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"A skilled physician and psychiatrist has turned his gifted attention to the ailments of society. ""Where is humanity heading, towards misery and destruction or a far more glorious future?"" ""How can we - as individuals - make a difference?"" These are among the most timely questions addressed by this boldly reasoned Spiritual Manifesto. Part 1 (Rationale) examines the human predicament in terms of both intellectual understanding, and spiritual experiences that are both deeply personal and universal. Progress towards wisdom and maturity occurs in recognizable stages involving not despair but growth in the face of inevitable misfortune, threats and losses as life proceeds. Healthy grieving allows emotional pain to be healed through a reliable natural process, comparable to the healing of wounds. Part 2 (Commentary) follows, offering incisive and coherent remarks on `Politics', `Leadership', `Religion', Education', `Health, Mental Health and Social Care', and `Capitalism - Economics, Banking and Business', highlighting especially a correctable imbalance between rational, left-brain dominated, `worldly' attitudes and ambitions, and intuitive, right-brain derived, `spiritual' values. Part 3 (Seeking Wisdom) continues seamlessly, revealing a simple, constructive way forward, recommending personal Spiritual Development Plans (SDP's) that reduce the destructive power of the false `everyday ego', and increase the highly beneficial influence of the true `spiritual self'. Wisdom, compassion and love are thus restored to primacy above more worldly, self-orientated, materialistic aims and attachments like power, fame and possessions. In this way, generation by generation, society itself will evolve. Whenever one individual commits to Seeking Wisdom, the future for all is improved."

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`Culliford's manifesto reminds us that the promotion of human flourishing should be the goal of a just society. It is an urgent work for an anxious time'; James G. R. Cronin, Vice President for Teaching & Learning, Centre For The Integration of Research, University College Cork, Ireland

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Larry Culliford is a former physician and psychiatrist turned author. He was a co-founder of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' spirituality and psychiatry special interest group, and is a past Chair of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He is also a long-standing member of the Scientific and Medical Network, and the British Association for the Study of Spirituality. A church-going Christian, Larry has received extensive teaching from Buddhist monks and remains wide open to the teachings and practices of many faith traditions. He lives happily in Sussex with his wife, Sarah. Larry Culliford is also the author, writing as Patrick Whiteside, of the best-selling The Little Book of Happiness

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