The Shortest Way Home: a contemplative path to God

by Wesley R. Lachman

Paperback, 2008

Publication

Imprint: Eugene, Oregon : O Street Publishing, 2008. Edition: First edition. Responsibility: Wesley R. Lachman. OCLC Number: 275278647. Physical: Text : 1 volume : viii, 121 pages ; 24 cm. Features: Includes bibliography.

Call number

CSS Community / Lachm

Barcode

BK-07134

ISBN

0979141605 / 9780979141607

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Other Mystics

CSS Library Notes

Description: "This clearly written introduction to the contemplative way actually mediates the speciousness of which it speaks. I felt my own consciousness, my own experience of life, becoming more spacious as I read it." -- Marcus Borg.

Table of Contents: Introduction
Suffering and happiness
Beliefs and experience
Existence and impermanence
Belonging and social convention
Self-concept and the story of I
Thoughts and reality
Suffering and selflessness
Forms and the formless
Fulfillment and emptiness
My self and divine union
Practice and grace

Location: COLLECTION: Teachings & Practices -- AREA: Core Teachings -- SECTION: CSS Community/ Filing name: Lachman

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The shortest way home : a contemplative path to God by Wesley R. Lachman (Paperback)

Physical description

viii, 121 p.; 18 cm

Description

This book provides a short introduction to the contemplative or mystical spiritual way. It is a rare book in that it is based upon the everyday experience of the reader rather than upon dogma or religious concepts. The author lays out the extraordinary spiritual discoveries that can be made by looking at ordinary experience. For example, he helps us to observe that we do not actually possess anything at all, not even the entity that we refer to as "me." He goes on to indicate the transformations resulting from being in God instead of in self or ego. In succession he deals with overcoming suffering, presence of God, love and compassion, kingdom of God, and spiritual practice. The chapters each end with a You find out exercise so that the reader can take what has just been read and test it against his or her own experience. The book offers several features to make it easier for the reader. It gives a logical, step-by-step presentation of the path of spiritual realization starting with dissatisfaction and ending with divine union. Written simply and clearly, it assumes only a minimum knowledge of the Christian scriptures and story. The book includes a number of relevant quotes from the scriptures and from contemplatives new and old. The Shortest Way Home: a contemplative path to God is a book for those seeking a radically new and deeper way to God.… (more)

Language

English

Original language