You don't have to believe anything I say in this book; I just ask that you be open to it. Read it, reflect on it, take what you can use, and leave what you can't. Allow me to help you dive into some big ideas and questions from a perspective you may not yet have considered. Knowledge is meant to open you up, to expose you to new ideas and ways of thinking. I ask only that you suspend your judgment and allow yourself to think over what I say with an open mind.
Some of what you find here may challenge your beliefs, your world views, and even your self-identity. It may challenge your ideas about spirituality and religion, life beyond death, and the nature of our universe. Allow me to question some of your assumptions; it will help you grow. To be open only to what you already believe is a kind of death. To not learn is to not grow, and to not grow is to die.
If you are looking for spirituality, if you want to uncover a version of yourself that is happier and more conscious, you'll find in this book a powerful catalyst for further self-study and personal transformation. You'll find insights, satisfying answers to deep questions, and effective spiritual tools and practices that can lead you to a more meaningful way of living. You'll discover a happiness within you that does not depend on having possessions, position, or power, and you'll discover that service, not selfishness, is your true nature.
You'll also discover how to find spirituality in your life, while doing what you are already doing. This book is not about "becoming" spiritual. Why? Because you are a spiritual being already. Spiritual But Not Religious is about spiritual awareness, awakening your inherent spiritual nature and connecting with it.
It is my hope that these chapters will help you become free from the desires and conditioning that lead to unhappiness and frustration, and uncover a higher self that is blissful and enlightened that it will help you rise above old prejudices and negative attitudes and experience a less stressful and more natural lifestyle.
I have been studying, teaching, and practicing the spiritual and philosophical wisdom of the East for decades, and the insights that I share in Spiritual but Not Religious are profound yet deceptively simple, so simple that most of us miss them.
When I began to adopt spiritual and meditative practices, I started to become the person I had always wanted to be: more controlled, more selfless enlightened. The early years of adopting my new lifestyle proved to be more transforming and uplifting than I could have ever imagined. And I am still amazed by how much my life continues to grow and how much happier i become by following "the road less traveled."
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