“St. Paul worries about us seeing the world through a dark and distorting lens. Margaret Placentra Johnston offers you a clear lens, a corrected lens, that invites you to see what is without distortion and illusion. Hers is a perspective much needed and rarely offered. Read this book if you want to see; put it aside if you prefer to be blind.”
—Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Holy Rascals: Advice for Spiritual Revolutionaries
“Spirituality is often described as a sense of oneness and that everything is connected and interdependent. Sadly many people cannot handle that level of openness and inclusivity. Instead they get lost inside their own limited beliefs. Overcoming Spiritual Myopia is an intelligent and inspiring analysis of this lack of vision. Margaret Placentra Johnston carefully and clearly explains this myopia and also the ways to deconstruct, heal and transcend it. This is a very useful conceptual and practical book for any serious contemporary spiritual seeker.”
—Dr. William Bloom, leading British spiritual educator, founder and director of the Spiritual Companions Trust (http://www.spiritualcompanions.org) and author of many books, including The Endorphin Effect and The Power of Modern Spirituality (http://williambloom.com)
“If you don’t know what ‘spiritual myopia’ is, you could be suffering from it… But, don’t worry! Understanding and remedy are at hand in Margaret Placentra Johnston’s comforting new book. A wise and warm-hearted Doctor of Optometry, Margaret is a wizard concerning not only conventional sight, but also inner vision, in-sight. She is a person who wants everyone to see clearly and so contribute to a better, safer, happier world. So, without hesitation, let me commend Overcoming Spiritual Myopia to you.”
—(Dr.) Larry Culliford, former psychiatrist, the author of Seeking Wisdom—A Spiritual Manifesto, and a regular blogger with Psychology Today (see www.ldc52.co.uk)
Overcoming Spiritual Myopia is a meaty inspiring highly readable sequel to Faith Beyond Belief. Margaret Placentra Johnston offers us a path to spiritual health and well-being that can affect not only the individual but have global impact. Her work is deeply scholarly yet accessible to any thinking person.
Overcoming Spiritual Myopia offers three gifts
• the concept of spiritual myopia,
• how spiritual myopia affects us and the global community, and
• a new consciousness as a “cure.”
Margaret gently pulls us into a way of understanding spiritual thought as it has evolved beyond religion. Overcoming Spiritual Myopia is both an excellent literature survey and a support for the position that spiritual myopia can be cured. Margaret presents a positive hopeful message for anyone willing to consider personal/spiritual growth as a path to a better life and world.
—Reverend Margaret J Shepherd, MBA, MDiv., author of The Visionbuilders’ Manual: 9 Steps to Visionary Success for your Company, Career or Cause
I generally am not one to go too deep into books of this nature. But, the first chapter will have you hooked. Overcoming Spiritual Myopia offers a way to help us understand ourselves and the world at large. Dr. Johnston has made this not only an easy read, but an experiential read that raises our awareness about religion, spirituality, and life in general. A must read!
—Sister Jenna, Director of Brahma Kumaris Meditation Museums Host of America Meditating Radio Show
