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    Choices and Illusions: How Did I Get Where I Am, and How Do I Get Where I Want to Be?

    Choices and Illusions: How Did I Get Where I Am, and How Do I Get Where I Want to Be?

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    by Eldon Taylor


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      ISBN-13: 9781401944667
    • Publisher: Hay House, Inc.
    • Publication date: 09/17/2013
    • Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 254
    • Sales rank: 86,995
    • File size: 3 MB

    Eldon Taylor has made a lifelong study of the human mind and has earned doctoral degrees in psychology and metaphysics. He is a fellow with the American Psychotherapy Association (APA) and a nondenominational minister.

    Eldon was a practicing criminalist for over ten years while completing his education. He supervised and conducted investigations and testing to detect deception. His earliest work with changing inner beliefs was conducted from this setting, including a double-blind study conducted at the Utah State Prison from 1986 to 1987. Eldon is president and director of Progressive Awareness Research, Inc. For more than 20 years, his books, tapes, lectures, and radio and television appearances have approached personal empowerment from the cornerstone perspective of forgiveness, gratitude, and respect for all life.

    Table of Contents

    Foreword Cristian Enescu xiii

    Preface xv

    Introduction to the First Edition xvii

    Introduction to the Second Edition xix

    Chapter 1 Choices and Illusions 1

    Chapter 2 Engineering Belief 13

    Chapter 3 The Full Power of Your Beliefs 17

    Chapter 4 Creating Self 21

    Chapter 5 What We Perceive and Fail to Perceive 31

    Chapter 6 Psychological Defense Mechanisms 51

    Chapter 7 Who Owns Your Thoughts Anyway? 65

    Chapter 8 Information Processing Without Awareness 73

    Chapter 9 A Simple Model of Mind and Behavior 85

    Chapter 10 The Nature of Controversy 109

    Chapter 11 Practical Hypnosis 121

    Chapter 12 Mind Is Not a Local Event 127

    Chapter 13 The Subtraction Game 141

    Chapter 14 The Courage to Challenge Yourself 149

    Chapter 15 Breaking the Trance 159

    Chapter 16 The Kingdom Within 165

    Chapter 17 Change 173

    Chapter 18 Conclusion 197

    Epilogue 207

    Appendix A Science of InnefTalk® 209

    Appendix B Utah Prison Study 213

    Appendix C Personal-Empowerment Stories 215

    Appendix D Affirmations for Unlimited Personal Power 229

    Recommended Resources 231

    Endnotes 233

    Acknowledgments 237

    About the Author 238

    Interviews


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    Revised edition with five new chapters! Plus, a secure link to the FREE InnerTalk® audio!

    This fascinating book holds an important key. Whether you’re interested in the science of thinking and beliefs, how your own mind operates, how others control your thoughts, why things just don’t work out for you, how you can create the life you’ve always wanted, how you can realize your true potential, how you can find peace, or, on a grander scale, how you can help make the world a better place, this book provides insights for all. Simply reading it will open your eyes to new worlds of possibilities. You’ll change once you’re exposed to the illusions most live under and by, and putting into practice any of these very simple teachings will open the door for you to achieve your highest potential.

    Choices and Illusions tells the story of one man’s journey into the workings of the human mind and our reason for being. The adventure is every bit as exciting as the best scientific discoveries. Eldon Taylor’s approach is pragmatic, and his conclusions are inspirational and soul enhancing. Along the journey, you’ll hear fantastic stories of divine intervention, see why you think and do what you don’t wish to do, and understand the very clear message that it’s never too late to be happy and succeed, regardless of your past actions.

    Eldon says, “Many believe that self-help and self-improvement is about rags to riches, failure to success, and so forth, when indeed it’s the beginning of a journey into self-discovery. Inside every human being is an eternal truth and a life purpose. Using our mind power is simply starting the engine on that path toward highest self-actualization.”

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    “Read this book! We are living at a time when people are searching for answers to fundamental questions in their lives. This book can be, if applied, a road map to personal enlightenment and empowerment. I believe it can ‘tune in’ the frequency you are currently operating on. More important, it helps you see that you can manifest change.”
    — John Edward, psychic medium and author of After Life and Understanding Your Angels and Meeting Your Guides
     
    “Choices and Illusions is a smart, practical book by a grand master of the mind. If you want to get out of the box of your own thinking, and touch a greater reality, Eldon Taylor can show you how.”
    — Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Your Soul’s Compass and Inner Peace for Busy People
     
    “Choices and Illusions opens our minds to explore inwardly—to explore how our minds work and how to harness our minds to become clear about our purpose in life and the Love that we are.”
    — Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., author of Teach Only Love and Good-bye to Guilt
     
    “This is an extraordinary and complete overview of mind and consciousness from someone who has been demonstrating it in his life for many years.”
    — Lynne McTaggart, author of The Field and The Intention Experiment
     
    “More and more people are reaching out today in search of answers to life. Sometimes the search is to understand relationships, improve performance, or become successful—unfortunately, most people look outside of themselves for both the answers and the best actions. They excuse themselves with rationalizations. If only the universe would give me a break. If only he or she would change. If only I had been born differently, and so on. If you’ve found yourself somewhere in life where you don’t want to be, then read Choices and Illusions.”
    — Marci Shimoff, professional speaker and #1 New York Times best-selling author of Happy for No Reason, Love for No Reason, and Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul
     
    “When you realize just how much of your actions are automatic and how many of your choices are actually made by your subconscious, you understand the illusion we all have lived most of our lives! Eldon Taylor’s book Choices and Illusions delivers both the path in and the way out to move from where you are to where you want to be, and it does so in straight talk everyone can understand. This book should be required reading for young and old alike!”
    — C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., author of Energy Medicine
     
    “I can see why Choices and Illusions became a New York Times bestseller when it was first released—and this revised edition offers so much more. This is the best guidebook to show you how you got where you are and how you can get to where you would rather be. Once again, in his enlightening and compelling style, Eldon Taylor reveals inestimably valuable information to help you achieve the success you seek in any of your goals.”
    — Sandra Anne Taylor, New York Times best-selling author of Quantum Success

    “In Choices and Illusions, Eldon Taylor takes us on a delightful and provocative odyssey through the corridors of consciousness. Using solid science, practical spirituality, and common sense, he shows that our perceptions can be changed—and, once different, can catalyze dramatic improvements in our health and well-being.”
    — Dawson Church, Ph.D., author of The Genie in Your Genes

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