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Shortcuts to Contentment and Joy

Feb27

Today’s blog explores the seven core spiritual fears that prevent us from living a life of contentment and joy and the tools that help us to find healing and release of those fears.

 

Identifying Fears

In my book, Authentic Freedom – Claiming a Life of Contentment and Joy, I identify the seven core spiritual fears that prevent us from living in the peace, joy and love that are our original nature.  The seven core fears are:

  • There is not enough (time, money, material possessions, power, fame, status, etc.0
  • I will be unable to bring forth life that will persist (physical and/or creative life)
  • I can’t (be and live as my most authentic self) 
  • I am not loved
  • I am not free to express my truth
  • I do not know
  • I am alone/I have to do it alone

In Authentic Freedom, the reader is introduced to the ways in which they can identify these fears as being active in their lives through physical, mental, emotional and spiritual signs and symptoms.  As anyone in the recovery world knows, the first step in healing our addictions, our fears, etc. is to identify these fears.  After identifying these fears, we then need a comprehensive process through which we can move through these fears and release them for healing.  Authentic Freedom provides that process.  Through the help of scripture, along with effective tools of meditation, contemplation and personal reflection, you are empowered to give over for healing and release, the fears that prevent you from being the person God made you to be – compassionate, joyful, contented and fulfilled.

Who is really doing the healing here?

So while Authentic Freedom provides a kind of self-help program for healing our deepest spiritual wounds, at the end of the day, every exercise revealed in this work, leads us to a common destination – turning our fears over to God for healing and release.  While working through the Authentic Freedom process, we discover that we are really taking the first three steps as illuminated in all recovery programs, We admit that we are powerless over these fears and we turn them over to the God of our understanding.  While we need to come forward and show up for the work, it is ultimately God who is doing the healing and it is especially helpful to realize this when we come face to face with the big fears that most often feel insurmountable.

Offering a Shortcut

So, while I want you to buy my book, I will offer you this short cut to claiming a life of contentment and joy….and that shortcut is God.  Name your fear.  Give it to God for healing and release.  Name your fear.  Give it to God for healing and release.  Name your fear.  Give it to God for healing and release.  And one final and critical step…..BELIEVE that God is doing it.  And if all else fails…..ASK GOD FOR HELP!

What is your relationship to the fears listed above?

How are you being invited to admit your powerlessness over these fears?

How can you turn these fears over to God for healing and release?

Lauri Lumby

Authentic Freedom Ministries

http://yourspiritualtruth.com

Let’s Talk About Lent

Feb20

Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of the season of Lent in the Christian calendar is this week.  What is the purpose of Lent anyway and how might we be invited to put away the cat of nine tails in exchange for the healing balm of love.

Mea Culpa Mea Culpa 

Ash Wednesday is this week and for the first time in my life, I am not looking forward to Ash Wednesday or even to Lent in the anxious anticipation that for me used to color this season.  I take this to mean that my addiction to self-loathing has finally come to an end!  Seriously…..I used to BASK in the glow of self-judgment, the wagging finger of blame, guilt and shame and the penitential practices that said to me, “See how good of a Catholic I am….I’m fasting, I’m abstaining, I’m donating to the poor, I’m praying, I’m doing the Stations of the Cross, I’m attending Eucharistic Adoration, I’m going to confession and receiving absolution, I’m earning God’s approval and insuring my own ticket to paradise.”  Lent was the PERFECT church season for a Perfectionist who was not yet on the road to recovery (from perfectionism, that is).  Now don’t get me wrong, I absolutely see the value in many of the Lenten practices …..even the sacrament of Reconciliation…but if all Lent is doing for us is telling us how depraved we are and how much we need to earn back God’s love and approval because of our horrible sinful natures and if all Lent is doing is making us feel like crap….or allowing us to wallow in our own addiction to self-loathing, then perhaps we need to rethink our relationship to this annual Christian observance.

