Download or read book Return to the Sacred written by Jonathan Ellerby, Ph.D. and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking for inner peace? Do you seek a deeper understanding of yourself and the spiritual world? Have you followed the popular prescriptions for enlightenment and still found yourself unsatisfied? Return to The Sacred is a fascinating guide that will help you understand the importance of spiritual practice and the great diversity of paths that are available to you. This is a book that does more than provide philosophy and inspiration; it gives you the freedom to find a path that works for you and the knowledge to experience the answers for yourself. You’ll learn about the time-tested tools of spiritual growth that will help you discover extraordinary depths of wisdom, power, and peace. Return to The Sacred will introduce you to the 12 Master Paths and Practices that have transformed the lives of countless saints, mystics, masters, and sages since the beginning of history. In this book, you’ll find what you need to discover your spiritual personality and choose the path that will lead you toward the realization of boundless joy and a lifelong journey of meaning. Jonathan Ellerby, Ph.D., weaves threads of personal growth and comparative religion into captivating true tales of spiritual adventures with teachers and healers around the world. Through colorful stories and clear reflections, he presents a perspective that reveals the rewards of spiritual practice, and a realistic understanding of the deep commitments and challenging steps along the way. Return to The Sacred is an inspiring journey around the globe and into the furthest reaches of Spirit.
Download or read book Return to The Sacred written by Jonathan H. Ellerby, Ph.D. and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking for inner peace? Do you seek a deeper understanding of yourself and the spiritual world? Have you followed the popular prescriptions for enlightenment and still found yourself unsatisfied? Return to The Sacred is a fascinating guide that will help you understand the importance of spiritual practice and the great diversity of paths that are available to you. This is a book that does more than provide philosophy and inspiration; it gives you the freedom to find a path that works for you and the knowledge to experience the answers for yourself. You’ll learn about the time-tested tools of spiritual growth that will help you discover extraordinary depths of wisdom, power, and peace. Return to The Sacred will introduce you to the 12 Master Paths and Practices that have transformed the lives of countless saints, mystics, masters, and sages since the beginning of history. In this book, you’ll find what you need to discover your spiritual personality and choose the path that will lead you toward the realization of boundless joy and a lifelong journey of meaning. Jonathan Ellerby, Ph.D., weaves threads of personal growth and comparative religion into captivating true tales of spiritual adventures with teachers and healers around the world. Through colorful stories and clear reflections, he presents a perspective that reveals the rewards of spiritual practice, and a realistic understanding of the deep commitments and challenging steps along the way. Return to The Sacred is an inspiring journey around the globe and into the furthest reaches of Spirit.
Download or read book Sacred Pathways written by Gary Thomas and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacred Pathways reveals nine distinct spiritual temperaments--and their strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies--to help you improve your spiritual life and deepen your personal walk with God. It's time to strip away the frustration of a one-size-fits-all spirituality and discover a path of worship that frees you to be you. Experienced spiritual directors, pastors, and church leaders recognize that all of us engage with God differently, and it's about time we do too. In this updated and expanded edition of Sacred Pathways, Gary Thomas details nine spiritual temperaments and--like the Enneagram and other tools do with personality--encourages you to investigate the ways you most naturally express yourself in your relationship with God. He encourages you to dig into the traits, strengths, and pitfalls in your devotional approach so you can eliminate the barriers that keep you locked into rigid methods of worship and praise. Plus, as you begin to identify and understand your own temperament, you'll soon learn about the temperaments that aren't necessarily "you" but that may help you understand the spiritual tendencies of friends, family, and others around you. Whatever temperament or blend of temperaments best describes you, rest assured it's not by accident. It's by the design of a Creator who knew what he was doing when he made you according to his own unique intentions. If your spiritual walk is not what you'd like it to be, you can change that, starting here. Sacred Pathways will show you the route you were made to travel, marked by growth and filled with the riches of a close walk with God. A Sacred Pathways video Bible study is also available for group or individual use, sold separately.
