Spacecruiser Inquiry
True Guidance for the Inner Journey
A. H. Almaas
- Over
- the
- past
- twenty-five
- years
- A.
- H.
- Almaas—widely
- recognized
- as
- a
- leader
- in
- integrating
- spirituality
- and
- psychology—has
- been
- developing
- and
- teaching
- the
- Diamond
- Approach,
- a
- spiritual
- path
- that
- integrates
- the
- insights
- of
- Sufism,
- Buddhism,
- Gurdjieff,
- and
- other
- wisdom
- traditions
- with
- modern
- psychology.
- In
- this
- new
- work,
- Almaas
- uses
- the
- metaphor
- of
- a
- "spacecruiser"
- to
- describe
- a
- method
- of
- exploring
- the
- immediacy
- of
- personal
- experience—a
- way
- of
- investigating
- our
- moment-by-moment
- feelings,
- thoughts,
- reactions,
- and
- behaviors
- through
- a
- process
- of
- open-ended
- questioning.
- The
- method
- is
- called
- the
- practice
- of
- inquiry,
- and
- Spacecruiser
- Inquiry
-
- reveals
- what
- it
- means
- to
- engage
- with
- this
- practice
- as
- a
- spiritual
- path:
- its
- principles,
- challenges,
- and
- rewards.The
- author
- explores
- basic
- elements
- of
- inquiry,
- including
- the
- open-ended
- attitude,
- the
- focus
- on
- direct
- knowledge,
- the
- experience
- of
- not-knowing,
- and
- the
- process
- of
- questioning.
- He
- describes
- the
- experience
- of
- "Diamond
- Guidance"—the
- inner
- wisdom
- that
- emerges
- from
- our
- true
- nature—and
- how
- it
- can
- be
- realized
- and
- applied.
- In
- this
- process
- Almaas
- looks
- at
- many
- of
- the
- essential
- forms
- of
- Diamond
- Guidance,
- including
- knowing,
- clarity,
- truth,
- love,
- intelligence,
- compassion,
- curiosity,
- courage,
- and
- determination.
- Also
- included
- are
- exercises
- and
- questions
- and
- answers
- from
- the
- original
- talks
- by
- Almaas
- on
- which
- the
- book
- is based.
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