Spirituality For Dummies

by Sharon Janis

Want to get in touch with your spiritual side? Spirituality For Dummies. 2 nd Edition, shows you how to use spiritual principles to understand and improve your life, empower you mind, and nourish your soul . Complete with a CD filled with calming, spiritual music, it is your personal guide to serenity and spiritual healing. Spiritual philosopher Sharon Janis shows you how to discover the deeper calling of your soul, survive and thrive through adversity, and look at the world with optimism. You’ll learn how to use meditation, yoga, prayer, and journaling for inward reflection and to spark new vistas as you unfold your own spiritual wisdom and move forward on your spiritual journey in your own individual way. You’ll find similarities and differences among a variety basic spiritual concepts from different religious and philosophical traditions, and you’ll discover how The companion CD that accompanies this gentle guide brings you more than 60 minutes of inspirational music from around the world. It features the author and other artists performing songs and chants from Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, and Hindu traditions in their native languages. CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction

384 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2000

Reviews

[Mike Ohlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lot of good information

Found this book very usefully in my spiritual journey. Will definitely be using this book as a reference. Possibly even re-reading it.

[Kristoffer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the first of the Dummies series I have ever read. And I must say that it has really been a nice summary of the meaning of spirituality. But it makes spirituality look like a cheap express coffee. It takes away the essence of spirituality to the point that it becomes just another self-help manual.

It's humor is passable. At times it can be a great addition to the whole seriousness to the whole concept. However the humor is irritating most of the time ruining the whole mood of the topic and takes away the focus on the subject.

It does explain some of the fundamentals of spirituality. But at the end it makes the whole concept just another means to an end. All in all Spirituality for dummies makes spirituality look like just another quick self-help concept with an audio cd.

[Nanci Nolfi · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is an optimistic point-of-view of different faiths. When I suggest this book they laugh at the title but I assure them it's very good. If you are seeking a spiritual path and open-minded this is the book for you.

[Kara Merry · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am on page 67 on Oct 30,2009.

[Michael Prendergast · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a place to begin your journey on spirituality than you cannot go wrong with this book as a place to start from

[Tom Challis · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must have handbook for anybody wanting to start their journey of Spirituality.

[Svetlana · Rating 1 out of 5]

I skimmed through it and didn't really like it. I think Lama Surya Das's book pretty much taught me most of what is in this book.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phenomenal Book!
A great place to start!
I highly recommend it!!!!

[JLS10]

Definitely should revisit. Lots of very good stuff