A personal essay detailing the author's early experimentation with astral projection, leading to his identification with the "spiritual but not religious" movement. Miller's experience began as an adolescent reading "The Projection of the Astral Body" by Sylvan Muldoon and Hereward Carrington, and later included a physical and spiritual crisis with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Eventually he became a student of "A Course in Miracles," a popular and contemporary spiritual path. This important and revealing essay discusses the differences between extraordinary spiritual experiences and the demands of a daily "In a day-to-day sense, the spiritual journey can seem an awful lot like the nonspiritual trek through life, as we struggle to make a living, make sense of our relationships, stay reasonably healthy, and either contribute or least do no harm to the common good. But keeping in mind the spiritual backdrop of our mundane reality can nonetheless provide a deeper sense of continual progress, regardless of the ups and downs we experience daily." Before founding Fearless Books in 1997 to continue the publication of his writing, D. PATRICK MILLER sold three solo projects to major publishers: Viking, Henry Holt, and Dell. He is now the author of a dozen print titles, including HOW TO BE SPIRITUAL WITHOUT BEING RELIGIOUS (Hampton Roads, 2018), THE FORGIVENESS BOOK (Hampton Roads, 2017) and LIVING WITH MIRACLES (Tarcher/Penguin, 2011) as well as other titles available under the Fearless Books imprint. As a collaborator, ghostwriter, or principal editor, Miller has helped other authors prepare manuscripts for such publishers as Viking, Doubleday, Warner, Crown, Simon & Schuster, Jeremy P. Tarcher, Hay House, Hampton Roads, and John Wiley & Sons. His poetry has been published in a number of magazines and several anthologies. Miller provides a variety of services to writers, including Assisted Publishing, manuscript assessments, and professional representation through Fearless Literary Services

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