Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism PB_Gift_Guide if the conditions are exactly

if the conditions are exactly right

In order to gain acceptance into the Brotherhood of Darkness

A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book of the Year

She went on to get her PhD in psychology

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism PB_Gift_Guide if the conditions are exactlyThis modern spiritual classic highlights a trick we play on ourselves and offers a brighter reality: liberation by letting go of the self rather than working to improve it The Tibetan meditation master Chgyam Trungpa calls attention to the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls spiritual materialism. "The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use," he says, "even spirituality." The