Finding your moral compass : transformative principles to guide you in recovery and life

Finding your moral compass Transformative principles to guide you in recovery and life

Craig Nakken

Book - 2011

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Subjects
Recovering addicts > Conduct of life.
Conduct of life.
Ethics.
Spiritual life.
Published
Center City, Minn. : Hazelden 2011.
Language
English
Main Author
Craig Nakken (-)
Physical Description
244 p.
ISBN
9781592858705
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: How I Came to Write This Book
  • Part I. The Theory
  • What Are Spiritual Principles?
  • Positive Spiritual Principles
  • Negative Spiritual Principles
  • Spiritual Principles, Conscience, and Noise
  • Free Will
  • Principles before Personalities
  • Spiritual Principles and the Human Heart: Our Drives for Pleasure, Power, and Meaning
  • Instinct vs. Spirit
  • Choosing to Attach and Detach
  • Three Basic Drives: Pleasure, Power, and Meaning
  • Our Drive for Pleasure
  • Our Drive for Power
  • Our Drive for Meaning
  • The Interplay of Meaning and Power
  • Combining Our Drives into Spiritual Harmony
  • Power Struggles vs. Integrity
  • Spiritual Principles and the Brain
  • Personal Value Systems
  • Part II. Living The Principles
  • Spiritual Growth on a Continuum: 41 Pairs of Spiritual Principles
  • Judgmentalism-Openness
  • Unfairness-Fairness
  • Refusal to Learn-Wisdom
  • Willfulness-Willingness
  • Perfectionism-Excellence
  • Cynicism-Gratitude
  • Chaos-Discipline
  • Separateness-Unity
  • Rugged Individualism-Relationship
  • Lies-Truth
  • Inequality-Equality
  • Apathy-Care
  • Shame-Guilt
  • Cowardice-Courage
  • Unmanaged Fear-Faith
  • Entitlement-Selflessness
  • Deceit-Integrity
  • Unkindness-GraceLotto's Story
  • Impatience-Patience
  • Self-Righteousness-Anonymity
  • Disdain-Empathy
  • Skepticism-Trust
  • Infidelity-Commitment
  • Dishonor-Dignity
  • Greed-Charity
  • Laziness-Perseverance
  • Resistance-Acceptance
  • Resentment-Forgiveness
  • Control-Surrender
  • Arrogance-Humility
  • Intolerance-Tolerance
  • Despair-Hope
  • Indifference-Compassion
  • Irresponsibility-Accountability
  • Hate-Love
  • Self-Centeredness-Service
  • Disrespect-Respect
  • Ignorance-Awareness
  • Envy-Appreciation
  • Unbridled Worry-Serenity
  • Injustice- Justice
  • Epilogue: Embracing Your Moral Development
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A. Positive and Negative Spiritual Principles: Two Charts
  • Appendix B. Applying Positive Spiritual Principles in Your Daily Life
  • Appendix C. Applying Positive Spiritual Principles Worksheet
  • Appendix D. Using Positive Spiritual Principles to Help with Anger
  • Anger Worksheet: Applying Positive Spiritual Principles
  • Appendix E: Directing Our Energies toward Positive Spiritual Principles through Language
  • Exercises
  • About the Author
Review by Library Journal Review

In his latest book, Nakken (The Addictive Personality) discusses how readers can create more fulfilling lives by first harnessing then balancing the powers of positive and negative spiritual principles to create spiritual harmony. According to the author, human beings are driven by three things: pleasure, power, and meaning. Healthy individuals must practice discipline to maintain deep relationships, integrity, and ethical power. Nakken provides 41 sets of continuums (e.g., lies to truth, unkindness to grace, infidelity to commitment) along with case studies, lessons, and contemplation questions to help readers establish their own moral compass. Excellent material for serious readers. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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