Training for the Life of the Spirit (Gerald Heard Reprint)

Introducing new reprints by Gerald Heard: The Creed of Christ The Code of Christ Training for the Life of the Spirit Prayers and Meditations There was a period in my early thirties when these four small books by Gerald Heard served almost as my bible. I read and reread them and invariably found them to be uplifting and inspiring. - Professor Huston Smith Gerald Heard was an inspiring voice for the life of the spirit. Wipf & Stock is to be commended that Heards remarkable work is being made available to a new generation of spiritual seekers. - Dr. William H. Forthman Required reading for those walking the spiritual path Gerald Heards Training for the Life of the Spirit methodically outlines the entire course of the aspirants journey. Heard provides a time-tested roadmap for the wayfarer: There is a purpose in evolution - to evolve consciously to evolve consciousness. That evolution is achieved only by the skilled conscious training of our spirits. The aspirant works to subdue their ego: For in so far as we are emptied of self so far are we freed from accident. Our habit patterns our moods...our natures can be reconditioned re-freed. We will be inwardly reunited our fissured selves re-fused. Training for the Life of the Spirit contains Gerald Heards essential observation: Our whole life must become intentional and purposive instead of a series of irrelevant events adventures and accidents happy or unhappy. ...a diagram of the inner life and an explanation of the philosophy held in common by the great mystics of all ages and religions. - Rev. Edmund A. Opitz Gerald Heard (1889-1971) was a well-known author philosopher and lecturer. Trained as a historian at Cambridge he served as the BBCs first science commentator. Later in California he founded and directed Trabuco College which advanced comparative religious studies. His broad philosophical themes and scintillating oratorical style influenced many people. Heard wrote thirty-eight books including his pioneering academic works several popular devotional books and a number of mysteries.