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    Unfolding: The Science of Your Soul's Work
    Unfolding: The Science of Your Soul's Work
    Unfolding: The Science of Your Soul's Work
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    Unfolding: The Science of Your Soul's Work

    By Julia Mossbridge

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    "Julia Mossbridge delivers a highly creative contribution to the field of self-improvement...The result is a deceptively straightforward book." -- Conscious Choice, April 2002

    "...I found it refreshing to read a book that openly allows and encourages spirituality in everyday life." -- The New Times, Fall 2002

    Imagine you are at a party where people avoid small talk. Someone approaches you and bluntly asks who you are, what your work in life is, and exactly how you are actively engaged in healing the world. Would you have an answer? Could you tell them about your nature, your purpose, and your plan for bringing your particular genius to the world? If you could, then you don't need this book.
    Or would you stammer and wonder to yourself what the answer might be? Or might you know the answer but not know how to implement it? Then, like most of us, you are ready for unfolding - bringing your whole self to the world. Unfolding is not a goal but a continuous state of transformation that is possible for every one of us. We are meant to unfold, and we are made to learn how. But we have to choose it.
    In every moment, we have this choice. We can choose to bring forward what is hidden within us, or we can choose to ignore our gifts. If we choose the possibilities that live inside us, we find joy, true power, and healing peace. If we make the other choice - if we resist our own unfolding - we damage ourselves. This damage manifests as depression, lack of community, and disease.
    This book provides an experimental path to revealing the mysteries within you and using them to repair the world. And that's all it provides. You have to do the rest of the work. But if you choose to do the work of your unfolding, the experiments in this book will become a partner to your work.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJulia Mossbridge
    Release dateMar 4, 2012
    ISBN9781465888983
    Unfolding: The Science of Your Soul's Work
    Author

    Julia Mossbridge

    I am a spiritually-oriented cognitive neuroscientist, and I wrote this book to integrate what I know about doing science with what I've learned about doing transformational work. In addition to this book, I have published multiple scientific papers and presented at national and international scientific meetings and have also published personal essays in the Institute for Noetic Sciences Review and the Hip Mama anthology. I am a peer reviewer for Perception, Cognition, PLoS One, and the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, I was awarded Highest Honors in Neuroscience from Oberlin College (1991), the Laura Ann Wilber Audiology Scholarship (2004), the Oberlin Alumni Dissertation Fellowship (2004), two grants from the Bial Foundation (2008 and 2010) and most recently, I have been awarded a post-doctoral training fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (2011). I live in Evanston, Illinois, with my partner and son, and I am currently a post-doctoral fellow at Northwestern University. This is the second edition of Unfolding, which is my first book.

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      Unfolding - Julia Mossbridge

      Unfolding: The Science of Your Soul's Work

      Published by Julia Mossbridge at Smashwords.

      Copyright 2012 Julia Mossbridge. All rights reserved.

      ISBN: 978-1-4658-8898-3

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, that's wonderful! Please purchase a copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or if it was not purchased for your use only, then please visit my blog at unfoldingscience and follow the link to purchase your very own copy of this e-book.

      Thank you for respecting my hard work!

      Please contact me jmossbridge@gmail.com with questions regarding usage of text.

      This is the second edition of Unfolding. The first edition was published in 2002 by New World Library in Novato, California. The first edition was titled Unfolding: The Perpetual Science of Your Soul's Work.

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      This is for everyone. May we all be more like ourselves.

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      table of contents

      acknowledgments

      foreword by Brooks Palmer

      preface: an invitation to the reader

      introduction

      chapter one: nature

      chapter two: purpose

      discovery soul map

      chapter three: faith

      chapter four: choice

      mastery soul map

      chapter five: connection

      chapter six: creation

      sharing soul map

      epilogue: return

      handbook experiment

      laboratory tool kit

      about Julia Mossbridge

      acknowledgments

      Thanks first to the teachers who taught me to love my soul as well as my mind. In chronological order: God, Mom, Dad, Jenny, Grand-mere, Mrs. Ruzich, Mrs. Thomas, Karen Martin, Rita Schulien, Janice Schulien, the Libertyville Gang, Gen Churchill, Michelle Trask, Linda Shih, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Neumark, Ms. Papp, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Strode, Gale Granbert-Roman, Steve Tomasic, Dan Hosken, Amy Evans, Mary Beth Thornton, Dr. Braford, Dr. Loose, Dr. Tamkun, Lee Honigberg, Dr. Gumbiner, Dr. Dallman, Dr. Fields, Dr. Morgan, Adam Mossbridge, George Wilkinson, Joan Autio, Kathie Wickstrand, Kay Henderson, Dr. Stern, Bill Levin, Elon Cameron, Laura Goldman, Mike Kaufman, Dr. Kraus, Dr. Wright, Joseph Mossbridge, everyone in Humans in Science, all the Friday-morning moms, the Pioneers of Change listserv folks, Matt Fitzgerald, Jeanette Ortiz, Ann Dolinko, Andy Sabin, Brooks Palmer, Satoru Suzuki, Marcia Grabowecky, Ken Paller, Robin Nusslock, everyone in the VisionPlus workgroup, everyone in SIA, Heather Aranyi, God….

