This study documents the fact that religion has always dealt specifically with inner awakening to the presence of the sacred. The second chapter covers the tensions between institutionalized religion and spiritual growth as found in contemporary Christianity. Part Two investigates the inner meaning of the teachings and the experiential significance of its primary practices. Part Three presents practical methods for application in daily life. They are synthesized from traditional, esoteric, and eastern sources and have long proven their capacity to make possible the transformation emphasized throughout this book.
All religions are a road map.
History, human error and institutional structures have turned the map into the treasure, thereby forgetting its true intent. My aim is to assist you in those efforts. These last years of the twentieth century cry out for a wholistic appropriation of the teachings of the past in such a way that they will metamorphosize the human soul. It is my hope that the reader will find here the means of penetrating to the heart of the religious purpose, recognizing the failures and distortions of its visible expressions, and uniting with the truth that sets us free and makes us one. May this book assist you on your pilgrimage toward transforming Truth.