Recovery—The Sacred Art

Recovery—The Sacred Art
Author: Rabbi Rami Shapiro
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2013-10-19
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1594733651

Deepen Your Capacity to Live Free from Addiction—and from Self and Selfishness "Twelve Step recovery is much more than a way to escape the clutches of addictive behaviors. Twelve Step recovery is about freeing yourself from playing God, and since almost everyone is addicted to this game, Twelve Step recovery is something from which everyone can benefit." —from the Introduction In this hope-filled approach to spiritual and personal growth, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are uniquely interpreted to speak to everyone seeking a freer and more God-centered life. This special rendering makes them relevant to those suffering from specific addictions—alcohol, drugs, gambling, food, sex, shopping—as well as the general addictions we wrestle with daily, such as anger, greed, and selfishness. Rami Shapiro describes his personal experience working the Twelve Steps as adapted by Overeaters Anonymous and shares anecdotes from many people working the Steps in a variety of settings. Drawing on the insights and practices of Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, and Islam, he offers supplementary practices from different religious traditions to help you move more deeply into the universal spirituality of the Twelve Step system.

The Sacred Art of Letting Go

The Sacred Art of Letting Go
Author: Vishnu's Virtues
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2019-06-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781096252016

Having trouble letting go of your ex? Stuck in a relationship from your past? Read this book to let go of your past relationship once and for all! Are you stuck in a relationship that has ended? Reliving the past over and over in your mind, wishing your ex would change their mind and start loving you again? If your heart is closed to new relationships and your mind is replaying old relationships, you'll feel as though your past is trapping you. Learn how to move on with your life and stop wasting more time stuck on a relationship that has ended. After having gone through his own devastating breakup and divorce, Vishnu was stuck in the past, unable to move on and see a new future for himself. His journey toward letting go of his marriage, healing his heart and releasing his past pain fills the pages of his book, The Sacred Art of Letting Go: Walk 12 Steps With Spiritual Masters to Let Go of Past Relationships and Find Peace Today. In this book, you'll discover -How to walk 12 steps in the process of letting go of heartbreak and heart pain. -How to free yourself from the prison of your past and live in the present moment.-The steps of letting go, as taught by wise spiritual teachers of our time.-How to view your heartbreak in spiritual terms and transform your suffering into light.-The one place you must go if you want to release the pain you're carrying around. -The importance of acceptance and compassion for yourself as you walk the steps of letting go. You don't have to figure out how to let go by yourself. If you've been struggling for years, crying yourself to sleep and stuck in the past, you owe it to yourself to pick up this book. The step-by-step practices for letting go, the wisdom of our spiritual teachers and the practical insights from the author will help you find peace and healing. If you like personal journeys, spiritual wisdom and step-by-step instructions conveyed in practical terms, you'll love this book. Buy The Sacred Art of Letting Go and follow the 12 steps of letting go of pain and welcoming in peace of mind and spirit. The life you've been wanting is waiting for you on the other side of this book.

Mindful Recovery

Mindful Recovery
Author: Thomas Bien
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2007-08-03
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0470245573

"This wise book provides practical exercises that will help us to develop conscious awareness and inner understanding, and the ways and means to free us from unsatisfying habits, addictions, and unconscious behavior patterns. I recommend it highly." --Lama Surya Das, author of the bestselling Awakening the Buddha Within "Anyone interested in finding a kind, spiritual guide to recovery that focuses on flexibility rather than the 'one true way' will benefit from this enjoyable and helpful book." --Maia Szalavitz, coauthor with Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., of Recovery Options: The Complete Guide In Mindful Recovery, you'll discover a fresh and effective method for healing from addiction that can help you handle important challenges, from managing anxiety and resisting cravings to dealing with emotional and physical imbalance. Drawing on both ancient spiritual wisdom and the authors' extensive clinical psychological work with their patients over many years, Mindful Recovery shows you how to use the simple Buddhist practice of mindfulness to be aware of-- and enjoy-- life in the present moment without the need to enhance or avoid experience with addictive behaviors. Mindful Recovery guides you step by step through ten powerful "doorways" to mindful recovery, giving you specific strategies that can help you cultivate a sense of calm awareness and balance in your life. Filled with personal stories of recovery, practical exercises, instructions for meditation, and more, Mindful Recovery accompanies you on a journey of exploration and healing that will help you find the strength and the tools to change, leading you to a fresh new experience of everyday living.

Writing--the Sacred Art

Writing--the Sacred Art
Author: Rami Shapiro
Publisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2012
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1594733724

This isn't about how to write spiritual books. It isn't about the romance of writing. It doesn't cover the ins and outs of publishing and building a brand. Instead, this fresh and unapologetic guide to writing as a spiritual practice approaches writing as a way to turn the spiral of body, heart, mind, soul and spirit that leads to spiritual awakening.

