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Ways of the Desert - Becoming Holy Through Difficult Times (Hardcover)
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Ways of the Desert - Becoming Holy Through Difficult Times (Hardcover)
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Discover how negative experiences such as loneliness, depression,
and anxiety can be opportunities for personal growth Ways of the
Desert: Becoming Holy Through Difficult Times analyzes the
similarities and differences between spiritual and psychological
experiences. This book shows religious professionals and others
interested in spiritual development how suffering can foster
growth. You will explore the so-called "negative" desert
experiences--depression, anxiety, loneliness, guilt, and anger--and
learn how they can be opportunities for spiritual growth. This book
explains why opposites are necessary and related parts of healthy
and holy development, and that, especially in a spiritual life, the
positive and negative are related. Ways of the Desert will take you
on a journey through the "deserts" and "promised lands" of
adolescence, adulthood, and the elderly years. In most Western
cultures the acceptance of opposites as a necessary and related
part of healthy and holy growth is not common, and its rejection
can engender spiritual stagnation. Ways of the Desert offers
suggestions on creating lifelong spirituality including:
understanding the need for both "clock" time for functional order
and "sacred" time to redeem us from the boredom of our daily
challenges understanding the languages of the desert, or the
messages that are primarily nonverbal, ambiguous, or ambivalent
using effective communication when expressing feelings such as
shame, frustration, anger, or anguish examining the similarities
and differences between psychological and spiritual activity
comparing psychological twelve-step help programs to spiritual
growth journeysThis extraordinary book works to help you make sense
of your life when you feel lost, trapped, depressed, or lonely. You
will attain spiritual guidance to assist you on your journey
through life and help you understand that the deserts of negative
experiences that we sometimes wander into can be illuminating
opportunities for spiritual progress. Ways of the Desert will guide
you through difficult and challenging times and help you achieve
spiritual satisfaction and happiness in life.
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