Your Power to Create

by Caroline Myss

Where did this notion that we have the power to shape our own destiny come from? How can we separate wishful daydreams from the authentic work of creation? With her intuitive grasp of spiritual truths and her no-nonsense presentation, Caroline Myss cuts through the myths surrounding manifestation on Your Power to Create. Taking a direct path to the heart of human creative power--and how each of us can learn to harness it--Caroline Myss opens the doors of understanding to: What stops us from creating? How to overcome the fear that holds you backFrom Revolution to Revelation, and all the stages between--the cycle of creation that governs cultures, epochs, and our individual livesHow the will of the divine makes itself known to us in every moment--if we know how to listenApplying your creative power to your health, your financial well-being, and your relationshipsFive steps to true manifestation--practical tools for unlocking your creative power, and much moreCaroline Myss teaches that the ability to shape reality is a divine gift--but it is a gift that must be trained, strengthened, and practiced as a living discipline every day. Now, this gifted teacher brings her trademark passion, candor, and extraordinary insight to help you unlock Your Power to Create.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality, Self Help, Audiobook, Personal Development

2 pages, Audio CD

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Caroline Myss was born on December 2, 1952 in Chicago, and grew up with her parents, and two brothers, one elder and one younger, in the Melrose Park, Illinois neighbourhood near Chicago. Caroline was raised a Catholic, and attended the Mother Guerin High School, River Grove, Illinois, run by the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana in 1974, and started her career in journalism in Chicago.

In the course of her career, she interviewed Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D., the author of the famous book, On Death and Dying, which inspired her to pursue a Master's degree in theology from Mundelein College, Chicago, which she completed in 1979. She also claims to hold a Ph.D in "intuition and energy medicine", but the degree was granted by Greenwich University, a now-defunct correspondence school that was never accredited to deliver higher education awards by any recognized government accreditation authority.

She started giving medical intuitive readings in 1982 and co-founded a small New Age publishing company, Stillpoint Publishing in Walpole, New Hampshire, where she also worked as an editor in 1983, next she began consulting with holistic doctors, which in 1984, led to her extensive collaboration with Dr. Norman Shealy, an M.D. schooled at Harvard, and the founder of the American Holistic Medical Association, with whom she later co-authored, "Aids: Passageway to Transformation," in 1987, followed by "The Creation of Health: The Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Responses that Promote Health and Healing," in 1988. Deriving from her practice as a medical intuitive, she started writing books, in the field of energy medicine, and healing, all of which became New York Times Best Sellers.[18] Starting with Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing (1996), which overlapped seven Christian sacraments with seven Hindu chakras and the Kabbalah's Tree of Life to create a map of the human "energy anatomy"; this was followed by Why People Don't Heal and How They Can (1998), which explored the reasons people do not heal through her concept of "woundology." Her next book, Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential (2002) dealt with the issue of finding "Life Purpose," while describing Sacred Contracts as "a set of assignments that our soul had formed around before incarnation". She has since appeared on the The Oprah Winfrey Show numerous times.

By 2000, she discontinued doing private medical intuitive readings, and instead started teaching it, through her workshops, seminars, radio shows and guided tours. She tours internationally as a speaker on spirituality and mysticism, and lives in Oak Park, Illinois, near Chicago. In 2003, she started the Caroline Myss Educational Institute, with Wisdom University in San Francisco.

Her 2007 book, "Entering the Castle" draws upon the writings of Saint Teresa of Ávila, a 16th century Carmelite nun, who wrote her most important work, The Interior Castle, towards the end of her life.

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 1 out of 5]

Myss is angry on this one. She really doesn't like New Age thought, apparently. She says everything is hard and takes work and life is struggle, struggle, struggle. She goes on a long and winding evolution of American thought development on "the power to create". Then, she goes on a tirade about how none of us, except her because she's disciplined, have the power to create. We're all sabotaging ourselves because we "don't want to work that hard". We only want to create "that which doesn't cost us anything."

