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SPIRIT: Humility Without Nihilism What if "spirit" is not a mood but a reliable way of acting-witness, will, and word braided into consequence? Spirit offers a clear grammar for turning attention into trustworthy presence and results. It frames a tetrahedron of capacities-Life, Love, Creation, Will-stabilized by six edges-Beauty, Nurture, Covenant, Discipline, Stewardship, Prudence-and rendered as four lived planes: Consecrated Craft, Trustworthy Care, Responsible Governance, Generative Habitat. Drawing on a chorus of voices-Paul, Augustine, Eckhart, Teresa, John of the Cross; Hegel, Kierkegaard, James, Bergson, Scheler; Frankl, Jung, Hillman; the Upanishads and Śaṅkara; Patañjali; Buddhist insight with Nāgārjuna and Dōgen; Taoist wu-wei with Laozi and Zhuangzi; and the Sufi heart of Rūmī and Ibn ʿArabī-the book distills what endures and makes it operable now. Modern integrators-Steiner, Teilhard, Heschel, Merton, Wilber, McGilchrist-help bridge devotion, psyche, and systems. Two playful but precise formulas anchor the vision: GOD + 0 ⇒ GO0D (freedom enables covenant) and GOD + Λ ⇒ GOLD (orientation yields proportion). With clean tests, field-ready practices, and weekly rhythms, Spirit aims at coherence over noise-clarity without cruelty, reverence without vagueness, and a life that keeps its word when the pressure rises.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Bastiani, Wilfred-Leonard
- ISBN: 9781326053499
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 7.00 x 0.14
- Number Of Pages: 68
- Publication Year: 2025
Language:
English