Broken gods
Subtitle: hope, healing, and the seven longings of the human heart
By: Gregory K. Popcak, PH. D.
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780804141154
Subjects: Christian life; Deification (Christianity)
Description: "You are gods." Blasphemy? No, those mysterious words from Psalm 82 and quoted by Jesus in the Gospel of John point to a holy longing deep in our hearts, telling us that we were created for more. "Imagine that you were to wake up tomorrow to discover that, by some miracle, you had become a god overnight," writes Dr. Gregory Popcak. "Not THE God--omnipresent, all-knowing, all-powerful--but a god in the classic sense. That is to say, you woke to find that you were perfect, immortal, utterly confident in who you are, where you were going in life, and how you were going to get there. It might seem ridiculous to consider at first, but allow yourself to imagine this truly miraculous transformation. What would it be like to live without fear? How would it feel to be completely at peace with yourself and the people in your life? Imagine what it would be like to be able to resolve--once and for all--the tension that currently exists between all your competing feelings, impulses, desires, and demands. What would change in your life as a result of your having become that sort of divinely actualized person?--Dust jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-200).
Table of contents: title: More than you can imagine; title: The seven divine longings of the human heart; title: Set free from struggle: the secret of the imperfect mystic; title: Satisfying the divine longing for abundance; title: Satisfying the divine longing for dignity; title: Satisfying the divine longing for justice; title: Sasitfying the divine longing for peace; title: Satisfying the divine longing for trust; title: Satisfying the divine longing for well-being; title: Satisfying the divine longing for communion; title: Approaching divinity: the ladder of divine love.