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From the Publisher Is it possible to seek enlightenment - to feel alive, whole, useful and joyful - in an imperfect job? The Office Sutras can help transform any job - even one you hate - into an active part of spiritual practice. Work can be an arena that challenges you spiritually as well as professionally. With humor and wit, Marcia Menter helps readers recognize that the things that drive them craziest at work can be doorways to growth and understanding in their lives, if they are approached with an open mind and heart. Chapters like "The Slough of Suckiness," "Are They Paying Me Enough?" and "The Dream That Got Away," share practical techniques, exercises, and mantras for finding divinity in the resentments that can make anyone's job miserable. Each chapter includes inspiring Mantras for the Bad Days, such as "If God had wanted me to spend my whole life in my office, he would have given me a nicer office." Menter contends that the job you have right now, for all its imperfections, may be just the spiritual challenge you need to confront the most important issues of life - issues like self-worth and fulfillment and paying your way in the world. Office Sutras will help readers find opportunities for growth and peace in even the most stultifying of work situations.
Office Sutras: Exercises for Your Soul at Work FROM THE PUBLISHER
Is it possible to seek enlightenment - to feel alive, whole, useful and joyful - in an imperfect job? The Office Sutras can help transform any job - even one you hate - into an active part of spiritual practice. Work can be an arena that challenges you spiritually as well as professionally.
With humor and wit, Marcia Menter helps readers recognize that the things that drive them craziest at work can be doorways to growth and understanding in their lives, if they are approached with an open mind and heart. Chapters like "The Slough of Suckiness," "Are They Paying Me Enough?" and "The Dream That Got Away," share practical techniques, exercises, and mantras for finding divinity in the resentments that can make anyone's job miserable. Each chapter includes inspiring Mantras for the Bad Days, such as "If God had wanted me to spend my whole life in my office, he would have given me a nicer office."
Menter contends that the job you have right now, for all its imperfections, may be just the spiritual challenge you need to confront the most important issues of life - issues like self-worth and fulfillment and paying your way in the world. Office Sutras will help readers find opportunities for growth and peace in even the most stultifying of work situations.
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Publishers Weekly
"The basic premise of this book is that we're on a spiritual journey every second of our lives, not just during those times we set aside to contemplate the cosmos," writes Menter, a magazine editor. In this small, conversational book, she maintains that work IS a spiritual practice, despite--or actually because of --its annoyances, occasional absurdities and frustrations. Such daily trials can lead to spiritual growth, Menter affirms. The book, which seems primarily directed to professional women, is funny and practical as it argues for an integration of the spiritual life with the realities of the nine-to-five grind. Menter tackles such tough issues as money, procrastination, bosses from hell, boredom, getting fired or laid off, and screwing up. (That chapter is particularly refreshing, as Menter gives readers permission to "screw up royally" and check their perfectionism at the office door.) Throughout, she explores the Buddhist idea that spirituality is about awareness and mindfulness of the present moment. "A spiritual path," Menter summarizes, "is not about getting there. It's about being here." (Aug.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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