Author: Ionut-Alexandru Dracea
Publisher: Ionut-Alexandru Dracea
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
In "The Divine Psychological Journey: Embracing Vulnerability," I invite you to embark on an extraordinary exploration of the human psyche. As a dedicated dementia care specialist and mental wellbeing senator, my journey has led me to work with various communities, providing support and guidance in the pursuit of mental wellbeing and a more inclusive society. This book takes you on a captivating odyssey through the intricacies of intuition, emotions, and the delicate balance between logic and empathy. We delve deep into the enigmatic realms of human perception, unraveling the mysteries of how our minds paint the world around us and how this perception molds our choices and connections. Throughout these pages, you'll find hidden "easter eggs," deliberate diversions, and a narrative that challenges conventional storytelling. It's as if the words themselves tango to a rhythm of their own, leading you outside the bounds of comfort and into the joy of uncertainty. As you venture through this intellectual and emotional adventure, you become a partner in this grand experiment, questioning, exploring, and redefining your perception of the human experience. It's a dance of the mind, a dance of perspectives, and a dance of understanding. "The Divine Psychological Journey: Embracing Vulnerability" is not just a book; it's an experience that will leave you questioning, exploring, and embracing the beauty of vulnerability. Are you ready to unlock the secrets of your own mind and embark on this journey of self-discovery? It's time to dive in.
The Divine Psychological Journey
Author: Ionut-Alexandru Dracea
Publisher: Ionut-Alexandru Dracea
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
In "The Divine Psychological Journey: Embracing Vulnerability," I invite you to embark on an extraordinary exploration of the human psyche. As a dedicated dementia care specialist and mental wellbeing senator, my journey has led me to work with various communities, providing support and guidance in the pursuit of mental wellbeing and a more inclusive society. This book takes you on a captivating odyssey through the intricacies of intuition, emotions, and the delicate balance between logic and empathy. We delve deep into the enigmatic realms of human perception, unraveling the mysteries of how our minds paint the world around us and how this perception molds our choices and connections. Throughout these pages, you'll find hidden "easter eggs," deliberate diversions, and a narrative that challenges conventional storytelling. It's as if the words themselves tango to a rhythm of their own, leading you outside the bounds of comfort and into the joy of uncertainty. As you venture through this intellectual and emotional adventure, you become a partner in this grand experiment, questioning, exploring, and redefining your perception of the human experience. It's a dance of the mind, a dance of perspectives, and a dance of understanding. "The Divine Psychological Journey: Embracing Vulnerability" is not just a book; it's an experience that will leave you questioning, exploring, and embracing the beauty of vulnerability. Are you ready to unlock the secrets of your own mind and embark on this journey of self-discovery? It's time to dive in.
Publisher: Ionut-Alexandru Dracea
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
In "The Divine Psychological Journey: Embracing Vulnerability," I invite you to embark on an extraordinary exploration of the human psyche. As a dedicated dementia care specialist and mental wellbeing senator, my journey has led me to work with various communities, providing support and guidance in the pursuit of mental wellbeing and a more inclusive society. This book takes you on a captivating odyssey through the intricacies of intuition, emotions, and the delicate balance between logic and empathy. We delve deep into the enigmatic realms of human perception, unraveling the mysteries of how our minds paint the world around us and how this perception molds our choices and connections. Throughout these pages, you'll find hidden "easter eggs," deliberate diversions, and a narrative that challenges conventional storytelling. It's as if the words themselves tango to a rhythm of their own, leading you outside the bounds of comfort and into the joy of uncertainty. As you venture through this intellectual and emotional adventure, you become a partner in this grand experiment, questioning, exploring, and redefining your perception of the human experience. It's a dance of the mind, a dance of perspectives, and a dance of understanding. "The Divine Psychological Journey: Embracing Vulnerability" is not just a book; it's an experience that will leave you questioning, exploring, and embracing the beauty of vulnerability. Are you ready to unlock the secrets of your own mind and embark on this journey of self-discovery? It's time to dive in.
