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      Twelve Positive Habits of

      Spiritually Centered People

      Other Books by Mark Thurston

       Edgar Cayce’s Guide to Spirituality for Busy People

       Synchronicity as Spiritual Guidance

       Millennium Prophecies

      The Edgar Cayce Handbook for Creating Your Future (coauthor)

       The Great Teachings of Edgar Cayce

       More Great Teachings of Edgar Cayce

       Soul-Purpose: Discovering and Fulfilling Your Destiny

       Dreams: Tonight’s Answers for Tomorrow’s Questions

       Paradox of Free Will

       The Inner Power of Silence

       Discovering Your Soul’s Purpose

       How to Interpret Your Dreams

       Understand and Develop Your ESP

       Experiments in a Search for God

       Experiments in Practical Spirituality

      Meditation and the Mind of Man (coauthor)

      Twelve Positive Habits of

      Spiritually Centered People

      By Mark Thurston

      and

      Sarah Thurston

      A.R.E. Press • Virginia Beach • Virginia

      Copyright © 2001

      by Mark Thurston and Sarah Thurston

      2nd Printing, July 2004

      Printed in the U.S.A.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      A.R.E. Press

      215 67th Street

      Virginia Beach, VA 23451-2061

      Thurston, Mark, A.

      Twelve positive habits of spiritually centered people / by Mark Thurston, and Sarah Thurston.

      p. cm.

      ISBN 0-87604-428-3

      1. Spiritual life. 2. Cayce, Edgar, 1877-1945. 3. Association for Research and Enlightenment. I. Thurston, Sarah, 1981- II. Title.

      BP605.A77 T49 2001

      131—dc21

      2001002112

      Edgar Cayce Readings © 1971, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

      by the Edgar Cayce Foundation.

      All rights reserved.

      Cover design by Richard Boyle

      Dedication

      To our friend Joe Dunn. As Publisher of A.R.E. Press, Joe enthusiastically supported the idea of this book from its initial proposal. And as a dear friend, he has inspired us with his positive spirit and his courage in all that life has brought his way.

      Contents

Introduction:Simple Habits, Powerful Results
Positive Habit #1:Start the Day Right
Positive Habit #2:Three-Minute Meditation
Positive Habit #3:The Inner Witness: Practicing Self-Observation
Positive Habit #4:The Pace of Life
Positive Habit #5:Balanced Living
Positive Habit #6:Self-Assertion and Healthy Will
Positive Habit #7:Picture Yourself: Using Creative Visualization for Change
Positive Habit #8:Tolerance: The Magic Ingredient in Human Relationships
Positive Habit #9:The Sixth Sense in Sleep
Positive Habit #10:Keeping Daily Rhythms
Positive Habit #11:The Three-Step Body Tuneup
Positive Habit #12:Wrapping Up the Day: Bedtime Imaginative Recall

       Introduction

      Simple Habits, Powerful Results

      You know the feeling: too busy to do what you know you ought to be doing. It’s so easy to get caught up in the busyness of the world. And when that happens, spiritually centering activities are squeezed out. You don’t find time for a rejuvenating walk in nature or the quiet time to read something inspirational.

      It’s a fact of modern life that time is at a premium for most people. Sometimes we may find ourselves asking, “How long will it take?” before we ask, “And what will it cost?” Extraordinary stress is created when we feel like there’re just not enough hours in the day to do what needs to be done.

      Most of us find that when time is tight, life-affirming disciplines easily get overlooked or skipped. Perhaps there’s little or no time in the morning to think about your dreams, let alone write them down. When life is hectic you may not do a very good job following the nutritional rules that you know are best. And meditation periods—which ideally take fifteen, twenty, or more minutes of quality, stress-free attention—are forgotten or brushed aside.

      Wouldn’t it be great if spiritual and psychological benefits could be reaped from even brief investments of time and attention? How might your life be transformed by simple, positive habits that could keep you spiritually connected? Edgar Cayce, one of the most important spiritual philosophers of the twentieth century, had recommendations for exactly how you can do it.

      Cayce made his reputation as a healer—a man whose clairvoyant insights and natural remedies earned him fame as one of the founders of the holistic healing movement. But his remarkable prescriptions usually weren’t just herbal tonics, dietary changes, or nontraditional therapies. Frequently