The Natural Way: An Inquiry Into Happiness

This book explores the connection between happiness and what Lao-Tzu and other great teachers have called "the natural way." It has four parts:

*Happiness is about opening the heart and falling in love with the world.

*Vitality looks at the body's inner healing wisdom.

*Freedom talks about the inner journey in down-to-earth ways.

*Serenity is about hearing and honoring our inner guide.

The emphasis of The Natural Way is the uncovering of the warm, luminous, intelligence within each of us.

James Sloman is an investigative writer whose subject is the human condition. He has sought understanding from a range of teachers past and present, famous and obscure, and traditions ranging from India to the kitchen table.

Originally trained in philosophy at Princeton and with an MFA in film from Columbia, he draws from experience in an eclectic career which has included being a copywriter, assistant editor and computer programmer in New York, a novelist in rural Massachusetts, a trader in Chicago and a market theorist in San Diego.

In addition to giving occasional courses on theories of financial markets, Sloman has spent over two decades teaching seminars and workshops on spirituality, consciousness in the everyday, diet and nutrition, finding our true calling in life, and accessing our inner guidance.

Sloman is the author of the consciousness book Nothing, the personal growth book Handbook for Humans, the tape series Affecting Our Reality and the music album Songs From The Bottom Of The Sea. Most recently he has authored the book The Natural Way.