The Deepest Spiritual Life

The Art of Combining Personal Spiritual Practice with Religious Community

Susan Quinn

At a time when interest in spirituality is at a new high, people are desperately seeking spiritual sustenance and solace. Many seek to fill their religious aspirations and ideals through personal practices; other participate in religious community. But, as Susan Quinn explores in this rich new work, the deepest spiritual life comes from the combination of communal and personal practices. Ms. Quinn describes the process of balancing personal practice with religious community through a magnifcent blend of her personal reflections, along with insights from 27 spiritual figures and lay persons representing Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, New Thought, and Islamic traditions.

Praise for Susan Quinn's The Deepest Spiritual Life

"This is a warm, wise book, generous in its insights and replete with illuminating vignettes from a wide variety of spiritual traditions. What is particularly valuable is its thoughtful examination of spiritual practice: how it's practiced both individually and communally and how these lines powerfully intersect. The Deepest Spiritual Life is a unique offering to spiritual literature and a highly valuable one at that. For those considering embarking on the spiritual journey as well as for those who are veterans, this book provides a wise guide, enlarging our vision of the spiritual world.

      "As a bookseller for the past 23 years, I would not only highly recommend this book to others, I also predict its success in sales. Considering the contemporary hunger for both spiritual fulfillment and community, this book will have no difficulty selling itself. I look forward to the day when I will have The Deepest Spiritual Life is my own hands and I can hand it to a customer saying, 'You're going to love this book.'"
      Pravrajika Vrajaprana, Vedanta Society of Southern California

About the author:
Susan Quinn has practiced Zen Buddhism for 10 years. She works as a consultant, trainer and lecturer in the fields of Organizational Development, Communications, and Conflict. She lives in San Clemente, California.

Author WebSite: www.TheDeepestSpiritualLife.com