Richard Harvey
connecting psychotherapy and spiritual growth for human awakening
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The Book of Being
a spiritual handbook for life's journey
For
many of us there is a spiritual truth that the traditional centers of worship,
spirituality and religion do not address and may not even allow. Within
some of us today there is a deep knowing—a sense of an invisible priesthood
that includes the common human-being and does more than just question the
authority of established religion and alternative spirituality or criticize
it because this knowing doesn't need any approval or ratification from any
external, objective authority. Thus the normal rules are flouted, replaced
by independence and a deep trust in personal wisdom.
For words and doctrine we need look no further than our own hearts. Perhaps it is a sign of the times. Perhaps it is as it should be. Perhaps it is as it should always have been. I have no idea. I do not have that kind of vision so I shall leave it up to others who do to determine that. But I can declare my own vision and offer it up for scrutiny and in doing so many meandering ends have been tied into the closely knit fabric of the weaving of the dream of my life's journey.
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The Contents
Introduction
Honesty
Know Yourself · Be Real · Not Lying to Yourself · Price of Dishonesty · Gateway to Illusion · Transparent to Transcendence · Engage with Truth · Treasure of Life · Standing up for Yourself
Knowledge of Death
Death is Part of Life · The Exciting and the Unknown · The Unknown is in Every Moment · Loss of a Loved One · The World after My Death · Death in the Moment · Play · Consciousness does not End with the Death of Form · Wisdom of Uncertainty
Awareness
Many Methods/Any Method · Awareness or Not · Honesty, Acceptance, Non-judgment · Judgment Taints Experience · Judgment Breeds Prejudice and Bigotry · Out of Awareness Comes Change · A Gift of the Eternal · Awareness is the Most Natural Thing
Ability to Reflect
What is Really There · Lessening Myself · Reflection Requires Honesty and Awareness · Reflecting: Two Focuses · The Meanings of the Word “Reflect” · Inner Focus · Thoughts without Interference or 'Blocking' · Clarity - Meaning
Curiosity and Openness
Taking down Fences when they Become Barriers · The Mind of Certainty · Curiosity · Openness · Questioning · Signs and Omens · Living Breathing Life
Knowledge of Powerlessness
Control · Life Ends · Something Greater Than Me · I Participate In “It” · The “Eternal” · The Eternal Refers Me to Myself · Futility · Shedding Is Growing · Living Wisely
Practice Power
Meeting with “the Other” · Full Potential · Practicing Potential · Miracle of Life · Power Over · Practice
Ability to Be Alone
I Am · What Prevents This · A Strategy · Alone In Relationship · Aloneness in Death
Experience of Inter-Connectedness
A Part of the Whole · I am Affected by Others · Karma as Consequence · The Light and the Dark · Directing Good Thoughts · Interconnectedness and the Self · The Self
Wise Friends
The Outer World · Purpose of Existence · Living to Experience · Material and Ritual · Exercise · Your Life is your Dream of Truth · Living in the Moment
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What readers say
The
Book of Being is a little gem of a book, or should I say a little book of
big gems, golden nuggets even! Full of insights and wisdom that resonate
within and evoke that deep remembering of who I AM…
Its beauty is in its simplicity. Short statements prompt enquiry and reflection
on such topics as self-awareness, authenticity, death and life, the wisdom
of uncertainty and many more. The reading of it consistently provokes my
innate curiosity and impulse to deepen and grow, and I'm sure it will yours.
It is the kind of book you can dip into, and come back to, again and again.
Julie Kaloczi,
Reconnective Healing and EFT Practitioner
Wild Dolphin Experience Group Facilitator
The
Book of Being is a small book containing wisdom in the form of short, pithy
sentences…Some of the sayings are jewel-like, distilled from experience
and extensive study…However you interpret this little book, it forms
a good basis for meditation and thought.
Jean Bullock, Book Review
Essence, Issue 3, Aug–Nov 1998