Work as a Spiritual Practice: How to Bring Depth and Meaning to the Work You Do Book

"As you begin exploring this book--and you need not read it from front to back; it is designed to be browsed--I ask you to make only one commitment, and that is to trust yourself. Trust your won instincts, your intuition, your judgement. The knowledge you need to change your work life for the better is already within you." So says Lewis Richmond in the introduction to his excellent book. Richmond is a leading spiritual teacher and thinker and he translates his learning with an ease that flows like water. His advice is rich with Buddhist wisdom and he offers guidance that is both elevating and practical. Work as a Spiritual Practice is a meditation on the mundane world of work, its upsets and conflicts, downsides and difficulties. Using case studies from his own wealth of experience, as well as others', Richmond discusses the most common features of the workplace--such as the struggle to get motivated or having to deal with a demanding boss--and offers insightful ways to overcome them. Did you know you can meditate while walking or standing? Or that failure can be strength, not a weakness? And what of giving up altogether? "Maybe the most spiritually fulfilling exercise in your workplace is not to find ways to cope with the job you have but to find a better one." Richmond offers the most liberating advice you'll read for some time. --Lucas LoBlackRead More