The Seeker's Guide (previously published as The New American Spirituality)
by Elizabeth Lesser

List Price: $15.95
Our Price: $8.91
You Save: $7.04 (44%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $5.19 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions

Book Summary Information

• ISBN13: 9780679783596
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
• Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices

Book Reviews of The Seeker's Guide (previously published as The New American Spirituality)

Book Review: Didn't like the cover and paper quality
Summary: 3 Stars

Summary of The Seeker's Guide (previously published as The New American Spirituality)

In 1977, Elizabeth Lesser cofounded the Omega Institute, now America's largest adult-education center focusing on wellness and spirituality. Working with many of the eminent thinkers of our times, including Zen masters, rabbis, Christian monks, psychologists, scientists, and an array of noted American figures--from L.A. Lakers coach Phil Jackson to author Maya Angelou--Lesser found that by combining a variety of religious, psychological, and healing traditions, each of us has the unique ability to satisfy our spiritual hunger.

In The Seeker's Guide, she synthesizes the lessons learned from an immersion into the world's wisdom traditions and intertwines them with illuminating stories from her daily life. Recounting her own trials and errors and offering meditative exercises, she shows the reader how to create a personal practice, gauge one's progress, and choose effective spiritual teachers and habits. Warm, accessible, and wise, this book provides directions through the four landscapes of the spiritual journey:

THE MIND: learning meditation to ease stress and anxiety
THE HEART: dealing with grief, loss, and pain; opening the heart and becoming fully alive
THE BODY: returning the body to the spiritual fold to heal and overcome the fear of aging and death
THE SOUL: experiencing daily life as an adventure of meaning and mystery

Although she expertly performs the role of memoirist and observer, Lesser has stretched this book into a useful tool for all seekers. She offers numerous suggestions, such as how to listen to your body, increase your spiritual bank account, "live the questions" rather than "seek the answers," and create a supportive community. This is a moving workbook for anyone who's hoping to find, claim, or simply maintain their spiritual truths. --Gail Hudson

Personal Transformation Books

• Subjects > Health, Mind & Body > Self-Help > Personal Transformation
• Religion & Spirituality > New Age > Self-Help
• General
• Spirituality > Personal Transformation
• General