Full Description
Within each of us is a spiritual longing that prompts us to unite with something greater than ourselves, to awaken to our unity with all of life. Yet, no matter the spiritual path we choose, we inevitably encounter our own shadow, those unconscious aspects of ourselves that we suppress or deny, or the shadows of our teachers and their secret desires about money, sex, and power. Meeting the shadow can derail the journey but, according to Connie Zweig, Ph.D., we can recover from loss of faith and move from spiritual naiveté to spiritual maturity.
Zweig examines the yearning that sets us on the path, showing how it can lead to ecstatic, transcendent experiences or to terrible suffering by projecting it onto an authoritarian teacher, priest, or guru who abuses power. She tells the stories of renowned teachers--Sufi poet Rumi, Hindu master Ramakrishna, and Christian saint Catherine of Siena--whose lives unfolded as they followed their spiritual yearning. And she tells the cautionary tales of contemporary teachers of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Catholicism, who acted out their shadows in devastating ways, leaving their followers traumatized and lost. She explains how meeting the shadow is a painful but inevitable stage on the path to a more mature spirituality. She describes how to use shadow-work to separate from abusive teachers, reclaim spiritual authority, and heal from betrayal.
With guidance for both inspired seekers and disillusioned seekers, the author explores how to navigate the narrow path through the darkness toward the light, rekindle the flame of longing, and once again engage spiritual practice.
Contents
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
A Call for Spiritual Awakening
A Call for Shadow Awareness
PROLOGUE
My Longing for the Light
A Meditation on Up
PART 1
Before the Fall
A Guide for Faithful Believers
ONE
The Holy Longing
Awakening to Holy Longing
God Longs for Us as We Long for God
The Inner Marriage: A Story of Holy Longing in the Sufi Poet Rumi
TWO
Longing for God
The Hidden Object of Desire
The Changing God Image: Involution or Down
The Changing God Image: Evolution or Up
The Inner Marriage: A Story of Holy Longing in the Hindu Master Ramakrishna
THREE
Longing for the Human Beloved
The Search for Romantic Union
Beloved as Parent: The Psychology of Love
Beloved as God: The Archetypes of Love
The Inner Marriage: A Story of Holy Longing in the Sufi Lovers Majnun and Layla
FOUR
Longing for the Divine Human
The Search for Spiritual Communion
Priest or Teacher as Parent: The Psychology of Spirituality
Priest or Teacher as God: The Archetypes of Spirituality
Priest or Teacher as Divine Human: The Teacher/Student Relationship
The Inner Marriage: A Story of Holy Longing in the Christian Saint Catherine of Siena
PART 2
After the Fall
A Guide for Disillusioned Believers
FIVE
Meeting Spiritual Shadow
Darkness on the Path
Encountering the Spiritual Other: The Breakdown of Communion
Tales of Religious and Spiritual Abuse
SIX
Understanding Spiritual Abuse
Detecting the Patterns across Denominations
The Consequences of Spiritual Abuse
Who Is Susceptible to Spiritual Abuse?
Meeting the Shadow of Addiction
Death and Transcendence
MIDLOGUE
My Longing for the Dark
A Meditation on Down
SEVEN
Rekindling the Flame
Shadow-Work for Spiritual Abuse and Disillusionment
Communal Shadow-Work
Individual Shadow-Work
EPILOGUE TO THE NEW EDITION
Through the Shadow to the Light
Acknowledgments
APPENDIX ONE
The Association for Spiritual Integrity (ASI) Code of Ethics and Good Practice
APPENDIX TWO
The Code of Ethics for Insight Meditation Society (IMS) Teachers
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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