Spiritual Balancing: A Guidebook for Living in the Light Paperback – February 16, 2016

Spiritual Balancing, A Guidebook for Living in the Light, is a comprehensive treatise on the historical, practical, and methodological history and practice of Spirituality in the United States. Cogently written and accessible to layperson and novice alike, Ms. Burney’s book provides the reader with the tools necessary to develop a personal spiritual practice offering the reader a trove of insight gleaned from decades of study and experience. She is a registered nurse, certified hypnotherapist, she holds Masters of Education from Cleveland State University and a Masters of Divinity. She is also a certified Reiki Master and teacher.Ms. Burney states that her ‘deepest desire is that the reader will appreciate the material in this book and find it of timeless value’. In my first read of Burney’s book, I found this to be exactly my experience. Dog-eared throughout, I quickly realized that this was the practical guide I’d been searching for. A compendium of detailed information on various meditation practices, the how-tos of clearing ones living space of negative energy, an in-depth understanding of Chakras, a plethora of Spiritual growth practices, and an entire chapter devoted to ‘spiritual tools are only some of what you’ll find. Together, the reader is provided with a rucksack full of achievable practices to guide one along the way.Throughout are stories from Diana Burney’s personal Spiritual journey. Her personal narratives provide insight into the seriousness with which Burney pursued what many assume to be of little import, a challenge faced when learning a particular religious practice in a country where over 70% of the population adheres to the dictates of a particular religion.Using her ‘principles of intention, visualization, faith, and affirmation’, one is guided toward a practice of intentional living grounded in self-sustaining principles of Spirituality. That these practices don’t rely on organized religion but on the capacity of each and every human being to define Spirituality for oneself, is also quite noteworthy.Whether one ascribes to Spirituality as a religious practice or the, at times, over-generalized descriptions of ‘symptoms’, the overwhelming good of this book is that it achieves its goal of providing valuable, detailed, instruction for reaching beyond the ego as a central and guiding principle of life. By attending to the life of the soul, we are encouraged to define our humanity; something that is of great importance if we are to find our way out of the societal, environmental, and political crises we now face. Burney’s book is an important contribution to this goal. If you are on this path, or even somewhat interested, it’s a must-read

I am not new to Diana Burney and her work. Have all of her books, use them as resource manuals for my work. Have posted a report on another of her books: Spiritual Clearings, a few years back. Now am happy to have Spiritual Balancing: Guidebook for Living in the Light. Very happy to offer my comments! It is very very complete and it offers us, the readers, very effective ways to keep our personal energy fields clean, clear and healthy. Spiritual Balancing is very well organized and filled with literally an arsenal of well researched and time proven methods to use on a no-nonsense way to help raise the vibration of our spaces. From our own body to our cars, to the land where we've built our home. On Chapter 9, Diana goes into a description of the psychology of dissociation ( which in Shamanic terms if SOUL LOSS ) -- how it can happen to why it might have happened during a period of one's life. She even provides you with a list of possible symptoms of Soul Loss one can use to get a stronger 'sense' of what can be happening with us, a client or a family member. Very accurate actually ! Also very important in this Chapter is her at length description of Soul Fragmentation in a human and how to help oneself in re-aligning, grounding and welcoming our fragmented soul parts back. She even touches on the concept of Stolen Soul Parts - and why this sometimes happens and WHY! Of this book, this is actually one of the most important parts because it guides us to how to bring those parts back into our bodies in order to experience wholeness and a much higher vibrational rate. I feel Spiritual Clearings is the sort of book one will read for content and understanding the first time ... and then keep close at hand as a beloved resource book ( Always )! Every part of it is actually a ' road map ' to living harmoniously with our communities as we all engage with the changes at hand in our World today. I am grateful Diana for your work, and your focus in making this information available to as many people as possible. Pia R. Speck -- November, 2022