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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. This was a helpful book for people moving into thinking about their own beliefs!This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I loved this book! I am a survivor of colonization. I visited and shared with many different churches and belief systems in my search for connection to the numinous. At this point in time I have found the best way to connect is not through a middle-man, but directly, through our own experience. This book was very supportive in this sense. I recommend it to anyone who may be looking for a home-made spirituality that fills the spirit and feels authentic. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Thomas Moore inspires readers to create their own unique spiritual practices. He recognizes a need for spirituality butnot necessarily "religion" in the sense of a set of rules and dire consequences of not following those rules. Moore encourages the use of journaling, art, meditation and study. I found this book to be informative but repetitive. Moore is a trustworthy and reliable teacher having spent years as a monk before leaving the monastery to marry and become a practicing psychotherapist. It is a worth while read for those who are discouraged by organized religion but feel the call to find a spiritual practice that restores and sustains them. "A sumptuous and soul-stirring description of an openhearted and flexible path for us all… Here at last is a substantive book that respects the riches of religion, spirituality, and secularity and equips the Saints (that would be us) to embrace all the wild possibilities "as we head out into the new territories ahead"" – Spirituality & Practice no reviews | add a review
"The New York Times bestselling author and trusted spiritual adviser offers a follow-up to his classic Care of the Soul. Something essential is missing from modern life. Many who've turned away from religious institutions-and others who have lived wholly without religion-hunger for more than what contemporary secular life has to offer but are reluctant to follow organized religion's strict and often inflexible path to spirituality. In A Religion of One's Own, bestselling author and former monk Thomas Moore explores the myriad possibilities of creating a personal spiritual style, either inside or outside formal religion. Two decades ago, Moore's Care of the Soul touched a chord with millions of readers yearning to integrate spirituality into their everyday lives. In A Religion of One's Own, Moore expands on the topics he first explored shortly after leaving the monastery. He recounts the benefits of contemplative living that he learned during his twelve years as a monk but also the more original and imaginative spirituality that he later developed and embraced in his secular life. Here, he shares stories of others who are creating their own path: a former football player now on a spiritual quest with the Pueblo Indians, a friend who makes a meditative practice of floral arrangements, and a well-known classical pianist whose audiences sometimes describe having a mystical experience while listening to her performances. Moore weaves their experiences with the wisdom of philosophers, writers, and artists who have rejected materialism and infused their secular lives with transcendence. At a time when so many feel disillusioned with or detached from organized religion yet long for a way to move beyond an exclusively materialistic, rational lifestyle, A Religion of One's Own points the way to creating an amplified inner life and a world of greater purpose, meaning, and reflection. "-- No library descriptions found. |
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