Creating Miracles: Understanding the Experience of Divine Intervention

Quick - what's the first thing that comes to mind when you find yourself in a bind? The frantic search for someone to blame? The feeling of victimhood? The lengths to which we are willing to stretch reason in order to find someone else responsible for our woes is nearly comical.This book is as close as you can get to a "how-to" book for miracles. The exalted "A Course In Miracles" is quoted freely in this work, establishing its secure underpinnings in the metaphysics of higher realities (a.k.a. miracles). The key: miracles are a CHOICE.If life is a series of lessons, choosing the "path less taken" often means a conscious decision to see a situation in a completely different light. This might entail compassion for the oppressor, awareness of the "big picture" and the wellbeing of all concerned, or simply a complete surrender to a loving Higher Power. (Interestingly, completely "losing it" later on seems to be OK). When this loving attitude is chosen as the response to a crisis, the lesson may be "called off" as it were. You got it. You passed the test. No need to go further.This is a wonderful book - one that should be read by everybody as an antidote for the "eye for an eye" mentality of the world-mind.

Creating Miracles excited me to the core of my being. I have seen and felt its principles operating in my life and have learned that we all have the power to access a spiritual and mental state that allows us to surrender to God/Spirit and find the path to living a passionate, purpose-filled, and yes, miracle-filled life. In Creating Miracles, Carolyn Miller provides the keys to help us see, understand and find our way through the maze that is life and to take an active role in consciously creating our own miracles. It is one of the most valuable books I have read because it fills my world with the grace and freedom that comes from learning how to live with peace and serenity, trusting that all is as it should be in this moment, and knowing how to create a more desirable future. I have recommended Creating Miracles to many many friends and given it as gifts. I share it's principles with my hospice patients and virtually everyone I come in contact with. Simply said, it works!

I love the way Carolyn Miller tells real-life stories of miraculous occurrences with the thoughts and feelings of the people experiencing the miracles. Miller captures the emotional spark and personality of those involved, and gives us a front-row seat as miracles unfold. Many of these stories describe people who survived accidents and escaped assaults in situations where they easily might have died or been seriously injured instead. Miller explains how changes in people's thinking leads to changes in the circumstances in their lives, even when the situation appears to be hopeless. Miller points out some simple steps each of us can take to live more miraculous lives, and she explains them so clearly that it's easy to do!

Wouldn't it be great if each of us could remake our lives miraculously? Wouldn't it be great if we got more great ideas, had more fortunate coincidences, understood more quickly the positive and constructive meaning of the difficulties we encounter? Wouldn't it be great if we had more reason to value love, joy and peace of mind so that we would be more intent on incorporating these states more fully into our lives? Creating Miracles goes a long way towards inspiring me towards these ends. It is written very intelligently and it's filled with wonderful, inspiring, fascinating, thought provoking stories. I often recall a passage or story from this book when I am encountering difficulty in my circumstances or in my emotional experience, and very often it helps me to return to where I am enjoying my life again. In other words, this book helps keep me alive. I remember a couple of statements. Albert Einstein's "God does not play dice," and Barbara De Angelis' saying in her book Real Moments, "Throughout my lifetime, I'd learned over and over again that there are no accidents in the Universe,..." (p. 79). I especially liked Carolyn Miller's book because it helped demystify the idea of miracles. It seems it is very likely that so-called miracles are not in any way random events, and they are within reach of everyone. I cannot prove it, but it seems to me that miracles--maybe not on the scale as many in the book--are a normal part of my life now. I credit Creating Miracles with helping me create my life more fulfillingly and meaningfully.

Not what you would expect from a book with "Miracles" in the title. Packed with well-told tales with surprising turns and endings that really hold you glued. Unusual, unexpected and dramatic events in the lives of many ordinary people in extraordinary situations. Under circumstances that seem to guarantee loss and tragedy, the miracles in this book are an unforseen turn of events that transforms the individual's threatened reality into one of love and tranquility, leaving everyone changed for the good. These miracles are created when one shifts their consciousness into a state of uncalled for unconditional love. The dangers averted include life-threatening accidents, illnesses, attacks by rapists, terrorists, serial killers, etc. This is a book of hope for everyone, that requires no belief in the supernatural or the miracles of myths. It teaches a technique for creating miracles in your own life that simply relies upon everyone's natural ability to respond with love. Dr. Miller's research shows that this method has been used throughout the ages by the wise and successful. I would have been satisfied reading this book for the many inspiring stories alone. These, in themselves, could constitute a separate heart-warming book about the transcendence of love and good, over all that darkens our world. However, the real surprise is that Dr. Miller is both an experimental and a clinical psychologist, who uses her research skills to critically examine alleged miracles. She is not just a teller of tales, a collector of pearls of inspiration, but a serious scientific investigator who wants to know the truth. Miller challenges and digs deep: Are these happenings coincidence? Mental aberrations? Psychotic or neurotic phenomena, self-hypnosis? Misinterpretation? Can anyone work miracles or do you have to be someone special? Do you need to believe in a religion or God? Are there supernatural forces at work? This exploration delves into traditional healing, cross-cultural miracle phenomena including those at Lourdes, historical and religious traditions around the world, and current scientific evidence for miracles including United States government sponsored research on prayer. Dr. Miller's analysis is astute and dispassionately scientific and she supports her surprising conclusions with reputable evidence in an easy, readable style. You can tell that I was quite taken with this remarkable book. I even bought copies and gave them to my friends who are ill, troubled, struggling with critical issues in their lives, or who just want to know! The feedback has been one of gratitude and even awe. I highly recommend this book of hope and love for everyone!