The Marriage of Spirit : Enlightened Living in Today's World [Hardcover]

Leslie Temple Thurston (Author), Brad Laughlin (Author)

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Publication Date: August 2000

The techniques of The Marriage of Spirit, filtered through modern psychological thought and the author's own life experiences, emerge in an original form designed especially for the more mentally oriented western person. Their aim is to recreate the balance and harmony in the midst of ordinary, everyday life. As the author says, "We have arrived at a new and different time; we are here to enlighten the physical plane, the body, and the personality whil living and working in the world." Marriage of Spirit presents techniques that don't just "rearrange" the ego but help clear it so that the light of reality shines through, and we can live a truer expression of our own inherent divine nature. In a world torn apart by polarization, it offers hope for a third way, the way of unity amidst diversity. th

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Artist and writer Temple-Thurston!s experience was archetypal: in a blinding flash of insight, she perceived unity consciousness that reconciled art and science, male and female, logic and intuition. The text that has resulted from that insight and later experience explains her views on the reconciliation of apparent opposites, offering suggestions and exercises for achieving unity and balance. The writing is calm and clear, and should be welcome to many spiritual seekers. Recommended.
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"...The writing is calm and clear, and should be welcome to many spiritual seekers. Recommended." -- Library Journal

"A very deep exploration of the ingredients required to evolve a soul more quickly...I love this book and highly recommend it." -- Sondra Ray, founder of Loving Relationships Training

"A wonderful compilation of truths from various perspectives...I am sure it will benefit a great many people..." -- Dorothy Maclean, co-founder of The Findhorn Foundation

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Corelight (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966018206
• ISBN-13: 978-0966018202
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,692 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is Not Your Father's Jonathan Livingston Seagull, August 4, 2000

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James E. Carruth (Pasadena, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Marriage of Spirit : Enlightened Living in Today's World (Hardcover)

Leslie Temple-Thurston has added something new - and in my opinion much needed - to the spiritual literature, a manual for dissolving the samskaras. Samskara is a sankrit word that refers to all those tendencies and bad habits that sabotage any efforts at achieving anything, such as losing weight or becoming enlightened. It is otherwise known as our patterns, and makes up our conditioning, or patterned behavior.

By thoroughly eluclidating on the subject of polarities and their effects on us personally - and she is working on the level of clearing the personality or ego throughout this book - you first begin to understand how energy has been routed and patterned throughout your system over the years (and lifetimes.) Once you clearly see the problem, you can begin to do something about it. But it all begins with being aware of the problem first, and Leslie gently brings our awareness to this, beautifully.

Then she has a series of exercises designed to bring out the polarities in any situation - again, to become aware of the problem further - and other exercises to help you to neutralize them so that the energy they have been using up for so long can be freed and reclaimed for your own use. Do this long enough, and you are completely free of any energy stealing habits, patterns and conditioning. Voila - liberation!

Sound good? It is. But this is not your father's Jonathan Livingston Seagull. You gotta work at it. I myself have shied away from the material, only to come back to it again and again. Each time I work with it, I come away with a greater awareness of my own conditioning, via the polarities they use. Little by little, I think I am getting it. It is a work that demands your full attention and whole-hearted devotion, but you will easily see rewards comensurate with the time you put in. Even your first little "ahas" of recognition will be very exciting. By then, you'll want more, and it won't seem like work anymore, just thoroughly satisfying self-discovery.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The tools to make a difference, February 13, 2007

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This review is from: The Marriage of Spirit : Enlightened Living in Today's World (Hardcover)

This book is without a doubt the most practical and useful manual for exploring and clearing your subconcious that I have ever encountered. I've come to use the techniques Leslie Temple-Thurston gives us in the book on a daily basis. They've improved my life in ways I'm only beginning to recognize. This book is a must have for any spiritual seeker and anyone who is ready to deal with their unconcious patterning.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the Best, November 9, 2006

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This review is from: The Marriage of Spirit : Enlightened Living in Today's World (Hardcover)

If you are ready to focus on your spiritual path in a dedicated way, there is no better guide than Leslie Temple-Thurston's THE MARRIAGE OF SPIRIT. In 60+ years of reading books of spiritual guidance and insight, I've enjoyed and been grateful for the work of many writers, from Joseph Campbell and Jung to Marion Woodman, Carolyn Myss, Robert A. Johnson, Ram Dass, Deepak Chopra, et al. Temple-Thurston's work puts the pieces of the puzzle together in the clearest yet most profound way I have so far encountered. Highly readable, very practical, and always inspiring, the book helps one break through old, ingrained patterns of ego-bound behavior and thinking. The individual reader is challenged to become a "spiritual warrior," aspiring to nothing less than enlightenment or unity-consciousness. Specific exercises accompany each chapter. Two points of clarification: first, the book is not about marriage in the literal sense; second, Temple-Thurston has a respectful and reverent perspective toward all world faiths and religions; no single tradition (Christian, Jewish, etc.)is promoted in her work, although the Eastern mystics are clearly her central influence. In summary, to me this book stands apart from, and above, all others of similar purpose.