Cher Holton - Power Up Your Life

T here is an extraordinary you at your core. All you have to do is get the ordinary you out of the way by claiming your Twelve Powers at the highest, most elevated level of consciousness. (Bil & Cher Holton)

I magine being able to live life more fully, more consciously, more masterfully. Imagine expressing your extraordinary nature in every situation you experience. Imagine being the best person you can be! This guide is designed to give you powerful tools for doing just thattools that allow you to transform your life.

This book is all about a concept called the Twelve Powers, which are core abilities within each of us that can be called upon to help us handle every life situation from our highest, most elevated level of consciousness. Originally made popular by Unity co-founder Charles Fillmore in his book, The Twelve Powers of Man, first published in 1930, the Twelve Powers include:

Each Power has a specific purpose, location in the body, and color associated with it. For the purposes of this guide, we will be looking at each Power individually, even though they work together as One. If you think about a medical student who is studying the human body, the student will have classes that focus individually on different areas such as the heart and circulatory system, the skeletal system, our cell structure, the brain, etc. But in the actual practice of medicine, all these areas are closely linked, and a physician must be able to recognize the impact each has on the other. In a similar way, each of our Twelve Powers has a focused role to play, while together they work in concert to support one another as we master the art of living.

This book is an expanded and updated adaptation of the 2010 book, PowerUP: Revisiting the Twelve Powers as Accelerated Abilities, by Paul Hasselbeck and Cher Holton. It more fully develops the information describing each Power, and complements it with the sciences of Positive Psychology (founded by Martin Seligman); neuroscience; quantum physics; sociology; positivity; and neurotheology. We believe including scientific research adds depth and credibility to the Twelve Powers, and creates an easy-to-understand guide for the practical application and use of these Twelve Powers to experience abundance, health, inner peace, and joy.

When it comes to human beings, scientists tell us there are two causal forces that work together to help us adapt to the natural world. The implications of neuroplasticity combined with quantum physics cast new light on the question of humankinds place, and role, in nature. At its core, the new physics combined with neuroscience suggests that the natural world evolves through an interplay between two causal processes. The first includes the physical processes we are all familiar with: electricity streaming, gravity pulling. The second includes the contents of our consciousness, including volition. The importance of this second process cannot be overstated, for it allows human thoughts to make a difference in the evolution of physical events ( Schwartz, J.M. and S. Begley, The Mind and the Brain, New York: Harper Perennial, 2002, pg.20). The activities in this guide are designed to help you actively call on your Twelve Powers in order to use them at your highest, most elevated level of consciousness.

A Quick Peek at the Sciences We Include

Throughout this book, we will be citing various quotes, research findings, and relevant supporting data drawn from a variety of scientific fields. We felt it might be helpful to give you a quick peek at the three major sciences weve included, to help you feel comfortable with them.

Positive Psychology is a recent branch of psychology whose purpose was summed up by Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: We believe that a psychology of positive human functioning will arise, which achieves a scientific understanding and effective interventions to build thriving individuals, families, and communities. Positive psychologists seek to find and nurture genius and talent, and to make normal life more fulfilling, and not simply to treat mental illness (Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, (2000). "Positive Psychology: An Introduction". American Psychologist 55 (1): 5141; William Compton, (2005). An Introduction to Positive Psychology. Wadsworth Publishing, pp. 122).

Our study of the current research in Positive Psychology supports our belief that we can, indeed, create our reality by applying the spiritual principles we know. Throughout this guide, we quote various research findings and thoughts expressed by scientists in this field, to help clarify the incredible impact the Twelve Powers can have on our lives.

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience was seen as a branch of biology; however, it is an interdisciplinary science which collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, biology, engineering, linguistics, mathematics, medicine, computer science, philosophy, physics, and psychology. There is an incredible amount of research that directly applies to the brain, nervous system, and behavior that directly impact the effects of using our Twelve Powers.

Neurotheology is exactly what its name implies: a study of the symbiotic relationship of science and religion. According to Andrew Newberg, in his book Principles of Neurotheology, anyone engaging in neurotheology must be open to the perspectives of both science and religion. He continues by saying, ...a crucial element of neurotheology, which really should be true for all academic fields, is a passion for inquiry. Through neurotheological research, Dr. Newberg actually scanned the brains of praying nuns, chanting Sikhs, and meditating Buddhists, studying the relationship between the brain and religions experience. By comparing this with the same brains in a state of rest, he is able to demonstrate the physiological impact of our spiritual practices.