Proposing a New Theology of Lent….or Lent for recovering Perfectionists and Martyrs

So,  if you are one of those who wallows in self-loathing, or likes to bask in the glow of self-imposed martyrdom….or if you are simply a Christian who wants a new lens through which to view Lent…..here is my proposal.  Let’s start with the foundations of Lent.  Lent, we have been told, is modeled after Jesus’ 40 days in the desert where he was tempted by “Satan” in preparation for his entrance into his ministerial life.  Let’s back up the story a bit……the part that is often neglected is that Jesus’ foray into the desert came IMMEDIATELY after his baptism in the Jordan by John.  It was at the moment of his baptism, that Jesus came to understand that he was God’s beloved son.  His time in the desert, provided the opportunity he needed to reflect on what that meant for him and how he was called to live that out.  At the same time, Jesus had to confront all the “inner obstacles” (the meaning of the Hebrew word “satan”), that might stand in the way of him freely and openly living out that call.  As such, Jesus had to come face to face with all of the ego-driven temptations (pride, sloth, greed, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony) that might stand in the way of him being the person he was called to be.  He took that time in the desert to face those inner obstacles and to allow God to release him from those temptations….thereby being healed and freed of his spiritual fears so that he could be the healer, prophet, teacher, savior he was called to be.  And…..he did it, successfully…..thanks to God’s help.

Lent as a Time for Healing – Exploring the What ifs

So, what  would happen if we applied Jesus’ 40 days in the desert to our own spiritual journeys?  What if we recognize, that like Jesus, our baptism is the moment when we are reminded that we are God’s beloved son or daughter and that with us God is very pleased?  What if we stuck our necks out there and actually BELIEVED in God’s unconditional, limitless, infinite love for us and that there is in fact nothing we can do…and nothing that we have ever done that could separate us from the Love of God (Paul says something to this effect).  What if, like Jesus, we struggle with the inner obstacles to remembering God’s love and that we struggle with the inner obstacles to being the person God has called us to be – peaceful, content, joyful, fulfilled, creative, loving, compassionate, working for justice, merciful?  What if instead of using Lent as a time for self-flagellation and self-punishment, we used it as a time to ASK GOD FOR HELP……inviting God to heal all those places within us where we have forgotten God’s love….forgotten our beloved nature and forgotten the work God has called us to do in the world.  What if?

A Terrific Lenten Resource

Now, a moment for a little shameless self-promotion.   If you are looking for a resource to help you move through Lent with a new set of eyes, my book, Authentic Freedom – Claiming a Life of Contentment and Joy is a fabulous resource.  The foundation of the book illuminates the false perception of separation from God that causes the spiritual fears that lead to our compulsive (sinful) behaviors.  The book then provides a systematic process through which you are invited to name your own spiritual fears and through sound spiritual practice, give those fears over to God for healing and release.  Consider it your own 40 days in the desert.  And if you buy it before midnight tonight, I’ll throw in your own set of  Cat of Nine Tails for free.  ;)

What has been your relationship with the annual observance of Lent?

How are you being called to embrace a new perspective on Lent?

What are some of the inner spiritual fears that you might want to offer up for healing?

Lauri Lumby

Authentic Freedom Ministries

http://yourspiritualtruth.com

Magic, Miracles and the Truth of Abundance

Feb8

Today’s blog explores the truth of an abundant Universe and the magic and miracles that happen when we believe this to be true.

The First Spiritual Fear

In my book, Authentic Freedom – Claiming a Life of Contentment and Joy, I reveal the Seven Spiritual Fears that prevent us from living a life of contentment and joy.  The first fear that I reveal is the fear that there is not enough. This fear arises out of our survival needs for food, clothing and shelter, but becomes distorted and irrational, causing us to constantly live in a state of anxiety over money, food, clothing, time, material possessions, money, money, money.  The truth that is the remedy to this fear and also revealed in my book is that the Divine meets all of our needs in abundance.  For most of us, it is a significant leap of faith to even consider the possibility that there is a Divine Source, let alone one who cares enough about us to make sure our needs are being met.  Then when faced with the reality of unemployment, a declining economy, world hunger and poverty, we really doubt this truth.  What we learn, however, is at the highest and deepest levels, this truth ultimately has nothing to do with our material world and has everything to do with our inner terrain.  Our original nature is peaceful and content and that inner state of peacefulness is independent of our external life circumstances.  In other words, even if we are dying of starvation and exposure in a Nazi prison camp, we can still know peace.  A tough pill to swallow to be sure, but this is the peace that God invites us into, invites us to remember and cultivate.  And, it is this deep well of inner peace that will give us comfort no matter what life throws at us.