Download or read book Sacred Pathways written by Gary Thomas and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-09-17 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacred Pathways reveals nine distinct spiritual temperaments--and their strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies--to help you improve your spiritual life and deepen your personal walk with God. It's time to strip away the frustration of a one-size-fits-all spirituality and discover a path of worship that frees you to be you. Experienced spiritual directors, pastors, and church leaders recognize that all of us engage with God differently, and it's about time we do too. In this updated and expanded edition of Sacred Pathways, Gary Thomas details nine spiritual temperaments and--like the Enneagram and other tools do with personality--encourages you to investigate the ways you most naturally express yourself in your relationship with God. He encourages you to dig into the traits, strengths, and pitfalls in your devotional approach so you can eliminate the barriers that keep you locked into rigid methods of worship and praise. Plus, as you begin to identify and understand your own temperament, you'll soon learn about the temperaments that aren’t necessarily "you" but that may help you understand the spiritual tendencies of friends, family, and others around you. Whatever temperament or blend of temperaments best describes you, rest assured it's not by accident. It's by the design of a Creator who knew what he was doing when he made you according to his own unique intentions. If your spiritual walk is not what you'd like it to be, you can change that, starting here. Sacred Pathways will show you the route you were made to travel, marked by growth and filled with the riches of a close walk with God.
Download or read book Pathways of Spiritual Awakening written by Michael Lindquist and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pathways of Spiritual Awakening: Uplifting Stories of Personal Transformation features stories which will uplift and inspire you to navigate life's challenges. These are true personal accounts about each author's journey through a difficult life experience and how that experience has transformed their lives and brought peace to those who were suffering the emotions of fear, despair, anxiety, guilt?. These stories creatively explore how to use universal spiritual principles of empowering and life-affirming practical spirituality for richer living.The authors come from various backgrounds and experiences. Some experienced grief at the loss of a loved one, others turned away from God and relied on drugs and alcohol for solace and comfort. Many of the writers reflect on confusion, exhaustion, and despair brought on by life-changing experiences, which ultimately became opportunities for awakening.Some authors chose to use newfound wisdom to guide their life, while another learned that love only comes when you learn to love yourself. Often what is most personal is also most universal. Our hope is that these personal stories resonate with you, and you find insights that are helpful for your own life's journey. If you desire to grow and experience new levels of spiritual awakening and personal growth, and you hunger for greater understanding of the Spirit within, then these stories may provide you with the inspiration to nourish your soul. We are sure these stories will support you on your spiritual journey in a closer relationship with the God of your understandingAnd together we say, Thank God Within and All Around Us.
Download or read book Awakening to the Spirit Within Eight Paths written by Pamela Smith Allen, PhD and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2003-09-12 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The premise of Awakening to the Spirit Within is that all beings are connected by a spiritual energy which forms the essence of who they truly are. Eight paths, which facilitate an awakening to this essence, are explored: Native American Spirituality, Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Kabbalah, Jesus and the Christ Within, Sufism, and The New Thought Movement. Practice exercises and references are also included. This book highlights some of the unique gifts which various spiritual traditions have to offer our world. In addition, it explores the mystical threads of connection which underlie them. Like the title suggests, it also gives ways of listening to guidance from within. The author includes messages from her own inner guidance in an effort to illustrate how this may occur. Her openness provides more warmth and intimacy than is usually found in such a book. In these uncertain times, there has been an upsurge of interest in books related to spirituality, religion, and mysticism. People are looking for ways to heal, rather than destroy, our planet. That is why this book, and others like it, are so timely and important in moving us closer to our shared goal of creating a more peaceful and harmonious world.
Download or read book SPIRITUAL PATHWAYS written by Paul E. Stiffler and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It did not start out that way . . . what began as a simple letter mailed to a few friends has now emerged as this book, taking the form of practical, spiritual thoughts and actions that center around the seasons of the church and calendar year. Encouragement came like so many birds filling the sky, singing to lift the dawn that I might see a new day. Their music lifted my soul. Words of interest asking when this material would be published became the incentive for publication. Years of celebration involving the seasons that touch our lives so deeply moved within me. The high seasons and holy days never failed to provide a deep inspiration in my soul. It is from these moments that I compose the words and images that are found in this book. Following Spiritual Pathways A pathway to spiritual growth is open to those who seek in quiet moments an awareness of the Divine. Here the mind will inform the heart and the heart will illuminate the mind, forming a spiritual circle that gives balance to life. Each page invites you to enter an experience expressed in poetic form along with a guided imagery that can turn these quiet moments into a meaningful life experience. This pathway reflects my personal journey of meditation that began in 1977 under the guidance of Sister Virginia Mary Barta of Marionjoy in Wheaton, Illinois, and the urging of Rev. Dean Williams the Chaplain. Since then, I have shared what I experience as my mind informs my heart and my heart illuminates my mind.
