assemblies. This narrative offers an unparalleled glimpse into the transformative teachings of Jesus and Mary, showcasing how they sparked a spiritual revolution and reshaped human consciousness. Delve into a world of divine strategies, existential battles, and a celestial plan millennia in the making. This book transcends conventional narratives, offering a gripping tale filled with suspense, divine interventions, and earth-shattering revelations that challenge the very foundations of belief systems.Mary's Salvation" is a profound journey into the Chronicles of Mary Magdalene, revealing secret scrolls that became foundational to early Christian assemblies. This narrative offers an unparalleled glimpse into the transformative teachings of Jesus and Mary, showcasing how they sparked a spiritual revolution and reshaped human consciousness. Delve into a world of divine strategies, existential battles, and a celestial plan millennia in the making. This book transcends conventional narratives, offering a gripping tale filled with suspense, divine interventions, and earth-shattering revelations that challenge the very foundations of belief systems.Are you ready to challenge what you thought you knew?

The 19th century saw a series of spiritual movements sweeping through the Isle of Skye as well as other Hebridean Islands. These were times of ferment and change as well as years of hunger, desperation and emigration. Out of a population of some 25,000 in Skye in 1842 - it is said that hardly a home was not affected by the spiritual movement taking place at the time. This was to have a transformation effect on the population, socially as well as spiritually and, as a result of large scale emigration, in other parts of the world, especially the Maritime Provinces of the Canadian Atlantic Coast. Smaller but significant movements have also occurred in more recent times, the last being in 1980.Much of the material here was published, in an abridged form, some 20 years ago in the book 'The Skye Revivals'. It has been out of print for some time. This new book includes over twice the volume of information contained in that book and is fully annotated.

The subject of 'Second Sight', 'Prophecy' or 'Foreknowledge' has both fascinated and terrified the people of the Hebrides of Scotland for hundreds of years. From the alarmed and despairing citizens on the Isle of Eigg in 1690, who, ignoring the warnings of a local Seer, suffered at the hands of hostile forces, until more recent times, people have both listened, laughed, mocked and scorned the words and warnings of their Seers and Prophets.This book is a recounting of some of these stories, from various sources, both old and of a more recent vintage. They are records from the lips and letters of Skye and Hebridean folk who had personal experience or knowledge of them. In addition these stories give a fascinating glance into the life of Skye and other Hebridean communities in an age long past.

"A book of spiritual guidance, containing exercises, discussions, and meditations designed to cultivate spiritual awakening. It assumes that wakefulness - or enlightenment, if you prefer - is accessible to us all and will inevitably arise if we follow certain practices and develop certain qualities"--

Regaining awareness of our connection is the only way by which we can live in harmony with ourselves, one another, and the world itself.

A collection of poems and pieces of spiritual insight, reflection and guidance in the tradition of Rumi and Walt Whitman. Several of the poems have been read aloud by Eckhart Tolle during his Eckhart TV dialogues. The poems show the experiential core of Steve's best-selling books on psychology and spirituality. They communicate profound truths, and have the power to transmit spiritual experience to the reader.

Daniel "Scrap" Scruggs is going broke and fast. On the eve of his financial demise, he sets off a far worse threat when he discovers missing drug money in the marsh and uses it to save his business. His commitment to providing for his family--at all costs--lures him down a path that may destroy everything he loves. With both the FBI and a sociop...

You've had your eye on a new car for months, but you're avoiding the dealership. After all, everyone knows the frustrations that come with buying a car. You spend hours waiting for the salesperson to crunch numbers and check with their manager, only to leave feeling that they "e;won"e; and wondering whether you truly made a good decision. Just because this could be your experience buying a car doesn't mean it has to be. As the owner and operator of seven successful car dealerships, Steve Taylor has worked for twenty years to change the negative connotations of his industry and the car-buying experience. In Taylor Made, Steve walks you step-by-step through the process of buying a car. He gives you insider tips on how to choose a dealer, get top dollar for your trade-in, negotiate a fair price, and select the products that will truly protect you in the long run. By answering all the questions you were too apprehensive to ask, this book will make buying a car enjoyable again-as it should be.

