The Thirst for Wholeness: Attachment, Addiction, and the Spiritual Path – A Transpersonal Psychology Guide to Recovery and Inner Healing

by Christina Grof

Carl Gustav Jung described the addict's craving as a "thirst for wholeness." Grof, a pioneer in the transpersonal psychology movement, draws on her own spiritual journey and addictive experience to explore the issues at the very heart of that craving - the longing for spiritual identity and the yearning to know the true self. Gives a whole new understanding of addiction as a spiritual illness, as much as a physical/mental/emotional illness.

Genres: Spirituality, Psychology, Addiction, Nonfiction, Self Help

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Katarina Kasalova · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book should be set in stone! If you cringe like me every time you hear the word spiritual, it’ll be a challenge to read it at first, but don’t give up, it’s worth it. Happy reading & exploring yourself!

[Petra Lazárková · Rating 5 out of 5]

Je nesmírně úlevné číst si řádky o prázdnotě a neustálém vnitřním nutkání, nervozitě, hledání a nenacházení, absenci uspokojení. Je to úlevné, protože zjistíte, že nejste sami. A že se dá vydat na cestu celistvosti...

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is intense book about addiction but really a lot about attachment. Be ready to look at things differently around that.

[Monika · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book came to me at a time in my life when I really needed it.
I felt grace and deep validation reading it, reverently finding words after words eloquently describing my hardships, as well as providing non-judgmental insights into the source of it all.

I will certainly go back to this book to reread it in order to retain more.

Strongly recommended to anyone who struggles with any forms of attachment; be it relationships, people, chemical dependency or other.

[Karina Stepanyan]

Книга в начале интересна, а ближе у середине ты понимаешь что она тебя только затягивает глубже в депрессию, нежели помогает из неё выйти разбираясь в себе. Всё настолько мрачно и на репите описано, что ты как в болоте, сперва я пыталась извлечь из неё пользу, а потом поняла что ну нет, вещи там написаны правильные, но исключительно чтобы фокус читателя на них и держать, а не помогать идти дальше.

Надеюсь, что кому-то она помогла и зашла больше, возможно людям с зависимостями она будет ближе.

[Panagiota Goule · Rating 4 out of 5]

Depending on the perspective somebody reads this book could be proven either self-improving guidance or very informative psychologically wise. My personal journey at the moment didn't allow me to finish it as it used a lot of spiritual language rather that psychological.

[Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book changed my life (full stop)

[Eileen Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Attachment, addiction, and the spiritual path. "Carl Gustav Jung described the addict's craving as a "thirst for wholeness." Grof, a pioneer in the transpersonal psychology movement, draws on her own spiritual journey and addictive experience to explore the issues at the very heart of that craving - the longing for spiritual identity and the yearning to know the true self. Gives a whole new understanding of addiction as a spiritual illness, as much as a physical/mental/emotional illness.