Courageous Souls explores the premise that we are all eternal souls who plan our lives, including our greatest challenges, before we re born for purposes of spiritual growth. The book contains ten true stories of people who planned physical illness, having handicapped children, deafness, blindness, drug addiction, alcoholism, losing a loved one, and severe accidents. Because very different life challenges are often planned for similar reasons, readers who have not faced these specific challenges will nevertheless see themselves - and their motivations as a soul - in these stories. As readers come to realize that they themselves planned their lives, suffering that once seemed purposeless becomes imbued with deep meaning. Wisdom may be acquired in a more conscious manner; feelings of anger, guilt, blame, and victimization are healed and replaced by acceptance, forgiveness, gratitude, and peace.
Customer Reviews:
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Empowering Book - Well Written, Good Information:
Love from Both Sides: A True Story of Soul Survival and Sacred Sexuality I'm a writer and working hypnotherapist, and I do Past Life Regressions, so this is not an unbiased review. I'm so glad to have gotten this book, because the experiences that Robert Schwartz writes about in "Courageous Souls" reaffirm and validate my own personal experiences. If you are reading this review to try to "make sense" of a disease or disability that you have now, then this book can help ease some of the suffering. Pain may... more info
Karma demystified (some more):
First, the disclaimer - if you are hung up on the concept of reincarnation, this may not be the book for you. For the subject of reincarnation, Karma is an important concept as we look around for reasons, causes and explanations. Karma itself is very misunderstood topic, mostly as "an eye for an eye" or "what goes around, comes around". This book shows that although we like things simplified into aphorisms, in reality things are not so simple and our lives are a complex interplay, interwoven with every... more info
Not just a read, a journey....:
The author is very humble in his approach to his subject. He, along with the reader, is in 'learning mode'. He takes a back seat to the real people and their real stories and is as awed by the information provided by psychics and channelers as we are. I will be using this book as a reference and will also be recommending it - highly - to others. For someone who has long believed in reincarnation and the healing it offers, I know what is important is the effect of what we believe. We accept that God exists... more info
Growing through forgiving.:
Whether or not you believe in reincarnation or spirit guides or even pre-birth planning, this book has something to teach you. The book helps us look at the negatives in our lives and turn those into positives - especially the negative people we encounter. Instead of harping on the negative lessons our parents (or anyone) gave us, we can thank them for being examples of how to and how not to be. It's a complete flip from the negative to the positive. I felt like a tremendous load had been lifted after I... more info