Practicing What I Preach

Two years ago when it became obvious that divorce was inevitable, one of my teachers prophetically stated, “Well, now you will have an opportunity to practice what you preach.  You will be living the words written in your book.”  As the past 24 months unfolded, I can tell you there were many times I wish I had never written this dang book as I found myself choking on my own words.  Every fear that I teach about in Authentic Freedom came to bite me in the butt and I had to return again and again and again to what I had written.  The fear there is not enough was most certainly the most frequent visitor….and I still struggle with that fear from time to time and sometimes on a daily basis.  I guess the adage is true that we teach what we need to learn!

Proof in the Pudding

I do have to say, however, that everything I wrote in my book proved to be true.  In the face of all of my fears, through adherence to the principles of Authentic Freedom and engagement of the spiritual practices outlined in my book, I have found abundance, my own unique giftedness, empowerment, love, the freedom to generously share my gifts, insight and direction and most importantly the peace of remembering my Oneness with God and with all the Universe.  Specific to the fear there is not enough, the past week has been a glorious reminder of how truly abundant our God is and how our needs are abundantly met when we have faith and believe.  I want to share with you a few examples:

  • When I began this journey 24 months ago, a vision of a house appeared in my prayers – the house that would meet all the needs of myself and my children and my fledgling business.  I found what I thought was “the house” and lost it in a bidding war.  Later, I had a dream of a friend “giving” me a house.  This served as a reminder that the house that was in our highest good would come in some magical and miraculous way.  A month or so later, this is exactly what happened.  My children and I now live in a magical, amazing home that also houses my business and I am head over heels in love with this house!
  • When struggling with the fear there is not enough  last week, I brought it to prayer and in my prayer, I saw a vision of two fish and five loaves of bread.  Duh…..loaves and fishes.  God was giving me a message.  I was smart enough to hear the message and believe it.  I then paid my bills and found I had more than enough money to cover the bills and may have even discovered a $300 error, in my favor, in my bank account.  (still waiting for verification of that error)
  • I have a suggested fee that is in the reach of many of my clients, but out of the reach for some.  My commitment to God has been to offer my gifts without regard to people’s ability (or lack thereof) to pay.  As a result, I have worked out discounts, trades and barters with several clients.  One of my standing “jokes” around my trade and bartering is “Now I just need to find a farmer who will give me food in exchange for Reiki.”  Yesterday it showed up in an even bigger package than what I had asked for.  One client brought produce from her own garden and venison that her husband had hunted.  Another client brought a bag of organic groceries from my favorite Co-op in Madison.  When it rains it pours!
  • In an effort to meet my client goal for the week, I posted a message on Facebook, inviting past and current clients and friends to send people my way.  That very day, I got three new clients….completely unrelated to the Facebook request.

So, I guess the moral of the story is that God really does meet our needs when we have faith and believe.  And in those moments when I find I am unable to believe or trust in an abundant God, this is the prayer that gives me comfort:

Lord, Help me in my unbelief.

Because I have also found that all the praying in the world sometimes doesn’t calm our fears….and in those moments I know that only God can help me to believe.

Where do you struggle with the fear “there is not enough?”

What tools do you have for moving through that fear into belief in abundance?

Where do you turn to God for help when you are afraid?

Lauri Lumby

Authentic Freedom Ministries

http://yourspiritualtruth.com

Fighting Rejection Demons and Opening to Love

Aug29

One of the greatest fears we face in our human interactions is the fear of rejection.  Today’s blog explores this fear, its roots and some simple practices to help us stay clear of the rejection demons so that we can be open to the love that we are!

