Are You Getting Enlightened or Losing Your Mind?: A Spiritual Program for Mental Fitness - Hardcover

David Gersten

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 051770725X ISBN 13: 9780517707258

Publisher: Harmony, 1997

Synopsis

Lily Tomlin once asked, "Why is it that it's called prayer when we talk to God, but when he answers back it's called schizophrenia?" Almost half of all Americans claim to have had an unusual spiritual experience and as many more have had problems handling stress, anxiety and depression.

In Are You Getting Enlightened or Losing Your Mind? Dr. Gersten, a practicing psychiatrist for twenty years, recounts his experiences with his patients to answer questions about the entire spectrum of human consciousness. A doctor of the soul, Gersten clearly differen-tiates between miracles and madness, spiritual emergence and men-tal emergency--as well as the everyday stresses that affect our states of mind. Dr. Gersten demonstrates how a spiritual practice can posi-tively influence our mental health and emotional well-being. His unique, step-by-step program of meditations, breathwork, and imagery for mental fitness will enhance your peace of mind, sharpen your focus and alertness, teach you imagery techniques for gaining perspective on your problems, and strengthen your core values.

Visit the Gersten Institute at www.imagerynet.com

About this title

About the Author

Dennis Gersten, M.D., has been practicing psychiatry in San Diego since 1978, specializing in mind-body techniques, mental imagery, and meta-bolic medicine. He publishes Atlantis: the Imagery Newsletter and has served as an imagery consultant to Rodale Press/Prevention Magazine for eight of their most recent books. He authored The POW Survival Guide dedicated to the Allied troops of Operation Desert Storm.

Because of his integrated body-mind-energy-spirit approach, he works with traditional psychiatric problems such as anxiety and depres-sion, as well as with peak performance; cancer; AIDS, and other chronic and serious illnesses; and spiritual emergencies.

From the Back Cover

"Gersten delineates the difference between mental illness and spiritual experiences [and] clarifies such states as depression, anxiety and neurosis. From--being 'in the zone' to visits from the Virgin Mary, Gersten sheds new light on sometimes murky inner States"
--Publishers Weekly

"A spiritual psychiatrist offers reassurance for those who've experienced disruptive states of mind, from paranormal experi-ences to mystical visions."        
--NEW AGE JOURNAL

From the Inside Flap

once asked, "Why is it that it's called prayer when we talk to God, but when he answers back it's called schizophrenia?" Almost half of all Americans claim to have had an unusual spiritual experience and as many more have had problems handling stress, anxiety and depression.<br><br>In <b>Are You Getting Enlightened or Losing Your Mind?</b> Dr. Gersten, a practicing psychiatrist for twenty years, recounts his experiences with his patients to answer questions about the entire spectrum of human consciousness. A doctor of the soul, Gersten clearly differen-tiates between miracles and madness, spiritual emergence and men-tal emergency--as well as the everyday stresses that affect our states of mind. Dr. Gersten demonstrates how a spiritual practice can posi-tively influence our mental health and emotional well-being. His unique, step-by-step program of meditations, breathwork, and imagery for mental fitness will enhance your peace of mind, sharpen your focus and alertness, teach you i

Edition details

• Publisher: Harmony
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 051770725X
• ISBN 13: 9780517707258
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310