Your Soul's Compass What Is Spiritual Guidance?

by Borysenko, Joan

• ISBN13: 9781401907778
• ISBN10: 1401907776
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: Hay House Inc.

Summary

Why are we here? Are we fulfilling life's purpose? What is evolutionary intelligence trying to express through us? In this time of global change and uncertainty, of spiritual indirection, people are asking these age-old questions with renewed curiosity. There's a thirst for meaning and purpose-a dawning realization that happiness isn't a commodity that can be bought with a gold card. Fulfillment and joy arise naturally from the capacity to be present to life as it's unfolding and to listen for-and discern-the best possibilities in any situation, which inform enlightened, compassionate action. Joan and Gordon's hope is that Your Soul's Compass will help you move beyond limited ways of knowing, and open up the vast evolutionary intelligence needed to make the leap toward fuller self-realization in your own life and in the world. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Joan Z. Borysenko, Ph.D., is an internationally known speaker and consultant in women’s health and spirituality, integrative medicine, and the mind/body connection. She’s the author of numerous books and audios, including a New York Times bestseller.

Table of Contents

Preface: When in Doubt, Ask the Nearest Sage	p. xi
Introduction: Inner Light or True Nature	p. xix
Orienting to True North
Opening the Conversation	p. 3
Magic Letters ... the Anatomy of Revelation	p. 9
In "God" We Trust?	p. 25
Intimacy ... Seeing with the Eyes of the Heart	p. 43
Doubt ... Is It Guidance or Is It Me?	p. 57
The Art of Discernment	p. 67
The Practice of Discernment	p. 87
Do Not Travel Alone: When Two or More Are Gathered	p. 101
Practices for Aligning with the Spirit of Guidance	p. 117
Overcoming Ego ... the Biggest Block to Guidance	p. 139
Unfolding the Heart of Spirit in Action	p. 149
Spiritual DNA: Mapping the Genome of Transformation	p. 161
Sit Down and Shut Up: Contemplative Wisdom for World Leaders	p. 183
Introducing the Sages
The Sages
Swami Adiswarananda	p. 201
Hameed Ali	p. 202
Rabbi Rami Shapiro	p. 203
Daniel Ladinsky	p. 204
Taj Inayat	p. 205
Sister Rose Mary Dougherty	p. 206
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi	p. 207
Cecilia Montero	p. 208
Yogi Mukunda Stiles	p. 209
Nina Zimbelman	p. 210
The Venerable Ajahn Sona	p. 211
Reverend Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault	p. 212
Oriah Mountain Dreamer	p. 213
Father Thomas Keating	p. 214
Reverend Suzanne Fageol	p. 215
Sally Kempton	p. 215
Sheikh Kabir Helminski	p. 217
Dr. Edward Bastian	p. 217
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone	p. 218
Dr. Linda Backman	p. 219
Dr. Wilkie Au	p. 220
Patricia Loring	p. 221
The Boulder Quakers	p. 222
Susan Baggett and Thomas White	p. 224
Afterword: Cultivate Contentment-Being Responsible to Guidance	p. 227
The Interview Questions	p. 231
Spiritual Mentoring and Resources for Guidance	p. 233
Endnotes	p. 239
Acknowledgments	p. 243
About the Authors	p. 245
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