The Missing Element: Inspiring Compassion for the Human Condition - Softcover

Silverman, Debra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844096890 ISBN 13: 9781844096893

Publisher: Findhorn Press, 2016

Synopsis

In The Missing Element, author Debra Silverman describes human nature in a compassionate and succinct way. Everyone longs to be understood and the author offers ways for us to get to know ourselves in depth with the wisdom of archetypes.

The information in this book stands on the shoulders of our elders, who understood the four directions, the four elements, the four noble truths. Whatever pain you experience is specific to your personality type, based on the four elements. Your issues will repeat themselves again and again until you can see yourself and others from the compassionate vantage point that unites all of us.

You will understand that your life and all its stories were designed by your soul to get your attention right now. It is inviting you to seek the wisdom of the ages to help you grow... that's why you found this book.

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About the Author

When Debra Silverman was just 20 years old, she met an astrologer who blew her mind and changed her world forever. She had officially been introduced to the world of Astrology. It was then that she realized the stars in her own world had aligned just right, and she had found her life's purpose.

Debra went on to deeply study the mind and body, earning a Bachelor's degree in Psychology & Dance from York University and a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University.

Over the past 37 years of professional experience and private practice, she has specialized in helping thousands of individuals achieve emotional health and wisdom based on their unique personality and the four elements: water, air earth, and fire. Her work with families, individuals, and couples has her standing out in a sea of therapists and coaches.

While there is no "one size fits all" approach, Debra has developed a unique psychological-spiritual model, combining her expertise in Esoteric (soul-centered) Astrology with her extensive education in Psychology to help those going through major life changes, especially in crisis. She custom designs her therapeutic approach to each individual, using astrology and psychology as a magical healing combination.

What makes Debra different is not only her honest and direct style, but her fun and non-traditional way that she breathes new life into an ancient practice. Her goal is to connect with you on a deeper level and help you heal, while making you laugh and accepting you just as you are.

She shares her knowledge through her own radio show, called Tell Me A Story, which airs each Tuesday online, and by writing columns for various magazines. She has also taught at the internationally renowned Esalen Institute. Her work has taken her around the globe, practicing and lecturing in places like New York, Los Angeles, London, Vancouver, Seattle and Boulder, Colorado, where she now lives.

From the Inside Flap

Your Elemental Mission
I want to enroll you as an agent of change - and you'll need two things. One is to become acquainted with the Four Elements as they exist inside you. The other is to cultivate the Observer's position so that you can stand back and make change by altering the way you see and live your own story.

The Four Elements

• WATER: For nine months we surrendered to the awesome feminine power of a womb filled with fluid. Herein lies the wisdom of silence and trust.

• AIR: Air is everywhere - the universal source of breath and language. No one can live without breathing or communicating. Herein lies the wisdom of wonder and consciousness.

• EARTH: The patience of a mountain, the generosity of a tree. Earth is the immovable rock, tirelessly waiting for our respect. Will we care for her? If we don't, don't worry: she will survive. We may not. Herein lies the wisdom of respect and balance.

• FIRE: The heat of your heart and the fire of the sun drive your destiny each day. We cannot live without either. Herein lies the wisdom of accepting your mission with full conviction.

Learning to Change
Modern life is stalking us to change. With so many books of this kind being read, spirituality has never been as popular and commonplace. As individuals and as a species we are growing. It's an unfortunate truth that we learn the most through mistakes.

It is easy to judge humanity, our neighbors, our human nature, and our own idiosyncrasies. We have danced with evil, played with guns, tried to control and scare the Feminine into submission, and nearly destroyed the Earth. Evolution occurs by learning through our mistakes, and we have a long history of making mistakes: nuclear bombs, the holocaust, 9/11, countless wars, to mention only a few examples. Can we forgive human nature, the species, and its long path down evolution lane? Would I love to change the way we learn our lessons? You bet I would. Would I love to assist people to learn the easy way? Sure.

As a parent I want to offer a positive future to my kids. I have written this book to share what I have found that holds wisdom and hope.

What I'm calling the Missing Element is twofold:

1) It is the Observer inside you - the part of you that can stand outside of judgment and see yourself with a more wise and compassionate approach - much like our elders did.

2) The Missing Element also refers to the Elements that make up your personality and more specifically, the element which is your weakest.

Allow me to help you to see through the eyes of love. All is well, and we are exactly where the prophets of old predicted we would be - that we would reach a time when we had to get on our knees and return to basics.

Water is wet, fire is hot, earth is heavy, and air is everywhere.

Read and participate in this book's exercises and examples to learn how to get back to ground level and rekindle the wisdom of the elements. This is the voice of hope.

The Good News: You have the personal power to make a difference. The power to create change resides inside you. It's so much simpler than you know. And it starts with you.

Edition details

• Publisher: Findhorn Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844096890
• ISBN 13: 9781844096893
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160