I'm God; You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion & Other Disguises of the Ego

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Inspiration & Meditation, Spirituality
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Author: Lawrence Kushner ISBN: 9781580235631
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing Publication: October 1, 2010
Imprint: Jewish Lights Language: English
Author: Lawrence Kushner
ISBN: 9781580235631
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Publication: October 1, 2010
Imprint: Jewish Lights
Language: English
Flashes of insightsurprising, entertaining, inspiringfrom one of the most creative spiritual thinkers in America.

The goal of all spiritual life is to get your ego out of the wayoutwit the sucker; dissolve it; shoot it; kill it. Silence the incessant planning, organizing, running, manipulating, possessing, and processing that are the ineluctable redoubts of the ego. Not because these activities are bad or wrong or even narcissistic … but because they preclude awareness of the Divine. To paraphrase the Talmud, God says, There aint room enough in this here world for your ego and Me. You pick.
from the Introduction

Tapping the experiences and wisdom of his career as a spiritual leader, Lawrence Kushner delights, surprises, challenges and inspires us. With his signature candor, wit and compassion, he helps us reconnect with the why and how of our spiritual lives. He encourages us to find new perspectives on the life-stuff that shapes them, and gently reminds us of the Source of it All.
These inspiringoften startlinginsights will warm you during the dark times of your own doubts even as they brighten your quest for meaning, faith, identity, communityand holiness.
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Flashes of insightsurprising, entertaining, inspiringfrom one of the most creative spiritual thinkers in America.

The goal of all spiritual life is to get your ego out of the wayoutwit the sucker; dissolve it; shoot it; kill it. Silence the incessant planning, organizing, running, manipulating, possessing, and processing that are the ineluctable redoubts of the ego. Not because these activities are bad or wrong or even narcissistic … but because they preclude awareness of the Divine. To paraphrase the Talmud, God says, There aint room enough in this here world for your ego and Me. You pick.
from the Introduction

Tapping the experiences and wisdom of his career as a spiritual leader, Lawrence Kushner delights, surprises, challenges and inspires us. With his signature candor, wit and compassion, he helps us reconnect with the why and how of our spiritual lives. He encourages us to find new perspectives on the life-stuff that shapes them, and gently reminds us of the Source of it All.
These inspiringoften startlinginsights will warm you during the dark times of your own doubts even as they brighten your quest for meaning, faith, identity, communityand holiness.

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