Spiritual Delights and Delusions : How to Bridge the Gap Between Spiritual Fulfillment and Emotional Realities

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Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-02-26
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary

While spiritual delusions lure us into thinking that enlightenment brings the elimination of all suffering, spiritual realism helps us love the world as it is. Steve Posner links his personal experiences with spiritual wisdom from all over the world in order to reveal a reliable path toward a more realistic spirituality. Charting a course that can be followed by anyone of any faith-or even of no particular faith- this book is a guide for imperfect people who seek enlightenment in an imperfect world.

Author Biography

Steve Posner has been a spiritual teacher for more than thirty years. He has an Ed.M. from Harvard, and his writings have appeared in the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune, and numerous other publications. He lives in San Diego, California, and Shanghai, China. Visit his Web site at www.steveposner.com.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
The Rewards of Spiritual Realismp. 5
The Wisdom of Feeling Good About Feeling Badp. 11
The Illusion of a Perfect Personalityp. 19
An Enlightened Weepingp. 29
Your Fears Need Not Frighten Youp. 45
Our Impulse to Lovep. 63
Easing Anxieties That Come and Gop. 73
The Value of Changing Beliefsp. 93
Finding the Calm of Uncertaintyp. 109
The Natural Cycles of Expansion and Contractionp. 123
The Mystic's Freedomp. 141
Using Our Collective Consciousnessp. 151
Resolving Conflict within Us and around Usp. 181
Shifting Into an Active Enlightenmentp. 231
Indexp. 253
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