Life Lessons: Our Purpose in Being Human

by Peter Watson Jenkins, Toni Ann Winninger

Anyone who has asked the question "Why do bad things happen to good people?" will find it clearly answered in Life Lessons: our purpose in being human. The Masters of the Spirit World selected for this book 40 souls- channeled by Chicago-based psychic Toni Ann Winninger-who freely chose their life lessons before they incarnated on planet Earth. In dialogue with the book's editor, Peter Watson Jenkins, the souls were identified as having previously lived lives in many parts of the world over the past 100 years. They each tell the story of how they met, with varying success and failure, the challenges that represented the lessons they had chosen for themselves. The book is divided into four sections: Prosperity (wealth and poverty); Health (Depression, Handicaps, Illnesses, Addiction); Physical Challenges (abandonment, domination, abuse); and Emotional Challenges (Ambivalence, Bigotry, Validation, Enlightenment). The selection is illustrative of many life lessons, but there are many more such challenges that people meet, of course. Outlining the principles involved in our undertaking these tests, the Masters selected examples that arise from our relationship with the eternal Source, of which our souls are fragments. These experiences, necessarily negative in nature, are those that souls taking human form suffer because they have requested them beforehand. There is no predestined cause in what happens to us. We freely make our choice, and there is a deep purpose in all the suffering that is involved, that the book amply clarifies. The Masters have also brought in ten commentators to help us understand their teaching, being familiar in their own lives with these lessons. These spirits range from souls who have worked on the Masters' books before: Rachel Carson, Mahatma Gandhi, Pope John XXIII-to newcomers: Vladimir Lenin and Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. This very readable 246 page book displays the comfort with which both the Masters on the Other Side and the earthbound team of Winninger and Jenkins transparently feel in working with each other. It picks up techniques successfully employed before by Celestial Voices, Inc., the publishers, giving an unrivaled clarity and purpose to this searching metaphysical conundrum.

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 29, 2012

About the author

Some people like to write about one important idea or tell stories that are of a well-known type, romantic novels are one example. My life has been very varied and I have chosen to write in a variety of ways. Some examples are: my recent collection of short stories, "Found Money," in which I set out to explore the idea of wealth coming to people in totally different ways. Then a Young Adult book "Saved by a Tweet" that is about teenage romance and a thrilling and dangerous episode the two lovers go through. One of my best books is "How I died, and what I did next." Before 2013 is out I will have added a book on spirit guides and what they have to tell us; "Fine Writing" a book of poetry and prose; "Spiritual Walkabout," my memoirs; and a sci-fi novel. They have not all been written in the past few months, of course, but happen to be coming out in a burst of activity. My favorite book took the longest to research and write. It is called "Training for the Marathon of Life" and is about the central core of Jesus’ teaching and how he explained the way that leads us for a fulfilled life and the creation of a good society

Reviews

[Diane Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review for Life Lessons: Our Purpose in Being Human compiled by Peter Watson Jenkins and channeled by Toni Ann Winninger by Diane Adams Taylor

This thought provoking book provides essential answers to the multitude of questions regarding the purpose of the soul as well as the challenges each individual chooses to endure in order to learn specific life lessons. This work contains channeled information through the Ascended Masters and from those who have already completed their time on Earth and are now sharing their lessons learned. These required life lessons, according to the Ascended Masters, “are the scenarios (large and small) that enable you to learn who you are as a soul along with the abilities you have when you accept your unconditional loving essence.”

This work gives a much more satisfying answer to the age-old question “Why do bad things happen to good people?” than any other explanation offered by the various religions. Just for that answer alone, this book is a must-read. All the stories give us a deeper insight into that which must be learned in order for our soul to reach its true potential. Once you have read this book, it is essential that you take its message and make changes so that you will achieve your life purpose.

I highly recommend this book for all to read but I especially recommend it for those who are seeking a higher level of spirituality in their life.

[Carol Carroll · Rating 4 out of 5]

Life Lessons by Peter Watson Jenkins

The author of this book gives his reader a whole new concept of what it means to learn from life's lessons.

My interpretation of the phenomenon has been, when a positive or negative enters a person's life he or she should learn from the experience, figure out how it changed their life, and use it to help them grow as a person. Literally to be able to discern who they truly are. In this book, we take a look at the bigger picture. We can choose to learn from other people's experiences and learn from their life lessons too.

In the beginning of the book, I wondered if the author's view was going to be something I could grasp. I was curious enough to read on, to find out, and I'm glad I did. I may not totally agree with his perceptions, but he has given me a lot of food for thought. And reading this book has broadened my understanding of the human race.