All the powers of the universe are out there, ready and waiting for us to call on and use to our advantage at any time. The problem blocking most of us is our own thought habits. Through a series of thought-provoking true stories about life, death, and spirit, Beyond the Five Senses explores how each of us has the innate capacity to empower ourselves and gain control over our lives.

Could the cause of your struggles be hidden in your past lives?

The Secret of Inner Presence begins with author Lin Lipetz's story of her spontaneous spiritual awakening in 1986. Her spiritual awakening created an immediate awareness of a loving Inner Presence within her heart and a connection to another higher level of peace, contentment, and greater knowledge. She now knows that Inner Presence waits patiently to manifest itself within each person, and much of The Secret of Inner Presence is about providing the keys to bring about that shift in consciousness.

As each of the eleven keys is practiced and experienced, the transformation toward a more complete understanding of the core-self will gradually evolve through the loving guidance of the conscious Universe. One of the eleven keys opens the way to intuitively listen to the many voices that will assist in this transformation of the core-self-through healing, new insights, dreams, problem solving, and caring advice. Another key opens the way to deepen intuitively to the level of receiving messages from the Universe and possibly finding the guides that have been available since birth. This process is called Stream of Consciousness writing, and the powerful dialogues and inspirational poems the author has received in this way for many years are found in each chapter.

Chapter by chapter, each of the eleven keys is presented, by both the spiritual Universe and the author, to help guide the reader to a higher dimension of the self.

Betty Ruth Krueger is a teacher of meditation, who, after attending a retreat with His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, says to her husband, "I feel like I've embarked upon the ultimate adventure of my life " Excerpting from her journal, Betty shares the intimate story of her initially reluctant surrender to the enlightened guidance of a playful, yet profoundly insightful, guru. Sri Sri draws her into a compelling dialogue that repeatedly astonishes her inquiring mind--and melts her heart--as he leads her through sensitive transitions of expanding/dissolving ego, and the process of inner awakening.

Jonah comes from a dimension beyond our universe, a nonphysical dimension of light, color, and sound. Through medium Hossca Harrison, Jonah has come forth to assist in opening the heart, to bring a message of freedom, and to teach universal loving. "The Teachings of Jonah" was created from an early taped series of Jonah's messages. Author Constance Luciano transcribed and edited these tapes to provide Jonah's teachings in written form. The lessons offered in "The Teachings of Jonah" include: How to get in touch with our spirituality How death is a birth into another reality How our thoughts and understandings determine what type of reality we will be born into when we die How disease is created and what the relationship is between the mind, the emotions, and the body How meditation is a both a tool and a technique How to enhance the true bonding within ourselves, our families, and amongst our loved ones How prophecies and predictions are made and what they are Jonah has helped thousands of people with his messages. His teachings prompt all of us to accept complete responsibility for who and what we are.