Red Book

A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting Your Divine Spark

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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The Red Book is nothing less than a spiritual fire starter -- a combustible cocktail of Hindu Tantra and Zen Buddhism, Rumi and Carl Jung, goddesses and psychics, shaken with cosmic nudges, meaningful subway rides, haircuts, relationships, sex, dreams, and intuition. Author Sera Beak's unique hybrid perspective, hilarious personal anecdotes, and invaluable exercises encourage her readers to live more consciously so they can start making clearer choices across the board, from careers to relationships, politics to pop culture and everything in between. For smart, gutsy, spiritually curious women whose colorful and complicated lives aren’t reflected in most spirituality books, The Red Book is an open invitation to find your true self and start sharing that delicious truth with the world.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-07-28
Mått180 x 175 x 25 mm
Vikt363 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9780787980542

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PrefacePrelude to a Kiss xvIntroductionWake Up xvii1 Light the MatchSet Your Intentions Free 12 The Beaming You WhoGods, Goddesses, and the Blind Man’s Elephant 53 Are You Really Gonna Eat That?Grazing at the Spiritual Buffet, Respectfully 194 Sacred Lipstick and Cosmic Lattes1001 Ways to Give Prayer a Makeover 415 Catapult Your Inner WaitressRitualize Your Life; You’ll Just Feel Better 556 Divine WinksThe Universe Wants Your Attention. Will You Wink Back? 717 Dream OnWidening the Spotlight in Your Internal Theater 938 Peeling Your OnionWho Do You Think You Are? 1099 When Sparks FlyKnow Your Self, Transform the World 12510 Breaking the RulesHealthy Transgressions Make the Heavens Applaud 13511 Open Up and Say AhhhSex. Spirit. The Twain Shall Meet—Under Your Covers 14312 Sitting Down and Shutting UpThe Best Spiritual Tool You Will Ever Learn, Ever (Except for the One in Chapter Thirteen) 17113 Know That You KnowTrusting Your Intuition with Your Life 19714 Keep Your Self BuzzingCrank Your Vibe; It’s Your Cosmic Duty 22115 The Joke’s on UsThe One Mandatory Ingredient for Every Path 23116 RoarFinale (Like Red Wine Spilled onto a Mattress) 241Judge a Book by What You UncoverResources to Keep You Blazing 247Select Bibliography 273Acknowledgments 281The Author 287

Beak, a religious scholar and writer for the San Francisco Chronicle Web site, sfgate.com, presents a brief but potent book focused on invigorating spirituality in the 20- or 30-something American woman. She vividly criticizes the patriarchal interpretation that has dominated most belief systems for centuries, and then quickly moves on to create her own feminist one. Beak encourages her female audience to do so as well, with their own "red book" modeled after hers, which was first given her as a birthday gift by her sister after their grandfather's death. Beak initially rejected the idea of keeping a journal, but soon found herself writing down prayers, recording dreams and in essence keeping a spiritual scrapbook. Avoiding the typical sentimentality, Beak's vision is a modern, femme fatale spirituality. The book lives up to its "unorthodox" subtitle, advocating that young women search for the spiritual in all things, even sex (memorably in a chapter called "Open Up and Say Ahh"). Beak calls herself a "spiritual cowgirl," taking her readers along for the ride. Her writing is probably too brazen for more conservative spiritual readers, but she displays poignant insights throughout. (June 16) (Publishers Weekly, February 27, 2006)