The Four Insights Wisdom, Power, and Grace of the Earthkeepers author: Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. Hay House 2006 ISBN #1-4019-1045-7 Alberto Villoldo's background is that of medical anthropologist. He also, not incidentally, comes from a long line of Earthkeepers. I have some insight into his Four Winds Society, as a friend and her partner chose to work their way through his courses, which they felt held great merit. They give him high marks. Villoldo's body of work includes "Shaman, Healer, Sage" and "Mending The Past and Healing The Future Through Soul Retrieval". In this book Villoldo focuses on what he terms the "original wound" in each of us - the wound that may have come from childhood, or even from another lifetime, which in essence "derailed" our destiny. He then shows us how to move forward to our best and highest future. The backbone of this book is the sacred teachings protected by secret societies of earthkeepers, the medicine men and women of the Americas. The Four Insights state that all of creation comes from light manifested through the power of intention. The Earthkeepers use this knowledge not only to heal disease and emotional suffering, but they apply it to growing new bodies that age and heal differently. The First Insight teaches us how to shed our emotional wounds from the past. The Second Insight shows us how to move beyond fear and anger to live and practice grace. The Third Insight shows us how to step into infinity and fix things before they are born, and to heal destiny. The Fourth Insight shows us how to dream the world into being, and to move outside of our cultural boundaries in order to create joy, abundance, and meaning in our lives. The Four Insights are defined as follows: 1. The First Insight - The Way Of The Hero. Practices: Nonjudgement, Nonsuffering, Nonattachment, Beauty 2. The Second Insight - The Way of the Luminous Warrior Practices: Fearlessness, Nondoing, Certainty, Nonengagement 3. The Third Insight - The Way of the Seer Practices: Beginners Mind, Living Consequently, Transparency, Integrity 4. The Fourth Insight - The Way of the Sage Practices: Mastering Time, Owning Your Projections, No-mind, Indigenous Alchemy The journey begins with a discussion of the energy of perception, and it's four levels: (1) the body and physical perception, the Level of the Serpent; (2) the mind and emotional perception, the Level of the Jaguar; (3) the soul and sacred perception, the Level of the Hummingbird; and (4) spiritual perception, the Level of the Eagle. This is followed by a discussion of our chakras, and our energetic anatomy. One of the exercises included in this section is focused on chakra clearing - something that is integral to good, balanced health. Each of the Four Insights has a chapter devoted to it. Through relating his own personal experiences, through telling his own story, and through individual exercises Villoldo gifts the reader with the ability to personally work on each of the Four Insights within him or her self. The gift of this book? Quite simply, a renewed life, a revised Mission, and a sense of personal balance. For anyone who is on a personal empowerment or healing journey, this book is a must read! © March 2007 Bonnie Cehovet Personal Lifestyle Reading - I offer a Personal Lifestyle Reading using Tarot that looks at past, present and future influences in your life, at the energies that are currently available to help you along your path, and at those energies that are appearing as challanges. My goal is to offer you insight into your decision making process, as well as tools that you can use to both better understand your path and make conscious, choice centered decisions. Home Personal Empowerment links Personal Empowerment articles Graphics by Art for the web