The Divine Mind
Author: Michael Gellert
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1633883183
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A Jungian psychoanalyst with a background in Judaism and Zen Buddhism explores the history of God concepts in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions. This book is about the Abrahamic God’s inner journey, an epic that begins in the Hebrew Bible—the common source of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This God emerges as a living, textured personality as tormented as a Shakespearean character and as divided against humanity as the devil who personifies his dark side. Yet in heroic fashion, he embarks on a journey to greater consciousness, stretching into himself in the Talmud, New Testament, Qur’an, and Gnostic writings. Then finally, with and through the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic mystics, he discovers his true self as the absolute Godhead. He takes up residence in their psyches as their own Divine Mind or true self. The book suggests that what God learned from his journey might be something that we in turn could learn from and that could help us at the dawn of the twenty-first century. In this way, God’s inner journey becomes a metaphor for our own. Michael Gellert, a Jungian psychoanalyst, treats this story and the sacred writings that convey it as psychological facts—as expressions of the human psyche—regardless of whether or not God actually exists. He shows how the Hebrew Bible presents God as a primitive, barbaric tribal war god while centuries later the mystics portray him as their innermost essence and emptied of all projected, external, anthropomorphic images. Thus, God’s inner journey and the evolution of human consciousness—his story and ours—parallel each other and are integrally related. Rich in historical detail and psychological insights, this is a book that will be welcomed by seekers of every background and orientation.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1633883183
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A Jungian psychoanalyst with a background in Judaism and Zen Buddhism explores the history of God concepts in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions. This book is about the Abrahamic God’s inner journey, an epic that begins in the Hebrew Bible—the common source of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This God emerges as a living, textured personality as tormented as a Shakespearean character and as divided against humanity as the devil who personifies his dark side. Yet in heroic fashion, he embarks on a journey to greater consciousness, stretching into himself in the Talmud, New Testament, Qur’an, and Gnostic writings. Then finally, with and through the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic mystics, he discovers his true self as the absolute Godhead. He takes up residence in their psyches as their own Divine Mind or true self. The book suggests that what God learned from his journey might be something that we in turn could learn from and that could help us at the dawn of the twenty-first century. In this way, God’s inner journey becomes a metaphor for our own. Michael Gellert, a Jungian psychoanalyst, treats this story and the sacred writings that convey it as psychological facts—as expressions of the human psyche—regardless of whether or not God actually exists. He shows how the Hebrew Bible presents God as a primitive, barbaric tribal war god while centuries later the mystics portray him as their innermost essence and emptied of all projected, external, anthropomorphic images. Thus, God’s inner journey and the evolution of human consciousness—his story and ours—parallel each other and are integrally related. Rich in historical detail and psychological insights, this is a book that will be welcomed by seekers of every background and orientation.
The Divine Journey
Author: Janet Myatt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781504368636
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Have you ever wondered, "Why aren't things going the way I want them to? Why can't I create the change I long for? How can I move into a place of love, inner peace, and joyfulness?" The Divine Journey offers a unique combination of thought-provoking ideas, real-life stories, targeted exercises, and guided meditations to catalyze your higher intuition and help you find your answers. Drawing from such diverse sources as the Ageless Wisdom teachings of Alice Bailey, A Course in Miracles, The Urantia Book, Seth, and the Christian Bible, author Janet Myatt offers a modern interpretation of complex spiritual concepts that can be applied to your daily experience. The Divine Journey takes you on a path of spiritual discovery to learn how the forces of creativity work within you and help you move out of painful ways of thinking and feeling into an awakened awareness that is limitless, loving, and powerful. You'll find tools to help you: - Discover the divinity within you. - Understand how your thoughts and desires determine your experience. - Heal the mental and emotional patterns that cause suffering. - Experience a deeper connection with yourself, others, and the world around you. Whether you are newly on the path of spiritual awakening or an experienced traveler, the concepts and techniques offered provide fertile ground for a transformational shift into your unlimited self.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781504368636
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Have you ever wondered, "Why aren't things going the way I want them to? Why can't I create the change I long for? How can I move into a place of love, inner peace, and joyfulness?" The Divine Journey offers a unique combination of thought-provoking ideas, real-life stories, targeted exercises, and guided meditations to catalyze your higher intuition and help you find your answers. Drawing from such diverse sources as the Ageless Wisdom teachings of Alice Bailey, A Course in Miracles, The Urantia Book, Seth, and the Christian Bible, author Janet Myatt offers a modern interpretation of complex spiritual concepts that can be applied to your daily experience. The Divine Journey takes you on a path of spiritual discovery to learn how the forces of creativity work within you and help you move out of painful ways of thinking and feeling into an awakened awareness that is limitless, loving, and powerful. You'll find tools to help you: - Discover the divinity within you. - Understand how your thoughts and desires determine your experience. - Heal the mental and emotional patterns that cause suffering. - Experience a deeper connection with yourself, others, and the world around you. Whether you are newly on the path of spiritual awakening or an experienced traveler, the concepts and techniques offered provide fertile ground for a transformational shift into your unlimited self.
