Zweig Connie
Zweig Connie - Meeting The Shadow On The Spiritual Path The Dance Of Darkness And Light In Our Search For Awakening - Paperback
Zweig Connie - Meeting The Shadow On The Spiritual Path The Dance Of Darkness And Light In Our Search For Awakening - Paperback
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Description: Within each of us is a spiritual longing that prompts us to unite with something greater than ourselves to awaken to our unity with all of life. Yet no matter the spiritual path we choose we inevitably encounter our own shadow those unconscious aspects of ourselves that we suppress or deny or the shadows of our teachers and their secret desires about money sex and power. Meeting the shadow can derail the journey but according to Connie Zweig Ph. D. we can recover from loss of faith and move from spiritual naivet to spiritual maturity. Zweig examines the yearning that sets us on the path showing how it can lead to ecstatic transcendent experiences or to terrible suffering by projecting it onto an authoritarian teacher priest or guru who abuses power. She tells the stories of renowned teachers - - Sufi poet Rumi Hindu master Ramakrishna and Christian saint Catherine of Siena - - whose lives unfolded as they followed their spiritual yearning. And she tells the cautionary tales of contemporary teachers of Buddhism Hinduism and Catholicism who acted out their shadows in devastating ways leaving their followers traumatized and lost. She explains how meeting the shadow is a painful but inevitable stage on the path to a more mature spirituality. She describes how to use shadow - work to separate from abusive teachers reclaim spiritual authority and heal from betrayal. With guidance for both inspired seekers and disillusioned seekers the author explores how to navigate the narrow path through the darkness toward the light rekindle the flame of longing and once again engage spiritual practice.
Title: Meeting The Shadow On The Spiritual Path The Dance Of Darkness And Light In Our Search For Awakening
Author(s): Zweig Connie
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear And Company
Barcode: 9781644117224
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 5/23/2023
Category: Mind, Body, Spirit: Thought & Practice
Description: Within each of us is a spiritual longing that prompts us to unite with something greater than ourselves to awaken to our unity with all of life. Yet no matter the spiritual path we choose we inevitably encounter our own shadow those unconscious aspects of ourselves that we suppress or deny or the shadows of our teachers and their secret desires about money sex and power. Meeting the shadow can derail the journey but according to Connie Zweig Ph. D. we can recover from loss of faith and move from spiritual naivet to spiritual maturity. Zweig examines the yearning that sets us on the path showing how it can lead to ecstatic transcendent experiences or to terrible suffering by projecting it onto an authoritarian teacher priest or guru who abuses power. She tells the stories of renowned teachers - - Sufi poet Rumi Hindu master Ramakrishna and Christian saint Catherine of Siena - - whose lives unfolded as they followed their spiritual yearning. And she tells the cautionary tales of contemporary teachers of Buddhism Hinduism and Catholicism who acted out their shadows in devastating ways leaving their followers traumatized and lost. She explains how meeting the shadow is a painful but inevitable stage on the path to a more mature spirituality. She describes how to use shadow - work to separate from abusive teachers reclaim spiritual authority and heal from betrayal. With guidance for both inspired seekers and disillusioned seekers the author explores how to navigate the narrow path through the darkness toward the light rekindle the flame of longing and once again engage spiritual practice.
Title: Meeting The Shadow On The Spiritual Path The Dance Of Darkness And Light In Our Search For Awakening
Author(s): Zweig Connie
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear And Company
Barcode: 9781644117224
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 5/23/2023
Category: Mind, Body, Spirit: Thought & Practice
