The Joy of Sacrifice Keys to Inner Transformation

by Gold, E. J.

• ISBN13: 9780895562623
• ISBN10: 0895562626
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-10-01
• Publisher: Gateways Books & Tapes

Summary

This esoteric guide to entering the spiritual path includes writings from Sufi and Buddhist teachers.

Author Biography

E.J. Gold has been a prominent and controversial figure in the Human Potential movement in California for over 45 years. Technically a "shamanic rabbi", he earned respect in the field of transformational psychology by the clarity, profundity, uniqueness and expertise of his writings and thoughts and his emphasis on a practical approach towards transformation. Thus far he has written dozens of books in his field. The subjects he covers are wide-ranging, from attention and presence, the waking versus sleeping state, death and dying, to shamanism, interdimensional voyaging, artifact reading, imp

Table of Contents

THE LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE ETHICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ethics of Hospitality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ethics of Wandering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ethics of Awakening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ethics of Discourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructions for Sanctuary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ethics of Sanctuary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ethics of Eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ethics of Sleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE SACRIFICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Peace of Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Desires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Ordinary Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Tendencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of One’ s Place in the Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Sanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Consciousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of The Guru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Self-Pity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Suffering and Despair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sacrifice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .