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Category Archives: Spirituality
Book Excerpt: In the Absence of God
Sam Keen discusses the shadow in America and in his own complicity with the sins of the nation.
Book Review: Return to the Sacred
Explanations of the rewards of spiritual practice from 12 Master Paths common in all in the world's religions.
Book Excerpt: Return to the Sacred
Jonathan H. Ellerby on focusing on positive people and forces as a sty against evil and negativity.
Book Review: The God-Powered Life
Ponders the steps taken on the spiritual path once we accept that we are an individualized expression of God in the world.
Book Excerpt: The God-Powered Life
David Aaron on letting go in order to reach a state of spiritual completion.
Book Excerpt: How Not To Be Afraid of Your Own Life
Susan Piver on how the practice of meditation is the perfect place to explore our fears as well as our unique qualities.
Book Review: Rumi’s Four Essential Practices
Presents four spiritual practices by Rumi for body and soul
Book Excerpt: Rumi’s Four Essential Practices
Rumi on letting go of the selfish and separate self and experiencing a connection with the world.
Book Review: Wild Comfort
A marvelous and sense-luscious collection of essays on nature, animals, and their messages about sorrow and gladness.
Book Excerpt: Wild Comfort
Kathleen Dean Moore on learning how to receive things gracefully as gifts from others and from the Earth.
Book Review: The Wisdom of No Escape
Essential Buddhist practices on loving ourselves and the world.
Book Review: How Not To Be Afraid of Your Own Life
A thoughtful and pragmatic anatomy of fear and the power of meditation and other spiritual practices to deal with it.
Book Review: A Little Daily Wisdom
A collection of 365 verses from the Bible along with daily affirmation prayer.
Book Review: Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire
Shows many ways the four elements can draw us closer to the natural world, God, and a richer prayer life.
Book Excerpt: Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire
Devotional practices for appreciating water and its important spiritual meanings.
Book Review: Savor
A Buddhist approach to weight loss based on mindfulness, exercise, and nutritional science.
Book Excerpt: Savor
Thich Nhat Hanh on mindful eating of an apple.
Book Review: Chants of a Lifetime
A fascinating and heartfelt collection of stories, teachings and commentary by the man who has been called the chant master of American yoga.
Book Excerpt: Chants of a Lifetime
Krishna Das's guru on Jesus as one who lost himself in love and was one with all beings.