Jay Michaelson Enlightenment by Trial & Error: Ten Years on the Slippery Slopes

The "spiritual but not religious" are the fastestgrowing denomination on America today. Yet what are the roadmaps? What does the spiritual search look like for a seeker in 21st century America, fully pluggedin, online, cynical, and sincere?Enlightenment by Trial and Error is a unique book by bestselling author and Daily Beast columnist Jay Michaelson. Today, Michaelson is a rabbi with a PhD in Jewish Thought, a teacher on the Ten Percent Happier meditation app, and a political columnist read by a quarter million readers per month. But not long ago, Jay was a young spiritual seeker, pursuing mystical experiences (and even enlightenment) with an open heart and restless intellectual curiosity. Drawn from essays written over a tenyear period of questioning and exploration, this book is a unique record of the spiritual search, from the perspective of someone who made plenty of mistakes along the way. | Jay Michaelson Enlightenment by Trial & Error: Ten Years on the Slippery Slopes