God is No Laughing Matter

An Artist's Observations and Objections on the Spiritual Path

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On sale Oct 01, 2001 | 320 Pages | 9781585421282

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In God Is No Laughing Matter, bestselling author Julia Cameron takes a witty, powerfully honest, and irreverent look at the culture of "spirituality" today and offers insight to enable readers to determine their personal spiritual path. The important thing to remember, she says, is that God is both more humorous and more humane than we've been taught.

With her trademark "sparkling prose" (Publishers Weekly), anecdotes, and helpful techniques, Cameron's thought-provoking essays paint the spiritual journey in a refreshingly clear light. Addressing the way in which spiritual "experts" have clouded the message, her book shows readers how to improve concentration and how to make conscious choices that heighten their individual autonomy as well as enrich their lives and their communities.
God Is No Laughing MatterIntroduction
Blind Date
Connection
Conscious Contact
Prayer
Catch-up Ball
Rest
Very Spiritual People
Spiritual Cellulite
Spiritual Experts—How Many Angels Can Dance In This Joint?
Faith
Bullies
Extreme Skiers
Structure
Higher Companions
Spiritually Correct
You're Too Smart for All of That God Stuff
Teachers
Parent Bashing
God's Will
Bad Julie
Sneak
In A Spiritual Kind of Way
Buddha Pests
New Age Rage
Reality
Sex
Lingerie
Believing
School
Humor
The Sound Track
Appropriately Complex
Dunk in the Barrell
My Funny Valentine
Health
Beauty
Discernment
Spiritual Vampires
Spiritual Seduction
Spiritual Waifs
The Fame Game
Slick Velocity
New Age Healing
12-Step Programs
Kindness
Restlessness
Service
Detachment
Grief
Cherishing
Spirituality Salesman
God as We Understand God
Comedy Versus Tragedy
Acceptance
Dope-Dealer God
Depression
Cleaning
Family
Birds
Difficulty
Apologies
Ease
Continuity
Disappointment
Drop the Rock
Visions
Love Letters
Roots and Wings
Julia Cameron has been an active artist for more than three decades. She is the author of more than thirty books, including such bestselling works on the creative process as The Artist’s WayWalking in This World, and Finding Water. Also a novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, she has multiple credits in theater, film, and television, including an episode of Miami Vice, which featured Miles Davis, and Elvis and the Beauty Queen, which starred Don Johnson. She was a writer on such movies as Taxi DriverNew York, New York, and The Last Waltz. She wrote, produced, and directed the award-winning independent feature film God's Will, which premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival, and was selected by the London Film Festival, the Munich International Film Festival, and the Women in Film Festival, among others. In addition to making films, Cameron has taught film at such diverse places as Chicago Filmmakers, Northwestern University, and Columbia College. She is also an award-winning playwright, whose work has appeared on such well-known stages as the McCarter Theater at Princeton University and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. View titles by Julia Cameron

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In God Is No Laughing Matter, bestselling author Julia Cameron takes a witty, powerfully honest, and irreverent look at the culture of "spirituality" today and offers insight to enable readers to determine their personal spiritual path. The important thing to remember, she says, is that God is both more humorous and more humane than we've been taught.

With her trademark "sparkling prose" (Publishers Weekly), anecdotes, and helpful techniques, Cameron's thought-provoking essays paint the spiritual journey in a refreshingly clear light. Addressing the way in which spiritual "experts" have clouded the message, her book shows readers how to improve concentration and how to make conscious choices that heighten their individual autonomy as well as enrich their lives and their communities.

Table of Contents

God Is No Laughing MatterIntroduction
Blind Date
Connection
Conscious Contact
Prayer
Catch-up Ball
Rest
Very Spiritual People
Spiritual Cellulite
Spiritual Experts—How Many Angels Can Dance In This Joint?
Faith
Bullies
Extreme Skiers
Structure
Higher Companions
Spiritually Correct
You're Too Smart for All of That God Stuff
Teachers
Parent Bashing
God's Will
Bad Julie
Sneak
In A Spiritual Kind of Way
Buddha Pests
New Age Rage
Reality
Sex
Lingerie
Believing
School
Humor
The Sound Track
Appropriately Complex
Dunk in the Barrell
My Funny Valentine
Health
Beauty
Discernment
Spiritual Vampires
Spiritual Seduction
Spiritual Waifs
The Fame Game
Slick Velocity
New Age Healing
12-Step Programs
Kindness
Restlessness
Service
Detachment
Grief
Cherishing
Spirituality Salesman
God as We Understand God
Comedy Versus Tragedy
Acceptance
Dope-Dealer God
Depression
Cleaning
Family
Birds
Difficulty
Apologies
Ease
Continuity
Disappointment
Drop the Rock
Visions
Love Letters
Roots and Wings

Author

Julia Cameron has been an active artist for more than three decades. She is the author of more than thirty books, including such bestselling works on the creative process as The Artist’s WayWalking in This World, and Finding Water. Also a novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, she has multiple credits in theater, film, and television, including an episode of Miami Vice, which featured Miles Davis, and Elvis and the Beauty Queen, which starred Don Johnson. She was a writer on such movies as Taxi DriverNew York, New York, and The Last Waltz. She wrote, produced, and directed the award-winning independent feature film God's Will, which premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival, and was selected by the London Film Festival, the Munich International Film Festival, and the Women in Film Festival, among others. In addition to making films, Cameron has taught film at such diverse places as Chicago Filmmakers, Northwestern University, and Columbia College. She is also an award-winning playwright, whose work has appeared on such well-known stages as the McCarter Theater at Princeton University and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. View titles by Julia Cameron

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