Heart to Heart—The Journey Inward
75 Readings for Lifelong Spiritual Growth
- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Whether religiously theists, atheists, agnostics, or simply seekers, each of us is on a journey of faith, spiraling through stages, seasons, or phases of spirituality. On this journey, we discover that spirituality is more caught than taught, and that faith, enriched more by subtraction than by addition, is more about unlearning than learning.At the center of Jesus' life and message stands the exhortation to receive and share divine love. The two volumes of Heart to Heart, excerpted from Dr. Vande Kappelle's published writings, examine the meaning and implications of the biblical Great Commandment to love God and others as oneself. This volume examines the spiritual journey inward, and its companion volume, the journey outward. Ultimately there is only one spiritual journey--the journey Godward--and there is only one commandment. Divine love is the key to everything. Unloved people misbehave, fail to love, or fail to change. Loved people aren't concerned with rules, regulations, or beliefs. Rather, because they are loved, they take proper care of themselves, and in so doing, care for nature and others as extensions of themselves.Heart to Heart is written for those who affirm the value of lifelong spiritual growth, realize the limits of logic, and embrace the paradoxes in life. If you are willing to commit less than ten minutes a day over a seven-month period, you will undertake a spiritual journey of epic proportions, guaranteed to transform you morally and spiritually. In addition, you will come to embrace Christianity as the transformative movement envisioned by Jesus for humanity, a way of life grounded in compassion, justice, service, humility, and love of others.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Preface
- Topic 1: Introduction
- Topic 2: The Phenomenon of Religion
- Topic 3: The Spiritual Journey, Part I
- Topic 4: The Spiritual Journey, Part II
- Topic 5: The Five Halves of Life, Part I
- Topic 6: The Five Halves of Life, Part II
- Topic 7: Death of the False Self and Resurrection of the True Self
- Topic 8: Dual and Nondual Consciousness
- Topic 9: Levels of Meaning
- Topic 10: Perennial Wisdom
- Topic 11: The Value of Myth
- Topic 12: Personality and Spirituality
- Topic 13: Addictive Patterns and Behavior: The Problem
- Topic 14: Addictive Patterns and Behavior: The Solution
- Topic 15: Spirituality and a Holistic Lifestyle
- Bibliography