I think that she wouldn't have even written a book on this if she hadn't received so many questions about it through Hay House. She hates incense and calls most positive thought teachings "trashy white magic". Bless her. But, her style of teaching just wasn't for me. Myss is a major downer and it seems like she's tired of helping other people. Burn out, maybe.

[Hotske · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant. Some might struggle to get past Myss' signature tone, but the content is LEGIT. Many "spiritual" self-help books for the usual Hay House demographic are disempowered, ungrounded, or fantasy-feeding drivel. Caroline nails exactly where we get it wrong and how to get it right. (Spoiler: It's not convenient.)

[Susan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I started this book on CD and stopped because she seemed scattered and bashing other authors/books. Don't honestly know if I will finish this one. not a very good one. She sure loves herself a lot, giving herself a lot of praise throughout this book. I finally finished this.

[Shiloah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Powerful truths no sugar coating. I love her!

[Lorraine Coleman · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Judge Judy of the New Age/Spirituality World. But we all need a kick in the ass every once in the while.

[Shirley Hart · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am inspired by Myss' no nonsense presentation of how we can harness our own reality. Highly recommend.

[Asia Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Has some really good nuggets about the importance of discipline and intentionality when it comes to manifesting and willpower. However I will say the author has some clear biases against certain spiritual practices (New Age-pagan) which she presents very stereotypically and with dumbed-down versions of.

[Joseph B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

The simplicity and straightforward talks works well with me. Caroline also gives you practical application which I greatly appreciate.

[Kathleen Newton · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is a lot of good information in here. However, she craps all over pagans and witches (and doesn’t look too kindly on Catholicism), so content warning.

[Isatou Jallow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick and short, straight to the point no fluff, I know I ll be coming back to this book regularly

[Jenny Chin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how she’s dispel the old beliefs from religion and soothsayers
Do the work
Love this

[EJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Myss is hilarious in this. The part where Myss rips on people who use “spells” to try to conjure up a lover is so hilariously spot on.

[Cyndi · Rating 3 out of 5]

My takeaway: listen to your "soul strivings" to create your life. Your soul, when you are tuned into it, will take you where you need to go. Be aware that life is about serving others, all creation is of God. It's not about what you want, but who you are and what you have to bring forth into the world. Be aware of those who would sabbotage you, from within and without. The inner "sabboteur," the temptations that have you forever stalling on making meaningful changes in life, is a useful concept. Myss isn't about being gentle with oneself here. She wants the reader to be a warrior. Don't allow your soul strivings to be thwarted time after time, she says. Creation is there and accessible at all times. Tune in to the soul, be reflective to learn what it is that you need to do. And then, revolt! There is a fair amount of general criticism of the new age movement in here.

[Wilma Rebstock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting material, not at all what I was expecting...
Ms Myss comes on very strongly and I am interested in reading this again to pick up on points I sort of glossed over at the beginning.
I'll have to think this over and reread it before I make up my mind
as to whether or not I am buying the premise she presents.

[Andrea Lewis · Rating 1 out of 5]

I did not particularly enjoy this CD and I did not get any value. There really wasn't any structure. Many times Myss would go off on a tangent. So I lost interest and did not even bother to finish listening to the entire audio.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Myss has a way with words and language that remind you not to take yourself too seriously.

[Glenda]

This audio presentation is organized, but less formal that what I usually think of as a "book".

[Y · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a little short on information and Myss's delivery seemed a bit more aggressive than usual. Not bad, but definitely not one of my favorite Myss lectures.

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Caroline never ceases to amazing me with her truth.

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Myss' tone and hearing someone talk beyond spiritual nonsense. I don't believe a spiritual perspective is helpful for everyone, yet I find her very refreshing and wonderful.

[Cathy Kearns · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very disappointed.

[Evalina Zamana]

Very thought provoking, worth reading/listening for sure.