Today’s special guest is cognitive behaviour therapist Toby Negus and we’re chatting about his spiritual self-help book, The Heart Knows What the Mind Cannot See.
During his virtual book tour, Toby will be awarding a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble (winner’s choice) gift card to a luck randomly drawn winner. To be entered for a chance to win, use the form below. To increase your chances of winning, feel free to visit his other tour stops and enter there, too.
This book is currently on sale for $0.99.
Bio:
Toby is qualified as a Cognitive Behaviour therapist, in counseling, coaching, and as a Ho’oponopono practitioner. He is a published author of three books on self-development: The Heart knows what the mind cannot see, ‘The Sacred You – how to be your own saviour, A Spiritual Journal – a collection of art and writings celebrating the human spirit. And a children’s book on manifesting ‘The Boy Who Dreamed in Colour’. He is a collaborative author of Conscious Creators books and magazines that have become best sellers on Amazon.
Toby Negus is an artist, both with paints and of the spirit. His work reflects a deep commitment to meeting life on its terms and an equally deep understanding of human nature. I appreciate the gentleness and empathy with which he approaches fellow humans in his writings. –Jacob Nordby
– Author of The Divine Arsonist and Blessed Are the Weird – A Manifesto for Creatives.
Toby has studied and taught spiritual and personal development in the UK and around the world for over three decades. This journey has caused the acquisition of an abundant treasure of principles that help free the mind and heal the heart in practical and sustainable ways.
Welcome, Toby. Please tell us about your current release.
The book is a journey to the heart and to find the divine self. It is a narrative of my journey and explanations of the how and why we do what we do.
It has been said that the greatest regret of the dying is that they wished they’d been truer to themselves. As if there is a life’s purpose in being who we are. As if who we are is a purpose. But where within ourselves do we go to find this truth, this thing of who we are that makes life worth living? Where is the source of our authenticity and what would truly make us happy, for they are intricately linked? We can never be happy without living the truth of ourselves. It is the heart that holds the answer because it knows us intimately; our dreams, our hopes and our loves. It is where we will always go to know what is truly important to us, what it is that we would not want to live without. But the heart is no place of shallow emotions or vain morality. It is the source of a passion and power that has created all the lights of the world. All great art and all the acts of humanity have been born from the heart because all beauty is created from the idea of love. Love is the heart’s purpose and our unique loves of life are its signature. Without its love, hope has no home, courage no direction, and fortitude no purpose. The heart is the home to the deeper dream of who we love to be and is the companion that is loyal to our purpose of life. When we follow our heart we have no regret because the heart’s wish is for our happiness.
What inspired you to write this book?
After many years as a student and teacher of spirituality and self development I wanted to put it all down in a simple and heartfelt manner. To give the reader the wisdoms of a 40 year journey to the heart.
Excerpt from The Heart Knows What the Mind Cannot See:
The heart is the source of all the world’s greatness. It can pull star dreams to earth, for the heart has created all the wonders of the world, all the gifts of humanity and all the songs of love. It is the home of an innocence, a wise innocence that dispels the cynicism I hold in myself and of myself.
It is the place of our truth, not the truth of yesterday or tomorrow that my mind struggles to know, but the truth of the moment, the living truth. And when I allow it, it is a cathedral of light. A library of illumined text that describes the union of my heaven and earth. Its call has the power to move mountains or create the gentlest touch of love. It is the artist within, the writer of meanings, and the manifestor of dreams.
What exciting story are you working on next?
A mythical story full of heroes and villains, adventure and quests.
When did you first consider yourself a writer?
When I received a box full of my books from the printers was exciting to see the years of work finally in print.
What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?
I need a cup of tea or coffee always, and the absence of the cat!
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A fireman, I loved fire and to be a hero as well seemed a no brainer.
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Thanks for being here today, Toby
Thanks for hosting!
thank you for hosting my new book
This sounds really good!