Sacred Selfishness: A Guide to Living a Life of Substance

This fresh 2015 second printing of the paperback version of Sacred Selfishness is in response to a continued, renewed interest in this key contemporary topic dealing with healing and wholeness. In the tradition of Scott Peck's The Road Less Traveled and Thomas Moore's The Care of the Soul, Jungian analyst Bud Harris provides compassionate guidance to:

• discover what true self-love and self-forgiveness mean
• value ourselves and live meaningful lives we love
• develop into authentic human beings who give back vitality and hope to all around us
• have lives of our own, and to be able to love others without losing ourselves
• resolve problems in modern life such as unhappy relationships, stagnating career, financial issues, and even weight problems

Using strategies such as analyzing dreams, developing inner dialogue, and keeping a detailed journal, Sacred Selfishness wisely assures us that our lives are sacred tasks, where holiness is love and the way to the Divine is through self-knowledge.

While growing up, unselfishness was usually defined as putting the needs of others above our own. As a result, we became outward-directed people, cut off from our inner source of energy and vitality. If we have failed, through the years, to develop our own individuality, eventually we may slide into depression and ill health. It is only after becoming whole again that we can help others and truly renew our society. This is the path of sacred selfishness.