The Heart of the Matter: A Simple Guide to Discovering Gifts in Strange Wrapping Paper

by Darren R. Weissman Dr., Cate Montana

Overview

How do you access your authentic self in order to have a fulfilling and meaningful life? The Heart of the Matter introduces you to a simple but extraordinarily powerful tool called the See Feel Hear Challenge that will inspire you to easily transform reactive patterns of behavior and negative ways of thinking into a profoundly balanced and healthy lifestyle of your own conscious design.

Based on the latest findings in neuroscience and neurocardiology, this book reveals the astounding power of our emotions and how they can either limit us or set us free. As important as eating, breathing, and sleeping, processing our emotions is the fundamental key to creating harmony in all areas of life. This technique will help us do exactly that: provide guidance on how to live in the moment and create the incredible existence that we desire.

Using clear steps and real experiences, Dr. Darren Weissman’s latest work, co-authored with Cate Montana, teaches you a new way to live intentionally. Get ready to evoke positive change that will impact the world you’re a part of—change that will remold your body, mind, and emotions into a purposeful expression of the radiant spirit that you are. Whether your life is speaking to you through addictions or dysfunctional relationships, illness or unhappiness—or you’re focused on becoming an Olympic champion—The Heart of the Matter gives you a potent tool for real change and transformation that you’ll be able to use no matter what issues may arise.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401940744
Publisher:	Hay House Inc.
Publication date:	09/02/2013
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	477,723
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Dr. Darren R. Weissman, the author of The Power of Infinite Love & Gratitude and Awakening to the Secret Code of Your Mind, is the developer of The LifeLine Technique, an advanced holistic system that discovers, releases, and interprets the root cause of physical symptoms and stress—emotions trapped within the subconscious mind. His mission is world peace through inner peace. Darren is an internationally renowned lecturer and has helped thousands of people awaken to their infinite potential and the power of Infinite Love & Gratitude. Website: www.infiniteloveandgratitude.com The work of journalist, harpist, guest lecturer, and dedicated country girl Cate Montana focuses on self-realization, the physics of consciousness, and a global reawakening to feminine heart values and sustainable lifestyles. Cate is the author of Unearthing Venus: My Search for the Woman Within and co-author of GhettoPhysics: Redefining the Game with What the Bleep Do We Know!? creator Will Arntz. She is also the author of the film adaptation A Gathering of Selves and co-author of the screenplay Killing Buddha with filmmaker Betsy Chasse. Cate lives in the Pacific Northwest. Website: www.catemontana.com

Table of Contents

Foreword Bruce H. Lipton xi

Preface Darren Weissman xix

Preface Gate Montana xxvii

Introduction xxvii

Part I What Is the Heart of the Matter?

Chapter 1 Learning Life's Curriculum 3

Chapter 2 Hell No! 15

Chapter 3 Hell Yes! 29

Chapter 4 The See Feel Hear Challenge 41

Part II How and Why It Works

Chapter 5 The Power of the Heart 61

Chapter 6 The Mind as a Tool for Change 75

Part III Challenges to Choosing a Purposeful Life

Chapter 7 What's Wrong with Now? 91

Chapter 8 The Mind as a Tormentor 105

Chapter 9 Responsibility and the Freedom to Choose 117

Chapter 10 Social Conditioning 129

Chapter 11 Dialoguing with Addiction 141

Part IV Creating Conscious Change

Chapter 12 Getting from Here to There 165

Chapter 13 Questions about the See Feel Hear Challenge 179

Chapter 14 Questions about the See Feel Hear Challenge and the Mind and Body 191

Chapter 15 The Heart's Unprocessed Beliefs-The HUB for Discovering Gifts in Strange Wrapping Paper 203

Endnotes 221

Acknowledgments 229

About the Authors 231

Editorial Reviews

"The Heart of the Matter is filled with sparkling insights and wisdom, broad avenues to deep personal understanding. Enhanced by the book’s clear and practical exercises, this understanding can bring profound healing and joy into your life."
— Brian L. Weiss, M.D., author of Many Lives, Many Masters

