Bio-Spirituality : Focusing As a Way to Grow

by Campbell, Cassandra

• ISBN13: 9780829409376
• ISBN10: 0829409378
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Loyola Pr

Summary

Two Jesuit priests, pioneering a kind of Western "yoga", offer a spiritual way of knowing--not with our minds alone, but with our bodies as well. Although grounding itself in the Judeo-Christian tradition, the "bio-spirituality" approach is not denominational but promises new experiences of personal unity and wholeness for anyone.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii	(10)
Preface to the 1997 revised and expanded version	xvii	(6)
Introduction "A lookout point in the universe"	xxiii
1 A leap into bodily knowing	1	(14)
2 Learning to focus Practical steps toward the art of allowing	15	(36)
3 Why we teach Focusing in the context of spirituality	51	(12)
4 Humor, playfulness, and surprise The vulnerability of ego	63	(24)
5 Restoring inner process The evolution of God consciousness	87	(16)
6 An ancient perspective The evolving body of spirit	103	(14)
7 The body's approach to death A story being born in every dying	117	(12)
8 Toward a new paradigm for Western spirituality	129	(10)
Appendix 1 An updated summary of Focusing steps (as we teach them)	139	(38)
Appendix 2 Process-Skipping: A block to the body-life of Spirit	177	(18)
Appendix 3 From whom should I learn Bio-Spiritual Focusing?	195	(8)
Appendix 4 Ten Learnings from Bio-Spirituality that draw us into a global spirituality	203	(4)
Notes	207	(4)
The Institute for Bio-Spiritual Research	211