Susan G. Shumsky

Reviewed by Carla Trueheart for Readers' Favorite

Awaken Your Third Eye by Susan Shumsky, D.D., explains how to open your third eye—known to some as the sixth sense—through provided exercises, breathing and yoga, and meditation. The book opens with an intro and a quiz, then goes into the history of the third eye, The Great Seal (the eye symbol on American money), and Egyptian backgrounds. There is much scientific information provided as well, including an explanation of melatonin and the pineal gland, which should interest readers who lean toward scientific explanations of seeing with the third eye. The book also explains how by “letting go” you can receive messages and connect with higher powers through anything from voices, sounds, smells, or even tastes. There are personal accounts, philosophical sayings, guidance on letting in the right spirits or beings, and related stories on the practice. Overall, the book covers all bases on the topic of seeing with the third eye or extra-sensory perception.

I had a few personal favorite methods, including the “do nothing” method, which is where I believe I’ve stumbled in the past with attempting third-eye knowledge. Basically, it’s not easy to just ask and wait for an answer from a spirit or guide, but author Susan Shumsky, D.D. helps sort out areas where the normal person might have problems with their attempts at connection. The meditations, in particular, were useful to me, and I did try them with success. The Third Eye Meditation was my favorite, and I did in fact see much through this practice. Also interesting was the Golden Ball exercise, and while I’ve done yoga in the past, the yoga poses and breathing instructions were quite useful overall. I would recommend Awaken Your Third Eye to anyone with an interest in awakening their sixth sense through various exercises and meditations or anyone who likes learning about yoga, chakras, or the scientific and historical background of these studies.

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Reviewed by Carla Trueheart for Readers' Favorite

Color Your Chakras by Susan Shumsky is a highly unique and informative interactive coloring book. I’ve seen many adult coloring books, but I have not seen one like this before. It is like getting two books in one, with one part information on the different chakras located in the body, and one part interactive coloring book. There is so much information on these pages! Each bit of instruction on the chakras precedes an intricate coloring page for your use. Within these coloring pages and instructions, the reader will find yin and yang, deities, doorkeepers to each chakra, hieroglyphics, meditations, and mantras. This will aid in memorizing the chakras and also serves as a fun way to use the colors and your own imagination.

While I chose this book assuming it was an adult coloring book, I was pleasantly surprised at all of the information provided about chakras, the main energy centers in the body, and the lotuses. Author Susan Shumsky explains so many different energies of chakras that I could hardly believe it was so involved! There are chakras in your skull— who knew? I also enjoyed the information about the deities, and especially liked the Color Wheel and the Wish-Fulfilling Tree. It was a brilliant idea to link a coloring book with the chakras! Color Your Chakras should be a welcome addition to any spiritual library, and I recommend the book to readers interested in chakras or those who would like to use their imaginations for coloring beautiful images while learning something new.… (plus d'informations)

If you are looking for inside information on the Beatles and transcendental meditation, look elsewhere. If you are interested in learning about the social settings, in which the technique was first popularized, read this book. Author Shumski describes her introduction to the Maharishi’s teaching styles. She explains how it changed her approach to life and self-actualization. This is only one of several books she has written on mediation, intuition, affirmation, prayer, and spiritual healing. The author has a Doctor of Divinity degree from Teaching of Intuitional Metaphysical, which is accredited by the American Alternative Medical Association and the American Association of Drugless Practitioners but does not qualify for traditional accreditation that universities like private and state universities, community colleges, and other secular institutions qualify for.

Laura Merlington, narrator, has recorded over one hundred audiobooks including works by Margaret Atwood and Alice Hoffman. Her voice is pleasing and her pronunciation clear and easy to understand. While Merlinton give a five star performance, the material is only worth three stars.… (plus d'informations)

This book is almost exclusively composed of affirmative prayers and treatments. Susan provides us with prayers for every purpose, including overcoming addictions and co-dependency, “becoming all you can be”, ascension, healing entities and vampires, healing reptilians, and various ones for creating heaven on earth.

Many of Susan´s prayers are to be found in her other books, but this one contains a plethora of new prayers, at least ones I haven´t seen before.

One of my favourite prayers is her Oneness Prayer. She states it can help you attain spiritual enlightenment and liberation.

Oneness Prayer

I AM that I AM.
All that God is, I AM.
All that I AM, God is.
I AM that I AM.
I AM That Oneness.
Thou art That Oneness.
All this is That Oneness.
That Oneness alone is.

Here is the I AM Worthy prayer, also:

I AM worthy to be loved.
I AM worthy to be prosperous.
I AM worthy to be fulfilled.
I AM worthy to be joyous.
I AM worthy to be abundant.
I AM worthy to be content.
I AM worthy to have a joyous life.
I AM a divine being of great worth.
I like myself, I love myself, I accept myself.
I forgive myself, I trust myself, I believe in myself.
I AM perfect just as I AM.
I AM lovable, and I AM loved.
Thank you, God, and SO IT IS.

For devotees of Susan Shumsky´s work, I feel that this book is a necessary purchase.

I strongly recommend that you buy this book, which has prayers for every occasion, every problem. Though I haven´t experienced that Susan´s prayers heal instantly, they have an uplifting and healing effect when repeated several times. Some may need to be repeated constantly.… (plus d'informations)