Soulful Spirituality Becoming Fully Alive and Deeply Human

includes index and biblioraphy

The Challenge of Becoming Fully Human The Struggle to Be Fully Alive 3 Being Spiritual, Being Human 4 Toxic Spirituality 5 Being a Good Christian Is Not Enough 7 The Glory of Being Fully Alive 10 The Value of an Accurate Diagnosis 12 Starting Where You Are 12 Our Restless Hearts 15 The Spirituality of Desire 17 Managing the Unquenchable Fire 18 Life-Enhancing Spirituality 21 What Is Spirituality? 23 Assessing Your Actual Spirituality 25 Understanding Our Humanity 27 What Makes Us Human? 28 Dust and Breath 30 Lightness and Mystery 31 The Spirituality of Being and Becoming 32 Becoming Fully Human 34 Choosing Life 36 The Path to Becoming Fully Human Living with Spirit and Soul 41 Spirit as Fire in the Belly 43 Soul as the Womb of Experience 44 The Journeys of Spirit and Soul 46 Soulful Living 47 Longing and Belonging 50 Soulful Spirituality 51 Living Soulfully and Spiritually 52 The Spiritual Nature of the Human Journey Stages of the Journey 55 The Original Self 56 From We to Me 57 Ego and Self 58 Egocentricity 60 The Crisis 62 Transformation 64 Reflecting on the Journey 65 Deep Religion and Healthy Spirituality 67 Religion and Spirituality 67 Deep Religion 68 Deep Religion and Soulful Spirituality 69 Loving Relationships 72 Faith and Belonging 73 Transcendent Meaning 74 Taking Stock 76 Embodied Spirituality 78 The Body Self 78 Primal Alienation 80 The Emotional Self 82 Our Sexual Self 83 Integrated Sexuality 84 Sexuality and Spirituality 86 The Religious Context of Sexuality 88 Being an Embodied Self 89 Grounding Spirituality in the Body 90 Spiritual Practices for the Human Journey Awareness 95 Learning to Pay Attention Mindfulness 99 The Present Moment 10 1 Breath as the Meeting of Body, Spirit, and Soul The Gifts of Presence 104 Being Aware 105 9. Wonder 108 The Enchanted World 109 Wonder and Reverence 111 Befriending Mystery 112 The Transformation of the Ordinary 114 The Gifts of Wonder 116 Cultivating Wonder 117 Otherness 120 Encountering Otherness 121 Managing the Threat of the Other 122 Strangers, Monsters, and Gods 124 Tourists and Discoverers 125 Hospitality 125 Dialogue 127 Ultimate Otherness 129 Honoring Otherness 130 Reality 133 Seduced by Illusion 134 The Journey of Descent 13 5 Living with Authenticity 137 Listening to Our Life 139 Holding the Tensions 141 Embracing Reality 142 Presence 145 Presence and Absence 145 Stillness, Silence, and Solitude 146 Desire and Stillness 148 Meditation as Presence 149 Letting Go 151 The Soul`s Aura 152 Practicing Soulful Presence 153 Surrender 156 The Illusion of Control 157 The Religious Core of Addiction 159 Inner Nonresistance 160 Daring to Welcome Life 161 Blessings and Misfortunes 162 Welcoming Prayer 164 The Spirituality of Letting Go 165 Choosing Surrender 166 Epilogue: Being at One 169