A Beginner's Guide to Advanced Spirituality
Announcing my new book
This post is a deviation from my usual writings here. During the pandemic, I wrote a book. My first. In this post, I promote the book. If you’re allergic to self-promotion, I get it. Please don’t read on.
Personally, I’m much more comfortable in the role of “writer” than in the role of “promoter.” But I wrote a book hoping that people would read it. And readers don’t know that books exist unless writers let them know. So here we are.
In the book, I make a few big promises to the reader. One big promise is in the title. A “beginner’s guide” needs to be accessible to those with little or no background. And “advanced spirituality” suggests that those with a great deal of background may be able to deepen their experience by reading the book.
Early responses suggest that, at least for some readers, the book justifies the promise of its title.
Where Are You? A Beginner’s Guide to Advanced Spirituality is well-named – this slim volume is a clear and accessible guide toward deeper awareness.
Dan Ehrenkrantz's Where Are You? A Beginner's Guide to Advanced Spirituality is exactly what it says it is: a book (blessedly short and digestible) that helps people seeking greater spiritual awareness in their lives know where to begin.
The title of Rabbi Ehrenkrantz's new work: Where Are You? A Beginner's Guide to Advanced Spirituality is both surprising and accurate.
A second big promise I make to the reader is that there is no religious, or non-religious, outlook that the book excludes. Here’s a paragraph from the introduction:
If you are open to change, this book was written with you in mind. You may be an atheist, agnostic, stoic, pragmatist, philosopher, or scientist. Perhaps you are a Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, or Jew. You may be spiritual but not religious, or religious but not spiritual. You can enter and exit this book with any and all backgrounds and beliefs. The keys to benefiting from this book are a willingness to explore and openness to change.
Again, initial responses suggest that at least for some readers, this promise was kept.
[Ehrenkrantz] has woven together pathways from many faiths as well as deity-free humanistic traditions to create a map that points the reader toward a more conscious and fulfilling approach to daily living.
It's accessible and engaging for both those drawn to the language of spirituality and those seeking meaning and purpose (but skeptical of terms like "spirituality").
Dan Ehrenkrantz’s delightful book “Where Are You? A Beginner’s Guide to Advanced Spirituality”—pithy, insightful, and thought provoking—elegantly unpacks the process of discovery and “deeper experiencing,” whether through the rubric of religion or outside of it.
Readers of Not So Random Thoughts have kept me motivated to keep writing. Thank you! If you sometimes enjoy my writings, perhaps you will enjoy my book. Here’s a link to the book.
If you read it, I’d love to hear your response. You can write to me directly by replying to emails that come from Not So Random Thoughts.
I’ve ordered and can’t wait to read.