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The Power of Love: A Transformed Heart Changes the World
THE POWER OF LOVE is an award-winning chronicle of the soul's quest. Dr. Fran Grace, a professor of religion, narrates her life journey and describes her personal encounters with some of the century's most memorable spiritual figures. Reviewers say it 'is a masterpiece,' 'splendid and moving narrative,' 'reveals love in its many facets,' 'feeds the heart and soul,' 'awakens the mind.' At age 15, the author had a mystical experience that nearly shattered her. She joined a fundamentalist sect and served it until age 33, when an unexpected love affair forced her to leave the church. Though she enjoyed success in her academic career, she suffered an existential vacuum. At 39, she encountered her spiritual teacher, Dr. David R. Hawkins, who opened her heart. She moved to be near him and worked with him closely on various projects, such as his LETTING GO book, staying with him until his death in 2012. Heartbroken from his passing, she went on a journey to learn more about the power of love. She spent time with 18 renowned spiritual leaders, scientists, activists, and artists—all of whom had been verified by Dr. Hawkins before he passed away. Fran Grace’s personal narrative is pulsed by her encounters with these teachers, each of whom has a chapter that includes a brief biography and their dialogue with the author. The book is unusual in how it interweaves advanced teachings on love from diverse teachers, with the author’s honest sharing of her struggles to embody them. The Audiobook version is a treasure trove of dialogues between the author and the great teachers on topics such as grief, addiction, spiritual ego, sexuality, relationship difficulties, phobias, despair, dementia, and seeing our ‘enemies’ through the eyes of compassion. The audio recording of a teacher's voice is either their own or that of someone affiliated with the path they teach. ALL proceeds are donated to the charitable organizations of the book's contributors.
Alexander Vesely, Anat Vaughan-Lee, Belvie Rooks, Betty Eadie, David R. Hawkins, M.D., Phd, Dedan Gills, Father Pavlos Of Sinai, Fran Grace, Phd, Huston Smith, Jean Tiller, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Mary Cimiluca, Mona Polacca, Mother Teresa, Sadhguru Vasudev, Susan Hawkins, Swami Chidatmananda, The 17th Karmapa, Viktor Frankl, M.D., Phd, William Tiller, Phd (Author), Alexander Vesely, Arvind Kumar, Belvie Rooks, Betty Eadie, Bill Huntley, Celine Ko, Chandanna Denzayll, Ed Murphy, Jordan Decker, Joseph Gheorghe, Lester Banh, Matthew Highfield, Megan Eslamboly, Steve Siler, William Dilnott-Cooper (Narrator)
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Huston Smith, the man who brought the world's religions to the West, was born almost a century ago to missionary parents in China during the perilous rise of the Communist Party. Smith's lifelong spiritual journey brought him face-to-face with many of the people who shaped the twentieth century. His extraordinary travels around the globe have taken him to the world's holiest places, where he has practiced religion with many of the great spiritual leaders of our time. Smith's life is a story of uncanny synchronicity. He was there for pivotal moments in human history such as the founding of the United Nations and the student uprising at Tiananmen Square. As he traveled the world he encountered thinkers who shaped the twentieth century. He interviewed Eleanor Roosevelt on the radio; invited Martin Luther King Jr. to speak at an all-white university before the March on Washington; shared ideas with Thomas Merton on his last plane ride before Merton's death in Bangkok; and was rescued while lost in the Serengeti by Masai warriors who took him to the compound of world-renowned anthropologists Louis and Mary Leaky. In search of intellectual and spiritual treasures, Smith traveled to India to meet with Mother Teresa and befriended the Dalai Lama; he studied Zen at the most challenging monastery in Japan; and he hitchhiked through the desert to meet Aldous Huxley, dropped acid with Timothy Leary, and took peyote with a Native American shaman. He climbed Mount Athos, traipsed through the Holy Land, and was the first to study multiphonic chanting by monks in Tibet, which he recorded with Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead. Most important, he shared the world's religions with the West'writing two bestselling books and serving as the focus of a five-part PBS television series by Bill Moyers. Huston Smith is a national treasure. His life is an extraordinary adventure, and in his amazing Tales of Wonder, he invites you to come along to explore your own vistas of heart, mind, and soul.
Huston Smith (Author), Michael McConnohie (Narrator)
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World-renowned religious philosopher and author of Religions of Man and The Primordial Tradition shares his extraordinary overview of everyone’s search for truth.
Huston Smith (Author), Will Noffke (Narrator)
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