Sometimes, Enough Is Enough: Finding Spiritual Comfort in a Material World

Author of the bestselling classic Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow and other spirituality titles, Sinetar points the way toward becoming a ""casual contemplative"" who connects with the Divine through informal ""nonmonastic"" practices of meditation and awareness. Drawing upon the Bible and other sources including Ram Dass, G.K. Chesterton, John Muir and Thomas Merton, she encourages readers to walk the spiritual walk with their unique gait. This slim volume expands on only a few simple principles--including cultivating solitude and inner-directedness, spending time in natural surroundings and focusing on prayer and meditation--supplemented with exercises for practicing them. Her declaration that ""enough is enough"" refers to the many experiences that she believes one must abandon in order to pursue the contemplative life: abusive relationships, the quest for material wealth, anxiety and excessive busyness. Sinetar also suggests that readers untangle themselves from people, places and things that distract from ""paying attention to the inmost Spirit on a second-by-second basis."" Learning to say yes and no clearly, she argues, marks spiritual maturity and provides the elusive comfort that everyone craves. That comfort, she stresses in this concise and worthy manual, is only found when ""our enjoyments affirm destiny's call"" and ""our material goals...support our spiritual aims."" (July)