The I of the Storm

Gary Simmons goes beyond conflict management, beyond conflict resolution, to conflict transformation. You will learn to transform fear into fearlessness...resistance into nonresistance. This book is ideal for anyone struggling with relationship discord or personal challenges and, in general, for everyone who feels uncomfortable with conflict.

In this book we learn to go beyond merely managing the conflict in our lives to actually embracing the conflict, allowing it to teach us what we otherwise might not learn. This process leads to peacemaking...whether it be within ourselves, in our relationships, or as a result of outside circumstances. Simmons integrates spiritual principles, biblical quotes, and martial arts philosophy (he is a fourth-degree black belt in tae kwon do) as well as concepts from modern science--especially quantum theory. In this way he points us to the "I" of the storm of conflict, to our spiritual Self, as the means of realizing peace in our lives.

Gary Simmons, Th.D. is a renowned spiritual teacher and conflict transformation specialist, having conducted peacemaking and mediation activities in over 250 New Thought organizations. He holds a fourth degree black belt in the martial art of tae kwon-do and has practiced tai chi chuan, aikido, and kenpo karate. Simmons is an ordained Unity minister and has a doctor of theology degree from Holos University. He is the co-founder of The Q Effect, LLC and author of Day-By-Day Reconciliation Journal: A 21 Day Spiritual Practice, Embrace Tiger-Return to Mountain: Spirtiual Conflict Management, and co-author of The Art & Practice of Living with Nothing and No One Against You. He and his wife, Rev. Dr. Jane Simmons, live in Lee's Summit, Missouri