      I am amazed at and grateful for the vision and patience of Georgia Hughes, my editor at New World Library. She was always right, especially when she liked my final draft. Also thanks to everyone at New World for picking such a beautiful and energetic cover design and for taking my opinions seriously. I would not have found Georgia or New World without my agent, Katie Boyle, at Veritas, nor would I have the courage to rewrite the text without her constant belief in me. Thank you Katie, the most down-to-earth and supportive of agents!

      For feedback, discussions, contributions, and guidance on the book itself, I thank (again in chronological order): Sullivan Hester, John Hagstrand, Dori Conn, Kay Henderson, Wayne Teasdale, Sonia Choquette, Gay Hendricks, Dr. Yount, Mom, Karen Martin, Bill Levin, Jennifer Armstrong, Rebecca Armstrong, Connie Scanlon of Bogfire Productions, Carolyn Carney, Michelle Trask, Amir Gharaat, Greg Newman, all my coaching clients, my partner Adam Garret Walters, Stephanie Baselice, Polly Washburn, Marianne Knuth, Mike Kaufman, Ed Shea, Laurie Pentell at Sageheart, everyone in my Unfolding circle (Betty Meckstroth, Diane Scholten, Sue Baugh and Carol Stone), Rabbi Rosen, Kay Silva, and Amy Kipfer.

      Thanks also to the staff of the Women's Place Resource Center, the Eleanor House, Borders bookstore in Evanston, the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation of Evanston, and the Ridgeville Park District for allowing me to create and facilitate my workshops in their space.

      Thanks to my sister, Jenny, for being a supportive and understanding presence in my life. Thanks to my son, Joseph, for strengthening my voice and for taking long naps during the week before the first book deadline, and to my good and true friend Adam Mossbridge for helping me trust myself and for always (or at least often) thinking the best of me.

      A special thanks to my parents - Dad, Mom, and Karen - who have always seen and loved the brightness in my soul.

      Finally, I want to thank Brooks Palmer, my life partner and best friend, who has shown me what it takes to live the life of an artist. Thank you for nourishing your beautiful heart that matches mine…so shiny we are together!!!

      foreword

      Usually I skip over the foreword in a book. I want to get to what the writer has to say.

      When Julia asked me to write the foreword to this book, I thought, What could I add that would bring benefit beyond what she’s already written?

      Then I realized I could prepare you for the amazing things you are about to experience.

      I work as a clutter buster. I help people let go of the things that are no longer a part of their lives. I wrote two books on the subject, Clutter Busting: Letting Go of What’s Holding You Back, and Clutter Busting Your Life: Clearing Physical and Emotional Clutter to Reconnect With Yourself and Others.

      From my point of view, Julia has written a book about clutter busting for the soul. She kindly encourages you to let go of the activities and habits in your life that don’t serve you. She brings out simple techniques so you can matter-of-factly see and let go of what prevents your unfolding.

      The unfolding Julia speaks of is the natural extension of your innate qualities. These are the gifts you were born with. We get so used to seeing and admiring the special qualities in others that we often miss our own, so Julia helps us turn our awareness within and illuminate what makes us special. She teaches us to encourage these qualities. We see it’s okay to nurture ourselves, and we see that doing so actually benefits others.

      Julia shows how our special qualities come from the most sensitive part of ourselves. It makes sense that it takes delicacy to create something amazing. But because of the sensitivity, we are often afraid to bring out and show what’s special about us to the world. We are afraid of getting hurt. In Unfolding, Julia encourages us to come out of our shells. She shows us how the juice and the joy of life are found in our own expansion, and so are the gifts we can offer to others.

      As a scientist, Julia sees the world as a place to experiment and learn and grow. By reading her words and doing her exercises, I have learned to treat my life as a place to experiment with new ideas. I’ve discovered ways to be curious about my gifts and to intuitively go in brand new directions that have deeply enriched my life and the lives of my clients.

