Discover how the power of one simple wish can transform your entire life with this “brilliant and practical” (Deepak Chopra) guide, featuring a new and accessible workbook.
One carefully crafted wish can serve as a match that ignites lasting change in your life. With The Circle , you will learn how to develop your inherent intuition and to create everything you want in your life.
Dreaming about the future does not need to remain a mere fantasy; thinking about the things you want brings them into the present moment and allows you to make room for them to flourish in your life. Laura Day’s instructions are simple, yet profound: “Pretend that your wish has come true. Feel your ‘New Reality,’ taste it, smell it, see it, think it, remember it, hear it.” When you hold an intention in your mind and in your heart, you are inviting it to come into your life. You’re actualizing it. You’re making its presence known to the universe. You’re making it happen. You’re ready.
Another soothing, easy read on making space for using one's intuition more. Day uses the metaphor of a circle and the magic of a wish to take the reader on a journey to uplevel consciousness and turn what might be an intuitive niggle into a fully fledged and transparent 'new reality' with wings.
Most wishes come true in a simple fashion but this multi-layered book on how to master conscious creation is a simple but deep read. Laura Day is not too spiritual and not at all religious. She writes a 9-point plan to a wish turned into reality.
Her newer edition of “The Circle” includes a workbook which many find helpful in implementing Day’s techniques. Many things come true one way or another. Even when wishes don’t manifest they have been answered. At the risk of sounding esoteric one main theme is emphasized by Day: We always get everything we want. The trick is to make sure our subconscious desires along with our conscious thoughts.
Since discovering Laura Day, over a decade ago, I have made many wishes see life, including being able to write for many publications as a paid writer. This happened because all of my being was aligned with this reality of being a writer. Unfortunately, not all of me is still in unison about being married and a mother. So, as I and others navigate the circle and confront our internal roadblocks we learn more ways to grow into our dreams.
Keep in mind there are millions of other free wills in the world. We can only control our own life. Not the weather or political leaders. Day reminds us to expect our wishes to change as we follow along each step. Also, she warns us that we will sometimes feel confronted by one of the steps and almost stop wishing. Her advice is to keep going and push through our own barriers. This is the alchemy of growth that Day writes about.
For many, the most stubborn wish makes them very emotional half-way through “The Circle”. In my personal experience, I went from wishing for my own Hugh Jackman to realizing that the kind of man I really wanted was Gerard Butler. I wished for the Jackman I see in pictures with his wife and kids. Deep down inside I wanted that protective alpha male tough sensitive guy who packed a punch. Not the gentle giant sweetheart who gets scolded by his wife for being too nice. Like the song “Macho” goes … he has to be big and strong and like to turn me on …. I’m tired of taking the lead I want a man who will dominate me. Ok, dominate is the wrong word, maybe perhaps lead is better.
Laura Day is one of the rare authentic teachers out there. She is NOT New Age at all. She is anti-guru and wants others to develop their own inner core. Day wants you to look within to your own internal guidance system instead of becoming her devotee. In “The Circle” many wishes come full circle … either a wish is granted by yourself to yourself or it isn’t. Either way, I will have my very own Gerry this year. One way or another.
At first glance The Circle looks like a practical guide in claiming your hearts desire. The book is divided into two workable halves. The first half quickly leads you through nine chapters, each a definitive step designed to help realize, then support, your fondest wish. The second half is a workbook designed to anchor that wish, firmly in your present—until the wish is realized—but you won’t get very far into the book before you realize it’s a whole lot more than a guide.
The Circle is a genuine tried-and-true road map to success. The Circle isn’t for everyone; that much is immediately obvious. It’s for those of us who already know something of ourselves. It’s for the kind of people who are entrepreneurs; mothers and artists. Those of us who have already succeeded at something, know the taste, and able to recognize the formula Laura has created. The Circle is for those of us who want happiness, stability using tools that consistently effect the changes we want in our lives, while successfully navigating the ones we don’t.
This means people with maturity, and let’s face it, chronological age has nothing to do with it. The Circle isn’t about the idea of belief either; because whether you “believe” or not, the steps provided still work; and that’s a little more than most can handle. So, if you’re skeptical (a.k.a. scared) The Circle isn’t for you; but if you have a flexible intellect, the ability to suspend judgment, and the courage to do the work, very quickly in you’ll realize you’re already moving toward a better life by how you define it. That’s been my experience anyway, and just when I was about to give up; on myself and my dreams.
The first chapter, Intentionality, is getting real about what you want. For some, that’s a little harder than it sounds. Sometimes we’re a little buried under our own fictional versions of life, where it’s difficult to differentiate between the fantasy we imagine our life to be, and the reality it is. But don’t worry Laura Day explains exactly what to do.
The second chapter is Embodiment which is about your belief and “deservability” issues. Like, can you even allow what you wish into your life? And once you get that figured, can you imagine it, or better yet feel and experience it, right now, in the present moment? If this sounds like a “soft-skill self-help” book, just ask yourself who else is going to help you achieve the life you need to be happy? Hmm, no one, you say? Only you? Then admit that taking action on your own behalf is no soft-skill, but an essential hard-ass move.
