Download or read book Ego and Spirituality written by Nickolas Martin and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRANSFORMATION BEFORE TRANSCENDENCE Many of us are working on the spiritual path, are trying to get on it, or are unaware that this path exists. We all face a significant obstacle—our ego. An unconscious, imbalanced ego can delay, distort, disturb, or destroy our efforts to transcend the issues of our humanity, walk the spiritual path, and deepen our spiritual consciousness. Ego and Spirituality: The Consciousness of Egospiritualism speaks the message that we must transform and heal our ego—not dissolve, disown, or defeat it—in order to merge our humanity and divinity. Only then can we more fully transcend into a deeper spiritual consciousness.
Download or read book Grow up Your Ego written by Jeannette M Gagan and published by Wisdom Village Publications. This book was released on with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book will reveal how a full understanding of the ego’s essence will further your emotional and spiritual evolution and strengthen your intent to make the ego you ally. “With nine chapters, exercises, reviews, appendices, and an index, this well-written, concise, informative book offers valuable information for both lay persons and therapists regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the ego and how to grow into healthier human beings. Chapters include: dismantling the myth of the bad ego, how the ego develops, the ten stages of ego growth, defense mechanisms, and the growth spiral. Other chapters explore emotions, obstacles to growth including the shadow self, spirituality, and the relationship between science and spirituality. Written in an easy-to-follow manner, including stories of individuals with their own processes, the book offers a self-help guide to healing. “The author is a licensed psychologist who has training in Shamanism, adding to the research validity and personal connection of the mind/body/spirit outlook. “This is a practical guide for lay persons wanting an introduction on how to grow beyond the ego of narcissism into the ego of transcendence. Psychotherapists would also find this book beneficial in their work with clients (as well as for exploring their own ego issues). It includes valuable scientific research and excellent, in-depth exercises to help readers explore ways to develop their egos into higher, spiritual states. For in order to let go of the ego into higher levels of compassion and love, one must have a healthy ego as the basis for grounding in reality. All chapters are informative, but the chapter on the ten stages of ego development is especially valuable. The final two chapters on exploring higher states of being, including self-actualization, must be read by those wanting to live exemplary lives. While the book doesn’t replace therapy or a spiritual focus, it will be an excellent adjunct to the processes.” The US Review of Books Reviewed by Carol Anderson, D. Min., ACSW, LMSW
Download or read book Demystifying Patanjali The Yoga Sutras written by Paramhansa Yogananda and published by Crystal Clarity Publishers. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens as we grow spiritually? Is there a step-by-step process that everyone goes through—all spiritual seekers, including those of any or no religious persuasion—as they gradually work their way upward, until they achieve the highest state of Self-realization? About 2200 years ago, a great spiritual master of India named Patanjali described this process, and presented humanity with a clear-cut, step-by-step outline of how all truth seekers and saints achieve divine union. He called this universal inner experience and process “yoga” or “union.” His collection of profound aphorisms—a true world scripture—has been dubbed Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Unfortunately, since that time many scholarly translators with little or no spiritual realization have written commentaries on Patanjali's writings that have succeeded only in burying his pithy insights in convoluted phrases like “becomes assimilated with transformations” and “the object alone shines without deliberation.” How can any reader understand Patanjali's original meaning when he or she has to wade through such bewildering terminology? Thankfully, a great modern yoga master—Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the classic Autobiography of a Yogi—has cut through the scholarly debris and resurrected Patanjali's original teachings and revelations. Now, in Demystifying Patanjali, Swami Kriyananda, a direct disciple of Yogananda, shares his guru's crystal clear and easy-to-grasp explanations of Patanjali's aphorisms. As Kriyananda writes in his introduction, “My Guru personally shared with me some of his most important insights into these sutras. During the three and a half years I lived with him, he also went with me at great length into the basic teachings of yoga. “I was able, moreover, to ask my Guru personally about many of the subjects covered by Patanjali. His explanations have lingered with me, and have been a priceless help in the [writing of this book].”
Download or read book From Ego to Essence written by Robin Masters and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2017-01-25 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Ego to Essence is a book designed to take you through various aspects of the path to the higher self. It teaches you how to integrate your spirituality into your everyday life through working with your spirit guides, finding the flow, and showing you how to follow the signs. It touches on the law of attraction and helps show how to bring gratitude into your life. Learn how to avoid getting caught up in the ego and everyday drama as you follow your path to essence.
