Your soul's compass: what is spiritual guidance?

Preface: When in Doubt, Ask the Nearest Sage

Introduction: Inner Light or True Nature

Part I. Orienting to True North

Chapter 1. Opening the Conversation

Chapter 2. Magic Letters ... the Anatomy of Revelation

Chapter 3. In "God" We Trust?

Chapter 4. Intimacy ... Seeing with the Eyes of the Heart

Chapter 5. Doubt ... Is It Guidance or Is It Me?

Chapter 6. The Art of Discernment

Chapter 7. The Practice of Discernment

Chapter 8. Do Not Travel Alone: When Two or More Are Gathered

Chapter 9. Practices for Aligning with the Spirit of Guidance

Chapter 10. Overcoming Ego ... the Biggest Block to Guidance

Chapter 11. Unfolding the Heart of Spirit in Action

Chapter 12. Spiritual DNA: Mapping the Genome of Transformation

Chapter 13. Sit Down and Shut Up: Contemplative Wisdom for World Leaders

Part II. Introducing the Sages

The Sages

Swami Adiswarananda

Hameed Ali

Rabbi Rami Shapiro

Daniel Ladinsky

Taj Inayat

Sister Rose Mary Dougherty

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Cecilia Montero

Yogi Mukunda Stiles

Nina Zimbelman

The Venerable Ajahn Sona

Reverend Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Father Thomas Keating

Reverend Suzanne Fageol

Sally Kempton

Sheikh Kabir Helminski

Dr. Edward Bastian

Rabbi Tirzah Firestone

Dr. Linda Backman

Dr. Wilkie Au

Patricia Loring

The Boulder Quakers

Susan Baggett and Thomas White

Afterword: Cultivate Contentment-Being Responsible to Guidance

The Interview Questions

Spiritual Mentoring and Resources for Guidance

Endnotes

Acknowledgments

About the Authors