Fall 2023 Faith-In-Action Book Study Program

Essential Spirituality: The 7 Central Practices to Awaken Heart and Mind
By Roger Walsh, M.D., Ph. D. with Foreword by His Holiness The Dalai Lama

This book is based on over twenty years of research and spiritual practice, considered a groundbreaking and life-changing read! In his decades of study, Dr. Roger Walsh, a Professor of psychiatry, philosophy, and anthropology at the University of California at Irvine, has discovered that each of the great spiritual traditions, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, has both a common goal and seven common practices to reach that goal: recognizing the sacred and divine that exist both within and around us. Filled with stories, exercises, meditations, myths, prayers, and practical advice, ‘Essential Spirituality’ shows how you can integrate these seven principles into one truly rewarding way of life in which kindness, love, joy, peace, vision, wisdom, and generosity become an ever-growing part of everything you do, and offering a guidebook for contemporary spirituality.