I AM: The Power of Discovering Who You Really Are

348 Pages·2010·3.08 MB·English

by  Howard Falco

I A m

The Power of Discovering

Who You Really Are

HOWARD FALCO
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
New York
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I Am

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I A m

The Power of Discovering

Who You Really Are

HOWARD FALCO
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
New York
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JEREMY P. TARCHER/PENGUIN
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Falco, Howard.

I AM : the power of discovering who you really are / Howard Falco.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-101-43867-3

1. Self-actualization (Psychology). 2. Self-consciousness (Awareness).

3. Self-perception. I. Title.

BF637.S4F35 2010 2010015346

128—dc22

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You are an infinite essence revealed in a finite expression,

destined to experience the truth of all forms.

Continually prodded and nudged into a restless sense of movement,

forced to evolve by the winds of endless change.

To humanity,

know thyself.

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Contents
a note from the author ix

INTRODUCTION. T he Transformation

to a New You 1

PART ONE. What AM I?
Chapter 1. You Are Energy and Matter 23

Chapter 2. You Create Matter 36

Chapter 3. You Decide What Matters 44

PART TWO. How AM I?
Chapter 4. How You View the Universe 61

Chapter 5. How You Define Yourself 68

Chapter 6. How You Experience Your Self-Definition 79

Chapter 7. How You Create Your State of Mind 96

PART THREE. Why AM I?
Chapter 8. Why You Have Emotions 115

Chapter 9. Why You Have Need and Addiction 143

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Chapter 10. Why You Have Yet to Experience the Reality

You Desire 184

Chapter 11. Why You Have Resistance and Fear Change 203

PART FOUR. Who You Can Be Is Based On . . .
Chapter 12. Your AWARENESS of You 231

Chapter 13. Your DESIRE to Ask Questions 237

Chapter 14. Your WILL to Accept the Answers 251

Chapter 15. Your POWER to Make New Choices

of Being 268

Chapter 16. Your FAITH to Take Action 285

Chapter 17. Your LOVE of You 307

Appendix A. The Question-and-Answer Process 321

Appendix B. I AM Worksheet 325

acknowledgments 331

poetry

Truth 19

You 57

Polarity 111

Good-bye, Fear 227

Now 235

The Brush 305

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