 

 

The Fear

In my book, Authentic Freedom – Claiming a Life of Contentment and Joy, we explore the seven core spiritual fears that prevent us from living within our truest nature which is one of contentment, love and joy.  The fourth fear, related to our energetic heart center (the heart chakra) is the fear, “I am not loved.”  This fear shows up as the voice in our head that criticizes and condemns us for our perceived weakness, failures and imperfections, as well as the outward projection of this voice in the fear that another person will or has the power to reject us – to withhold love or to take it away all together.

 

The Very Real Human Need for Love

This fear, “I am not loved,” has arisen as a distortion of the very real human need to know love.  We all know the research – children who are shown love and are treated lovingly fare better in our world.  They develop a healthy self-esteem and a capacity to demonstrate loving and compassionate behavior in the world.  Love Love Love Love Love Love does make the world go ’round.  The problem is that not one human being has experienced the perfection of love within the context of their human relationships and every one of us has known the pain of perceived rejection  at the hands of another.  Because of our very human experiences of rejection and loss, we falsely believe that love is a commodity to be bargained, that we have to earn and can ultimately be denied us.  This is the big lie.

 

The True Nature of Love

Love, as I explain in Authentic Freedom, is not something outside of us and as much as we want to believe it, love is NOT something that we can give to or receive from another human being.  Rather, LOVE is WHO WE ARE.  Love is our very nature, it cannot be denied, neither can it be earned.  Love just is.  The problem is that we have forgotten this truth and lost touch with the infinite well of love that is our very being.  The rejection demons arise when we have forgotten the love that we are.

 

The Longing and the Remedy

The good news is that our Divine parent has planted within us a longing for the recollection of that love.  At first, this longing compels us to seek outside of ourselves for love, but when we awaken to our conscious self, we discover that the longing is actually pointing us inward.  The remedy to that longing to know love is to come to know the love that dwells within us in our very being.  The good news is that there are a myriad of spiritual practices that can assist us in the recollection of the love that we are.

 

Mirror Mirror

As we allow ourselves to be open to discovering and embracing the love that is within us, we find ourselves less bothered by the inner critic or the demon of rejection and more able to simply move through life content and joyful in the love that we are.  We find ourselves less frantic about finding the love outside of us that will “complete us” and more able to simply rest in the love that we are.  And here is the great thing…it does NOT mean that we no longer need the love of another.  As a species, we are relational beings and are programmed to live in community with one another.  When we come to know the love that we are, we find that the intimate relationships in our lives are changed and transformed.  Like a mirror, those relationships that no longer reflect the love that we know within ourselves may fall away, and the new relationships will come into our lives that are reflective of the deep well of love we know within ourselves.  In this way, we can freely and openly share the love that we are while joyfully experiencing the free and open sharing of the love that the other persons know that they are.  Win.   Win.

The Divine Question

As I recently found myself struggling with my own fears of rejection, I brought this struggle into my spiritual practice and received a powerful message from the Divine that I believe may be helpful to you in your own search.  Here were the words that God gifted to me and I now share with you:

Can you be open to receiving all the love that the universe (God)  wants you to have?   

My question to you:  Can YOU be open to remembering the love that you are and can you be open to allowing this infinite and abundant love to be reflected in your intimate human relationships?

Lauri Lumby

Authentic Freedom Ministries

http://yourspiritualtruth.com

Book Signings and Gratitude

Jun27

I simply cannot say enough thank yous to all those who helped make last night’s book sighing a success.  At least 100 people showed up to show their support….even my long-lost cousins from Janesville and Stoughton.  We sold around 40 books and toasted with champagne and yummiest deserts!  I want to say a few specific thank yous and share with you a few pictures.