Imagination and the Journey of Faith
Author: Sandra M. Levy
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802863019
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
"What makes us open to mystery, to glimpses of the Transcendent in our daily lives? The power of the imagination, according to Sandra Levy - a power that has been seriously depleted in today's postmodern culture. To address and redress this deficit, Levy explores how the imagination expresses itself - through ritual, music, poetry, art, story - and focuses on specific practices that can exercise and enrich our spiritual capacity, thus opening us up to divine encounter. Imagination and the Journey of Faith will speak to all readers, whether religious believers or not, who wish to strengthen and deepen the imaginative power of their spiritual lives."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802863019
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
"What makes us open to mystery, to glimpses of the Transcendent in our daily lives? The power of the imagination, according to Sandra Levy - a power that has been seriously depleted in today's postmodern culture. To address and redress this deficit, Levy explores how the imagination expresses itself - through ritual, music, poetry, art, story - and focuses on specific practices that can exercise and enrich our spiritual capacity, thus opening us up to divine encounter. Imagination and the Journey of Faith will speak to all readers, whether religious believers or not, who wish to strengthen and deepen the imaginative power of their spiritual lives."--BOOK JACKET.
Hollywood to the Himalayas
Author: Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House
ISBN: 9393559295
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
A Journey of Healing and Transformation An enlightening memoir of a reluctant spiritual seeker who finds much more than she bargained for when she travels to India. Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, from Hollywood, California, had a privileged upbringing that hid some dark secrets. She grappled with an eating disorder and trauma from her early childhood for years. But, as a Stanford grad getting her PhD in Psychology, she felt she was successfully navigating adulthood. After getting married, when she agreed to travel to India to appease her husband, little did Sadhviji know a journey of healing and awakening awaited her. She had everything the material world could offer. Soon, she would give it all up to follow the divine path. Hollywood to the Himalayas describes Sadhviji’s odyssey towards divine enlightenment and inspiration through her extraordinary connection with her guru and renewed confidence in the pleasure and joy that life can bring. Now one of the preeminent female spiritual teachers in the world, Sadhviji recounts her journey with wit, honesty, and clarity. Along the way, she offers teachings to help us all step onto our own path of awakening and discover the truth of who we really are—embodiments of the Divine. Americanborn Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, PhD, moved to India in 1996. A graduate of Stanford University, she was ordained by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati, president of one of the largest interfaith institutions in India, into the tradition of sanyas and lives at the Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh, where she leads a variety of humanitarian projects, teaches meditation, gives spiritual discourses, and counsels individuals and families. Americanborn Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, PhD, moved to India in 1996. A graduate of Stanford University, she was ordained by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati, president of one of the largest interfaith institutions in India, into the tradition of sanyas and lives at the Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh, where she leads a variety of humanitarian projects, teaches meditation, gives spiritual discourses, and counsels individuals and families.