Reading here, on the road to fulfilling my wish, I was asked to feel my body and I think the only things I could feel were the balls of my feet and my elbow joints; so much for wish fulfilment. Would this really work for me? But the keen intelligence this woman writes with is needle-sharp; you needn’t to be intuitive to see that, so I stuck with it, and soon enough I was feeling other things.
The third chapter is Awareness, which is letting that truth you’ve been denying, in. I learned you could be aware of an awful lot without being fully conscious of it. I felt like Shrek with some serious-onion peeling going on. But Laura Day says, “whatever you are aware of, you can change, master, and fully enjoy”. Amen to that.
Each chapter (she calls them Elements instead of chapters), brought me closer in awareness to myself. My real self. How many books can do that? The next was Ritual and it was here that I balked. What was I, some Guru? This wasn’t me. But then I realized I already had rituals (in the form of unconscious habits); things I did daily that weren’t serving me, and decided it couldn’t hurt to do something for myself deliberately, with full awareness and consciousness together. Laura Day’s definition of a ritual wasn’t like the “soulless reflex” that resembled the useless habits I’d been engaging in so, in I jumped, and finding symbolic representations of my wish was actually fun. Tweaking it now and then, felt very good as well. And, no-word-of-a-lie everyday since then wonderful things have been happening. Now, in The Circle it doesn’t say this will happen right away, but it did for me.
I think for the uninitiated this book might appear as how to manifest your desire. I mean I can see how someone might misunderstand what’s really going on here. But manifesting is using your intellectual constructs (thoughts) to enforce a mental visualization of what you want. Manifesting is actually engaging in a force against nature. What The Circle is leading you through is the opposite of that. It’s an experience of oneness, where what you need comes to you naturally out of an anchored parallelism; not the skewed results of some fantasy-driven vision-board, and there’s a difference. If you don’t know it for yourself, you’ll just have to take my word for it until you read The Circle and know it for yourself.
Next comes Sacredness which to my mind is sacred craft. Creatively matching what represents your wish by symbolizing what you need to take care of yourself, and your family (at least those were my wishes). I drew one small picture, and used what I already had, and couldn’t stop smiling. I should stop here and tell you that by chapter two I was already changing. My life started changing. At first, I thought it coincidence, but I don’t believe in coincidences. I began really paying attention then and started documenting everything like some mad scientist (this I could accept about myself!!!) and smiled some more. This is significant because happiness was something I couldn’t relate to anymore. I know that sounds dramatic but it was true nonetheless. Perhaps, you can relate? The point of this chapter was to keep your wish in your consciousness, cueing awareness to expand further.
Synchronicities were happening. I had my “scientific documenting” to prove (to myself), but I didn’t really need it because I noticed every single one and it made me stronger, and happier every single day. My wish was happening every single day. And I couldn’t stop smiling. Did I say that already? The synchronicities were proven effectiveness—whether anyone would believe it or not (including you) didn’t matter. I had become the happy living proof.
Time to make space in my life for more of what my wish is, and less, of what it isn’t. The Circle held me firm while I obliged. Opposing Desires, Transformation and Coherence are more chapters. And then you’re into Outer and Inner Road Blocks (sounds backwards doesn’t it?) Then, using your intuition for good because as Laura Day says, your intuition is working regardless. You can either use it to improve your life, or allow it to support your weakness; which means, releasing your intuition from aiding you in fooling yourself, and allowing that freed energy to guide you toward unifying solutions instead.
Chapters Healing and Contact are authentic tributes to addressing the very real human issues of the suffering and loneliness we all experience. The second part of the book, the workbook portion is daily support for each of the chapters (Elements). Do any one element a day, or them all, or out of order. It doesn’t really matter as long as you choose which one supports you best at any given time.
Here’s the thing. It was synchronistic that I found a Laura Day and read one of her books. The Circle wasn’t the first, it only the one that gave me the structure that changed my life. Actually, I’m a diehard fan of, “How to Rule the World From Your Couch” written in 2009. I hadn’t realized that I was one of those people who just dealt with whatever life threw at them, until I read, “How to Rule the World From Your Couch”. Now? I’m working at molding my own life (what a concept for me!). Read the book, do the work, watch your life change immediately. Add in the workbook and the changes keep happening. I’m not kidding. If you have a sense of your own intuition (or would like too) read Laura Day, any one of her books is a game changer and The Circle gives you the steps.