  • Aaron Baer and “the Moon girls” especially Stacy and Keisha for sharing the space with us and helping to serve the guests.
  • Linda Sailer for planning, organizing and orchestrating the event.
  • Diane and Jeni Koser, Arlene Steineke and Suzette Lizotte for providing desserts and helping to set up.
  • Apple Blossom Books for managing the book sales, etc. 
  • Holly from Apple Blossom for giving up her Sunday night to sell books, etc.
  • Rosann Milius for being our adjunct impromptu photographer
  • And a HUGE Thank you for all those who showed up to enjoy the fun!!!!!  I love all you all!!!!!

    The Lumby family, Dad, Lauri, Theresa and Samuel, Mom, Dana (brother, Patrick had to work)

Lauri signs a book for a friend

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Holly from Apple Blossom Books and Lauri

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Monday evening Meditation/Discussion group

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lauri offers gratitude

YOU ARE INVITED

May16

I am excited to announce the official release party/celebration and book signing for my book, Authentic Freedom – Claiming a Life of Contentment and Joy. 

Book Release Party and Signing

Sunday, June 26, 2011

6:30 – 8:30 pm

New Moon Cafe

401 N. Main St.

Oshkosh

RSVP:  lauri@yourspiritualtruth.com

LEARN MORE ABOUT Authentic Freedom

Order Authentic Freedom at Amazon.com  or locally at Apple Blossom Books (920) 230-3395


Authentic Freedom – AVAILABLE NOW!

May4

Friends of the blog……Authentic Freedom – Claiming a Life of Contentment and Joy is AVAILABLE NOW!!!!!  See description below and instructions on where to purchase!  YEA YEA YEA!!!!!   Oh yeah….pass it on!  Thanks!

Authentic Freedom transcends centuries of dogma to reveal the powerful and life-changing message at the heart of Jesus’ teachings and the universal truths at the core of every religion. The book’s unique approach offers an opportunity for the reader to heal the separation they feel within themselves, with God and with each other, ultimately revealing the truth of Oneness. Built upon the compelling integration of Eastern Energy Medicine and the 2000-year-old tradition of Christian, contemplative spiritual practices, Authentic Freedom revels a Dynamic and unifying path of spiritual transformation that speaks to people of all traditions and beliefs.

BUY IT NOW! at Amazon.com

If you are an Oshkosh resident:  You can place your order at Apple Blossom Books  (920) 230-3395.  Please support your local businesses!  :)

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In this book you will learn:

  • The core spiritual wound that prevents you from knowing contentment, love and joy
  • The seven spiritual fears and how to recognize them as active within you
  • The seven deadly compulsions that result from these fears
  • Effective spiritual practices and strategies for healing and releasing these fears and compulsions
  • The connection between Eastern Energy Medicine and Western Spiritual Practices
  • The rich tradition of Christian contemplative practices which provide a source of healing and comfort for the challenges of the human condition

After reading the book and participating in the recommended spiritual practices, you will:

  • Experience an increase in contentment, love and joy
  • Have a resource to return to again and again when you find yourself challenged by the human condition

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Acknowledgments

To the following I offer a deep prayer of gratitude:

  • My parents, Don and Connie Lumby, for their loving support and for the sacrifices they made to send us to parochial schools.
  • My maternal grandparents, Wayne and Mildred Evans, for their creative gifts as writers and for inspiring me through their entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to the written and spoken word. I have had a strong sense of their watchful presence in the creation of this book.
  • My spiritual teachers and mentors, especially, Rev. Jeff VandenHeuvel, Sr. Judy Miller, Leanore Rommelfanger, Sr. Marie Schwaan, Sr. Donna Koch, Sr. Maureen Conroy, Georganne Buyze, and all my teachers and mentors in the Commissioned Ministry and Spiritual Direction Formation programs.
  • My writing coach, Julie Tallard Johnson, my local editor Sara Eliasen, and Dave and Diane Biesel of St. Johann Press and my designer, Gretchen Herrmann for your loving guidance, affirmation and support.
  • All the students I have had along the way, especially those who participated in the RCIA which allowed me to discover the most effective format for spiritual formation and to those who have completed the Authentic Freedom process.  Thank you for being the ground in which this process could take root and bear fruit.
  • My clients who through their courage to walk their own path, and their willingness to invite me to accompany them on that path allowed the Authentic Freedom concepts to be revealed.
  • Aaron and Jason Baer, Rick Maki and Lori Pierquet, current and former owners of the New Moon coffee shop, where much of this book was written.  Thanks for the constant flow of caffeine that kept me going through this process.
  • My spiritual family in Oshkosh (you know who you are!).  I love you.
  • Scot Schmidt and our children Maggie and Wil for their loving support through this process and for the sacrifices they have made in helping this dream to be made real.
  • And finally, a deep and prayerful thanks to Jesus, the Christ, my guru, teacher, companion, guide and friend, without whom none of this would be possible and to Mary, the Magdalene who has provided the model of Christian Contemplative witness.

