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Preface | p. xi |
The Challenge of Becoming Fully Human | |
The Struggle to Be Fully Alive | p. 3 |
Being Spiritual, Being Human | p. 4 |
Toxic Spirituality | p. 5 |
Being a Good Christian Is Not Enough | p. 7 |
The Glory of Being Fully Alive | p. 10 |
The Value of an Accurate Diagnosis | p. 12 |
Starting Where You Are | p. 12 |
Our Restless Hearts | p. 15 |
The Spirituality of Desire | p. 17 |
Managing the Unquenchable Fire | p. 18 |
Life-Enhancing Spirituality | p. 21 |
What Is Spirituality? | p. 23 |
Assessing Your Actual Spirituality | p. 25 |
Understanding Our Humanity | p. 27 |
What Makes Us Human? | p. 28 |
Dust and Breath | p. 30 |
Lightness and Mystery | p. 31 |
The Spirituality of Being and Becoming | p. 32 |
Becoming Fully Human | p. 34 |
Choosing Life | p. 36 |
The Path to Becoming Fully Human | |
Living with Spirit and Soul | p. 41 |
Spirit as Fire in the Belly | p. 43 |
Soul as the Womb of Experience | p. 44 |
The Journeys of Spirit and Soul | p. 46 |
Soulful Living | p. 47 |
Longing and Belonging | p. 50 |
Soulful Spirituality | p. 51 |
Living Soulfully and Spiritually | p. 52 |
The Spiritual Nature of the Human Journey | p. 54 |
Stages of the Journey | p. 55 |
The Original Self | p. 56 |
From We to Me | p. 57 |
Ego and Self | p. 58 |
Egocentricity | p. 60 |
The Crisis | p. 62 |
Transformation | p. 64 |
Reflecting on the Journey | p. 65 |
Deep Religion and Healthy Spirituality | p. 67 |
Religion and Spirituality | p. 67 |
Deep Religion | p. 68 |
Deep Religion and Soulful Spirituality | p. 69 |
Loving Relationships | p. 72 |
Faith and Belonging | p. 73 |
Transcendent Meaning | p. 74 |
Taking Stock | p. 76 |
Embodied Spirituality | p. 78 |
The Body Self | p. 78 |
Primal Alienation | p. 80 |
The Emotional Self | p. 82 |
Our Sexual Self | p. 83 |
Integrated Sexuality | p. 84 |
Sexuality and Spirituality | p. 86 |
The Religious Context of Sexuality | p. 88 |
Being an Embodied Self | p. 89 |
Grounding Spirituality in the Body | p. 90 |
Spiritual Practices for the Human Journey | |
Awareness | p. 95 |
Learning to Pay Attention | p. 97 |
Mindfulness | p. 99 |
The Present Moment | p. 101 |
Breath as the Meeting of Body, Spirit, and Soul | p. 102 |
The Gifts of Presence | p. 104 |
Being Aware | p. 105 |
Wonder | p. 108 |
The Enchanted World | p. 109 |
Wonder and Reverence | p. 111 |
Befriending Mystery | p. 112 |
The Transformation of the Ordinary | p. 114 |
The Gifts of Wonder | p. 116 |
Cultivating Wonder | p. 117 |
Otherness | p. 120 |
Encountering Otherness | p. 121 |
Managing the Threat of the Other | p. 122 |
Strangers, Monsters, and Gods | p. 124 |
Tourists and Discoverers | p. 125 |
Hospitality | p. 125 |
Dialogue | p. 127 |
Ultimate Otherness | p. 129 |
Honoring Otherness | p. 130 |
Reality | p. 133 |
Seduced by Illusion | p. 134 |
The Journey of Descent | p. 135 |
Living with Authenticity | p. 137 |
Listening to Our Life | p. 139 |
Holding the Tensions | p. 141 |
Embracing Reality | p. 142 |
Presence | p. 145 |
Presence and Absence | p. 145 |
Stillness, Silence, and Solitude | p. 146 |
Desire and Stillness | p. 148 |
Meditation as Presence | p. 149 |
Letting Go | p. 151 |
The Soul's Aura | p. 152 |
Practicing Soulful Presence | p. 153 |
Surrender | p. 156 |
The Illusion of Control | p. 157 |
The Religious Core of Addiction | p. 159 |
Inner Nonresistance | p. 160 |
Daring to Welcome Life | p. 161 |
Blessings and Misfortunes | p. 162 |
Welcoming Prayer | p. 164 |
The Spirituality of Letting Go | p. 165 |
Choosing Surrender | p. 166 |
Epilogue: Being at One | p. 169 |
Acknowledgments | p. 173 |
Notes | p. 177 |
Index | p. 185 |
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