Download or read book A Course in Light written by Toni Moltzan and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout many disciplines of spiritual growth, light is mentioned as the source of all life. Those who have experienced enlightenment describe it as being aware of everything that surrounds them as energy and light. The light energy referred to within A Course in Light is not a symbolic term but the actual light energy of your own soul and body of light. Through the meditations and lessons, light magnifies and is directed throughout the physical system for transformation and change. The first level focuses on the physical body and your material surroundings and acquaints you with the different egos and bodies that are aspects of yourself. Your personality ego and organic and cellular egos are individual and collective intelligence that have been impressed with your mental and emotional experiences. These egos are acknowledged during meditation to help bring unity within. When vibrations of all the bodies are in harmony, you experience a wonderful new wellness, strength, and clarity. What makes this different from any other course? The direct experience you feel, sense, and become aware of during meditation. Energy surges through your body, mind, and soul during your sessions. It is a path healing every aspect of your body and its egos. This course takes you step by step through your personal clearing. Based on the ancient teachings of Agni Yoga, this is a bridge between all spiritual paths.
Download or read book Incline Your Ear written by Chad R. Abbott and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incline Your Ear: Cultivating Spiritual Awakening in Congregations introduces faith communities and individuals to the centuries-old principles and practices of spiritual direction. Spiritual direction, as Chad R. Abbott and Teresa Blythe practice and teach it, emphasizes four aspects of the faith journey: becoming more aware of the presence of the Holy in our daily lives, reflecting on that awareness and deepening our relationship with God, discerning where God is leading, and sharing our spiritual gifts with the world. Abbott and Blythe also share simple ways to evaluate the outcomes of spiritual awakening: "fruits of the Spirit." As a middle judicatory minister and spiritual director who work with clergy, lay leaders, and congregations around issues of spiritual life and energy, the authors long for churches to become vital spiritual communities that meet the needs of people right where they are. They strive to nurture congregations where pastors don't have to do it all; where members are equipped to share their gifts with one another; where leaders rest easy, knowing the board has discerned the vision well; and where all discover the rich array of spiritual food Christianity serves. In these complex and confusing times, the authors extend to us an invitation and hope: "Incline your ear... that you may live." As communities of faith study and experience Incline Your Ear together, they will find new ways to be in love with God and listen to the Spirit.
Download or read book Sacred Pathways Bible Study Guide written by Gary Thomas and published by HarperChristian Resources. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover new ways of connecting with God by understanding how he uniquely created you to worship him. The Sacred Pathways video study will help you learn: How you naturally express yourself in your relationship with God How to develop new ways of drawing near to him Key biblical figures who share your spiritual temperament How to understand others who connect with the Creator differently As believers in Christ, many of us today fall into the trap of thinking we have to approach God in a certain way. But our Creator made us all unique, and he designed us to connect with him in our own ways. For some, this might look like quiet contemplation. Others express praise through caregiving or theological discussions. It's important to discover the particular pathway that will best help you to experience God's presence. Bestselling author and speaker Gary Thomas reveals nine distinct spiritual temperaments to give you insight into how you naturally worship and how your personal walk with God might look different from those around you. Unlike the Enneagram and other personality assessment tools, Sacred Pathways gives you tools to investigate how you naturally relate to God. You will discover the strengths and impulses in your devotional approach so that you can eliminate the barriers that keep you locked into scripted methods of worship and praise. There is one thing that each of us as Christians can do that nobody else can--give our personal love and affection to God. This Study Guide includes: Discussion questions, reflection questions, and a personal assessment test to discover your pathway Personal Bible study for between sessions A guide with best practices for leading groups Sessions include: The Journey of the Soul – Introduction to the Pathways Pathways of Wonder – the Naturalist, Sensate, and Traditionalist Pathways of Contemplation – the Intellectual, Ascetic, and Contemplative Pathways of Action – the Caregiver, Activist, and Enthusiast Tending the Garden of the Soul – How the Pathways Apply to Your Life Designed for use with the Sacred Pathways Video Study available on DVD or streaming video, sold separately.
Download or read book Sacred Stones written by Hugues Nkamwa and published by Author House. This book was released on 2006-04-21 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our times demand a reawakening; our times demand a reassessment of our spiritual compass. The words within these pages carry within them the energy and power from a higher realm. A realm of peace, happiness and Soul power. This realm is our true center - our spiritual core. We are whole in the eyes of our maker, it is us that fail to recognize the link and claim our place within the vortex of God’s love. The ever present unconditional source of all life. Sacred Stones are like bridges over troubled waters, they can aid you in your journey from unconsciousness to consciousness, from fear to courage from anger and spite into the wonderland of divine love. For those that have strayed from the path of wholeness, of love, even those that are new on their quest of their higher purpose, and those that wish to refresh their spiritual countenance, the words in this book will again shine the light on your path giving you the knowingness and certitude of your divine heritage and destiny. And at last you would have found meaning and divine purpose in your life’s journey restoring the fountain of joy and bliss that was always there in the first place. It is a promise.
Download or read book Twelve Steps to Spiritual Awakening written by Herb K. and published by Capizon Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herb K., who is also the author of "Twelve Step Guide to Using the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book", continues sharing his insights to the Twelve Steps by explaining the how and why, using his own experience along with traditional and universal spiritual wisdom. This book illuminates a path from the dark world of alcoholism and brokenness to a life of peace, purpose and fulfillment. Herb K. leads Twelve Step workshops, retreats and teaches spirituality and recovery throughout the U.S. and the world.
Download or read book Journey Into Now written by Leonard Jacobson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With perfect precision, the author guides the reader along a path of awakening which leads to liberation from the pain and limitations of the past into the joyful and unlimited world of Now. This book reveals, in the simplest way, how to still the mind and become fully present and awake in the truth of life. Perhaps the most important aspect of this book is the author's unique insight into the nature of the mind and ego. He describes in detail how the ego's resistance to Presence is the primary obstacle to awakening and how we can overcome that resistance in a simple and effective way. Each page of this book reveals a part of the mystery. There are hidden keys to awakening on every page. It is like a road map home.
Download or read book Spiritual Awareness written by Warren Oskey and published by . This book was released on 2000-11-01 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, characterizing himself as a truth seeker, sifts through the facts and ideas he has accumulated throughout his life in the West for a thread that links him to the universe. In the process of doing so, he discovers a transcendent spirituality, differenciating his human life from all other species. At this level of his being, he discovers, not only the meaning of his life, but also the happiness that glows within.
Download or read book Inspiration Deficit Disorder written by Jonathan Ellerby, Ph.D. and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s a voice in the universe calling each of us to remember our purpose—our reason for being here now, in this world of impermanence. The voice whispers, shouts, and sings to us that this experience of being in form, in space and time, knowing life and death, has meaning. The voice is that of inspiration, which is within each and every one of us. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer explains how we’ve chosen to enter this world of particles and form. From our place of origin, in ways that we don’t readily comprehend now, we knew what we were coming here to accomplish, and we participated in setting this life process in motion. So why not think this same way? Why put the responsibility or blame on any one or any thing that’s not a part of us? On Earth we have the capacity of volition—we can choose—so let’s assume that we had the same capacity when we resided in the spiritual realm. We chose our physical body, and we chose the parents we needed for the trip. It doesn’t seem too great a stretch to move into the idea that we chose this life in concert with our Source. Each chapter in this book is filled with specifics for living an inspired life. From a very personal viewpoint, Wayne Dyer offers a blueprint through the world of spirit to inspiration, your ultimate calling.
Download or read book Pathways to Higher Consciousness written by Ken O'Donnell and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought-provoking and accessible guide to how an ancient spiritual practice known as Raja Yoga meditation--Yoga of the mind--can help us develop attitudes that will dramatically improve the quality of our inner lives. Using the author’s own story as a starting point, this illuminating work provides a whole new perspective on matters of the spirit, including rediscovering the nature of the self, understanding and exploring the different levels of consciousness, learning about the natural law that governs the universe, and how to support your spiritual development with the right lifestyle. Previously published by the Brahma Kumaris Organization--a group that seeks to help everyone rediscover his or her potential for greatness by facilitating a process of spiritual awakening that is both non-denominational and respectful of all traditions--Pathways to Higher Consciousness is an enlightening entry on the very first Sterling Ethos list.
Download or read book Rewilding Our Hearts written by Marc Bekoff and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In wildlife conservation, rewilding refers to restoring habitats and creating corridors between preserved lands to allow declining populations to rebound. Marc Bekoff, one of the world’s leading animal experts and activists, here applies rewilding to human attitudes. Rewilding Our Hearts invites readers to do the essential work of becoming reenchanted with the world, acting from the inside out, and dissolving false boundaries to truly connect with both nature and themselves.
