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by Edward F. Sylvia M. T. S. (Author)
A potent little book for those who feel that the currently available spiritual paths are not enough. The author does not sugar-coat the process of true spiritual transformation. You will be called upon to come to terms with yourself as you discover the things that always get in the way of your true spiritual progress. Armed with this special knowledge, you can gain the inside track and have a fighting chance toward reaching your God-given human potential. These essays offer many stinging revelations that will challenge your strongest beliefs to the very bone and take you completely out of your comfort zone. Such anti-intuitive revelations will convince you that: - Being famous or enjoying elite status won't help you! - Going to church won't help you! - Eating healthy foods and exercising won't help you! - Living an outwardly civil or moral life won't even help you! This book is not about becoming a citizen of the world; it's about becoming a citizen of heaven, which is why God created each of us. We have failed to grasp this divine goal as a personal obligation and responsibility in our own lives. Modern life has provided humankind with knowledge about practically everything. But we really don't know ourselves. Because of this, the world is full of perplexing problems and atrocities. Even seemingly rational and good-natured individuals have no clue as to the real obstacles that stand in the way of harmonious living. Based on the spiritual influences of Emanuel Swedenborg and George Gurdjieff, the ideas in this book will help you identify what these obstacles are. These new insights will have an unsettling effect on your self-image, but allow you to rise above your current biological self. An essential read for anyone who takes their spiritual transformation seriously.
Author Biography
Philosopher/Theologian Edward F. Sylvia attended the School of Visual Arts in New York. After a long career as a copywriter for some of the world's largest advertising agencies in New York, St. Louis and Chicago, he now "advertises for God," and has shared many insights in his blog as TheGodGuy. He received his M.T.S. (Master of Theological Studies) at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA and a Certificate of Swedenborgian Studies from the Swedenborgian House of Studies at PSR. He is a past president of the St. Louis Publishers Association, and a member of the International Book Publishers Association (IBPA), the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS), the Swedenborg Scientific Association (SSA), the Missouri Botanical Garden and Forest Park Forever. Mr. Sylvia is the award-winning author of several books, including "Sermon From the Compost Pile: Seven Steps Toward Creating An Inner Garden, " the children's fable "Cupid and the King of Muck," an essay book titled "Swedenborg & Gurdjieff: The Missing Links," and his masterwork "Proving God," which fulfills a continuing vision that God's fingerprints of Love can be found everywhere in the manifest universe. His latest book "Cosmic Duty: A Swedenborgian's Interpretation of Beelzebub's Tales To His Grandson (All And Everything)" brings the all-encompassing work of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff and Emanuel Swedenborg together in one place-allowing us to compare their thinking, side-by-side, on many of the issues that the human race has grappled with since the beginning of time-the universe, civilization, religion, war, social justice, hypnotism, art, electricity, and what happens to us after we die. Edward has been a student of the ideas of both Gurdjieff and Swedenborg for over forty years and feels that writing this book changed his deepest views about both men. He has many other writing projects currently in the works.