"The Heart of the Matter by Dr. Darren Weissman and Cate Montana just surged to the top of my recommended list. Dr. Weissman’s practical, no-nonsense approach to a whole new conscious way of living is both original and attainable. Accepting his See Feel Hear Challenge will change your life! You no longer will simply have information, or, as he puts it, ‘Having intellectual knowledge about something doesn’t bestow wisdom any more than knowing the brain is capable of creating and releasing endorphins to mitigate pain gets rid of a headache.’ Instead, you will have power—the power that is your birthright to manifest the nearly unlimited potential that resides within each and every one of us! Don’t miss this one—read it today!"
— Eldon Taylor, New York Times best-selling author of Choices and Illusion

"The Heart of the Matter shares techniques for changing yourself and your life that have proven effective. If you are inspired to create a new self and life, then let your desire, intention, and inspiration become guided by the information presented here, and it will become your life coach."
— Bernie Siegel, M.D., best-selling author, including A Book of Miracles: Inspiring True Stories of Healing, Gratitude, and Love

"If you’re ready to move to the next level of health, well-being, and a life that works, The Heart of the Matter can surely take you there. This outstanding book is a significant achievement in spiritual technology, marrying broad-stroke metaphysical truth with practical, grounded examples and techniques for healing and transformation. Follow the guidance between these covers, and your life will surely be lighter, freer, and happier."
— Alan Cohen, seminar leader and best-selling author of The Dragon Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

"As a licensed psychotherapist, I am often witness to people becoming stuck in negative feelings or behavioral patterns. They want to change—they know how to change, but they keep ending up in the same place, disheartened and deflated. In this eloquently written book, Dr. Darren Weissman goes deeper with the See Feel Hear Challenge, allowing you to access the hidden subconscious emotional patterns that are running your life. This allows you to transform both physical and psychological aliments. I recommend this book and plan on using it with my clients."
— Nicole McCance, M.A., C. Psych Assoc., licensed psychotherapist and best-selling author

"This is by far one of the best books on the planet for emotional healing and transformation. Apply these brilliant suggestions and enjoy the benefit of your life changing in beautiful, harmonious, and loving ways."
— Peggy McColl, New York Times best-selling author of Your Destiny Switch

"The Heart of the Matter provides a straightforward way to quickly get to the heart of our 'problems' and release old, toxic emotions and programs so we can live the joyous lives we were meant to live. I wish that I’d known this simple technique years ago!"
— Betsy Chasse, filmmaker, What the Bleep Do We Know!?; author, Tipping Sacred Cows

"Dr. Darren Weissman, in collaboration with Cate Montana, shows us the simplicity of healing, how each challenge we face is an opportunity to dive more deeply into our loving true selves. The Heart of the Matter offers a powerful technique that ignites our inner awareness to go beneath the surface of the symptoms where deep, lasting transformation is found."
— Jason Nelson, best-selling author of Empower Our Children: God’s Call to Parents—How to Heal Yourself and Your Children

"Darren Weissman, in collaboration with Cate Montana, has created an exceptionally brilliant model of healing that eliminates negative self-talk and transforms pain to power by way of the See Feel Hear Challenge. The Heart of the Matter is a priceless gift to all who have imagined a more meaningful life."
— Cheryl Grace, author of Feng Shui Simply: Change Your Life from the Inside Out

"The Heart of the Matter is an insightful guide to delving into our subconscious and resolving parts of ourselves that we don’t even know are broken in order to create a life filled with moments of pure beauty, joy, and love. Commit to Darren’s See Feel Hear Challenge, and start living your purpose!"
— Donna Gates, international best-selling author of The Body Ecology Diet and The Body Ecology Guide to Growing Younger

"This book is the most practical template of how to harness the healing powers for both emotional traumas and physical burdens I have ever had the pleasure to read. And I have studied nearly all written and spoken aspects of self-healing methodologies for over 40 years."
— Danné Montague-King, founder DMK, Inc.

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