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God On Your Own Pub. Date: 5/19/2006 Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

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Overview

A Former Monk Guides You on Your Personal Journey of the Spirit

"Joseph Dispenza and I have much in common. We know monastic life firsthand, and we know Christian theology. When we were very young, something stirred to turn us, toward an unknown spiritual focus; though the forms shifted over the years, the path of seeking is intact. I admire many elements in his story, especially his willingness to pursue intuition in service of his unique spiritual destiny. He takes the spiritual life seriously and yet wears it lightly."
—from the foreword by Thomas Moore

"Dispenza offers a thoughtful, openhearted, profoundly humane vision of authentic spirituality lived outside the walls of conventional religion. He shows how, through honest, persistent seeking, we can open to the direct experience of the sacred, beyond belief."
—Dean Sluyter, author, Cinema Nirvana: Enlightenment Lessons from the Movies

"Every now and then a book nourishes our deepest and often unstated need. For those of us stepping out from organized religion, learning to incarnate the divine and to discern the deeper meaning of all great mystical revelation as sovereign persons, this book is literally a God-send! We are taken on a journey to spiritual freedom and fulfillment as a personal revelation. It's a remarkably good book."
—Barbara Marx Hubbard, president, Foundation for Conscious Evolution

"A piercingly honest look at humanity's weakest condition, belief. In this work, Joseph Dispenza stokes the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual drive within each of us to know God and not surrender ourself to some dogma of belief. An oracle work in which readers will be challenged to know their calling, define their life, and live on purpose."
—David A. Morehouse, David Morehouse Productions

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

In this book-part memoir, part self-help guide designed to shepherd readers from "religion to personal spirituality"-Dispenza, a former Roman Catholic monk, recounts his decades-long search beyond institutional religion. Weaving back and forth between memories of his journey into and out of the monastic life and his subsequent meanderings as a "Seeker" who has embarked on "a sacred quest for spiritual truths," Dispenza uses a wide variety of traditional religious and philosophical sources (Teilhard de Chardin, Aristotle, Jung, Zen meditation) as springboards beyond the trappings of not only traditional Catholicism but any institutionalized form of religion. Dispenza's story will appeal primarily to those spiritual seekers who are not interested in the New Age movement, yet are looking for something substantial outside organized religion. However, whether or not this particular audience will be able to stomach some of his more cringe-inducing moments (including accounts such as a "perfectly spherical soap bubble" out-of-body experience and the Rolling Stones' simplistic "Satisfaction" lyrics offered up for serious dissection) is difficult to judge, though Dispenza consistently manages to follow up the fantastic-sounding and the ridiculous with sound, intelligent reflection. (May) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

The prospect of relinquishing codified church dogma and community to travel an uncharted, unconventional path can be daunting. In his latest book, Dispenza (founder, LifePath Retreats; The Way of the Traveler) offers encouragement to all those seeking independence from the secure confines of traditional religious doctrine by detailing his own courageous journey. Through thoughtful reflection, he relates the crisis of faith he experienced as a young monk in the Roman Catholic Church, which manifested itself in the inability to reconcile his emerging beliefs with the rigid tenets of catechism. Taking enormously uncertain steps, he left the faith in search of more experiential alternatives that would grant him a more fulfilling relationship with his "Source" (or God). The resulting narrative richly illustrates both the challenges and the rewards of embarking on such a journey and "provides a wealth of relevant discussion material and welcome support for anyone contemplating this course." This "survival guide" by someone further along "the road less traveled" is appropriate for public and academic libraries, especially those with traditional and alternative spirituality collections.-Dina Komuves, Collingswood, NJ Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780787983123
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/19/2006
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 546,204
Product dimensions: 9.00 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 0.61 (d)

Meet the Author

Joseph Dispenza is the cofounder of LifePath Retreats in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he writes and is in practice as a spiritual counselor. Dispenza is an acclaimed author of numerous articles and books including The Way of the Traveler and Live Better Longer. He is a former university professor and monk who lived a monastic life for several years.

Foreword, by Thomas Moore.

Introduction: Taking Back Your Soul.

PART ONE: BEGINNING.

1. A Larger Picture.

2. Beyond Religion.

PART TWO: SEEKING.

3. Sacred Skeptic.

4. Beliefs.

5. Discernment.

6. Obstacles.

PART THREE: BUILDING.

7. Detachment.

8. Innocence.

9. Responsibility.

10. Peak Experience.

PART FOUR: BEING.

11. Service.

12. Heaven on Earth.

Afterword.

Bibliography.

The Author.

Index.

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Anonymous

Posted July 4, 2006

If you are at a place where your inherited religion no longer fits your spirit, then you must reed God on Your Own.

Wonderful book on so many levels. I love good writing and this is the best ~ it captures you into the story like a good page turner. It speaks to your spirit at many levels ~ to your past religious experience that you may be wrestling with ~ to your present experience, if you are trying to find peace with a God too big for any religion ~ to your future spiritual experience that you know is possible because you have tasted spiritual sweetness along the way. Dispenza lets us in on a secret society of the Catholic church by sharing his youthful calling to become a monk and then his calling to leave the monastery with all the implications of family and small town criticism. Unexpectedly, his story lacks the usual condemnation and rejection of the inherited religion of his childhood. Instead he shares the rituals and experiences that grew his spirit, thus allowing him to move on to further spiritual growth. 'God on your own' has a very important message no matter where you are in the spiritual spectrum. Dispenza speaks to all ~ some will find it necessary to defend their childhood faith, some will begin to examine their current faith and some will find in Dispenza a spiritual confidant who too has moved on.
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