Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead

Not from a specific religious tradition, the author is eclectic in her beliefs with practical suggestions on how to look at the situation more broadly and bring in guidance and assistance. Filled with entertaining anecdotes for illustration.

Tosha Silver"s easy-to-read, insightful and beautifully written book spoke to me on so many levels and, truly caused a miraculous paradigm shift in my Being. Letting go and letting God is not a new concept for me.. Iin fact , utilizing this concept over the past seven years since my divorce has given me such great peace and joy. But when it came to finding my next forever companion I still hung on to a belief that I was the Master in that realm of my life. Over the past three years, I joined no less than a half dozen dating sites, I wrote, re-wrote and re-wrote my dating profiles aiming to say "just the right words" to catch the eye of my future prince charming. I changed my dating photos every week if I felt some were to sexy, or others too conservative or others not showing my best assets. I went on about 100 dates in those three years. Most of those dates never went beyond that single first meeting.I began then to attend various events of my interest, believing that I had simply been fishing in the wrong pond through the use of dating sites. I went to a variety of spiritual evens, meditation, concerts, single dance events, etc.While absorbing Tosha's book and opening my heart to her words of giving everything to the Divine--all my hopes and dreams and goals, I attended yet another event , albeit still with a flickinghope that I would meet that elusive guy of my dreams. I attended an Introduction to Tantra meditation class. There were at least 60 people attending. The event description stated it was open to couples and individuals. Per the instructions at the door, I removed my shoes at the door and placed them next to about 100 other shoes. The only spot on the floor open in the meditation room for me to sit was in a corner. I set my pillow down and sat down upon it.. After about 15 minutes of explaining the art of tantra and guiding us into an individual meditation, the facilitator asked everyone to then pick a partner. I looked around but felt frozen in my seat. Minutes later everyone was matched and beginning the next meditation involving looking into each other's eyes, gently stroking each other's arms and whispering kind words into each other's ears. I sat on my bed pillow looking out at the many couples. I began to cry. Then sob with my head down and not a single tissue to wipe away the tears and snot off my face. No one paid me notice. My prince did not come to my rescue. And that was just fine with me.I knew in that moment that this cry was not a cry of lonliness or bitterness or self pity. With Tosha's soulful words still resonating in my heart, I knew this was a cry of letting go, of surrender, of trusting in the Divine and handing over the reigns in that moment to that power source that had been my guide in so many other areas of my life.After my tears subsided, I stayed at the event for another 15 minutes. When the participants began giving each other tantra massages, I stood up, grabbed my pillow and left. Despite several minutes of searching, I was unable to find one of my shoes. I drove home barefooted. When the facilitator contacted me a few days later and told me that they found my shoe, I told her to keep it. This Cinderella had let go of her effort-filled fantasy of finding Prince Charming and would not be returning for her shoe.Thank you, Tosha. Tank you you, thank you.

My parents "got religion" in their late 20s while in the tundra of Alaska. Raised in a Fundamentalist Christian Church, I got the notion of spirit and the power of focus and prayer. But once the service was over, so was all discussion of the magic and freedom (and responsibility) I had just heard from the pulpit. Now, as a 56-year-old woman, I have spent 15+ years spiritually seeking and working on my walloped soul. I've read most every book in the New Age/Spirituality section at Barnes and Noble and beyond. And all of it has helped. I am centered, earnest and learning to operate from a base of love. Yet, the minute my feet hit the streets of NYC, I feel frustration, irritation, and angst. Hmmm....where is the application of my spiritual life? I am inconsistent with the protocol of meditation, gratefulness, and non-judgment. And then I read about Tosha Silver being on Dr. Christiane Northrup's Hay House Radio program. And I stared at her photo on Facebook, asking to be friends. I saw a neon Budweiser sign behind her and I knew I had to know more. It is her stories that crack open my faulty follow through and teach me to relax into my own "outrageous openness" of ability. I read this book yesterday and didn't want it to end, but when it did, I knew, KNEW I had the tools I'd been seeking since 1997 to live a wide open life! I thank all the authors and spirit guides I've read previously, but I tell you, this book will show you the way through Tosha's easy, clear, fun and no strings attached honesty and ridiculously righteous power.She breathes the wonder of love.Buy this book if you want to live whole and let the Divine truly take the lead. It is so much easier and practical.My favorite part is the story of the spiritual woman who refused to see the God in everyone and did hilariously absent things like walking away from someone while they were talking or emptying a dryer with wet clothes in order to place her laundry. At the end of the story, the woman is moving and catches a string of lights from the garage next to her and rather than stopping, lets the string rip off the garage exterior as Tosha and the other tenants watch the commotion trailing behind her. How many of us are caught in this struggle of wanting to source from spirit, but end up being horridly human?I don't want to live like that.Outrageous Openness frees me to live a life open to prayer, help, and miracles 24/7. I am excited for all my tomorrows, and delighted to be sitting in the now of this present, my past smiling, winded and done.Thank you, Tosha.

So what weird though was that I started it a few months back, and stopped about two chapters in. Not because I didn't enjoy reading it, but it seemed like work somehow. D'oh! This book is mot work; living without it us work. Such lovely book - I want to hang out with it like a best friend ❤

Leo mucho en inglés. Prácticamente todo. Pero reconozco que este libro me hacía sacar tanto el diccionario que me resultaba difícil seguir el hilo. Eso sí, el contenido es tan interesante que volví a Amazon y me lo compre en castellano (Ábrete a lo inesperado). La lectura en español es la que hace que le dé las cinco estrellas también a la versión inglesa. 5 estrellas al contenido.

I am in the testing phase of this book currently. I am putting in practice all the ideas shared. But i would definitely encourage you to read it.

I devoured this little treasure trove of a book literally in one delicious mouthful! Tosha fast became a warm, humorous, quirky, genuine 'friend' who jumped out of the pages and held my hand with inspired turn of phrase. Outrageous Openness made me laugh out loud and cry in turn but with each story she told i was left with an incredibly warm fuzzy glow that emanated from the very core of me - this is a book to keep by your bedside or on your coffee table so that you can dip into its inviting waters whenever you need an inspirational, encouraging 'hit' of divine guidance and reassurance and definitely one to buy all your friends (like minded or not as this book has something for everyone, i personally guarantee it :-).I can honestly say that after reading this book you will not only have renewed faith in the creative source of the universe that wants only the best for you but you will gain a deep, heartfelt and magical relationship with its author - the quirky, brilliant, fantastically funny and out and out magical - the one and only Ms Tosha Silver. READ THIS BOOK, you have nothing to learn and EVERYTHING to gain and then once you do, share this nugget of brilliance with all your friends and acquaintances - a book like this needs to be shared...the world needs it!

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