During these troubled times this classic book guides us to our inner foundations for living with courage, love, and purpose. This foundation of personal healing and wholeness is necessary for us to link our own good to that of our society, and to become active and informed participants in our own lives and the life around us.
Jungian Analyst Bud Harris provides compassionate guidance to:
- Discover what true self-love and self-forgiveness mean.
- Value ourselves and live meaningful lives we love.
- Develop into authentic human beings who give back vitality and hope to all around us.
- Have lives of our own, and be able to love others without losing ourselves.
- Resolve problems in modern life such as unhappy relationships, stagnating career, financial issues, and even weight problems.
Using strategies such as analyzing dreams, developing inner dialogue, and keeping a detailed journal, Sacred Selfishness wisely assures us that our lives are sacred tasks, where holiness is love and the way to the Divine is through self-knowledge.
While growing up, unselfishness was usually defined as putting the needs of others above our own. As a result, we became outward-directed people, cut off from our inner source of energy and vitality. If we have failed, through the years, to develop our own individuality, eventually we may slide into depression and ill health. It is only after becoming whole again that we can help others and truly renew our society. This is the path of sacred selfishness.
Bud Harris, PhD, is one of the most prolific Jungian authors of our time. He's authored and co-authored 15 books, and has been in the field of Jungian psychology for 30 years. At 82 years old, he has a long-standing practice in Asheville, North Carolina, which is still thriving.
Dr. Harris defines himself as a husband, a father, grandfather, psychologist and Jungian analyst. Early in his life he earned a bachelor's degree in management from Georgia Tech in Atlanta Georgia. After Tech, Bud became a businessman and then owned his own business which he operated successfully. However, in spite of his achievements, he found his life in the cul-de-sac that he explains in his book Sacred Selfishness.
Following a period of dissatisfaction and searching, he returned to school to change careers and eventually earned his PhD in psychology.
After becoming a psychotherapist and psychologist, he experienced the call to further his growth by becoming a Jungian analyst. Bud moved to Zürich, Switzerland where he trained for over five years until he became a diplomate Jungian analyst. Bud explains that "In many ways my educational odyssey has been a reflection of the transformational pattern of my life." Bud notes that writing Sacred Selfishness (his fourth book) was a labor of love.
Bud and his wife met while they were both training to be analysts in Zürich and they have co-authored two books. Massimilla was born and grew up in Verona Italy. Originally, she went to business school herself. In her late twenties she returned to the University of Padova where she earned her Ph.D. in psychology and became a practicing psychologist. Like Bud, she reports that the call of her destiny took her to Zürich to pursue her growth.
Bud and Massimilla both live and practice in Asheville, North Carolina. They have lectured widely and continue to write.
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