      I’m excited about the journey you are about to take with Julia. You deserve the great discoveries you are about to uncover!

      Brooks Palmer

      Phoenix, AZ

      January 5, 2012

      www.clutterbusting.com

      preface: an invitation to the reader

      Imagine you are at a party where people avoid small talk. Someone approaches you and bluntly asks who you are, what your work in life is, and exactly how you are actively engaged in healing the world. Would you have an answer? Could you tell them about your nature, your purpose, and your plan for bringing your particular genius to the world? If you could, then you don't need this book.

      Or would you stammer and wonder to yourself what the answer might be? Or might you know the answer but not know how to implement it? Then, like most of us, you are ready for unfolding - bringing your whole self to the world. Unfolding is not a goal but a continuous state of transformation that is possible for every one of us. We are meant to unfold, and we are made to learn how. But we have to choose it.

      In every moment, we have this choice. We can choose to bring forward what is hidden within us, or we can choose to ignore our gifts. If we choose the possibilities that live inside us, we find joy, true power, and healing peace. If we make the other choice - if we resist our own unfolding - we damage ourselves. This damage manifests as depression, lack of community, and disease.

      This book provides an experimental path to revealing the mysteries within you and using them to repair the world. And that's all it provides. I am not a psychologist, minister, or rabbi. I cannot draw on the status of a famous performer or speaker. And yet neither they nor I can tell you what is inside you. That is your job. If you choose your unfolding, this book will become a partner in your work.

      introduction

      My father looks just like an Amish farmer, but he's actually a theoretical physicist. When I was a kid and I was afraid to go up the creaky oak stairs in our dark and ancient farmhouse, my father would say, Do it as an experiment. Climb up the stairs and see if you're eaten by monsters. I'll clap when you get to the top. So I climbed the stairs, sweat pouring into my pajamas. The idea of turning what I feared into an experiment made me feel like a scientist, an intrepid explorer.

      When I was growing up, my father and I investigated everything from the mechanics of toothbrushing to the source of the mysterious reflections in our wobbly-glass windows. My photo-acoustic solar-powered bicycle/sound machine won first prize at the eighth-grade science fair, in high school chemistry I was transfixed by the movements of tiny molecules, and when I got to college I fell in love with the complexity of the human brain. After college I joined a competitive neuroscience Ph.D. program and became interested in stress, pain, and the physiological connections between them. Later I began to investigate how the brain perceives sensory events over time. In each experimental venture, I continued to feel like an explorer of the universe, revealing beautiful truths that lie just beneath the surface of things.

      Yet when I was in graduate school, after I took my qualifying exam and received my master's degree, I felt like something was still missing. My days were a blur of wires, electrodes, and rat brains. I was exploring as usual, and yet I didn't feel right. At a scientific conference in the Netherlands, I saw some birds flying in a pattern that I interpreted to mean that I should take a break from science for a while. At that point, I was so desperate for some perspective that I could have seen bubblegum on the sidewalk and made the same interpretation. After I got home, I decided that I was going to leave the graduate program and discover my soul's work.

      I became a radio talk-show host, personal coach, software tester, energy healer, workshop leader, and Web designer. I struggled for a while over whether to become a rabbi or return to the life of a scientist. Finally I found myself falling back in love with science and returning to graduate school to finish my Ph.D. But I could only return to my path as a scientist when I saw that scientists do the same work that I had always done: we discover hidden truths and bring them to the world.

      When I looked at things this way, I saw that both science and the unfolding of our soul's gifts are different ways to answer these three essential questions:

      1. What is the hidden truth?

      2. How can I partner with the Universe to bring it out?

      3. How will bringing it out heal the world?

      Many of my colleagues in psychology and neuroscience have written books about what the brain's intricacies can tell us about how to live more intelligently, productively, and joyfully. These books are often deeply insightful and very informative. This book, however, is a different kind of science-of-happiness book. It's not about how the data obtained by doing science or how the products derived from new scientific results can help us live better. It is about how the process of science, when applied to ourselves, can transform our lives.

      When we enter into our unfolding, we become the scientists of our souls. Just because we aren't faraway galaxies, stem cells, or retroviruses does not mean we aren't worthy of scientific exploration. And just because science can seem impersonal, cold, and irrelevant doesn't mean it actually is. After all, we humans created science, so we can use it however we like. When we embrace the tools of open experimentation and apply them to ourselves, we discover, master, and share the work we are here to do.

      how this book works

      This book has two jobs. One is to provide a structure for the discovery and enhancement of your life's work. The other is to help you learn how you unfold, to make you conscious of how your transformation

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