Authentic Freedom – Endorsement

Mar1

Here is another endorsement for my upcoming book, Authentic Freedom – Claiming a Life of Contentment and Joy. This endorsement is from author and poet, Jay Ramsay. Following the endorsement is one of Jay’s poems.  Thank you Jay!


Lauri Lumby’s timely book is radiant, a still point in a currently crazy transitional world, a well of crystal…reading it has literally given me shivers…it’s a homecoming for me personally, and for all Christians who wondered where the true undiluted teaching disappeared. A teaching grounded in theology, but totally free of repressive (and patriarchal) morality. She also writes with a vajra in her hand, with superb measured clarity…Authentic Freedom is as fiercely intelligent as it is uncompromisingly the thing itself. ‘You shall know the truth, and truth shall set you free’ – yes indeed. A truth we can vibrationally feel that tells us about the Mystery of Love and why it matters so much to us now.

— Jay Ramsay, author of Crucible of Love – the alchemy of passionate relationships, and Out of Time – Poems 1998-2008

LULLABY

 

I love you – sleep.
I love you to the core of your being, sleep.
Little one, sleep.

Listen to the wind.
The wind in the leaves, sleep.
Let the wind breathe, sleep.

Let these arms hold you.
The everlasting arms. Beneath.

And all that the air is, loves you
and all that the wind breathes
whispers to you…

Beloved, child of the spirit, sleep.
Beloved, queen of your heartbeat, sleep.
Beloved, from your head to feet -

Let your mind be sleep.

Jay Ramsay 2003

Foreword – Authentic Freedom, Claiming a Life of Contentment and Joy

Feb21

Time for a little shameless, self-promotion!  Today’s post is the Foreword to my upcoming book, Authentic Freedom, Claiming a Life of Contentment and Joy. The Foreword was graciously and generously penned by one of my teachers and mentors, Julie Tallard Johnson and I am deeply humbled to receive these words.  I know Julie to be a person of deep authenticity and integrity and you can know that if she says something to be true….it most certainly is.  I do not take her words lightly which makes me even more humbled to receive this Foreword from her.  Thank you Julie!


FOREWORD

I only read or recommend books where I am certain the author has walked her talk.

You are holding such a book.

The moment I met Lauri, to the last page of this book, I witnessed a journey of authenticity that leads my Christian brothers and sisters to personal freedom. This book is a simple and compelling means to claim God’s inheritance. Lauri offers genuine ways to heal the separation today’s Christians often feel from themselves, God and each other. It is a journey that you take on your own but not alone.

She points the way with a gentle but firm hand encouraging us to heal the divide between us and the Divine. She calls this journey one to Authentic Freedom. There are many “freedoms” that present themselves to us that in fact lead us away from our true nature and Divine inheritance. To avoid these you need someone who has walked her talk.

Her inquiry practices and exercises guide the reader gently through a process that can only lead to one’s true birthrights of inner wisdom and happiness. She doesn’t make false promises instead relies on your willingness to heal the divide from your side and take the necessary steps toward your spiritual legacy.

