Spirit: Humility without Nihilism

By: Bastiani, Wilfred-Leonard

SPIRIT: Humility Without Nihilism What if "spirit" is not a mood but a reliable way of acting-witness, will, and word braided into consequence? Spirit offers a clear grammar for turning attention into trustworthy presence and results. It frames a tetrahedron of capacities-Life, Love, Creation, Will-stabilized by six edges-Beauty, Nurture, Covenant, Discipline, Stewardship, Prudence-and rendered as four lived planes: Consecrated Craft, Trustworthy Care, Responsible Governance, Generative Habitat. Drawing on a chorus of voices-Paul, Augustine, Eckhart, Teresa, John of the Cross; Hegel, Kierkegaard, James, Bergson, Scheler; Frankl, Jung, Hillman; the Upanishads and Śaṅkara; Pata jali; Buddhist insight with Nāgārjuna and Dōgen; Taoist wu-wei with Laozi and Zhuangzi; and the Sufi heart of Rūmī and Ibn ʿArabī-the book distills what endures and makes it operable now. Modern integrators-Steiner, Teilhard, Heschel, Merton, Wilber, McGilchrist-help bridge devotion, psyche, and systems. Two playful but precise formulas anchor the vision: GOD + 0 ⇒ GO0D (freedom enables covenant) and GOD + Λ ⇒ GOLD (orientation yields proportion). With clean tests, field-ready practices, and weekly rhythms, Spirit aims at coherence over noise-clarity without cruelty, reverence without vagueness, and a life that keeps its word when the pressure rises.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1326053493
• ISBN13: 9781326053499
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 4.3" x 7.0"