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The Findhorn Book of Practical Spirituality: A Down-to-Earth Guide to a Miraculous Life (The Findhorn Book Of series)

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Kathy Gottberg's book, The Findhorn Book of Practical Spirituality gives a multitude of practical suggestions that help us develop spiritually, connected to It, God, the Universe, Mind, and Spirit. Personally, as a rosarian, I loved her practical analogies to gardening, reminding us that everything has a season, needs nourishment and we always need to ward off negative predators and weeds. As a licensed psychotherapist, I was pleased to see her simple relationship suggestions like people don't "satisfy our every need and want..." but "are walking with us as we learn who we are." At last, there is a practical book I can have in my office for patients who want to improve themselves spiritually as well as emotionally.

Kathy Gottberg's spirited little book delivers just what it claims it will--a down-to-earth guide to a happier, more spiritual life. Readers may encounter ideas from the New Thought movement, eastern religions, and metaphysics for the first time here or find welcome reminders during a journey begun long ago. Either way, "Practical Spirituality" provides support for almost all aspects life from finances to relationships. It's a quick easy read and comes with a practical price-tag too. For less than the cost of a movie and popcorn, you can spend an enjoyable evening and enrich your life as well.

In the last few years I've been researching the topic of spirituality & what it really means to be a spiritual person. Of all the books I've read to date, this is probably the most down-to-earth & easy to read/understand.

The author provides many great examples of both spiritual and not so spiritual living - outlining what it takes to step up to the plate and live from a higher perspective.

Much of this book deals with the importance of our intentions, and the need for a more holistic way of thinking/being. The harm that the current seperatist philosophy has caused is also discussed - The idea being that we need to realize that we are all connected in some way, and what we do & say really does have an impact on the world at large.

Overall, I would highly recommend this book for anyone on a spiritual journey, as well as those who are wondering what being "spiritual" is all about.

Refreshing, no matter what your spiritual background. Gottberg's straight-forward style shows us that the path to true spiritual wisdom does not necessary have to come through thick, lofty academic tomes or decades of rigorous religious practice. The language of the spirit is revealed in the everyday - the struggles and gains we make through the issues of family, friends, money and self-worth. The objective comes in recognizing the spiritual lessons and applying that wisdom in the next situation - all without attachment to external results.

I loved this book. It puts spirituality into a wonderful context of daily life. There are excellent, practical thoughts about letting go of past grievances that keep us stuck, having successful relationships, and pretty much everything else that happens in our lives. The author puts this all into easy to understand and use terminology.

Practical Spirituality is "short and sweet". It is "short" because it does not take hundreds of pages to say that to live a more spiritual life, that is, to actually practice spirituality, like you might practice a life of industriousness or a life of devotion to a person or a cause, that you have only to be aware that "this moment" is the only moment you have control of, that your perspective and your reaction to the current situation are the only things under your control, and that if any of us are divine, then all of us are divine, regardless of how we are acting out our mortal lives here on this planet, which is certainly divine. It is "sweet" for the same reason, that is, to understand the last sentence is to be aware, responsible and accountable for what we think, how we view, how we react to whatever happens each moment of our waking life. Very practical, indeed. I liked it and I "practice" because I believe that "practice makes perfect", and that practicing spirituality tends to make one practically perfect, as a mortal, but divine, being...