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House
ISBN: 9393559295
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
A Journey of Healing and Transformation An enlightening memoir of a reluctant spiritual seeker who finds much more than she bargained for when she travels to India. Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, from Hollywood, California, had a privileged upbringing that hid some dark secrets. She grappled with an eating disorder and trauma from her early childhood for years. But, as a Stanford grad getting her PhD in Psychology, she felt she was successfully navigating adulthood. After getting married, when she agreed to travel to India to appease her husband, little did Sadhviji know a journey of healing and awakening awaited her. She had everything the material world could offer. Soon, she would give it all up to follow the divine path. Hollywood to the Himalayas describes Sadhviji’s odyssey towards divine enlightenment and inspiration through her extraordinary connection with her guru and renewed confidence in the pleasure and joy that life can bring. Now one of the preeminent female spiritual teachers in the world, Sadhviji recounts her journey with wit, honesty, and clarity. Along the way, she offers teachings to help us all step onto our own path of awakening and discover the truth of who we really are—embodiments of the Divine. Americanborn Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, PhD, moved to India in 1996. A graduate of Stanford University, she was ordained by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati, president of one of the largest interfaith institutions in India, into the tradition of sanyas and lives at the Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh, where she leads a variety of humanitarian projects, teaches meditation, gives spiritual discourses, and counsels individuals and families. Americanborn Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, PhD, moved to India in 1996. A graduate of Stanford University, she was ordained by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati, president of one of the largest interfaith institutions in India, into the tradition of sanyas and lives at the Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh, where she leads a variety of humanitarian projects, teaches meditation, gives spiritual discourses, and counsels individuals and families.
Mental Traveler
Author: W. J. T. Mitchell
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022669609X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
How does a parent make sense of a child’s severe mental illness? How does a father meet the daily challenges of caring for his gifted but delusional son, while seeking to overcome the stigma of madness and the limits of psychiatry? W. J. T. Mitchell’s memoir tells the story—at once representative and unique—of one family’s encounter with mental illness and bears witness to the life of the talented young man who was his son. Gabriel Mitchell was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age twenty-one and died by suicide eighteen years later. He left behind a remarkable archive of creative work and a father determined to honor his son’s attempts to conquer his own illness. Before his death, Gabe had been working on a film that would show madness from inside and out, as media stereotype and spectacle, symptom and stigma, malady and minority status, disability and gateway to insight. He was convinced that madness is an extreme form of subjective experience that we all endure at some point in our lives, whether in moments of ecstasy or melancholy, or in the enduring trauma of a broken heart. Gabe’s declared ambition was to transform schizophrenia from a death sentence to a learning experience, and madness from a curse to a critical perspective. Shot through with love and pain, Mental Traveler shows how Gabe drew his father into his quest for enlightenment within madness. It is a book that will touch anyone struggling to cope with mental illness, and especially for parents and caregivers of those caught in its grasp.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022669609X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
How does a parent make sense of a child’s severe mental illness? How does a father meet the daily challenges of caring for his gifted but delusional son, while seeking to overcome the stigma of madness and the limits of psychiatry? W. J. T. Mitchell’s memoir tells the story—at once representative and unique—of one family’s encounter with mental illness and bears witness to the life of the talented young man who was his son. Gabriel Mitchell was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age twenty-one and died by suicide eighteen years later. He left behind a remarkable archive of creative work and a father determined to honor his son’s attempts to conquer his own illness. Before his death, Gabe had been working on a film that would show madness from inside and out, as media stereotype and spectacle, symptom and stigma, malady and minority status, disability and gateway to insight. He was convinced that madness is an extreme form of subjective experience that we all endure at some point in our lives, whether in moments of ecstasy or melancholy, or in the enduring trauma of a broken heart. Gabe’s declared ambition was to transform schizophrenia from a death sentence to a learning experience, and madness from a curse to a critical perspective. Shot through with love and pain, Mental Traveler shows how Gabe drew his father into his quest for enlightenment within madness. It is a book that will touch anyone struggling to cope with mental illness, and especially for parents and caregivers of those caught in its grasp.
