Spirituality

The Meandering Course of Evolution
God and the Evolving Universe: The Next Step in Personal Evolution
by James Redfield, Michael Murphy
In ancient Turkey there was a river called the Meander that had more twists and turns than a corkscrew. That legendary body of water gave us a verb we still use today to describe looping and languorous journeys such as those we see in the evolution

How The Universe Is Evolving
God and the Evolving Universe: The Next Step in Personal Evolution
by James Redfield, Michael Murphy
But in spite of the ever-growing evidence that evolution is real, some people still deny its existence. One cause of such misunderstanding is a failure to distinguish evolution-as-fact from theories of how and why it is happening.

The Story of Evolution
God and the Evolving Universe: The Next Step in Personal Evolution
by James Redfield, Michael Murphy
Science has enjoyed no greater triumph than the discovery of evolution. In showing that the universe unfolded from a tiny seed and gave rise to life and humankind, it has found a truth that unites the discoveries of many fields, including astronomy

The Mystery of Our Being
God and the Evolving Universe: The Next Step in Personal Evolution
by James Redfield, Michael Murphy
For many years, a new worldview has been forming intuitively in the hearts and minds of people around the world. Though this emerging picture of our place in the universe has not been fully articulated, it is based on a central perception that we have

Experiencing the Seven Qualities of Awakened Awareness
Passionate Presence
by Catherine Ingram
Over the millennia the search for meaning and belonging has been humankind's most fervent pursuit, and to that end religions and philosophies abound. Yet, in our time, many people feel alienated from all religion and philosophy.

Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner Voice and Living a Life of Authenticity
by Helene G. Brenner, Ph.D.
I laugh to myself when my clients tell me how calm I am, because, like many women, I am an emotional person. I easily get my feelings hurt. I have deep needs for connection and intimacy. I have always been this way and I still am.

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.

The Sea as The Source
Dark Nights of the Soul
by Thomas Moore, Ph.D.
Many poets and artists have created their best work out of their emotional darkness. Even if you don't see yourself as an actual artist, you are an artist of your own life. You create your own story and have your own ways of expressing yourself.

Night and Day
Dark Nights of the Soul
by Thomas Moore, Ph.D.
Think of a dark night as part of organic living. To avoid it would be like choosing only artificial food that never spoils. As a natural person, you are going to feel a wide range of emotions and go through many different kinds of experiences.

The Night Sea Journey
Dark Nights of the Soul
by Thomas Moore, Ph.D.
A dark night of the soul may feel amorphous, having no meaning, shape, or direction. It helps to have images for it and to know that people have gone through this experience and have survived it.

Shades of Darkness
Dark Nights of the Soul
by Thomas Moore, Ph.D.
We will take note of several people who went through the special dark night of imprisonment, including Oscar Wilde, the Victorian writer who was jailed for his homosexuality.

John of The Cross, A Spiritual Rather Than a Psychological Approach
Dark Nights of the Soul
by Thomas Moore, Ph.D.
The phrase 'dark night of the soul' comes from the Spanish mystic and poet John of the Cross (1541-1597). John was a member of the Christian religious order of Carmelites and, along with St. Teresa of Avila, tried to reform that order.

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.

The Promise
The Unmistakable Touch of Grace: How to Recognize and Respond to the Spiritual Signposts in Your Life
by Cheryl Richardson
By embarking on this adventure you'll awaken to the presence of grace in your own life and sometimes, the lives of others. Whether you already feel a connection to a Higher Power or not, pretty soon you'll find that your anxiety, fear, or uncertainty

Conducting My Own Experiment
The Unmistakable Touch of Grace: How to Recognize and Respond to the Spiritual Signposts in Your Life
by Cheryl Richardson
The morning after the phrase 'the unmistakable touch of grace' first came to me, I woke feeling energized and excited. If I was going to write about grace, I wanted to engage this energy and allow it to guide my next steps.

What Is a Sacred Contract?
Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential
by Caroline Myss, Ph.D.
When I was a young girl, my father always told me, 'I don't care what you do when you grow up, so long as you're a nurse or a teacher.' I can still remember my fury when he would say that, because I was interested only in writing.

How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow: What Einstein Knew
Broken Open
by Elizabeth Lesser
No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. -Albert Einstein. When Route 25 leaves the mountains of northern New Mexico, the city of Albuquerque appears suddenly like a mirage - a slice of strip-mall America shimmering on a flat

The Art of Freedom
A Big New Free Happy Unusual Life
by Nina Wise
It is our nature to be free and it is our nature to express that freedom, spontaneously and without hesitation, through song, and dance, and painting, and poetry, and prayer. In the same way that the universe gives birth to uncountable shapes, forms

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.

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