Essential Spirituality: The 7 Central Practices to Awaken Heart and Mind - Hardcover

Walsh, Roger N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471330264 ISBN 13: 9780471330264

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Discusses how to integrate the spiritual principles of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism into one's daily life

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About the Author

ROGER WALSH M.D., PH.D., is a professor of psychiatry, philosophy, and anthropology at the University of California at Irvine. His writings and research in the areas of medicine, science, psychology, philosophy, and religion have received more than twenty national and international awards.

From the Inside Flap

Essential Spirituality "The field of spiritual books has been looking for its own Lewis Thomas or Carl Sagan, and I believe Roger Walsh may be that one." —Ken Wilber, author of One Taste Based on over twenty years of research and spiritual practice, written by a man who is both a spiritual practitioner and award-winning scientist, this is a groundbreaking and life-changing book For the first time, Essential Spirituality shows how you can apply the seven practices central to all the world’s major religions in your daily life. In his decades of study, Dr. Roger Walsh has discovered that each of the great spiritual traditions has both a common goal and seven common practices to reach that goal: recognizing the sacred and divine that exist both within and around us. Going beyond Care of the Soul, Essential Spirituality integrates the spiritual principles of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism into one truly rewarding way of life in which kindness, love, joy, peace, vision, wisdom, and generosity become an ever-growing part of everything you do. Filled with stories, exercises, meditations, myths, case histories, prayers, and practical advice, this extraordinary book has the power to change your life now. "An engaging, inspiring synthesis of the core insights of humanity’s spiritual traditions. This is a rare gem of a book—a unique treasure distilled from a quarter century of deep spiritual practice and intellectual inquiry. Essential Spirituality is a book to live with and work with, filled with simple though powerful exercises that invite people to discover for themselves the truths about which Roger Walsh writes so beautifully and lovingly." —Duane Elgin, author of Voluntary Simplicity

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471330264
• ISBN 13: 9780471330264
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320