Just finished reading "A Path With Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life" by Jack Kornfield (a former Buddhist Monk, Meditation Master, and Psychologist).
Its one of the best books I have ever read on the spiritual life- dealing with our inner demons and all that arises within, transformation and... extending grace to all areas of life. A must read for anyone serious about the spiritual life, regardless of your religious perspective. As St Thomas Aquinas once said, all truth comes from God. Although I am a Christian, I felt deeply enriched by this book on many levels. It opened up my awareness of different approaches to, well, "Awareness" of the many things which Arise within all of us- fears, attachments and aversions, etc., and on learning to Let Go of these things and find peace and joy extending to all areas of our life.
Sometimes it also helps to see our own faith from a different perspective; to look at things from a different lense. It helped me understand better many of this things from the mystical and esoteric teachings from Scripture and the Church Fathers, Mystics and Saints that I had not really understood before.
http://www.amazon.com/Path-Heart-Through-Promises-Spiritual/dp/0553372114/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278588047&sr=8-1
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