Surrendered—The Sacred Art

Surrendered—The Sacred Art
Author: Rami Shapiro
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2019-07-23
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1684421934

To live the surrendered life—a life no longer centered on control and hence no longer at odds with the ordinary suffering of everyday living. Rabbi Rami closely examines the first three steps of Twelve-Step recovery to help us cut through the denial, illusions, and falsehoods that bind us in our fight with addictions of all kinds. He draws upon his half-century engagement with Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, and Islam, as well as his own and other people’s struggles in Twelve-Step recovery, to guide us in our awakening to reality’s freedom and the path to living joyously and well.

The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness

The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness
Author: Rabbi Rami Shapiro
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2012-12-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1594733465

Open your heart and mind and discover—through the sacred art of lovingkindness—the image and likeness of God in yourself and others. "The question at the heart of this book is this: Will you engage this moment with kindness or with cruelty, with love or with fear, with generosity or scarcity, with a joyous heart or an embittered one? This is your choice and no one can make it for you.... Heaven and hell are both inside of you. It is your choice that determines just where you reside.” —from the Introduction We are all born in the image of God, but living out the likeness of God is a choice. This inspiring, practical guidebook provides you with the tools you need to realize the divinity within yourself, recognize the divinity within others, and act on the obligation to manifest God’s infinite compassion in your own life. Guided by Rabbi Rami Shapiro, you will explore Judaism’s Thirteen Attributes of Lovingkindness as the framework for cultivating a life of goodness. Shapiro translates these attributes into practices—drawn from the teachings of a variety of faith traditions—that allow you to actualize God’s glory through personal deeds of lovingkindness. You will enrich your own capacity for lovingkindness as you: Harvest kindness through compassionate honesty Make room in your heart for reality Recognize the manifestations of God Embrace the paradoxical truth of not-knowing Be present in the moment Do right by others With candor, wit, and honesty, Shapiro shows you that by choosing to act out of love rather than fear, with kindness rather than anger, you can transform how you perceive the world and ultimately lead a more complete spiritual life.

Recovery--the Sacred Art

Recovery--the Sacred Art
Author: Rami M. Shapiro
Publisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1594732590

Deepen Your Capacity to Live Free from Addiction--and from Self and Selfishness "Twelve Step recovery is much more than a way to escape the clutches of addictive behaviors. Twelve Step recovery is about freeing yourself from playing God, and since almost everyone is addicted to this game, Twelve Step recovery is something from which everyone can benefit." --from the Introduction In this hope-filled approach to spiritual and personal growth, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are uniquely interpreted to speak to everyone seeking a freer and more God-centered life. This special rendering makes them relevant to those suffering from specific addictions--alcohol, drugs, gambling, food, sex, shopping--as well as the general addictions we wrestle with daily, such as anger, greed, and selfishness. Rami Shapiro describes his personal experience working the Twelve Steps as adapted by Overeaters Anonymous and shares anecdotes from many people working the Steps in a variety of settings. Drawing on the insights and practices of Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, and Islam, he offers supplementary practices from different religious traditions to help you move more deeply into the universal spirituality of the Twelve Step system.

Neo-pagan Sacred Art and Altars

Neo-pagan Sacred Art and Altars
Author: Sabina Magliocco
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781578063918

Mystic meanings behind the flourishing art of modern-day pagans and witches

The Sacred Art of Forgiveness

The Sacred Art of Forgiveness
Author: Marcia Ford
Publisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1594731756

Everyone knows that forgiveness is a virtue and a key to emotional, spiritual and even physical well-being. But learning how to actually forgive-or to accept forgiveness, as the case may be-is a sacred art few of us have mastered.

Twelve Steps to Religionless Spirituality

Twelve Steps to Religionless Spirituality
Author: Ward B. Ewing
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725279029

The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous provides a spiritual program dramatically distinct from religion. Twelve Step spirituality is based on experience, not doctrine; it is pragmatic, focusing on what works and not on theory; it is centered in a community that is inclusive, welcoming all who desire to stop drinking; it seeks rigorous honesty even when that honesty involves painful questioning; and it centers upon service to the still suffering alcoholic. The power found in working the Steps is transformational, moving participants from despair to hope, from self-focused resentment to concern for others, and from angry efforts to control to gratitude for gifts received. It works for atheists and agnostics, secularists and free thinkers, Christians, Jews, Muslims, and other faiths. At a time when more and more people identify themselves as spiritual but not religious and the traditional religious institutions are in decline in Western culture, Twelve Step spirituality provides insights that can assist in the renewal and reinvigoration of our churches, synagogues, and mosques. In our time of dramatic social polarization, it can provide a foundation for bridging differences. Largely unknown outside the recovery community, this book examines how this transformative program can be relevant to today.