The Way of Transformation: Daily Life as Spiritual Practice
 

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The Way of Transformation: Daily Life as Spiritual Practice

by Morning Light Press

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Label:Morning Light Press
Pages:120
Binding:Paperback
Publication Date:2006-12-07
Published By:Morning Light Press
ASIN:1596750146
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The guiding theme of psychotherapist Karlfried Dürckheim’s work is that one can become “transparent to transcendence.” An early Western authority on Zen, he was one of the first to bring its methods to Europe. Incorporating Zen and depth psychology into his practice, Dürckheim was also one of the earliest transpersonal psychologists. His spiritual practice of combining Jung, Meister Eckhart, and Zazen proved to lead to moments of higher consciousness, which he described as “privileged moments.” In The Way of Transformation, one of his most concise and profound works, Dürckheim shows that once readers scrape away personal barriers and free the divine spark within, these radiant, life-altering occasions can occur at any time. His meditative approach to daily activities turns simple tasks such as making tea, posting a letter, or washing dishes into moments of new awareness: everyday life as a spiritual practice.

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Something for collectors - Reviewed on 2008-03-06
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While this book is in many ways something of a spiritual classic, it might be a little arcane for the non-scholarly reader. Durkheim, as one of the first wave of European scholar-practitioners of the Eastern martial and meditative arts, certainly had a much more profound grasp of the subjects than would arise from mere study, and speaks from the heart.

However his terminology and the intellectual framework within which he develops his approach to what I suppose we can include in the 'Library of Perennial Philosophy' was so much his own that it is rather difficult to get on his wavelength. I wouldn't recommend it for the casual reader.
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