Bliss: 33 Simple Ways to Awaken Your Spiritual Self

by Michael Goddart

We all want to feel closer to a higher power, but in today's rushed world that's often easier wished than done. In "Bliss," a down-to-earth guide that identifies and explains the fundamental spiritual values common to all sacred belief systems, author Michael Goddart makes it easy to imbue even the most mundane moments of your day with a higher consciousness. What are spiritual virtues? They are the feelings, attitudes, activities, or practices that express the divine within you. This wise book shows how taking a meditative walk, bringing your favorite dessert to a friend, reading a book, or devoting just two minutes a day to contemplating your Higher Power -- even while brushing your teeth! -- can bring you a sense of fulfillment and peace.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published April 15, 1999

About the author

Multiple award-winning author Michael Goddart, MFA, writes to empower people to lead a life of increasing awareness, bliss, and love and to realize their true self. His most recent book, A NEW NOW, won six book awards and seven honors, including the Nautilus Book Award. His previous book, IN SEARCH OF LOST LIVES, earned four book awards, including the National Indie Excellence Award. In this unique memoir, the 88 past lives he recovered in vivid detail illustrate his spiritual evolution. Soon after his family moved from Illinois to California when he was 10 years old, Michael started actively searching for the truth about death and how to attain true immortality with everlasting bliss. He began daily meditation at age 19, and at 21 began to meditate for two and a half hours daily.

His work as an international tax consultant and his spiritual quest have taken him to over fifty countries. Since 1974 he has journeyed thirteen times to India and also numerous times to England, Greece, Canada, Spain, and within the United States to be with those rare Teachers whom he considers to be fully realized humans.

Michael Goddart earned his MFA in Creative Writing at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. He is also the author of BLISS: 33 Simple Ways to Awaken Further and Spiritual Revolution: A Seeker's Guide, which the Hollywood Spiritual Film and Entertainment Festival named Best Spirituality/Self-Help Book. Australia’s leading spiritual bookshop named Spiritual Revolution one of the ten greatest metaphysical books ever written.

Michael lives in Southern California, where he loves the brilliance of the light, reading fine novels, and playing with his White Swiss Shepherd.

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Reviews

[Tamara Gantt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is largely a book about spiritual development (as you can see from the title), but it is not overtly religious or lined up with one religion. The chapter I am currently reading is on slowing down, which is something that I need to to, especially this semester, when Mondays and Wednesdays are going to be hurry, scurry days, but Tuesdays are going to be blissfully easy. Today happens to be a Tuesday, and I'm going to make a conscious effort to slow down.