Discovering Your Hidden Spiritual Resources
Goodness has no need to enter the soul," wrote a fourteenth-century Christian mystic. "It is there already, simply unperceived. "Discovering Your Hidden Spiritual Resources" is Eknath Easwaran's phrase for the spark of divinity hidden in every one of us, regardless of our personal liabilities or past mistakes. And is Discovering Your Hidden Spiritual Resources he shows this spark of divinity can energize our lives. Love, compassion, meaning, hope, and freedom from fear are not qualities we need to acquire, Easwaran points out. We simply need to uncover what we already have. And in this book he shows us how. He begins with instructions in a simple method of meditation that he himself has taught and practiced for more than thirty years. - a method that gradually removes the conditioning which hides our native goodness. The following chapters each take a theme from the Beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount. Easwaran ties these themes to specific strategies for putting meditation to work Christian mystics - among them Meister Eckhart, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Terasa of Avila, and John Ruysbroeck. Discovering Your Hidden Spiritual Resources will appeal to people who want to learn how to meditate but seek a method that fits comfortably within the Christian tradition. It is full of helpful suggestions for making spiritual ideals a practical part of daily life.