Download or read book Ego Soul and Beyond written by Bob Mackura and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a book that pulls from life-experience, and the greatest contemporary and historical sages, to engage the reader in life's most challenging and fundamental questions. It gathers momentum as the reader is exposed to the ego, soul, and the Divine by understanding their role in the evolution of human consciousness. What is blocking us from embracing our greatness? As the human mind and brain developed over the millennia, humanity's true nature was obscured by a human intellect and belief system in its early stages of evolution. We have all witnessed what this has led to. There is a way out of this box we have built for ourselves. The breakout begins when we allow ourselves to take a fresh look at the core human condition that spiritual traditions have been dealing with for thousands of years. This book shows the reader how to look at their soul in a refreshing and new way. In this new century, the time is ripe for an exciting and innovative way of approaching spirituality and rediscovering our souls. Ego, Soul, & Beyond is a life-changing and provocative book that offers a clear, comprehensive, and practical way to usher in the next stage of human evolution. It doesn't replace psychology or spirituality - it takes them to a new level. The reader is challenged to wake up their soul and embrace reality below the symptom level. The intellect, heart, and belly soul-centers, which the world's spiritual traditions target in different ways, are explained and reconceived in a way that speaks to the fullness of what it means to be human. Fundamental change has never been more possible. The human mind has evolved to a place where many are perched for a dive into a new reality where contemporary and historical problems can finally be resolved. If you are one of those ready to take the dive, you are likely a "soulworker". This is a person who is ready to do whatever it takes to find the answers to their deepest questions, face their deepest fears, and align their life with their soul's mission. You will find this book to be a leading-edge handbook that provides the tools, concepts, and keys for evolving humanity into a new way of being. The journey into our souls is the most important and exciting journey we can ever take. There is nothing more worth discovering.
Download or read book Ego and Spirituality written by Nickolas Martin Edd and published by . This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRANSFORMATION BEFORE TRANSCENDENCE Many of us are working on the spiritual path, are trying to get on it, or are unaware that this path exists. We all face a significant obstacle our ego. An unconscious, imbalanced ego can delay, distort, disturb, or destroy our efforts to transcend the issues of our humanity, walk the spiritual path, and deepen our spiritual consciousness. Ego and Spirituality: The Consciousness of Egospiritualism speaks the message that we must transform and heal our ego not dissolve, disown, or defeat it in order to merge our humanity and divinity. Only then can we more fully transcend into a deeper spiritual consciousness.
Download or read book The Undiscovered Self written by C. G. Jung and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These two essays, written late in Jung's life, reflect his responses to the shattering experience of World War II and the dawn of mass society. Among his most influential works, "The Undiscovered Self" is a plea for his generation--and those to come--to continue the individual work of self-discovery and not abandon needed psychological reflection for the easy ephemera of mass culture. Only individual awareness of both the conscious and unconscious aspects of the human psyche, Jung tells us, will allow the great work of human culture to continue and thrive. Jung's reflections on self-knowledge and the exploration of the unconscious carry over into the second essay, "Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams," completed shortly before his death in 1961. Describing dreams as communications from the unconscious, Jung explains how the symbols that occur in dreams compensate for repressed emotions and intuitions. This essay brings together Jung's fully evolved thoughts on the analysis of dreams and the healing of the rift between consciousness and the unconscious, ideas that are central to his system of psychology. This paperback edition of Jung's classic work includes a new foreword by Sonu Shamdasani, Philemon Professor of Jung History at University College London.
Download or read book The Ego Tunnel written by Thomas Metzinger and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-05-21 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're used to thinking about the self as an independent entity, something that we either have or are. In The Ego Tunnel, philosopher Thomas Metzinger claims otherwise: No such thing as a self exists. The conscious self is the content of a model created by our brain - an internal image, but one we cannot experience as an image. Everything we experience is ''a virtual self in a virtual reality.'' But if the self is not ''real,'' why and how did it evolve? How does the brain construct it? Do we still have souls, free will, personal autonomy, or moral accountability? In a time when the science of cognition is becoming as controversial as evolution, The Ego Tunnel provides a stunningly original take on the mystery of the mind.
Download or read book A Call to the Heart written by Shanna Covey and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of us, on the journey to truth, knows that there are lessons everywhere. By stopping to see our choices, motivations, and results, we can deepen our awareness of ourselves and our journey. A Call to the Heart is a series of essays in which Shanna Covey dissects her everyday experiences to understand egoic drivers and shift into spiritual solutions. By applying the wisdom of ancient teachings and contemporary spiritual guides, her interactions and notions are transformed into fodder for growth at every turn. With candor, honesty, wit, and sincerity, Shanna invites you on her journey and inspires you to find God in your every day.
Download or read book God Self and Ego written by Philip St. Romain and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-22 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do we mean by the terms God, Self and Ego? The answer depends on one's view of human nature and its relationship to the divine. Using the philosophy and theology of St. Thomas Aquinas to qualify his terms, author Philip St. Romain describes different possible relationships between God, Self and Ego, and the disciplines to support these.
Download or read book Break the Norms written by Chandresh Bhardwaj and published by Sounds True. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever felt like you’re living out a script written for you by others—in your work, your relationships, or spirituality? “To break through the norms we’ve been conditioned to believe is an act of rebellion,” writes Chandresh Bhardwaj. “It is not about being stubborn or ‘bringing down the man.’ It’s about following your soul’s deepest longing. It’s about making a decision to question what you’ve been told is true.” There are no “right answers” in spirituality, but asking the right questions can help us discover who we are and what we are becoming. In Break the Norms, Chandresh illuminates the unconscious beliefs we carry about matters of sex, death, love, ego, God, and gurus—then offers penetrating questions and self-inquiry practices to help us separate our own truth from the products of the status quo. Here is the long-awaited fist book from a compelling new teacher—and a clarion call to embrace our own spiritual authority.
