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Selfistry: A Guide to Embodying Timeless Spiritual Wisdom
Studies estimate nearly 25% of the world’s population does not ascribe to any religion and roughly 25% of people in the US consider themselves “spiritual but not religious.” Many of these people are searching for a life of integrity amid an increasingly polarized global landscape filled with religious extremism, political turmoil, and environmental uncertainty. Disillusioned but seeking to contribute to the well-being of the planet, many are finding guidance in emergent integrative systems that develop all aspects of the modern physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and social. “Selfistry” is one of those systems and this book is a guide to its unique and simple approach.
“Selfistry” offers a fresh take on embodying authentic spiritual principles. It is an innovative and integrative framework for self-reflection—an opportunity for the genuinely curious to reconsider their relationship with themselves and the cosmos.
Readers will learn about the nature of the “self” as described in ancient texts as well as modern science. They will come to understand what it means to observe oneself and engage in mindfulness in daily life, as well as how to address their assumptions about the fundamental nature of existence. Orienting readers to these concepts through self-reflection allows for clarity and insight to come forth. With this embodied knowing, the path to a spiritual but not religious life emerges on its own.
“Selfistry” offers a fresh take on embodying authentic spiritual principles. It is an innovative and integrative framework for self-reflection—an opportunity for the genuinely curious to reconsider their relationship with themselves and the cosmos.
Readers will learn about the nature of the “self” as described in ancient texts as well as modern science. They will come to understand what it means to observe oneself and engage in mindfulness in daily life, as well as how to address their assumptions about the fundamental nature of existence. Orienting readers to these concepts through self-reflection allows for clarity and insight to come forth. With this embodied knowing, the path to a spiritual but not religious life emerges on its own.
119 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 25, 2022
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About the author
Sarah Marshank
5 books11 followersSarah Marshank MEd. is the the founder of Selfistry, a comprehensive integrative educational system for mastering the art of being human. She is the author of the Being Selfish: My Journey for Escort to Monk to Grandmother. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Sarah teaches and speaks internationally, facilitates on line courses, and works one-on one with individuals. Sarah's embodied teaching and presence come from spending ten years in retreat. Her life’s purpose, articulated and expressed through Selfistry, integrates Eastern and Western philosophy and psychology with meditative and somatic practices.
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October 30, 2022
There are books that you read!
There are books you read and chew on!
And then some books merge into you, and you into them!
Bringing a flow of many artifacts floating around in one's wisdom space.
Acting like a glue for the existing wisdom we hold dear, to the wisdom we drop and pick up again from time to time, and the "new" that we have been gifted through its reading.
This book is one of those books.
For me, I bestow upon it the honored label of "gateway" book.
During its reading, I felt like I was walking through a splendid gateway into a new garden. And in that garden, I feel strangely like a welcomed visitor, and at the same time, at home.
I present to you the book "Selfistry."
Feast on its words.
Be enriched by its wisdom.
But most of all, let it light a warm, loving fire in you that comes to life, for your life.
There are books you read and chew on!
And then some books merge into you, and you into them!
Bringing a flow of many artifacts floating around in one's wisdom space.
Acting like a glue for the existing wisdom we hold dear, to the wisdom we drop and pick up again from time to time, and the "new" that we have been gifted through its reading.
This book is one of those books.
For me, I bestow upon it the honored label of "gateway" book.
During its reading, I felt like I was walking through a splendid gateway into a new garden. And in that garden, I feel strangely like a welcomed visitor, and at the same time, at home.
I present to you the book "Selfistry."
Feast on its words.
Be enriched by its wisdom.
But most of all, let it light a warm, loving fire in you that comes to life, for your life.
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