Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #136674 in Books
• Published on: 1996-06-06
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 229 pages

Synopsis
This is the first in a re-issued four-volume collection on the challenges and psychological barriers faced by those seeking self-realization. It includes talks on faith, commitment, nobility, suffering, truth , compassion, and growing up.

Customer Reviews

The next step in spiritual evolution
After you have spent time grappling with your 'demons', ego and your 'shadow' there comes a time to move on and this is the book to help with that next step.
Although the book can be a little difficult to get into at times it is well worth persevering. There are many different aspects which are discussed that seemingly don't have any link between them until you get half way through the book and then it all starts to come together. At least that is how it was for me.
The chapters are scripts of talks given and that is exactly how they read which means that this is not a reference book but a tool to allow you to soak up all the information that you could possibly need on each separate subject.
It is this process of presenting you with the thoughts of Almaas and then stepping back to allow the reader to integrate the information in their own unique way that makes this book special.

Spirituality for the analytical mind
This book creates an opening towards new levels within the genre of popular psychology, personal growth, self-exploration or whatever one wants to call it. Refreshingly clear and direct, A.H. Almaas talks about common concepts within growth and essential development. The book is a series of talks that he has given in the context of his school for The Diamond Approach, where he addresses subjects like commitment, value, truth, compassion and trust with his students.
The book is intended for readers who are already familiar with the genre, who have worked on themselves and want to continue to new levels of insight and understanding. The truths that are being delivered are the same as in the ancient Eastern teachings, but Almaas also tackles the concepts with a terminology and a perspective that we recognize from Western psychology. He sorts out concepts that might have been vague and unspecific, and does so with a precision and clarity that really lives up to the name of his school. Not for beginners, but terrific for the rest!