The Pearl Beyond Price : Integration of Personality into Being, an Object Relations Approach

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Summary: An integration of personal and transpersonal development
Review: Almaas has succeded in explicating and integrating contemporary object relations theory with transpersonal development. He has articulated the development of the ego and then its transcendence in a compelling, coherent discourse. This book is of tremendous value for anyone interested in a serious inquiry into the development/realization of the Self that does not ignore the important contribution of object-relations theory to self development.

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Summary: A truely personal touch
Review: Although this 506 page masterpiece does not read as quick as a 196 page book,(see product details), if you have enough appreciation of Almaas' work, you will sail through this one with a deep undestanding of how to actualize our full human potential in this lifetime. What makes this particular volume stand out most, is how the essential identity of the personal aspect draws one into realizing how we CAN live a life of spiritual integrety and still function (optimally) in our society, here and now. Albeit with much devotion, hard work, and pschological hurt, as Almaas points out numerous times throughout all his books. Like most worthwhile undertakings in life, this takes much more than just reading and concepualizing to as Almaas puts it,"integrate the personality into Being". But if one is willing to go the distance to achieve this pinnacle, this book and all other Almaas works will undoubtedly start you on your journey.

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Summary: Must read for therapists and spritual seekers
Review: The founders of NLP, following Korzybski, reminded us that "the map is not the territory." Almaas speaks of the territory - the vastness and profundity of out Being - as one who lives there. He also has produced yet another superb map, with very precise descriptions of the challenges, the obtacles, the meaning of the signs along the way, and a more workable way than we have ever had of actually geting there.

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Summary: Must read for therapists and spritual seekers
Review: The founders of NLP, following Korzybski, reminded us that "the map is not the territory." Almaas speaks of the territory - the vastness and profundity of out Being - as one who lives there. He also has produced yet another superb map, with very precise descriptions of the challenges, the obtacles, the meaning of the signs along the way, and a more workable way than we have ever had of actually geting there.