Jack Kornfield: "Almaas is one
of the most significant voices for a new and remarkably integrated spiritual
vision. His work connects the personal, the universal, the psychological
and the spiritual not as pieces put together, but as the inseparable
mandala of the sacred that we are. I respect his work to the highest
degree and commend it to anyone interested in living the life of the
spirit."
John Welwood, Ph.D.: "A.H. Almaas
is an astute and brilliant explorer of the common ground of psychology
and spiritual development. Almaas provides a much larger and more satisfying
framework for understanding the quandries of self, identity and the
resolution of narcissism. He shows how the universal narcissism of everyday
life is an incomplete stage of development that can only be overcome
through realization of one's deepest, most essential nature. This is
a book to study, to contemplate, to live with, and to use as a guide
on one's journey."
Sherry Ruth Anderson, Ph.D.:
"Almaas has given us a powerful unfoldment of a new field of study.
This pioneering work renders outdated both the psychologist's traditional
avoidance of deeper dimensions of experience and the mystic's dismissal
of psychology. Almaas's tour de force is must reading for anyone who
is seeking a more profound understanding of human experience."
Harry Hunt, Ph.D.: "Almaas's
The Point of Existence is a supremely original and unique work at the
interface of spirituality and pscyhoanalysis. It will be of immense
significance for anyone involved in a spiritual path. The promise and
challenge of this work for both transpersonal and psychotherapeutic
orthodoxies is immense. It will be studied and debated by psychologists,
spiritual practitioners, and theologians for years to come."
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