Experiences with Spiritual Reality

About the Book

As we align our consciousness with God's action in us, we place ourselves in reach of daily miracles.

In Beginning Your Spiritual Journey, traditional spirituality from "the science of the saints" joins with advances in the understanding of consciousness from New/Old Age religion and modern psychology. Psychologist, former Catholic priest, and student of religions John Jensen explains how to approach the presence of God and change one's life to align with God's encompassing activity.

He asks readers to understand why they want to pursue a spiritual life, and then to engage consciously in a learning process about the nature of God and Soul. Grounding the process in direct experience offers a way to assess progress as it crosses slowly into the intangible. The book addresses from many angles the common difficulty of discerning what's real and true, and the importance of finding a personal spiritual guide to work with on the inner planes as well as outwardly. It explains the critical role of spiritual exercises and the essential daily discipline of withdrawing consciousness away from all forms of negativity-moral, spiritual, emotional, and behavioral--and redirecting it toward God.

About the Author

John Jensen is a licensed clinical psychologist living in Alaska. He has a Ph.D. from Union Institute, is married with two children and two step-children. A former Catholic priest, he obtained a Masters Degree in Counseling from San Diego State University in 1971 and became associated with the Human Development Training Institute, helping develop its seminal program for schools and youth correctional facilities, and conducting teacher training in seven states. In the early 1990s, an insight into how students are motivated by the conditions of their experience led to the development of the ideas in this book