It’s like slapping a “natural” label on a box of sugar-coated cereal, says Joshua Greene, of the way the word “spiritual” has been maligned.
The 1971 UW alum, who has turned his life into a study of religion and human nature, laments the “bastardizing of spiritual principles” by “another brand of commercial selfishness” — the gurus, books and events that fuel the self-help industry. It is a field full of self-absorption, one where few people truly put their beliefs ahead of self-interest.
Who is an exception? Greene’s latest work is “Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison” (John Wiley & Sons, $25.95), a project that frames the youngest Beatle as a sincere and devout guy who was way ahead of his time.