Remembering the Light Within

The authors distil over three decades of work in spiritual psychology into this inspiring book. As implied in the title, we all tend to suffer from spiritual amnesia in the sense that we do not really remember who we are in the widest and deepest sense. The book is based on 33 principles of spiritual psychology and essentially on the key ideas of universal consciousness, the nature of God as unconditional love and therefore our own essential nature as love. The book is about recovering a living sense of this in terms of what the authors call the soul line (being), as opposed to the goal line of physical reality (doing). They show the importance of perceptions, beliefs, experience and intentions in terms of what we call outer reality mirroring the inner. A major step on the path is moving from the judgement of ego to the acceptance of soul, which includes reframing our issues as blessings and transcending our comfort zone of security, control and resistance. This enables us to move into a space of what they call divine unknowing, characterised by freedom, creativity and inspiration. The authors give many examples of this process from their own experience and provide suggested intentions at the end of each chapter. Self-compassion and self-forgiveness also represent an important step in the process. I enjoyed the chapter on preparing for sleep, and especially the practice of appreciating each other last thing at night. The authors remind us that awakening is not just personal matter, and should lead to commitment and service. This is a valuable guide to living a soul centred life.