FROM THE PUBLISHER

Caroline Myss is a world-renowned medical intuitive and a hugely popular motivational and inspirational speaker. She has been interested for years in how people can obtain and act with divine power. Theologically trained, she regularly explores religious and spiritual teachings and creates fascinating, different systems for creating power and energy in everyday life.

In this new teaching, Caroline argues that we are most godlike, most powerful, and most apt to increase our own power when we act invisibly, anonymously, without credit or expectation of reward--this is a universal spiritual principle taught by Jesus ("Give and there will be gifts for you"; "Do not parade your uprightness in public"; "When you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites...go to your private room, shut yourself in...and pray in secret... your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you openly.") Buddha ("Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds." "However many holy words you read,However many you speak,What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?" "Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. ", and other figures: true power, charity, and goodness come from acts that are not calculated. For this new inspirational and spiritual teaching, Myss has collected more than 1,200 stories from her own experiences and her students' and fans' experiences over the years and has culled from them, permissions already secured, to reprint in this book.

Falling into seven categories, these stories chronicle the many ways people have acted in small but powerful ways to contribute to others' lives, help others heal and to change a life in an instant. They include stories of kindness, generosity, faith, emotional support, and friendship and show the many real ways that everyone has divine power, sometimes called grace, and can act with it--indeed, must act with it. People often think that to make a difference in someone's life, they have to do something big, but these stories are remarkable because they show that the acts of service that make the biggest difference--that transformed lives--are invariably very simple. The consequences for the recipient, however, were huge: whether it was someone who was hungry, needed help with an ailing parent, a kind word or gesture, or a lift home, the acts are remembered as profound, life-saving, and life-transforming.

Everyone is in a position to help another person more profoundly than he can imagine by a small act of conscious goodness. Coupled with a dynamic new teaching about the biology of service--the innate physical/pscyhological/spiritual need that we all have to do good--the stories give Invisible Acts of Power the potential to become another cultural phenomenon like Random Acts of Kindness. It will inspire readers and give them the power to change their lives, reconnect with others, gain a greater sense of spirituality, and grab on to the positive energies of hope and faith in a time of overwhelming, negative news and stress.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

Bestselling author Myss (Sacred Contracts; Anatomy of the Spirit) began preparing for this book with two small acts of kindness involving simple assistance with literal baggage. They inspired her to muse, "What really takes place when you respond to someone in need?... the action itself, the lifting of a heavy piece of luggage... may be small. But the energy that is channeled through that action is the high-voltage current of grace." The multiplied strength of the aid she received prompted her to explore stories of like kind. Soliciting through her e-newsletter and Web site, she received over 1,200 responses in six days from people all over the world who had either given or provided some form of grace or assistance. After a cogent introduction, Myss organizes these stories around the "seven classic stages of spiritual development," expressed in the body's seven chakras or energy centers. She devotes chapters to gifts of the earth; financial and creative support; self-esteem; the heart; choice; wisdom; and the Spirit. Chapters conclude with questions to aid life assessment and prayers. The multicultural references throughout strengthen this universal, timely message that can be enjoyed and utilized by people everywhere. One Spirit main selection; BOMC alternate; 14-city author tour. (Sept.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Judith Orloff

Caroline Myss's Invisible Acts of Power is a brilliant, tender testament to the grace that comes from being a conduit for compassion and the divine. This book is a 'must read' for all physicians, health care professionals, and for everyone who wants to create the miracles that inevitably arise from our heartfelt acts of service, large and small. I gained enormous strength, energy, and faith from Caroline's words, and I know you will, too. — M.D., author of Positive Energy and Intuitive Healing

Ken Wilber