"Ridhwan is a kind of contentment which arises when you're liberated. Your personality becomes contented when you're free. Your personality itself is free from its suffering and conflict." The school rejects "quick fixes" and graduation, and the students are engaged in learning and inner work for an indefinite period. While some might characterize "inner work" (or spiritual work) as therapy, Almaas makes several important distinctions between therapy and spiritual work. Bibliography The Elixir of Enlightenment, 1984, Red Wheel Weiser, Essence: The Diamond Approach to Inner Realization, 1986, Red Wheel Weiser, Essence with The Elixir of Enlightenment: The Diamond Approach to Inner Realization, 1998, Weiser Books, Facets of Unity: The Enneagram of Holy Ideas, 2000, Shambhala, Luminous Night's Journey: An Autobiographical Fragment, 2000, Shambhala, The Inner Journey Home: Soul's Realization of the Unity of Reality, 2004, Shambhala, The Power of Divine Eros. Co-authored with Karen Johnson. 2013, Shambhala, Runaway Realization, 2014, Shambhala, The Alchemy of Freedom, 2017, Shambhala, Keys to the Enneagram: How to Unlock the Highest Potential of Every Personality Type. Foreword by Russ Hudson. 2021, Shambhala, Journey of Spiritual Love Series Love Unveiled: Discovering the Essence of the Awakened Heart. Foreword by Ram Dass. 2020 Shambhala, Diamond Mind Series The Void: Inner Spaciousness and Ego Structure (2nd Ed.), 2000, Shambhala, The Pearl Beyond Price, 2000 Shambhala, The Point of Existence, 2000, Shambhala, Diamond Heart Series Diamond Heart Book One: Elements of the Real in Man, 2000, Shambhala, Diamond Heart Book Two: The Freedom to Be, 2000, Shambhala, Diamond Heart Book Three: Being and the Meaning of Life, 2000, Shambhala, Diamond Heart Book Four: Indestructible Innocence, 2000, Shambhala, Diamond Heart Book Five: Inexhaustible Mystery, 2011, Shambhala, Diamond Body Series Spacecruiser Inquiry: True Guidance for the Inner Journey, 2002, Shambhala, Brilliancy: The Essence of Intelligence, 2006, Shambhala, The Unfolding Now: Realizing Your True Nature through the Practice of Presence, 2008, Shambhala, See also Enneagram of Personality References External links Profile on the Diamond Approach website Profile on Shambhala Publications website "Lighting Up the Now", a chapter from The Unfolding Now 1944 births Living people 20th-century American philosophers 21st-century American philosophers 20th-century American psychologists 21st-century American psychologists American spiritual writers Philosophers of religion 20th-century mystics Sufi psychology Kuwaiti writers American spiritual teachers 20th-century pseudonymous writers 21st-century pseudonymous writers People with polio