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baby’s eyes. What tends to happen for most of us
is that the higher spiritual awareness can kind of
get shut down or closed off due to what’s going on
in childhood. It’s a rare thing when people contin-
ue to live with feet in both worlds – with one side
knowing that you’re a mortal being, you will die,
while on the other hand, having no fear whatsoev-
er of death; you have this spiritual orientation that
never goes away. The people in her book have an
orientation of being able to dip back and forth
between the human persona and what she calls,
higher spiritual awareness. That higher spiritual
awareness doesn’t mean you’re a better person,
because like she said, babies are coming in with
this awareness; instead, it means that accessing
higher knowledge, higher truth, higher wisdom, is
all part of our human possibility, our path.
The other thing that is really important about the
book is that it points out that most of the born-
aware individuals have that connection to God at
their very core, which means there’s no need for
intermediaries between God and us. Also, there’s
a lack of fear that I mentioned. Total fearlessness.
A sense of trust and faith that all is well, regard-
less of what it may seem. These are the kind of
qualities a lot of people are seeking.
Chapter 19 is my favorite because it’s all about
grooming higher soul awareness. Her theory is
that we all had this born-awareness and it kind of
got blurred over. A lot of us just forget about it by
being raised by parents who have also forgotten
about it, and in a culture that has totally forgot-
ten about it. This chapter gets into how to live in
resonant harmony with spiritual awareness. It’s
just basic things like meditating, looking into an
animals’ eyes, encouraging us to recognize our
spiritual core.
Diane writes, “I wouldn’t be surprised if a large
percentage of babies have this awareness at
birth before amnesia erases any memory of it.”
The born aware thing is not about children who
remember previous lives. It is different than any-
thing that’s ever been covered in metaphysical
books per se. It’s not discounting past lives, it’s
just covering a totally different angle. Diane is ba-
sically showing a snapshot of what the spiritual,
higher soul awareness is all about.
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What tends to happen for
most of us is that the higher
spiritual awareness can
kind of get shut down or
closed off due to what’s
going on in childhood. It’s
a rare thing when people
continue to live with feet
in both worlds – with one
side knowing that you’re a
mortal being, you will die,
while on the other hand,
having no fear whatsoever of
death; you have this spiritual
orientation that never goes
away.
Each chapter covers a different persons’ story.
Mine is called, “Whoops! Wrong Planet!” That’s
how I felt and I often do still feel that way. It’s
funny, but I just love all the stories. I love the way
that some of the people talk about their synesthe-
sia and I’m like, “Yeah, yeah, yeah. I didn’t get into
that, but here it is.” They talk about animals and
nature, I’m, “Yeah, yeah, yeah.”
I don’t know of that’s true if the others who are in-
cluded, that they just felt like, “Wow! If I had more
time I would have covered all that,” but there’s
just such an overlap. It really gives a complete
picture of the whole journey. Again, I think it’s a
show changer. This is a game changer. This book
can change your world. Again, don’t worry if you
don’t remember how to access early childhood
memories and all that. It’s not too late for any-
body. We can all access it anytime. That’s chapter
19, and I think by the time you get to that point in
the book, you’re feeling it. You’re in that zone and
I think that’s what this book does so well.
Reviewed by Cynthia Sue Larson