Ordinary People as Monks and Mystics : Lifestyles for Spiritual Wholeness

by Sinetar, Marsha

• ISBN13: 9780809142842
• ISBN10: 0809142848
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-14
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

Ordinary People as Monks & Mystics outline "wholesome, spiritual rebellion." It Explores key motifs of positive protest as "ordinary" self-actualizing adults describe what values motivate their quiet, responsible creation of the life they love. In this book, the author emphasizes "that the self-actualizing men and women interviewed: know, or at least sense, who they are at their most noble, essential core; know, or at least sense, what they value in the highest, most elegant terms." Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Preface to the New Edition	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The Way of the Monk	p. 11
Advancement to Wholeness	p. 13
The First Step	p. 25
Practical Considerations	p. 37
The Developmental Side of the Stewardship Pattern	p. 54
Gifts of Self As Stewardship	p. 61
The Way of the Mystic	p. 75
The Mystic Type along the Way	p. 77
Illumination and Darkness along the Mystic's Way	p. 96
The Mystic's Consciousness: Three Case Studies	p. 119
The Way of Wholeness	p. 133
The Look of Wholeness	p. 135
Solitude and Silence in the Development of Wholeness	p. 148
Notes	p. 175
References	p. 181
About the Author	p. 183
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