Bridging the I-System: Unifying Spirituality and Behavior breaks down the barriers between science, behavior, and spirituality, going beyond existing self-help and spirituality books. In a concise format, Dr. Stanley Block with collaborator Carolyn Bryant Block, describe the theory of the "I-System"-the part of the mind where our self-centered thoughts restrict awareness and maintains an agenda of separateness (me vs. the world, vs. others, vs. God). Bridging the I-System presents clear examples of how our behavior rests on the fiction of our separateness, then provides the reader with simple "bridging" practices, leading us to higher levels of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being as we go about our daily lives.

Comments on Bridging the I-System:

"In this remarkable work, Stanley Block moves toward the outer frontier of present-day wisdom, philosophy, and ontology by pointing out how we mortals severely handicap ourselves by our unwitting submission to the unconscious dictates of the "I-System." By the I-System Block means normal (as well as abnormal) self-centeredness instead of awareness of that other, less obvious aspect of ourselves and of the world that is other than "I." This other domain is the spiritual world. When we surrender our selfish I-ness in favor of compassionate bridging to our spiritual world, we become whole, integrated, and self-transcendent. We have an invisible and awesome friend within us who is at our disposal - for the price of surrendering our petty I-ness. Bridging the I-System is a dramatic and vital work. I recommend it for scientists, physicians, mental health workers, and all who seek to unify spirituality and behavior.
      James G. Grotstein, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine and author of Who Is the Dreamer Who Dreams the Dream?

About the author:
Stanley Block, MD., is a prominent figure in the medical and psychiatric care communities. A former faculty member at UCLA, the Boston University School of Medicine, he is currently an adjunct professor of Law and Psychiatry at Seattle University School of Law. Dr. Block is author of A Neural Net for Adaptive Behavior and Psyche, Sex, and Stocks: The Psychodynamic Key to Beating the Market. He lives with his wife and collaborator Carolyn Bryant Block in Seattle and Portland, Maine.

Author web site:http://www.bridgingtheisystem.com/top.html