I just finished reading "Soulshaping: Adventures in Self Creation" by Jeff Brown and am very inspired and connected. :)
here is the website description of the book (says it better than I can)
http://www.soulshaping.com
The true story of a criminal lawyer called to a moreheartfelt path, Soulshaping is every person's journey fromself-alienation to soul-satisfaction in the heart of modern life. Thatjourney is all about the inner: the inner world, the inner wild, theinner break for freedom from the shackles of shame, fear andmisidentification.
Soulshaping is a no-nonsense inner travelogue thatinspires us to do the real work of excavating and honoring who wereally are, before our opportunity passes. It is a call to question themisguided self-concepts that are fed to us by the outer world, and tofaithfully begin our own private revolution–a revolution of the spirit.
Soulshapingpresents a new and distinctly human paradigm for expanding ourconsciousness: Ascending with both feet on the ground. This paradigm isrooted in the reality of our daily lives, and makes no distinctionbetween our spiritual quest and our emotional life. Our feelings, ourunresolved issues and life experiences, are the grist for the soul millthat takes us higher. Rather than looking for the answers outside ofourselves, we choose to look inside, in our often ignored bodies ofwisdom.
At times funny,at times profound, Soulshaping will meet you where you live and whereyou long to live. It is a vulnerable, grounded, original, andbeautifully written account of the inner treasure hunt that awaits usall, if we so choose. A journey of courageous self-creation, it is foranyone who has heard a whisper of something truer calling out to themamid the distractions of modern life. It is for anyone getting ready totake flight who needs an inspired push.