cover image Your Essential Self: The Inner Journey to Authenticity and Spiritual Enlightenment

Your Essential Self: The Inner Journey to Authenticity and Spiritual Enlightenment

Richard Harvey. Llewellyn, $15.99 trade paper (312p) ISBN 978-0-7387-3470-5

To awaken to the essential human self is to “live to our full capacity and potential as a human being,” says author Harvey (The Flight of Consciousness). Doing so requires a personal journey of deep inner work that demands commitment, awareness, and “always letting go.” Harvey’s 35 years as a psychotherapist and spiritual teacher, as well as years of personal inner work, skillfully informs this intensive guide through the three primary stages of awakening. The first begins with self-understanding beyond habit, healing old wounds, and attending to unfinished inner business. Next are the processes of transformation into authenticity that empowers inner and outer relationships. And finally, self-awakening results from venturing more deeply into the spiritual realm in order to live in the world and yet transcend thoughts of individuality, thereby realizing true nature and living consciously and effortlessly in the present. Anyone interested in personal and spiritual unfolding will find that this book presents an exquisitely perceptive and thorough model for inner work practices; as Harvey says, “You cannot think your way to your essence.” (July)