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There is inside each person a powerful source of knowledge, a self-contained system of help. This inner source is a natural, inherent, inborn process—a wisdom which some feel is God-directed and some feel is brain-directed. It has been given many names throughout the ages, the deep self, the over-self, the superconscious, the Buddha-nature, the higher self, the biological wisdom, the subliminal self, the God-within, the over-soul, the not-self, the Christ consciousness. I have added yet another name to the list, perhaps the least confining; I call it simply, “the Inner Source.” The derivation of its power and the actual name given make no difference, because the Inner Source will work to help us whatever we call it and wherever it comes from.
From Michael L. Emmons, Ph.D., The Inner Source (San Luis Obispo, California: Impact Publishers, Inc., 1978.
Due to the nature of the methods described here, no one should practice Meditative Therapy on oneself or others without first reading the book, The Inner Source.
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Emmons, M.L. (1980). The Inner Source and Meditative Therapy. In: Shorr, J.E., Sobel, G.E., Robin, P., Connella, J.A. (eds) Imagery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3731-7_25
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