The Way

Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World

Larry Jordan, Jim Palmer

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English

Crestone Press LLC
21 October 2025

Comparative religion; Religion & science; Mysticism

The Way integrates religion and science and reconciles Eastern and Western worldviews, agreeing with the mystics and the scientists that everyone is related, and everything is connected.

This book recognizes the perennial philosophy that underlies many spiritual traditions. Reading The Way is like having a cup of coffee with Bart Ehrman, Eckhart Tolle, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Albert Einstein.

The book has a ""theory of everything"" feel to it. Like a TED talk, it is deeply personal with broadly universal themes.

THE WAY is a SILVER WINNER in the 2024 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS.

The Western worldview is based on separation. In the Bible, everything is separated-light and dark, land and water, animals and people. In church, people are separated too-clergy and laity, men and women, straight people and LGBTQ people.

The Eastern worldview is based on Oneness. The mystics and the scientists see the world this way, too. Any perceived sense of separation between ourselves and others is illusory. In the East, God is ""a part of us,"" not ""apart from us.""

The first half of the book deconstructs an old belief system based on dualistic Christian theology. The deconstruction is interesting, not angry or judgmental.

The second half reconstructs a modern belief system based on nondual Eastern religions, the mystics, and the scientists. The reconstruction is thought-provoking, not preachy or speculative.

Can we encounter God or the Universe without accepting human doctrines that no longer make sense in light of modern science? Can we learn about God or the Universe from other spiritual teachers, such as Buddha, Krishna, or Lao Tzu-much as we learn from Jesus? Can we think about God or the Universe as the ""ground of being,"" rather than as a being-much as many of the mystics think about God? Can we practice a meaningful spirituality that is truly transformational, more experiential, more open-hearted and more open-minded?

The Way is reporting, rather than apologetics, memoir, or polemic. Open-minded seekers, including religious people, spiritual but not religious people, and humanists, will appreciate the questions that the author addresses clearly and fairly.

The book includes suggested study questions, and it works well in book clubs.

""If you read only one book to guide your deconstruction and reconstruction process, this would be the one to read.""

-Jim Palmer, Founder of The Center for Non-Religious Spirituality

By: Larry Jordan
Foreword by: Jim Palmer
Imprint: Crestone Press LLC
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9798999872500
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 21 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Larry Jordan spent 25 years in investment banking, assisting companies, governments, and non-profit agencies in issuing over $10 billion of municipal bonds for capital projects and cash flows.In 2011, he quit his job and sold his house to spend his life in service. He drove veterans to the VA clinic, prepared 1,000 tax returns for low-income families, taught school in Africa, and volunteered for the American Red Cross.Over the last 20 years, he traveled around the world, read over 1,000 books about spirituality, and had some powerful experiences in several spiritual traditions, including baking in a sweat lodge, chanting to Shiva, meditating in a zendo, and whirling with the dervishes.His first book, The Way: Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World, was a Silver winner in the 2024 Nautilus Book Awards. Jim Palmer is an author and spiritual director. He is the Founder of the Center for Non-Religious Spirituality.

Reviews for The Way: Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World

""Larry Jordan is a dharma friend, an earnest seeker, and a spiritual practitioner. Larry tells his story and shares his deconstruction and reconstruction toward realizing the universal truth across the world's great spiritual traditions, including science. I am so impressed by Larry's research and the detail in which he carefully and respectfully writes about each of these great traditions. I learned something on every page. If you want to be inspired by Larry's Way, please read this book. If you want to be inspired to find your own Way, then definitely read this book."" -Rabbi Adam G. Fogel, PhD, Founder of MindfulJudaism.com, Zen student, and Pluralistic Rabbi and Psychologist ""This book is beautifully attuned to the concerns and aspirations of those engaged in deconstructing previous religious practices or worldviews. Not only does it show the origins and parallels of many different traditions, it also celebrates the universal truths while clearly but gently discussing the ways in which rigid structures and misrepresentations of reality can be extremely detrimental to freedom and growth of the spirit. This narrative really is educational, reassuring, and a good companion for the true pilgrim."" -Trudie Barreras, from a five-star Goodreads review ""If you are a spiritual seeker asking the Big questions of life, trying to find your way through the many different teachings of the great religions of the world to discern the right path for yourself, this book may offer some valuable pointers in the process."" -Ruben L.F. Habito, Guiding Teacher, Maria Kannon Zen Center. Author of ""Be Still and Know: Zen and the Bible""