Fundamentals of the Process of Spiritual Perfection

Written as a concise handbook, this Practical Guide presents a new paradigm for addressing the enduring questions of our existence, providing a rational roadmap to the practice of spirituality in the 21st century. Approaching our spiritual development as one would any experimental science, Bahram Elahi, MD, describes the nature of the human soul, or self, through a series of original diagrams and functional analogies to medicine, psychology, and physics. In so doing, he introduces a new medicine of the soul that not only establishes how to nourish and develop the soul through the practice of correct divine and ethical principles, but also how to diagnose and treat its various ailments. Explaining the purpose of our presence on earth as the completion ofthe first stage in our spiritual development, he summarizes this fundamental work in three main points: examining and mending one's faith, sufficiently developing one's sound reason, and cultivating one's humanity. Ultimately, this timely Practical Guideoffers readers of all backgrounds an accessible and concrete roadmap to our spiritual journey that is adapted to life in modern society--