(From the forward by the Dalai Lama) "Father Laurence has written this book, Jesus: The Teacher Within, in full Christian faith, explaining from his own experience how relating to Jesus Christ and his teaching, combined with meditation, can illuminate the spiritual life...
I feel sure that readers of this book, especially those who seek personal transformation and inner peace, will find much to ponder and apply here in their own daily practice."
Spiritual seekers looking for a comprehensive and in-depth study of Jesus, one that leads to an expansion of consciousness, will want to read this book. It inspires, informs and addresses the human heart at the depth of its longing. By exploring the question posed by Jesus: "And you, who do you say I am?" (MT 16:15) Freeman takes the reader on a psychological and spiritual journey into their own true nature. Like one sitting at the loom of experience Freeman weaves together insights from other spiritual traditions, as well as references from literature and his own life, that give the reader a fresh and new understanding of the person of Jesus. The book is grounded in solid Christian theology yet anticipates the reader of the 21st century. It is a book for those who are spiritually hungry and for those who want to move beyond spiritual and intellectual patterns of belief that no longer fit or limit a deeper experience of faith.
April 22, 2008
Reviewer: Janet from The Netherlands,
This is the book I was always hoping to find but thought I never would. Every page has something underlined. I feel at great peace having found that contemplative prayer and the teaching on it is part of our Christian heritage. And Fr. Freeman has done a brilliant job of scripturally defending it with humor and great wisdom.
August 01, 2006
Reviewer: Kevin from U.K.,
The problem with so many 'religous' books is that their text remains just that, religious. This one attempts, and succeeds, in crossing boundaries from the spirit of inspiration (religous) and the insight of daily living. No human manages to live without some insight into what is occurring to them. This book attempts ways of refining that insight in the light of the options available to the transcendent God. It is not simply a meditation on Jesus' question 'Who do you say I am', it also universalizes that question into everone's search for identity. This search is not simply cerebral exercise, this is something we are expressing all the time either with or without awareness. It also shows how this search is not simply concerned with what would usually be called the christian religion but makes links with other religions and all good will seekers. For the christian seeking an interior vocabulary, this book cannot be recommended too highly.