CHICAGO, November 24, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Author William A. Murray recognizes that there are two roads on the path of life. There is the pragmatic road, which one takes to fulfill their duties as parent, spouse, worker and friend. However, there is also the hidden, spiritual path, which parallels the tangible paths of everyday life. In his new book, Walking A Pragmatic Road: The Spiritual Path Underneath (now available through 1stBooks), Murray tells his personal story of reconciling these two paths.
As Murray takes the reader through key periods in his life, military service, college, seminary, marriage, parenthood and a climb up the corporate ladder, he touches on the struggle that exists between these two paths. As a practicing Catholic, he describes the struggle between the institutional church (pragmatic road) and spiritual church (spiritual road). With a constant inward struggle against the doctrines and dogma of traditional religion and the inner instinct of enlightened spiritual development, Murray writes in detail about how he came to terms with these two often opposing forces. He also writes about love, compassion and forgiveness, which he calls the "trilogy" of behavioral traits requisite to spiritual growth.
Walking A Pragmatic Road is an honest, intimate story about how one man discovered the paths of life through his own experiences, as well as the importance of nurturing both the everyday, obligatory path of pragmatism and the secret, powerful spiritual path. Murray offers a book that appeals to anyone who has ever questioned the meaning of life.
After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Murray worked as a naturalist, marketing representative, manager and professor of human resources, executive in the corporate world, fellow at Human Resources Center (University of Chicago), adjunct faculty at DePaul University and co-founder of a consulting firm.
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