Download or read book God and I Exploring the Connections Between God Self and Ego written by Philip St. Romain and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do we mean when we use the terms "God," "Self" and "Ego"? To what experiences do these terms point? What are the relationships between them? This book by Philip St. Romain, M.S., D. Min., goes beyond semantics to provide an experiential approach to understanding "God," "Self" and "Ego." It also situates this understanding in an anthropology that will be agreeable to most psychologists and Christian spiritual directors. Different "zones of intimacy" between God, Self and Ego are identified, each with differing requirements. Questions for reflection and discussion conclude each chapter, along with several suggested spiritual exercises.
Download or read book From Anxiety to Love written by Corinne Zupko and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Ready for Unstoppable Inner Peace Author Corinne Zupko undertook her study of psychology out of necessity when debilitating anxiety threatened to derail her life. Seeking ways to do more than temporarily alleviate her symptoms, Corinne began to study A Course in Miracles (ACIM), mindfulness meditation, and the latest therapeutic approaches for treating anxiety. In From Anxiety to Love, she shares what she learned and gently guides you through the process, helping you undo anxiety-based thinking and fostering mindful shifts in your thoughts and actions. Whether struggling with everyday stress or near-crippling discomfort, you will find that Corinne’s approach offers a new way of healing from — rather than just coping with — fear and anxiety.
Download or read book Starve the Ego Feed the Soul Souldrama Ignite Your Spiritual Intelligence written by Connie Miller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about relationships. A story about a man named Iye who has been searching for his soulmate. In order to find his partner he must leave the land of Ego and pass through seven doors of spiritual transformation of souldrama. Each door offers and challenge and a gift upon its completion. Will he complete the journey? Today, we seem to search for meaning and purpose in our lives and begin a spiritual journey as we ask ourselves,"Is this all there is?" What keeps people stuck in relationships, careers, addictions?Souldrama helps us to move past the resistance in our lives preventing us from accessing our higher purpose. Souldrama integrates all three levels of intelligences, our rational, emotional, and spiritual, through a group process that puts spirituality into action. The end result helps us to create spiritually intelligent leadership. Souldrama moves group therapy and psychodrama to another level, that of the transpersonal.
Download or read book Ego Vs Spirit written by Delena Rusan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is the creator, while the mind is the greatest creation. The human body is amazing, in which, God created his most delicate masterpiece. The beautiful images of humankind, Nature here on Earth speaks volumes to the universe. The energy from the air moves in vibrations. The sounds from the wind, ocean, lakes, river's makes great music. From the divine and healing spirits, Moving frequencies though the jungle and zoo, communicating with the intelligent animals, Which are just as powerful as you. From the sun, moon, stars and clouds that bring great energy into you, Watching the healing energy of the trees and plants grow into beautiful shapes and sizes. No more denying the power of spirit - this is your proof, Your testimony as you move through life, What do you see? Can you imagine living in abundance and living so free? Choose your success over life's crisis, Be yourself and live your spirit!
Download or read book Ego Free Living written by Carol Austin and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The consumer appetite for books and teachings on spirituality and self-help is constant. But with so much information, does the average person ever feel any happier, less stressed or more at peace? Are we ever going to simply learn to get along better with each other? How can we build more authentic and loving relationships with our spouses, partners and co-workers? Why is it so hard? Ego Free Living believes the answer lies in simplifying complex and literal theory to focus on the most essential practices at the heart of spiritual living: dissolving the destructive power of the ego, living more fully in the present moment, and making a positive attitude a knee-jerk reaction to just about everything. Ego Free Living is a short book that can be read in a single sitting so the book can be easily read multiple times to reinforce the essential habits to living an ego-free life. It's a foundational book and once you grasp these easy concepts, your understanding of other religious and spiritual teachings will begin to make much more sense. You will find yourself looking at the world in a whole new light. Most books on spiritual topics-from New Age to the Bible to Eastern philosophy-are lengthy, metaphoric, and not always user-friendly. Ego Free Living offers a simpler approach-a plain-language, bare essentials guide that focuses on the top 4 mental habits central to religious and spiritual philosophies. These 4 habits will help you dissolve the destructive nature of the ego-the primary step needed for becoming a more spiritual person.
Download or read book Ego and the Spiritual Self written by Rebecca Lilly and published by Humanics Publishing Group. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of us has a voice within that always speaks the truth. To be in touch with that voice is to know your own deepest self. To live joyously is to live out of that self, the real you, the living eternal awareness. It is to know your spiritual self. But to know it, you must see through the self you ordinarily take yourself to be, the ego, which is a self-concept, and not the living you. This book is meant to be a guide to your spiritual self by showing you the differences between your ego and your deeper spiritual nature, and by describing how to move beyond your mind-based ego, so you can discover who you are.
