| Description |
xii, 306 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302) and index. |
| Summary |
Exercises from the world's religions to cultivate kindness, love, joy, peace, vision, wisdom, and generosity. |
| Contents |
Unveiling the Sacred -- Discovering the Seven Practices -- Spiritual Practices: What Do They Do and How Do They Do It? -- The Seven Practices -- Transform Your Motivation: Reduce Craving and Find Your Soul's Desire -- The Secret of Happiness -- Exercises to Reduce Craving -- Find Your Soul's Desire: Redirect Motivation -- Exercises to Redirect Desires -- The Higher Reaches of Desire -- Cultivate Emotional Wisdom: Heal Your Heart and Learn to Love -- The Gift of Love -- The Challenge of Difficult Emotions -- Exercises to Reduce Fear and Anger -- Cultivate Love and Gratitude -- The Higher Reaches of Love -- Live Ethically: Feel Good by Doing Good -- The Value of Virtue -- What Is an Ethical Life? -- Exercises in Ethical Living -- The Higher Reaches of Ethical Living -- Concentrate and Calm Your Mind -- Your Meandering Mind -- Develop a Peaceful Mind -- The Higher Reaches of Concentration and Calm -- Awaken Your Spiritual Vision: See Clearly and Recognize the Sacred in All Things -- The Healing Power of Awareness -- Exercises in Awareness -- Seeing the Sacred in All Things -- Exercises in Sacred Seeing -- The Higher Reaches of Vision -- Cultivate Spiritual Intelligence: Develop Wisdom and Understand Life -- What Is Wisdom? -- Awakening Wisdom -- Exercises in Wisdom -- The Higher Reaches of Wisdom -- Express Spirit in Action: Embrace Generosity and the Joy of Service -- The Spirit of Service -- Develop a Generous Heart -- Exercises in Generosity and Service -- The Higher Reaches of Generosity. |
| Subject |
Spiritual life.
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Self-realization -- Religious aspects.
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Psychology and religion.
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Spirituality. (DNLM)D029181
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Religion and Psychology. (DNLM)D012069
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Self Concept. (DNLM)D012649
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Psychology and religion. (OCoLC)fst01081555
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Self-realization -- Religious aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01111896
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Spiritual life. (OCoLC)fst01130100
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| ISBN |
0471330264 (alk. paper) |
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9780471330264 (alk. paper) |
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0471392162 (paper) |
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9780471392163 (paper) |
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9781620456286 (library binding) |
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1620456281 (library binding) |
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