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    The Life We Are Given

    A Long-Term Program for Realizing the Potential of Body, Mind, Heart, and Soul

    Author George Leonard
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    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Tarcher
    On sale Oct 20, 2005 | 224 Pages | 9780874777925
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    The author of The Future of the Body and the author of Mastery team up to present a proven method for reaching the next stage of human development.

    Can people with the time-and energy-consuming concerns of job and family find a way to transform their lives through a regular, long-term program of body/mind/spirit development? Is it possible, through conscious choice, to participate in the next step of human evolution? Two of the most distinguished theorists and teachers of human transformation believe the answer to these questions is yes.

    In this inspiring and practical book, George Leonard and Michael Murphy offer a comprehensive program of Integral Transformative Practice (ITP) based on a two-year experimental class that grew out of their lifework. Drawing upon some seventy years of combined experience in the study of human potential, along with the significant findings of their recent experiment, they present step-by-step instructions for joining body, mind, heart, and soul in an evolutionary adventure that has powerful personal and social implications.

    Their message will be especially refreshing to those who have become disillusioned by promises of immediate gratification, instant learning, and effortless enlightenment. This book shows the way to profound and lasting transformation through long-term practice. It celebrates the day-by-day joys of the path while opening fresh vistas to human futures.
    The Life We Are GivenPreface: Joining the Evolutionary Adventure

    Part I: Vision and Practice
    1. A Lifetime's Quest
    2. A Householder's Path

    Part II: A Transformative Practice for Our Time
    3. Stepping on the Path
    4. The Powers of Affirmation
    5. Catching the Winds of Grace: More on Affirmations
    6. The ITP Kata: The Tao of Practice
    7. The ITP Kata:Transformational Imaging
    8. The ITP Kata: Meditation
    9. The Exercise Factor
    10. Food for Transformation
    11. The Body as Teacher
    12. The Marriage of Theory and Practice
    13. The Magic of Community
    14. The Ultimate Adventure

    Appendix A. Futher Resources for Practice
    Appendix B. Statistical Summary: Cycle 93
    Appendix C. Selected Readings

    GEORGE LEONARD was a writer, editor, and educator, who introduced Leonard Energy Training (LET), a practice for centering the mind, body, and spirit, to more than 50,000 people in the United States and abroad. He was the author of a number of books on human possibilities and social change, as well as President Emeritus of the Esalen Institute, President of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, and President of ITP International. He died in 2010.

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    The author of The Future of the Body and the author of Mastery team up to present a proven method for reaching the next stage of human development.

    Can people with the time-and energy-consuming concerns of job and family find a way to transform their lives through a regular, long-term program of body/mind/spirit development? Is it possible, through conscious choice, to participate in the next step of human evolution? Two of the most distinguished theorists and teachers of human transformation believe the answer to these questions is yes.

    In this inspiring and practical book, George Leonard and Michael Murphy offer a comprehensive program of Integral Transformative Practice (ITP) based on a two-year experimental class that grew out of their lifework. Drawing upon some seventy years of combined experience in the study of human potential, along with the significant findings of their recent experiment, they present step-by-step instructions for joining body, mind, heart, and soul in an evolutionary adventure that has powerful personal and social implications.

    Their message will be especially refreshing to those who have become disillusioned by promises of immediate gratification, instant learning, and effortless enlightenment. This book shows the way to profound and lasting transformation through long-term practice. It celebrates the day-by-day joys of the path while opening fresh vistas to human futures.

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    The Life We Are GivenPreface: Joining the Evolutionary Adventure

    Part I: Vision and Practice
    1. A Lifetime's Quest
    2. A Householder's Path

    Part II: A Transformative Practice for Our Time
    3. Stepping on the Path
    4. The Powers of Affirmation
    5. Catching the Winds of Grace: More on Affirmations
    6. The ITP Kata: The Tao of Practice
    7. The ITP Kata:Transformational Imaging
    8. The ITP Kata: Meditation
    9. The Exercise Factor
    10. Food for Transformation
    11. The Body as Teacher
    12. The Marriage of Theory and Practice
    13. The Magic of Community
    14. The Ultimate Adventure

    Appendix A. Futher Resources for Practice
    Appendix B. Statistical Summary: Cycle 93
    Appendix C. Selected Readings

    Author

    GEORGE LEONARD was a writer, editor, and educator, who introduced Leonard Energy Training (LET), a practice for centering the mind, body, and spirit, to more than 50,000 people in the United States and abroad. He was the author of a number of books on human possibilities and social change, as well as President Emeritus of the Esalen Institute, President of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, and President of ITP International. He died in 2010.

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