Pax

Based on the book A Course in Miracles, which purports to provide a path to universal love and peace by undoing fear and guilt through forgiveness, this book offers an accessible and practical approach to the search for spirituality. Rather than hewing to any one belief system or philosophy, it seeks to transcend them all, providing exercises and lessons that help readers see that pain and struggle offer opportunities for enlightenment. Readers will come away with an understanding of how easy, simple, and naturally abundant life can be.

In this inspiring guide, Julio Bevione proposes that the secret to a foundational, lasting peace is a conscious acceptance of what is currently happening. The key to this is a connection with the inner spirit, which doesn't recognize fear—a paralyzing emotion on the road to peace—and promotes love: a love of self, of others, and of the present moment. The counterpoint of this self-knowledge, of the revelation of the true self, is ego, which the book describes as a constant process of discovery of what one is not. For readers struggling with the frustration of an existence marked at every turn by the influence of the ego, this spiritual handbook offers a different path.

This manual for relating better with others describes relationships as mirrors that reflect each person's interior life and as one of the principle ways in which individuals are defined and define others. Rather than viewing this as a struggle between victims and victimizers, though, this argument suggests considering relationships as a confluence of two energies in which each party reveals to the other habits and characteristics that, apart, would remain unchecked and unchanged. As each individual modifies his energy, the change is reflected in his counterpart--and therein lays the key to more harmonious, peaceful relationships.

Asserting that humans are, above all else, eternal spiritual beings, this inspirational handbook argues that connecting with the inner spirit is an integral part of the soul's journey and that manifesting the spirit's qualities in the physical realm should be an individual's most important goal. When this essential connection is forged between body and spirit, the result is greater peace, love, and fulfillment. By identifying the most common obstacles to abundance, the book outlines the path to a greater plane of happiness for readers.