Dick Sutphen is President of the American Board of Hypnotherapy, and the author of the million-copy reincarnation bestseller, You Were Born Again To Be Together (Simon & Schuster Pocket Books). His latest book is Soul Agreements (Hampton Roads Publishing). He has authored 21 New Age books — seven for Simon & Schuster who calls him "America’s Foremost Psychic Researcher." Dick is called "America’s leading past-life therapist" by the Body Mind Spirit Festivals in England and Australia. As a specialist in brain/mind technology, Dick instructs medical professionals in how to use his life-changing techniques. He has created over 300 mind-programming CDs. Over 180,000 people have attended a Sutphen Seminar, workshop, or retreat. Dick is also a featured speaker and teacher at all the major Professional Hypnosis conferences. He has appeared on over 400 radio and television shows. As a practicing hypnotherapist, Dick conducts private sessions at his offices in Westlake Village, CA. Since the karmic roots of all problems go back to past lives, he specializes in Spirit-Contact and Past-Life Therapy.
I began my spiritual quest with Dick Stephen's books and after almost 40 years, I am rereading them. I may be almost 70 but I've got a lot of life to live yet.
Before I begin this review, I would like to wish Dick a Happy Birthday, then say in the review:
Reinventing yourself is still a beautiful book with a beautiful message. I first read the book in 1993 when I was 19 years old. The message hits home for me now, years later in ways I could not have gotten especially then. Sure I read "all the words", but they hit me differently then. When I see the critical 15 and wisdom erasing karma; my understanding and compassion are deeper now than even then. Although in many ways I am the same Josh Clayton. I have truly and honestly come to an understanding that does work with reality instead of being uncomfortable in my own skin in reality. To put it another simpler way: I am ready. I am enlightened and I do understand and I am not afraid to mean it anymore, to myself especially. After all, as the old saying goes "there are no victims, only volunteers". That is reality. That is the key to my inner peace and that is what is for me. This has been a life of growth, evolution and work for me. But, also, I understand that mastery happens and there really are no pedagogical infinities. When the top really is reached, only then, play is possible for real and life is to be enjoyed. Simply enjoyed. That is the miracle of all miracles that counts always.