A Time for Grace - by Caroline Myss (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

(Originally published as DEFY GRAVITY) New York Times best-selling author Caroline Myss investigates the mystical phenomenon of healing and the presence of grace in every life.

What is grace? How does grace work? How do I know if I've ever had an experience of grace in my life? For decades, readers and students have turned to medical intuitive Caroline Myss for answers to these essential questions. In these pages, she takes readers on a transformative journey to investigate the "holy authority" of grace and find tools to heal themselves and their lives.

Originally published as Defy Gravity, this searching and eloquent book offers a message that we need now more than ever. Inspired by ordinary people who overcame a wide array of physical and psychological ailments, Caroline dove into the works of the great mystics to gain a deeper understanding of healing's spiritual underpinnings. Using what she discovered, she invites us into an intimate and healing engagement with the soul, which we experience through exploring our seven shadow passions, building an empowered inner self around our seven inherent graces, and learning how to work with the mystical laws that govern it.

With this knowledge, you can break through the boundaries of ordinary reason. You can heal from illness, heartbreak, and pain. You can learn to live fearlessly. And you can start to discern the guidance of grace in every moment of your life.

Review Quotes

"It is rare that an author and teacher as accomplished and influential as Caroline Myss would, with each book, discover whole new vistas, and then report back to us with her legendary clarity and passion. With A Time for Grace she has done it again. Anyone in need of healing--healing from illness, anxiety, fear, or heartbreak--will find enormous help in this book. It is a tonic made of light and wisdom." -- Elizabeth Lesser, co-founder, Omega Institute and author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow

"In A Time for Grace, Caroline Myss offers a new model of transformation and healing that will shift how we perceive crisis and illness. A must-read." -- Deepak Chopra, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

"Caroline has been one of my most important spiritual teachers. In her new book, she continues to pierce both hearts and minds with arrows of truth." -- Marianne Williamson, author of The Age of Miracles and A Return to Love

"A Time for Grace is a powerful look at the mystical aspects of the process of deep healing. The extraordinary Caroline Myss provides profound insights into the nature of illness and the healing miracles that can occur. What I love about Caroline is that she isn't afraid to make waves and go way beyond convention to create new paradigms of health." -- Judith Orloff, M.D., author of Emotional Freedom

"In this time of extraordinary evolutionary upheaval, Caroline Myss offers a powerful and wise prescription for self-healing that transforms and empowers the reader to gain sovereignty over their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being." -- Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., author of The Biology of Belief and Spontaneous Evolution

"In A Time for Grace Caroline Myss goes far beyond conventional thinking to describe with precision those areas of experience, those mystical and mysterious events that ultimately account for illness. I found this book to be extraordinarily intelligent and perceptive in charting ways to go deep into the soul to glimpse those faint issues that grow into large problems." -- Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul and Writing in the Sand

"Like no other author, Myss invariably manages to help us reach yet an even higher level of understanding of how to heal. Run, don't walk, and buy this book." -- Mona Lisa Schulz, M.D., Ph.D., author of The Intuitive Advisor and Heal Your Mind

"In this book, Caroline Myss reminds us that, while we should be grateful for the gift of reason, we should also be aware that the mystery and holiness of life cannot be found in the dim light of reason alone. As A Time for Grace makes clear, the mystics teach that there is in each of us the capacity for mystical experience that transcends reason. Each chapter of this book echoes with the expansive energy of mystical awakening and offers ways we can cultivate this awakening in our lives." --James Finley, Ph.D., author of Christian Meditation and The Contemplative Heart

"Caroline Myss is the most outstanding voice in the field of spirituality and healing alive on the planet today. In A Time for Grace she challenges some of our culture's most cherished myths about healing, inviting the reader to exit the prison of reason and enter the 'field of grace' from which miracles spontaneously arise. Translating universal spiritual wisdom into modern language, Caroline illuminates the journey to empowering both psyche and soul." -- Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind and Your Soul's Compass

About the Author

Caroline Myss is a five-time New York Times best-selling author. She is the co-founder of CMED (Caroline Myss Education Institute) and has taught workshops on consciousness, healing, energy medicine, and mystical theology around the world for 35 years. Caroline offers a number of courses on her website: www.myss.com.