50 DE CLASICI SPIRITUALITATE

Tom Butler Bowdon looks at the life of the spirit. He shares his views on old and new texts. His book asks how we come to know ourselves. It looks at how we grow and seek meaning. It asks how we find peace and make sense of life.

This guide is nonfiction. It is for readers who wish to learn about spiritual thought across faiths. It draws on books and true life stories. Some thinkers draw on faith; others take a secular view.

The life stories show how a new sense of spirit can change lives. Bowdon looks at Muhammad Asad and Saint Augustine. He includes Black Elk and Ram Dass. He looks at G. K. Chesterton and Gandhi. Margery Kempe and Malcolm X also appear. He discusses W. Somerset Maugham and Emanuel Swedenborg. He includes Mother Teresa and Teresa of Avila. He also looks at Paramahansa Yogananda.

The books offer ways to see the world and seek purpose. Bowdon explores Zen si arta repararii motocicletei. He also looks at Curs de miracole and Taofizica. He includes Cele patru legaminte. He discusses Conversatii cu Dumnezeu and Puterea prezentului. He looks at Portile perceptiei. He also covers Profetia de la Celestine. He includes Pescarusul Jonathan Livingston. He discusses Constiinta cosmica and Profetul. He looks at Tipurile experientei religioase. He also covers Cabala esentiala and Viata condusa de scopuri.

The guide asks broad questions about life. It looks at how humankind grows in spirit. Bowdon draws on Carlos Castaneda and Pema Chödrön. He includes Zhuangzi and Epictetus. He looks at G. I. Gurdjieff and Dag Hammarskjöld. He draws on Abraham Joshua Herschel and Hermann Hesse. Carl Jung and Krishnamurti also feature. So do C. S. Lewis and Michael Newton. He includes Thich Nhat Hanh and Idries Chah. He draws on Shunryu Suzuki and Eckhart Tolle. Chögyam Trungpa also has a place in the book. So do Simone Weil and Ken Wilber.

Bowdon does not focus on just one faith. He sets these views side by side. He brings old spiritual texts and newer works together.