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Awake in the Heartland: The Ecstasy of What Is By Joan Tollifson ( Trafford Publishing )
Release Date: 2003-06
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List Price: $23.00
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Product Description
This is a book about waking up. It\'s not about techniques, dogmas, traditions, exotic states or future attainments. Rather, it points to the simplicity of wonder of what is, as it is. This is a book about discovering perfection in imperfection, and the extraordinary in the ordinary. It\'s about enlightenment, not as a future attainment, but here and now. It celebrates life as it is, from the beautiful to the horrific, inviting the reader to see that everything is spiritual and that nothing is a mistake.
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This is it ( febooks )
I found this book to be heart warming, informative and, most of all,clear. I was drawn into the stories and the teaching, reading uninterrupted for hours. In the end, I realized that I was at a new beginning.
If you are interested in seeking, practices, the way to get there, skip this book. If you want to see that you are already enlightened, how life might work out and allow the journey to end, this book is it.
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Authentic down to the marrow.
After being blown away by the Joan's authetic admission of her own (human) inauthenticity in 'Bare Bones Meditation', I've discovered that it is possible to be authentic beyond the bare bones. In this book she reaches down to the marrow. A true dharma heir to Bodhidharma or to the trafic jam occuring just now, whichever you prefer.
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Inspirational and Life Changing
Of all the books that I have read, Joan Tollifson's, "Awake In The Heartland", is the one book I want to share with all of my friends. Her story is unique in this genre in that Joan shares this material as if each and every reader were a long lost friend. Personal and open, deeply moving and alive, Joan invites us into her life with the absolute and uncompromising awareness of a true and genuine human being. I am very grateful to have found this powerful and clear expression of love and presence as it exists in the eternal now.
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Awake in Ealing
I discovered Awake in the Heartland while exploring information on Advaita. I had encountered Zen in 1960 and have meandered my way along various paths. The title intrigued me since I had lived in 'heartland America' in the 70's and most such books tend to have californian dimension. The magic of the book form is the mixture of real life and ideas - the human dimension of the exploration of awareness. Everyday miracles - you must read this.
Alan Senior London,UK
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This book changed my life. ( lvb112 )
Awake in the Heartland changed my life. I had been practicing Buddhism for 20 years but never understood that the mirage character (what I call 'me') was not the one to wake up. Also that the path is not about trying harder, as most religions encourage, but about relaxing into what is. It gave me completely new insights as to the way to work. I bought two of the books--one as a loaner--as mine is now completely marked up. It's full of life experiences, not just theory, and resulted in uproarious laughter at many points. I would recommend to anyone who is interested in the spiritual path. It turns it upside down. It turns it from a demand into a joy, and it's fun reading.
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