Joan Borysenko Talks About Being Open to Spiritual Guidance

From Gaiam, an interview with Joan Borysenko, author of the new book, Your Soul’s Compass: What Is Spiritual Guidance?

Here is a brief note about the book from her site:

Why are we here? Are we fulfilling life's purpose? What is evolutionary intelligence trying to express through us? In this time of global change and uncertainty, of spiritual indirection, people are asking these age-old questions with renewed curiosity. There's a thirst for meaning and purpose—a dawning realization that happiness isn't a commodity that can be ought with a gold card. Fulfillment an joy arise naturally from the capacity to be present to life as it's unfolding and to listen for—and discern—the best possibilities in any situation, which informal enlightened, compassionate action.

And now the interview:

Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., is a pioneer in integrative medicine and a world-renowned expert in the mind-body connection. She is the author of the New York Times best-seller Minding the Body, Mending the Mind, and the author or co-author of 13 other books. Her most recent is Your Soul’s Compass: What Is Spiritual Guidance?

We caught up with her to discuss her views on spirituality.

Gaiam: How do you define spirituality?

Joan Borysenko: To me, spirituality is essentially all about love, kindness, and recognizing that in the end we’re not the doer. In other words, we’re not in control of everything, and there’s a larger field of intelligence that has a flow. That flow moves toward the potential good for everyone. Spirituality means being able to listen for and cooperate with that flow so that we are co-creators. That requires deep listening, the willingness to let go of the blocks to guidance, our pride, our fear, our envy, all of those kinds of things.

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