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“Our Vulnerability is our Strength”
Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Woman Mystics by Mirabai Starr (Sounds True, 2019). Throughout this wonderful telling of Starr’s own life and that of many women mystics, she claims “The tender attributes of the feminine do not render her weak and ineffectual. They glorify her.” And, as in the title…
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“With Joy and Suffering”
“Living in the fullness of the moment with joy and suffering, witnessing it all in its perfection, our hearts still go out to those who are suffering.” Ram Dass Ram Dass in Polishing the Mirror: How to Live From Your Spiritual Self (Sounds True, 2014) wants us to live “with joy and suffering,” reminiscent of…
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“Love was his Real Teaching”
“The essence of a relationship with a guru or spiritual teacher is love.” “He was like a magnet of love attracting us all. And that love was his real teaching.” Ram Dass Ram Dass’ life in Polishing the Mirror: How to Live From Your Spiritual Heart (Sounds True, 2014) changed drastically when he met his…
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“The Severity of our Predicament”
In Radical Regeneration: Birthing the New Human in the Age of Extinction by Andrew Harvey and Carolyn Baker (iuniverse, 2020), the authors want to make sure that we understand “the severity of our predicament” today from the pandemic, climate change, racial inequality, and political unrest. Yet their main discussions center around the optimism of our…
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“Ablaze with Fire”
The Mystery of Light: The Life and Teachings of Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov by Georg Feuerstein, PhD (Passage Press, 1994) “Do not rely on others or on books; they can do nothing for you if your whole being does not vibrate and throb with the fire within, if you are not ablaze with fire, like the…
A Mystic Journey 