Divine Madness
Author: Jeffrey A. Kottler
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787982326
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
"Madness can afford the individual certain resources and abilities that are not available to others. The fantasy life, free flight of ideas, distortions of reality, and heightened senses . . . offer a unique perspective on the world." —From the Introduction Why do some extraordinary individuals overcome mental anguish and produce brilliant creative artistry that is often enhanced by their madness? New York Times best-selling author and noted psychologist Jeffrey Kottler explores this fascinating question in Divine Madness. His book is filled with the compelling stories of emotional turmoil that many great artists have undergone as they struggle for success and survival. Jeffrey Kottler writes about the dramatic and tragic lives of cultural icons Sylvia Plath, Judy Garland, Mark Rothko, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, Charles Mingus, Vaslav Nijinsky, Marilyn Monroe, Lenny Bruce, and Brian Wilson. In this riveting book, Kottler highlights the personal story of each of these extraordinary individuals and analyzes how they struggled to overcome their emotional hardships. Divine Madness clearly differentiates between those who surrendered to their illness, often taking their own lives, and those who managed to endure and even recover. Kottler details how their profound psychological issues affected their lives and work, their great productivity and success, and how they strove to achieve some kind of personal stability. The fascinating and brilliantly told stories in Divine Madness help us to find meaning in the incredible lives of these artists. They also serve as an inspiration for those who are grappling to rise above their own challenges and limitations and express themselves more productively and creatively.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787982326
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
"Madness can afford the individual certain resources and abilities that are not available to others. The fantasy life, free flight of ideas, distortions of reality, and heightened senses . . . offer a unique perspective on the world." —From the Introduction Why do some extraordinary individuals overcome mental anguish and produce brilliant creative artistry that is often enhanced by their madness? New York Times best-selling author and noted psychologist Jeffrey Kottler explores this fascinating question in Divine Madness. His book is filled with the compelling stories of emotional turmoil that many great artists have undergone as they struggle for success and survival. Jeffrey Kottler writes about the dramatic and tragic lives of cultural icons Sylvia Plath, Judy Garland, Mark Rothko, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, Charles Mingus, Vaslav Nijinsky, Marilyn Monroe, Lenny Bruce, and Brian Wilson. In this riveting book, Kottler highlights the personal story of each of these extraordinary individuals and analyzes how they struggled to overcome their emotional hardships. Divine Madness clearly differentiates between those who surrendered to their illness, often taking their own lives, and those who managed to endure and even recover. Kottler details how their profound psychological issues affected their lives and work, their great productivity and success, and how they strove to achieve some kind of personal stability. The fascinating and brilliantly told stories in Divine Madness help us to find meaning in the incredible lives of these artists. They also serve as an inspiration for those who are grappling to rise above their own challenges and limitations and express themselves more productively and creatively.
Journey to My Soul
Author: Terri Lynn
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452545049
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Terri Lynns inspirational story shows her fight to be happy in the midst of a living hell. Her two young sons moved away with their father. Devastated, without a will to live, Terri Lynn surrenders her life to God for the strength to carry on. Her story demonstrates that when God steps in, magic and miracles follow. Living on welfare amid shattered dreams, she had to choose happiness or die in sadness. After a few years, she awakened to new possibilities and set a goal. Once her goal was set, divine guidance took over and directed her, much like a navigation system. Before long, she was living a luxurious life with her sons, and her happiness level went over the top. Her gratitude to God for delivering her from her past pain to such happiness and success put her on a spiritual path, a journey within. Her message is simple: The decision to be happy, no matter what, makes everything feel better, and when you feel good, good things happen.
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452545049
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Terri Lynns inspirational story shows her fight to be happy in the midst of a living hell. Her two young sons moved away with their father. Devastated, without a will to live, Terri Lynn surrenders her life to God for the strength to carry on. Her story demonstrates that when God steps in, magic and miracles follow. Living on welfare amid shattered dreams, she had to choose happiness or die in sadness. After a few years, she awakened to new possibilities and set a goal. Once her goal was set, divine guidance took over and directed her, much like a navigation system. Before long, she was living a luxurious life with her sons, and her happiness level went over the top. Her gratitude to God for delivering her from her past pain to such happiness and success put her on a spiritual path, a journey within. Her message is simple: The decision to be happy, no matter what, makes everything feel better, and when you feel good, good things happen.
