by Susan M. Campbell, Ph.D.,
author of The Couple's Journey,
Beyond the Power Struggle,
and Survival Strategies for the New Workplace.
In these times of cultural upheaval, the institution of marriage, like so many social norms, faces profound challenges. Marriages based on "feeling good" and "meeting each other's needs" have proved disappointing. New insights are needed, based on universal truths but capable, at the same time, of adaptation to changing circumstances.
We live in a world, and even more so in an era, in which, as the ancient maxim puts it, "all is flux." The greater the flux, or outward change, the greater the need in our lives for something stable, a spiritual center within ourselves to which to relate our ever-changing experiences. In marriage, what our culture needs today is a new paradigm for relationships, one that embraces both the outward institution and an inner process of self-unfoldment.
The reader, when presented with a book on marriage, will probably want to know the author's credentials. Is he a marriage counselor? Has he a Master's degree, or a Ph.D., to show specialization in the subject? What other books has he written on the subject?
I have spent many years counseling people-forty-five years, so far. I have worked with people all my life, both publicly and in private. I have lived in many countries, and familiarized myself with many customs and cultural attitudes, East and West. I have written some sixty books many of them on topics directly or indirectly related to marriage. I have found-ed and am the spiritual leader of a large and thriving community called Ananda Village, near Nevada City, California, and of several branch communities in America and elsewhere.
My most important "credential" by far is that I studied with one of the truly wise people of this century, Paramhansa Yogananda. In a life of travels I have met many of the great and famous. None of them had the impact on me that Yogananda had. I was fortunate to study with him the last three and a half years of his life. If this book contains any wisdom, and if it proves helpful to you, it is to Yogananda's wise counseling above all that the credit is due.
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