Healing: Psychological Healing in the Catholic Mystic Tradition

By Raymond Lloyd Richmond

Book Overview

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALINGFROM EMOTIONAL WOUNDS A revised and expanded version of the 2006 First Edition. You cannot surrender your pain and suffering to God if deep in your heart you persist in clinging to psychological defense mechanisms which shield you from that very pain. There is nothing wrong with psychological defenses. In fact, they help to protect us from emotional injury. But if you cling to the defense mechanisms that were created in your childhood and carry them on into adulthood-as most everyone does unconsciously-your quest for spiritual healing will be thwarted by overwhelming resentments and conflicts. Still, God has been trying to show you that there is more to life than resentment and conflict, something so beautiful and desirable that only one thing can resist its pull: hate. So now, and in every moment until you die, you will have a profound choice between your enslavement to old defenses and the beauty of God. That decision has to come from you. You will go where you desire. CONTENTS Preface Part One The Unconscious Victimization Spiritual Purgation Compunction Healing Four Steps to Humility Fear Wretchedness Desire and Motivation Outside the Box Boundaries Part Two: Questions and Answers Blame and Responsibility Defenses and Illusions Disasters and Trauma Evil Good from Evil Love Meeting Your Enemy in Heaven Mercy Pride and Honor Refusing Mercy Self-love Sin Suffering Temperament Appendix I: When You Don't Know You're Sick Appendix II: Blind to Your Own Anger Appendix III: Coping with Distractions Introduction Understanding, not Ignoring The Definition of Fantasies (aka Temptations) The Relationship Between Thoughts and Feelings Distractions and Fantasies in General Feelings of Darkness and Abandonment Feelings of Stuckness and Paralysis Sexual Fantasies Fantasies of Grandiosity Evil Fantasies Self-destructive Fantasies The Jesus Prayer Do Not Lose Your Peace Be Gentle With Yourself Don't Punish Yourself Appendix IV: Dream Interpretation Introduction Freud: The Royal Road Other Ideas The Dream Text The Clinical Work Some Helpful Points Traumatic Nightmares Incubus and Succubus Other Troubling Dreams Appendix V: A List of Emotions Appendix VI: Spiritual Fruits Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1483940845
• ISBN13: 9781483940847
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.1" x 5.3"