Jung on Astrology
Author: C. G. Jung
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131530449X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Jung on Astrology brings together C. G. Jung’s thoughts on astrology in a single volume for the first time, significantly adding to our understanding of Jung’s work. Jung’s Collected Works, seminars, and letters contain numerous discussions of this ancient divinatory system, and Jung himself used astrological horoscopes as a diagnostic tool in his analytic practice. Understood in terms of his own psychology as a symbolic representation of the archetypes of the collective unconscious, Jung found in astrology a wealth of spiritual and psychological meaning and suggested it represents the "sum of all the psychological knowledge of antiquity." The selections and editorial introductions by Safron Rossi and Keiron Le Grice address topics that were of critical importance to Jung—such as the archetypal symbolism in astrology, the precession of the equinoxes and astrological ages, astrology as a form of synchronicity and acausal correspondence, the qualitative nature of time, and the experience of astrological fate—allowing readers to assess astrology’s place within the larger corpus of Jung’s work and its value as a source of symbolic meaning for our time. The book will be of great interest to analytical psychologists, Jungian psychotherapists and academics and students of depth psychology, Jungian and post-Jungian studies, as well as to astrologers and therapists of other orientations, especially transpersonal.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131530449X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Jung on Astrology brings together C. G. Jung’s thoughts on astrology in a single volume for the first time, significantly adding to our understanding of Jung’s work. Jung’s Collected Works, seminars, and letters contain numerous discussions of this ancient divinatory system, and Jung himself used astrological horoscopes as a diagnostic tool in his analytic practice. Understood in terms of his own psychology as a symbolic representation of the archetypes of the collective unconscious, Jung found in astrology a wealth of spiritual and psychological meaning and suggested it represents the "sum of all the psychological knowledge of antiquity." The selections and editorial introductions by Safron Rossi and Keiron Le Grice address topics that were of critical importance to Jung—such as the archetypal symbolism in astrology, the precession of the equinoxes and astrological ages, astrology as a form of synchronicity and acausal correspondence, the qualitative nature of time, and the experience of astrological fate—allowing readers to assess astrology’s place within the larger corpus of Jung’s work and its value as a source of symbolic meaning for our time. The book will be of great interest to analytical psychologists, Jungian psychotherapists and academics and students of depth psychology, Jungian and post-Jungian studies, as well as to astrologers and therapists of other orientations, especially transpersonal.
The Spiritual Life
Author: Robert Fabing
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809142095
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
"The purpose of this work is to unfold the meaning of the spiritual life and the meaning of emotional suffering in order to speak to those who see no meaning in their pain and by this to provide the reality of a healing effect," writes Robert Fabing. To this end, the author examines the spiritual life, "movement toward God," and its meaning, positing emotionality as its essential ingredient. To know God is to know ourselves, completely, inside and out, journeying to the dark recesses of our unconscious, the seat of emotional and psychological strife, and ascending to the light of consciousness with the help of reflective prayer and insight that leads to healing, union with God, and "holiness." In short, the spiritual life is an emotional journey toward self-knowledge in the company of God. Complete with spiritual and psychological resources, explications of the problems and stages of the spiritual journey, and end chapter questions and bibliographies, as well as an overall bibliography at the end of the book, the author provides a comforting, inspirational, and well-considered guide for individual or group sojourners working through, and seeking meaning from, the pain of the spiritual quest.
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809142095
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
"The purpose of this work is to unfold the meaning of the spiritual life and the meaning of emotional suffering in order to speak to those who see no meaning in their pain and by this to provide the reality of a healing effect," writes Robert Fabing. To this end, the author examines the spiritual life, "movement toward God," and its meaning, positing emotionality as its essential ingredient. To know God is to know ourselves, completely, inside and out, journeying to the dark recesses of our unconscious, the seat of emotional and psychological strife, and ascending to the light of consciousness with the help of reflective prayer and insight that leads to healing, union with God, and "holiness." In short, the spiritual life is an emotional journey toward self-knowledge in the company of God. Complete with spiritual and psychological resources, explications of the problems and stages of the spiritual journey, and end chapter questions and bibliographies, as well as an overall bibliography at the end of the book, the author provides a comforting, inspirational, and well-considered guide for individual or group sojourners working through, and seeking meaning from, the pain of the spiritual quest.