Denise Linn - Four Acts of Personal Power: How To Heal Your Past And Create An Empowering Future

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Feng Shui for the Soul:How to Create a Harmonious Environment That Will Nurture and Sustain You*

The Hidden Power of Dreams:How to Use Dreams on Your Spiritual Journey

How to Use Reincarnation for Personal Growth (available February 2008)*

If I Can Forgive, So Can You:My Autobiography of How I Overcame My Past and Healed My Life*

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The Secret Language of Signs:How to Interpret the Coincidences and Symbols in Your Life

Secrets & Mysteries:The Glory and Pleasure of Being a Woman*

Soul Coaching:28 Days to Discover Your Authentic Self*

Soul Coaching Oracle Cards:What Your Soul Wants You to Know (a 52-card deck)*

The Soul Loves the Truth:Lessons Learned on My Path to Joy*

Space Clearing:How to Purify and Create Harmony in Your Life

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Audio Programs

Angels! Angels! Angels!

Cellular Regeneration: How to Heal

Complete Relaxation*

Dreams

How to Heal

Journey into Past Lives*

Life Force

Past Lives and Beyond

Phoenix Rising

The Way of the Drum

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Instinctive Feng Shui for Creating Sacred Space*

*Available from Hay House

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Copyright 2007 by Denise Linn

Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com Published and distributed in Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd.: www.hayhouse.com.au Published and distributed in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.uk Published and distributed in the Republic of South Africa by: Hay House SA (Pty), Ltd.: orders@psdprom.co.za Distributed in Canada by: Raincoast: www.raincoast.com Published in India by: Hay House Publications (India) Pvt. Ltd.: www.hayhouseindia.co.in

Editorial supervision: Jill Kramer Design: Bryn Starr Best

*This book was originally published in 1998 by Random House under the titles Descendants (in the U.K., Australia, and South Africa); and Sacred Legacies (in the U.S.).

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private useother than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviewswithout prior written permission of the publisher.

The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Linn, Denise.

Four acts of personal power: how to heal your past and create a positive future / Denise Linn.

p. cm.

Rev. ed. of: Descendants, 1998 and Sacred legacies, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN-13: 978-1-4019-0745-7 (tradepaper) 1. Life. 2. Quality of life. 3. Spiritual life. I. Linn, Denise. Descendants. II. Linn, Denise. Sacred legacies. III. Title.

BD431.L4297 2007

158.2--dc22

2006014832

ISBN: 978-1-4019-0745-7

10 09 08 07 4 3 2 1

1st edition, January 2007

Printed in the United States of America

I dedicate this book to my daughter,
Meadow Marie Linn. She is my
descendant, and its for her that I wrote this.

Contents

Sometimes it falls upon a generation
to be great. You can be that great generation.

Nelson Mandela, 2005

In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of
our decisions on the next seven generations.

from the Great Law of the American Indian Iroquois Confederacy

W hen you take the time to be still and look into your heart, what do you see regarding the future? What do you sense is ahead for you, your country, and the world? Where do you see yourself in the next 10 or 20 years? What do you see for humanity in the next 10, 20, 50, or even 100 years?

If your view of the future isnt completely rosy, youre not alone. From scientists to politicians, to psychics and visionaries, predictions about the future suggest that we have entered into one of the most challenging centuries of human history. However, instead of worrying about the future, we should focus on reinventing it and the truth is that we can reinvent our own personal destiny, as well as that of our planet. In fact, there has never been a more important time than right now to embark on this kind of spiritual quest. Some say that we are entering into a time of darkness, but there is a universal law: the greater the darkness, the greater the light and there has never been a more compelling time than right now for your light to shine fiercely, graciously, and beautifully.

The urgency of the spiritual and environmental crises that humanity faces requires bold and visionary methods. You have come to this planet to grow spiritually, and the time is now to step up and take action. I suggest that you wouldnt be reading this book except that youre ready to lovingly contribute to your own fate and also to the continued vitality of our planet.

We may not know all the answers to the challenges that we face ahead. However, its essential that we release uncertainty, fear, and pessimism and replace them with faith, optimism, intelligence, and vision to do everything that we can to empower the coming years. The key lies in understanding and healing the past, and this book will give you remarkable toolsfour acts of personal powerto sever negative influences from your past, which will, in turn, help empower your future. Using the methods in this book, you can reinvent your own personal destiny, which will in turn have a potent ripple effect on every aspect of your life, the generations ahead, and ultimately on our global destiny.