Spirituality

Self
The Quiet Voice of Soul: How to Find Meaning in Ordinary Life
by Tian Dayton, Ph.D.
We hear the word soul in song lyrics and read about it in books and poems--it has been analyzed and scrutinized by songwriters, poets and researchers throughout history. Though soul may seem mysterious, it is hardly inaccessible.

Is There An Answer For Job?
Fire in the Soul: A New Psychology of Spiritual optimism
by Joan Borysenko
The Book of Job goes on to provide considerable insight into how people think about the question of whether the universe is a friendly place or not. After Job's stirring soliloquy of suffering and misery that we read a few pages back, his three friends si

Psychological and Religious Pessimism
Fire in the Soul: A New Psychology of Spiritual optimism
by Joan Borysenko
A doughnut-shaped greeting card that I once sent to a friend defined optimism and pessimism succinctly. It said, The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut and the pessimist sees the hole.

A First Story
Fire in the Soul: A New Psychology of Spiritual optimism
by Joan Borysenko
A First Story, as I presented the idea in the parable that opens this section, is an archetype-a master story-that each person must live through in the process of growing their soul and finding their way back to God.

Chapter One
The Tao of the Ride: Motorcycles and the Mechanics of the Soul
by Garri Garripoli
Balance goes beyond the ability to not topple over. I see so many people seeking balance who are caught in the duality trap-viewing life as an either/or predicament-falling over or not falling over. I liken it to my initial bike-riding experience.

Prelude: The Yearning
Hymns to an Unknown God: Awakening The Spirit In Everyday Life
by Sam Keen, Ph.D.
There is no doubt that America is in the midst of a spiritual crisis. Millions of people are trying to find meaning in their lives by returning to old-time religions, or by seeking out new cults, fads, channelers, 12-step programs, and self-help books.

The Brain Is the Soul's Fragile Dwelling Place
Healing the Hardware of the Soul
by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
This book will teach you how to harness the positive energy at work in the powerful feedback loop between brain function and the condition of your soul. A healthy soul actually enhances brain function, and a healthy brain is essential to a healthy soul.

Opening the Book of Secrets
The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life
by Deepak Chopra, M.D.
The greatest hunger in life is not for food, money, success, status, security, sex, or even love from the opposite sex. Time and again people have achieved all of these things and wound up still feeling dissatisfied-indeed, often more dissatisfied

The Great Questions
What the Bleep Do We Know!?™ Discovering the Endless Possibilities for Altering Your Everyday Reality
by William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente
Hundreds of years ago, science and religion split apart; they became antagonists in the great game of explanation and discovery. But science and religion are two sides of the same coin. They both help explain the universe, our place in the great plan

A Guide to Finding Your Way Through Life's Ordeals
Dark Nights of the Soul
by Thomas Moore, Ph.D.
At one time or another, most people go through a period of sadness, trial, loss, frustration, or failure that is so disturbing and long-lasting that it can be called a dark night of the soul.

Foreseeing God in the Laboratory
The G.O.D. Experiments
by Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D., William L. Simon
How Evidence For Design Shows Up In Prophetic Dreams. One April day in 2001, the phone in my home office rang. The caller was a man with a charming British accent and a sparkling manner alive with animation and humor, who introduced himself

My Gift to You
The Unmistakable Touch of Grace: How to Recognize and Respond to the Spiritual Signposts in Your Life
by Cheryl Richardson
Dear Friend, Twenty years ago, I made a decision to wake up and alter the direction of my life. This set in motion a series of events that proved to me there are no coincidences. Every event we experience and every person we meet has been put in our path

Secret #1: The Mystery of Life Is Real
The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life
by Deepak Chopra, M.D.
The life you know is a thin layer of events covering a deeper reality. In the deeper reality, you are part of every event that is happening now, has ever happened, or ever will happen. In the deeper reality, you know absolutely who you are and what your

First Commitment: Centering
Marriage from the Heart: Eight Commitments of a Spiritually Fulfilling Life Together
by Lois Kellerman, Nelly Bly
In this enlightening guide, pastoral counselor and Ethical Culture Leader Lois Kellerman and coauthor Nelly Bly help couples discover eight core commitments that are the foundation for a deeply fulfilling marriage-Honoring, Caring, Centering, Choosing

The Life of the Spirit and the Life of Today
by Evelyn Underhill
This book has been called 'The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day' in order to emphasize as much as possible the practical, here-and-now nature of its subject; and specially to combat the idea that the spiritual life - or the mystic life

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man
by Patañjali
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practical wisdom, set forth in admirable order and detail.

I Only Meant to Wet My Feet
Say a Prayer For Me: One Woman's Life of Faith and Triumph
by Stanice Anderson
Stanice Anderson shares her inspiring story to show others they too can overcome even the most soul-destroying mistakes - and discover the lifelong assurance of peace and joy through a personal relationship with God. Stanice has lived through it all.

Spirituality – Confusing or What?
by Joseph Ghabi
For some of us, spirituality is considered a religion, and for some it is not. For some spiritualists, we still see them dealing with their spiritual belief and see them stuck between two worlds. One world is the new belief system based on our personal

Modern Religious Cults and Movements
by Gaius Glenn Atkins
Practically all the newer cults are quests in one general direction but down more or less specific roads. Christian Science and New Thought are endeavors after health and well-being and the endeavor also to reconcile the more shadowed experiences of life

Spirituality of The Deep
Dark Nights of the Soul
by Thomas Moore, Ph.D.
The language of psychology may not say enough about the darkness and therefore may not get you through. With its therapeutic goals, psychology reduces experience too far. Its mission is to relieve you of your suffering.