My Dear Far-Nearness: The Holy Trinity as a Spiritual Practice

"My Dear Far-Nearness is a one-of-a-kind book from a one-of-a-kind author. It distills a lifetime of spiritual practice and analytical r The Holy Trinity of Christian theology is either incomprehensible or hopelessly abstract to most people. Why bother with it today? Robert A. Jonas reveals, in this strikingly original work, how opening the mysteries of the Trinity is key to discovering the Divine within and around us. As the poet Rumi said, "Don't look for me in a human shape. I am inside your looking." This approach to the Trinity, although faithful to ancient Christian doctrines, is not focused on dogma or belief, exploring instead spiritual practices that transform our awareness of God, each other, and ourselves. eflection. . . For Jonas the Trinity is what we might call a divine way of life. Humans made in the image of God likewise are made for this way of life, whose manifestations span a complete spectrum of human dimensions: psychological, social, spiritual. This central theme seamlessly integrates the wide variety of perspectives that intersect in Robert Jonas' own career, those of psychotherapist, mystic, teacher, musician, activist, scholar."--From the Foreword by S. Mark Heim

The Holy Trinity of Christian theology is either incomprehensible or hopelessly abstract to most people. Why bother with it today? Robert A. Jonas reveals, in this strikingly original work, how opening the mysteries of the Trinity is key to discovering the Divine within and around us. As the poet Rumi said, Don't look for me in a human shape. I am inside your looking. This approach to the Trinity, although faithful to ancient Christian doctrines, is not focused on dogma or belief, exploring instead spiritual practices that transform our awareness of God, each other, and ourselves.