The Circle book by Laura Day is a gem, an insightful masterpiece. It helps you pinpoint and examine personal issues that otherwise might have been tricky to analyse on your own. It supports you in the process of becoming candid about what you really want in life. If you decide to invest your time in the Circle book, no matter how busy your life is, is worth both your time and effort. It also brings the pleasure of doing perceptive exercises. They’ll assist you in exploring and finding your true self and your authentic needs. Right now, you might not know where you are heading, but once you have worked with the Circle book you will, because the Circle does come around full circle. For your own sake, please try. It will help you discover valuable information about yourself, things you didn't know before you started reading the Circle book. The process of writing down your own thoughts, going through the exercises and documenting the results of your analysis, is as if you created your own version of the Circle book. Looking back afterwards, reading your own writings will give you further insights. Will make you joyful and happy to have done it. Laura Day helps you focus on what matters the most in your life. Or helps you if you are struggling with something difficult, if you are stuck and can't move on. Whether fear or something else is blocking you, either career-wise, personal or family related. No matter what it is, you will find the right tools in the book. The tools given by Laura might seem ridiculously easy, yet they are remarkably effective. Looking forward to learn and grow into a better version of yourself? To achieve something you didn't think you could? Enjoy the Circle book.
Do you have a wish? Who doesn’t, right? THis book will show you how to get it! No joke. It will help you focus your energy to attain your goal, and in so doing it will improve every aspect of your life. I do the exercises in this book over and over again, because I will never stop wishing. I live them now. They are part of me. Laura Day is “the good witch.” She will help you discover your own power and get what you want. Being part of her Circle is life-changing. Join us in The Circle!!! We’re waiting with open arms.
This one is hard to rate. I read this in 2002. Found it among my stacks and read it again this weekend. Some good reminders for changing your thinking and what could holding you back from your goals. 18 years later, I found the concept of the circle wrapped in a little woohoo. It may help if you’re in the middle of a muddle transition. We need books for different times in our life. Sometimes we circle back and revisit.
Απλό χωρίς πολλά λόγια , όμως ουσιαστικό και πρακτικό . Όταν θέλω να συντονιστω με κάτι πάντα σκέφτομαι "μπες στον κύκλο στην ροή" και με ισορροπεί αυτό.
Laura Day's work transformed my life. The teachings in this book give you a blueprint to follow in order to create a goal in your life. I go back to this book time after time to restructure my day to day life. It organizes me to go after what I want.
She also has morning Instagram lives (EST) where a group of us share healing and reads on our goals. I have found this points out patterns I have been unaware of and therefore have held me back.
Título interesante, debe ser evaluado en la práctica. Como todos los temas espirituales invita a una evaluación de nuestra forma de ver nuestro actuar con el objeto de mejorar.
This is really beautiful book about intention setting and manifestation. It's a smaller book, but is really chock filled. THIS should have received all the attention, NOT THE SECRET. It's not hype and it's not just focused on manifesting like a huge coporation for yourself (like The Secret seemed to be tinged with-- big material successes. This turned me off to the Secret's vibe. Yes, it's nice to do well financially, but it seemed quite flaunted with the authors of The Secret.) The Circle is deeper than that. The Circle gives one steps which enrich the spirit and explains in a sweet and gentle fashion about moving forward in one's life. This book was a Christmas present for me...talk about magik manifestation...I had not heard of this author or book before and I am very pleasantly surprised and I am thoroughly enjoying reading this book!
This book might be difficult to review -as it could be interpreted as a religion instead of a movement. The Circle is a place where all is well and you accept good/bad as life experiences. This teaches that everything can be reinterpreted to make even bad things seem better by finding a hidden learning possibility out of it.
I can try understand the "enlightment" or inner Chi experience of life, but it is not as easy to live this lifestyle. This book talked in the possibilities of achieving it, but not in the practical sense that most people cannot grasp these concepts.
This book has a good concept, live in your dream world and it will become a reality. My problems are; it's too spiritual, some parts of the book come across as weird and ineffective to me, and the writing doesn't appeal to me. If you read it and filter out the spiritual stuff, you can get so good ideas. I liked the mental priorities it mentions, that can be useful along with much of the things in this book. I do not recommend this book but it all depends on the reader. I hope anyone who reads my first critique finds this useful.
Very similar to the secret and the alchemist. a very quick read. Actually just found it laying around the house picked it up and finished it in one sitting. If you ever think of giving someone the secret but you know they would read it, recommend this book instead.
This book contains information and exercises for self-discovery. The author, Laura Day, used the "logical" approach in her teachings on the use of intuition. I will most likely work my way through it more than once.
This is a wonderful guide book for practicing the Circle Meditation. Some of the ideas are no doubt radical and could be fully understood and assimilated only in due course by sincere practice.
The power and clarity behind the writing is amazing.
The is a very clear, very simple, solution base of thought efforts for self-realization to send our Spirit soaring, and swirling and centered in our own circle. A teaching of practical tools to see ourselves in our best space, our best light, where we offer up our best self. It is short and sweet.
I used to have the book -- the original simple format without the journaling part added at the end. It's my favorite by Laura Day. Yes, it's basically the Law of Attraction, but put in a magically attractive way. I love the book design and organization, too -- makes great gift. <3
I enjoy a good book on intention, and Laura Day is very succinct with her advice. I recommend this book for anyone looking to shift their thinking, especially in today's discombobulated world.