The Storm Before the Calm [Abridged, Audiobook, Box set, Illustrated, Large Print] [Paperback]

Neale commences part one of "The Storm before the Calm" by discussing the old cultural story of humanity in great detail, including religion, politics, and economics. The essence of which is regarding patterns of separation, fear and control. Throughout the story of our lives many of us have been exposed to enforced influence that may be still conscious within our lives, or it may have been pushed into our subconscious mind, but running like a program in the background of our mind - subconsciously influencing every thought and action to greater or lesser degrees. I have personally worked with self-development now since 1992, and still found that on a subconscious level, through Neale discussing and bringing to my conscious attention, all of the areas where we may have adopted other peoples ideas for how our life should be lived within certain boundaries, through forms of control of our otherwise naturally free spirit, that there were, indeed, some thoughts, beliefs and patterns that I had felt pressured to abide by - mostly learnt through my childhood. It can be as easy as acknowledging such to allow for release of this from your life forever. To know there is nothing God wants from you, and that God will never be angry with you, completely changes the picture that many of us are mislead to believe as children. Neale seems to cover almost every area and thought possible, and it is quite a lot to read through and digest, but it is important to do so, for in that addressing of such, you are free to release such, and I had many "ahah" moments, and decided there and then to abandon any faulty beliefs mistakenly adopted at at young age when I was very impressionable. Neale has researched data to support what he is sharing, which makes for an enlightening and interesting read also. Neale discusses the seven questions that will help change humanity and create a new cultural story, through "conversations" - that is sharing with those whose lives you touch, or are able to touch through expanded sharing, to begin the unfoldment of a new pathway for humanity.

In part two Neale discusses beingness rather than doing, and to come from the essence of being first, which gives rise to action, and ensures that your action is founded first in the pure presence of your spirit, through soul connection, that manifests as pure action. No amount of doing will ever produce such a powerful result, as beingness touches so many people, as beingness is your essence, it is who you are, it is always switched on, and therefore has many more opportunities to touch an entire multitude of circumstance, situations and people. Creation begins with what we decide to be, not what we decide to do, and this is what makes a significant difference in our lives and the lives of those who we touch by our presence.

Neale discusses about making life's important choices:-

"It is either happening automatically, as a response, or intentionally, as a creation, but it is happening - continuously. Most people choose what they are going to be unconsciously. They do it without intention, without purpose, without awareness. Beingness is, for them, a reaction they're experiencing, not an action they're taking. This is because they think that what one is being results from what one is doing. They don't understand that it is the other way around".

Neale also discusses the threefold balance and the importance of such, which includes economic, political and cultural. On a personal level it is about living the triad reality and not the dyad reality.

At the end of almost every chapter, or "conversation" as Neale describes such, are included:- Points I hope you will remember, and Action I hope you will take. I share just one prime wonderful example here for your enjoyment and enlightenment:-

"Know that your experience of how you are being does not have to be a reaction to what is going on; it can be a creation of what is going on".

So, Neale is suggesting we overhaul our belief systems, to create the foundation for a new path of harmony in life.

Neale shares in one of the final conversations "Bringing your soul into your life:- Methods and Processes". Some of these processes are meditative, and luckily I have learnt such at the early age of fourteen, so I did not need this section, but I am sure many will. I wish to share with you a lovely quote from this section:-

"Once you are ready to truly devote your days and times to what your soul came here to do (as opposed to what your mind is telling you that you are supposed to be doing), you will find your life unimaginably enriched and expanded, filled with meaning and with purpose, and empowered to be expressed through very high states of being"

Neale also shares the importance of the balance between mind, body and soul, in order to nourish our being in a balanced manner in life.

The mind versus the soul is discussed in depth in this chapter/conversation, and I include some important points from Neale:-

"What the mind holds is experience. What the soul holds is knowledge"

These points are very important to creating the shift to the new vistas of life, by knowing that if we choose with our mind, we usually do so by accessing past data/experiences, but if we make choices through our soul, we have access to knowledge of all experience. As Neale so wonderfully encapsulates this dynamic:-

"Limited experience produces assumptions; unlimited knowledge produces wisdom. This creates an entirely different expression of life".

Neale completes this wonderful timely book by discussing stepping into our holiness and describes this wonderfully. I have experienced stepping into my own holiness, and it is a shining light within my soul, within my being, and that sacred centre that becomes imbued within you, infused into your entire being, transforms and transmutes all of the dross of life, and allows for renewal as often as you are able to hold such holiness within your awareness. Of course we are divine, we are sparks of God, as Neale shares, and bringing our attention to such allows for the expansion of the light of our soul to purely create a new cultural story for ourselves, future generations, and for the ecological sustainability of the earth.

There is only one true way to describe Neale's books, and that is to say that they so calmly point out the endless opportunities We have for creating Positivity and Love at every step in this Existence. There is nothing more powerful than the healing power of Pure unflinching Love within the perspective of Who We Really Are.

This book is right on the minute-hand for its release date, so timely and so blessedly valuable to anyone worried - or excited, for that matter - about the times ahead in this Earthly life. It is a pointer in the direction of something You already know: conflict is a choice, and that there is no war between people, only a war with ourselves.

Purchase it, read it, live it, and Love the Now that we find ourselves in. This moment, Now, is a gift.

I Been a fan of Neales for a few years. When i saw the storm before the calm i was instantly excited about this. I pre ordered it and started it a few weeks ago. I have most of Neales books and found them a great inspiration in my life. His words make sense.