Halfway Up the Mountain: The Error of Premature Claims to Enlightenment
by Mariana Caplan
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Author: Mariana CaplanEdition: Paperback
Published: 1999-06
ISBN: 0934252912
Number of pages: 568
Publisher: Hohm Press
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Book Review: Fantastic book for those who have been involved in spritual communities
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is extrememly helpful for those have been hurt within a spiritual community or for those who are currently involved in one.
It is a must for anyone who is being put into a teaching position; i.e. all the growing spiritual movements especially in california.
This book has an amazing section on transference with students. It is a more psychologically sophistaced book in my opinion not meant for idealists who are still new and wide eyed on the path, nor for intellectuals with control issues such as the above reviewers who would never think to humble themselves to work with a teacher within a spiritual community. Much can be gained by working with a teacher but it is always a risk. One that has been worth it for me fortunately. However, as a therapist I have worked also with many people who have been damaged within spiritual work. This is an excellent book for that kind of work.
THe Book will make the paranoid more paranoid, make the average seeker cautious, and the devotee upset that someone would try to humanize thier teacher. It can also help to heal those who have had thier trust misused by teachers and learn to trust again but being more cautious.
It is a difficult subject to deal with and I think the author has done the best that can be done. If you like this one youll also enjoy Jack Kornfields after the ecstasy the laundry.
Summary of Halfway Up the Mountain: The Error of Premature Claims to Enlightenment
"Fool's gold exists because there is real gold," coined Rumi. Here author and anthropologist Mariana Caplan herself extracts valuable nuggets from the writings of spiritual masters, both ancient and contemporary, as well as personal interviews with more than 30 esteemed masters, spiritual practitioners, and scholars and psychologists such as Andrew Cohen, Claudio Naranjo, and Robert Svoboda. Contending that "the present condition of contemporary spirituality in the West is one of grave distortion, confusion, fraud, and a fundamental lack of education," Caplan sets out to correct this situation by encouraging seekers to carefully examine the ideas--and ideals--of the spiritual teachers with whom they are involved. The introduction by Fleet Maull, a lay monk in the Zen Peacemaker Order and founder of the National Prison Hospice Project, alone makes this worth reading. --Randall CohanCultural Books
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