The Experience of God: How 40 Well-known Seekers Encounter the Sacred

260 Pages·1998·15.099 MB·English

by  Jonathan Robinson

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Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Deepak Chopra, M.D
Marianne Williamson
Louise L. Hay
Mother Teresa
Ram Dass
Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.
M. Scott Peck, M.D.
Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
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The Experience
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By Jonathan Robinson
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The Experience
of God
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How 40 Well-Known Seekers
Encounter the Sacred
EDITED BY
Jonathan Robinson
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Copyright ©1994 by Jonathan Robinson
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written permission of the publisher.
Originally published in 1994 under the title, Bridges to Heaven, by Stillpoint Publishing,
Walpole, NH.
A World Waiting to Be Born by M. Scott Peck. Copyright © 1993 by M. Scott Peck.
Used by permission of Bantam Books, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing
Group, Inc.
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra, M.D. Copyright © 1993 by Deepak
Chopra, M.D. Reprinted by permission of Harmony Books, a division of Crown
Publishers, Inc.
The Miracle of Prayer by Pat Boone. Copyright © 1991 by Robert Fulghum. Used by
permission of Villard Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bridges to heaven.
The experience of God : how 40 well-known seekers encounter the
sacred / edited by Jonathan Robinson,
p. cm.
Originally published: Bridges to heaven. Walpole, NH : Stillpoint
Pub., ©1994.
ISBN 1-56170-469-5 (trade paper)
1. Spiritual life—Miscellanea. 2. God—Miscellanea.
3. Spiritual biography. I. Robinson^Jonathan, 1959-
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II. Title.
[BL624.B636 1998]
248.4—dc21
97-33458
CIP
ISBN 1-56170-469-5
01 00 99 98 5432
First Printing, Hay House Revised Edition, January 1998
Second Printing, April 1998
Printed in the United States of America
To my teachers Justin and Joyce,
and to God — the ultimate teacher
(and playmate)
Contents
Acknowledgments.vii
Introduction. ix
The Contributors.l
1. How I Encounter God.41
2. What God Feels Like. 55
3. Divine) into the Divine.65
4. How I Pray or Meditate.81
5* What Cuts Me Off from God . 97
6* Helpful Beliefs I Have.109
7. What Does God Want?.13 i
5. Finding God in Daily Life.143
9* In Search of the Miraculous .155
IB. My Spiritual Advice Is.ill
11. Paths to God. 195
12. Epilogue . 227
Your Personal Reflections.231
About Jonathan Robinson.239
Acknowledgments
Contributing to a book about God seems to bring out the best
in people. I am ever grateful to each of the many people I inter¬
viewed for sharing their wisdom and their heart with me. In all the
interviews I conducted, a sense of the sacred was present. It was an
honor to explore these profound questions with each contributor.
I especially want to thank my friend Carol Hawkins for helping
to inspire this book, and for her ongoing support. I also want to
thank Wayne Dyer, Reid Tracy, Jill Kramer, and my partner, Helena,
for their support.
Because of space, not all the interviews I conducted could make
it to the final version of the book. Yet I want to thank everyone who
offered their wisdom so graciously, including Dennis Adams, Linda
Gillies, Arianna Starr, Michael Bromley, Jacob Glass, Joyce Vissell,
and Sharon Gardner.
For permission to use quotes, I thank Marjorie Conte at
New World Library, Denise Finnegan at Crown, Noemi Miller
at Bantam, Charlene Saunders at Villard, and Van Der Leun
and Associates.
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