She bravely challenges one’s perception of God while borrowing from her studies in Lay Ministry in the Catholic Diocese, reveals Christian practices that offer direct experience with the Divine, and presents real means to the Christian Mystical Experience incorporating the Yogic Chakra system and her studies in Reiki energy. She doesn’t hold back and boldly reveals to the reader the hidden teachings of Christ that her studies and practices uncovered.

If you feel a divide within yourself, have had a painful relationship with the church, are searching for means to heal the wounds of the past, or want a journey that uses the teachings of Jesus the Christ, you have found the perfect book. Don’t set it down until you know what Lauri knows, God has been within you all along.

Julie Tallard Johnson, MSW, LCSW author of The Wheel of Initiation: Practices for Releasing Your Inner Light.

Author Endorsements of Lauri’s upcoming Book!

Feb17

Authentic Freedom is at once a philosophy and a spiritual process through which you are empowered to enjoy your Divine inheritance as a person of contentment, compassion and joy.  Through Authentic Freedom, we come to discover the truth that sets us free:  the experiential knowledge of our Oneness with God, ourselves and all of creation.  Engaging in the Authentic Freedom process, we also learn to recognize and be open to the healing of the fears that prevent us from living fully within this truth:

  • There is not enough (food, clothing, shelter, money, love, time, etc.)
  • I am insignificant and have no gifts to offer to the world
  • I cannot be and live as my most authentic self
  • I am not loved
  • I am not free to express my truth
  • I do not know my truth or my path
  • I am alone

You may enter into the process of Authentic Freedom through classes, private sessions and through Lauri’s upcoming book:  Authentic Freedom – claiming a life of contentment and joy to be released in the fall of 2010.

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Author Endorsements and Reviews of Authentic Freedom – Claiming a Life of Contentment and Joy by Lauri Lumby, coming out this April!

“Authentic Freedom is a revelation toward a new level of spirituality and healing. This book is rooted in the deepest, yet easy to understand, mysticism. By writing this masterful piece of work, Author, Lauri Lumby, adds herself to a growing number of advanced healers and authors who understand that since it is the soul that creates and controls the body, it is only the soul that needs to be healed. Authentic Freedom offers insights into humanity’s “seven core fears (issues)” which are ultimately the cause of all ailments of the body and soul. It then offers the virtues (or states of consciousness) that can be nurtured to promote healing of these ailments. Other topics included in Authentic Freedom include: healing and chakras, dreams and intuition, prosperity and abundance, compulsions and psychology, and love and spirituality. Any student of mysticism, spirituality or material such as A Course in Miracles will love this book.

–Michael Mirdad, renowned healer and best-selling author, The Seven Initiations on the Spiritual Path and

You’re Not Going Crazy . . . You’re Just Waking Up!

www.grailproductions.com

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In Authentic Freedom- Claiming a Life of Contentment and Joy, Lauri Lumby skillfully washes away centuries of dogma to reveal the powerful and life changing message at the heart of Christ’s teachings and the universal truths at the core of every religion.

—Darren Main
Author of Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic  and

Hearts & Minds: Talking to Christians about Homosexuality.

www.darrenmain.com

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Lauri Lumby takes a refreshing look at the sacred teachings of Jesus, and her words serve to empower her readers to return to the path of Oneness and love, to rediscover their connection to the divine. She presents a compelling integration of the yogic chakra system with the seven deadly sins, and she encourages her readers to heal themselves and to reestablish themselves in what she coins as “Authentic Freedom”, a life of contentment and joy. Her inclusion of energy healing techniques (such as Reiki) is a welcome challenge to the recently popularized notions that these energy therapies are incompatible with the underlying messages in Jesus’ teachings. This book will take any reader through a thoughtful process of self-exploration, of Jesus’ teachings, and of the healing that is possible, and it re-writes the path toward spiritual transformation.

- Ragani

Award-winning kirtan recording artist and producer

http://raganiworld.com



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Authentic Freedom was revealed to Lauri Lumby through the integration of her own spiritual journey, education in Christian spiritual practices and knowledge of energy medicine.