Brothers, Charlie and Freddie White, along with their friends--The Rainbow Gang--find a very unusual ancient looking chest in their dad's garden shed. The chest magically speaks to them and sends them underground to a world inhabited by elves. The elf world is being disturbed by a clumsy young giant from a world below the elf world. The ensuing, sometimes humorous, adventure brings them into contact with lots of unusual creatures and sees The Rainbow Gang set off on a mission to rescue the young giant, whose actions have disrupted the water tables underground. During their adventure, the gang encounters giant hedgehogs, giant moles and large talking fish. Charlie and his friends come into contact with another gang--The Girls--who help them in their adventure and both gangs strike up a lasting friendship.

Seeking insight from the real-life development of the earliest expressions of emerging church from their birth, through times of adolescent angst and into the reality of adulthood, First Expressions offers a unique insight into the long-term sustainability of fresh expressions.Presenting the lived practice of the church in mission through a longitudinal lens, and eschewing the rose-tinted approach, it considers the reality of emerging churches - their birth and death, their creativity and conflict, their dreams and despair. A picture of a church that is neither gathered and parish nor independent and networked emerges as the biographies of mission are brought into dialogue with a very ancient expression of mission, the birth of Philippians as a first expression of church in Europe..

In our culture, it's often assumed that there are two ways of interpreting the world: in a rational scientific way, or an irrational religious way. This book shows that there is a third alternative: a spiritual, or "panpsychist" view of reality that transcends both conventional science and religion, and answers many of the riddles that neither can

A new edition of Steve Taylor's bestselling classic, in which the author provides an Afterword, including research developments that have occurred since the book was first published in 2005. "An important and fascinating book about the origin, history and impending demise of the ego - humanity's collective dysfunction. The Fall is highly readable and enlightening, as the author's acute mind is at all times imbued with the higher faculty of spiritual awareness." Eckhart Tolle

In this book, Steve Taylor explores the different ways in which spiritual awakening can occur and the reasons why it occurs and will be of real benefit to those who are either already undergoing the awakening process or who have reached a point of readiness, perhaps as a result of deep turmoil in their lives.

Surveying several influential bands, this title covers those bands and artists who have rejected the mainstream in favour of innovation, originality and the pursuit of their own unique musical identity. These are the acts who have inspired other musicians, helped define the culture of their times and won devoted followings.

Russel Williams is one of the most remarkable enlightened spiritual teachers of our time. After an early life of extreme hardshipleaving school at the age of 11, and becoming an orphan shortly afterwardshe underwent a spiritual awakening at the age of 29. Since the late 1950s, he has been a spiritual teacher, and is still actively teaching now, at the age of 94. Previously, Russel has avoided publicity and never published any writings or transcripts of his talks, preferring to work quietly with small groups. This is the first time any details of his teachings or of his life have appeared in print. This book is partly a record of his teachings, and partly also the story of his extraordinary life. Working with well-known spiritual author Steve Taylorwho has attended Russel's meetings regularly since the 1990sRussel has created a profound text which will surely become known as a classic of spiritual literature.

Have you ever thought that there might be something wrong with human beings, even that we might be slightly insane? This book shows that we do suffer from a psychological disorder, which he refers to as humania, or ego-madness. It also shows how we can heal this mental disorder.

Tells the stories of more than 30 people who have undergone permanent spiritual awakening after intense trauma and turmoil in their lives. This title explains why turmoil has this transformational effect and illustrates the almost infinite capacity of human beings to overcome suffering.

Suggests that our normal consciousness is really a kind of 'sleep' from which we sometimes 'wake up', into a more intense and complete reality. This title provides what is perhaps the explanation of higher states of consciousness, or 'awakening experiences'.