Ways of the Desert : Becoming Holy Through Difficult Times - Harold G Koenig

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Becoming Holy Through Difficult Times

By: Harold G Koenig, William F Kraft

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Paperback | 3 January 2000 | Edition Number 1

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Discover how negative experiences such as loneliness, depression, and anxiety can be opportunities for personal growth!Ways of the Desert: Becoming Holy Through Difficult Times analyzes the similarities and differences between spiritual and psychological experiences. This book shows religious professionals and others interested in spiritual development how suffering can foster growth. You will explore the so-called “negative” desert experiences--depression, anxiety, loneliness, guilt, and anger--and learn how they can be opportunities for spiritual growth. This book explains why opposites are necessary and related parts of healthy and holy development, and that, especially in a spiritual life, the positive and negative are related. Ways of the Desert will take you on a journey through the “deserts” and “promised lands” of adolescence, adulthood, and the elderly years. In most Western cultures the acceptance of opposites as a necessary and related part of healthy and holy growth is not common, and its rejection can engender spiritual stagnation. Ways of the Desert offers suggestions on creating lifelong spirituality including:

understanding the need for both “clock” time for functional order and “sacred” time to redeem us from the boredom of our daily challenges
understanding the languages of the desert, or the messages that are primarily nonverbal, ambiguous, or ambivalent
using effective communication when expressing feelings such as shame, frustration, anger, or anguish
examining the similarities and differences between psychological and spiritual activity
comparing psychological twelve-step help programs to spiritual growth journeysThis extraordinary book works to help you make sense of your life when you feel lost, trapped, depressed, or lonely. You will attain spiritual guidance to assist you on your journey through life and help you understand that the deserts of negative experiences that we sometimes wander into can be illuminating opportunities for spiritual progress. Ways of the Desert will guide you through difficult and challenging times and help you achieve spiritual satisfaction and happiness in life.

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Aspects of Religion for Non-Christians Spirituality & Religious Experience Medicine Other Branches of Medicine Clinical Psychology Religious Life & Practice Christianity Christian Life & Practice Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Encyclopaedias & Reference Works

Reference Works Family & Health Coping with / Advice about Personal, Social & Health Topics Psychology Religion Comparative Religion

Preface	p. xi
Desert Stories	p. 1
Pilgrim People	p. 8
A Vision of Spiritual Development	p. 11
Deserts	p. 11
Deserts As Creative Suffering	p. 14
Promised Lands	p. 17
Time	p. 18
Is a Stage Approach Valid?	p. 20
Desert Life	p. 25
Being in the Desert	p. 25
The Desert As a Fundamental Life Force	p. 29
Desert Languages	p. 33
Loneliness	p. 34
Aloneness	p. 39
Depression	p. 43
Anxiety	p. 46
Fear	p. 49
Shame	p. 51
Guilt	p. 53
Frustration	p. 57
Anger	p. 59
Boredom	p. 65
Apathy	p. 68
Anguish	p. 70
Adolescence	p. 75
Desert of Disenchantment	p. 75
Land of Enchantment	p. 79
Young Adulthood	p. 85
Desert of Discovery	p. 86
Land of Surrender	p. 93
Established Adulthood	p. 97
Desert of Self-Concern	p. 97
Land of Self-Actualization	p. 105
Midlife Adulthood	p. 109
Desert of Limits	p. 110
Land of Unlimitedness	p. 118
Middle-Aged Adulthood	p. 123
Desert of Depression	p. 123
Land of Joy	p. 130
The Elder Years	p. 137
Desert of Death	p. 137
Land of Life	p. 145
Bibliography	p. 155
Index	p. 159
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