Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins Book

Honestly I don't really know what to "rate" this book. Although I have read other books about various spiritual practices before, I don't think I have explored anything quite like this.

I thought that this book was powerful, moving, and beautifully written. The author, Sandra Ingerman, is clearly an expert in her field of spirituality and transmutation. While there are many lessons and sentiments in this book that would be valuable for anyone to read, there were also stories that pushed me to consider my view of reality and truth.

At several points, especially when Ingerman spoke more literally about journeying and transmutation, I caught myself scoffing and shaking my head. However, when I actually thought about it, who's to say that Ingerman isn't the one who is correct, and I am the one who is too rooted in our literal, tangible reality? Who's to say that we can't transmute our polluted Earth using the power of intention? Maybe if everyone believed in the power of our minds and spirits a little bit more, we would collectively act more thoughtfully, with more respect for the power of our words and actions.

Some of my favorite quotes:

"What is the nature of our soul? What are the gifts, talents, and strengths we came into this world to manifest in this lifetime? Who were we before we were told who we are?" Page 61

"We are told by families, teachers, and authority figures who we are supposed to be and what we are good at. We are then loved for what we do rather than for who we are. Thus our original essence becomes buried deep within ourselves, and we lose contact with who we really are -" Page 61

"Because our parents are egoic in nature, they are not capable of connecting with us on the deep, essential level we crave, but instead project their needs, beliefs, hopes, and fears onto us. Therefore we never feel truly seen or loved by our own parents. We then proceed to evolve different unconscious dysfunctional behaviors in attempts to receive love." Page 89

"It's important not only to vision our future as we want it, but also to realize that our future is created by our present" Page 117

"We moved from living a life fully connected to and celebrating the forces of nature to living in a scientific, technological society ruled by the rational mind...We have made ourselves smaller spiritually in order to survive in our society. We have learned not to take up space." Page 139