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Published: 1st December 2014
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Sometimes illumination occurs spontaneously or, as Ram Dass experienced, in a cosmic moment of the heart opening. More commonly, it happens when we remove the dust from the mirror of our spiritual heart with daily practice-to see beyond the illusion of our transient thoughts and emotions to the vast and luminous landscape of our true nature.
For five decades, Ram Dass has explored the depths of consciousness and love and brought back insights as his service to others. With Polishing the Mirror, he gathers together his essential teachings for being and loving, here and now, in the eternal present. For those just starting on the path, this is a primer for living from the spiritual heart. For those already practicing it, is a reference point for daily life in the spirit.
In this audiobook, read by coauthor Rameshwar Das, listeners will discover perennial wisdom, humor, teaching stories, and guidance into Ram Dass's own spiritual practices, including:
Bhakti Yoga-devotion, opening our hearts to unconditional love
Practices for living, aging, dying, and embracing the natural flow of life
Karma Yoga-transformation through selfless service
Working with fear and suffering as a path to grace and freedom
Step-by-step guidance in devotional chant, meditation, mantra, and more
Polishing the Mirror is Ram Dass's invitation to experience who we are and why we are here, and how to become beacons of unconditional love.
This unabridged audiobook includes four bonus tracks:
Pure Awareness-a guided meditation with Ram Dass
I Am Loving Awareness-a guided meditation with Ram Dass
An Introduction to Vipassana Meditation with Ram Dass
Sita Ram-kirtan chant music with Jai Uttal
"This book is a blessing! Simply reading it will open your heart and bring you to mysterious, spacious, loving freedom. Ram Dass is one of the great sages of our time who can make us laugh, cry, and awaken!"-Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart
"Ram Dass has been the most influential person in my own spiritual development. I treasure his wisdom as well as his spirit. Let his words in this book enter your soul-for my friend Ram Dass is divine love personified."-Wayne Dyer, author of The Power of Intention
Industry Reviews
"Ram Dass is a superb writer. His example of gentleness and loving compassion is infused with profound wisdom of the heart and mind, a welcome sense of humor and a savvy effectiveness in the real world." --San Francisco Chronicle
"This collection of teachings by Ram Dass (author of Be Here Now), one of the United States' most famous spiritual seekers, is surprisingly fresh and accessible more than 40 years after the psychedelic psychologist first wrote about consciousness expansion through LSD. His willingness to admit his own mistakes and turn them into lessons for personal growth is refreshing, and allows readers to see themselves in his story." --Publishers Weekly
"Ram Dass has been polishing the mirror of his heart for decades. Now 82 years old, he has the process down pat. For those negotiating this process, Polishing the Mirror offers an eclectic tool kit.. His message, as clear as it has always been and delivered with his inimitable humor, does not deviate much from the original words of wisdom he received from his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, many years ago: 'Love everyone and tell the truth." --Tricycle Magazine
"Considering his long-standing advice to 'be here now, ' the spiritual author and teacher Ram Dass has always been ahead of his time . . . . Polishing the Mirror brings a light tone to recapping the lessons learned, wisdom gained, love realized, and new challenges awaiting as the end of this life nears." --Spirituality & Health Magazine
"Ram Dass has been the most influential person in my own spiritual development. I treasure his wisdom as well as his spirit. Let his words in theis book enter your soul -- for my friend Ram Dass is divine love personified." --Wayne Dyer, Author of The Power of Intention
"Ram Dass has been the most influential person in my own spiritual development. I treasure his wisdom as well as his spirit. Let his words in this book enter your soul--for my friend Ram Dass is divine love personified." --Wayne Dyer, Author of The Power of Intention
"This book is a blessing! Simply reading it will open your heart and bring you to mysterious, spacious, loving freedom. Ram Dass is one of the great sages of our time who can make us laugh, cry, and awaken!" --Jack Kornfield, Author of A Path with Heart
"Ram Dass reminds us of the truths that are easiest to forget and most central to our lives. Loving awareness is our true nature. In Polishing the Mirror, we are guided back home to this realization through a delightful weave of vintage stories, wisdom teachings, and the felt transmission of Ram Dass's own radiant heart." --Tara Brach, Author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge
"Ram Dass is a wise man in our time--spiritual pioneer, teacher, and luminary of planetary consciousness. Illumining the path for all of us, RD is the headlight at the forefront of the Dharma movement in the West. This gentle giant has been polishing the mirror of his heart and soul for a very long time, bringing forth the sweet fruits of his labors of love and selfless service for our benefit today and tomorrow. His new book clearly calls us to join together and awaken, to make the infinite journey from the head to the heart, and to adventure to co-create a better world by being loving awareness right now. I simply cannot put down this lovely book." --Lama Surya Das, Author of Awakening the Buddha Within
"This book by our precious friend Ram Dass is a beautiful guide to love and awakening." --Joan Halifax, Abbot of Upaya Zen Center
ISBN: 9781622035250
ISBN-10: 1622035259
Published: 1st December 2014
Format: Audio CD
Language: English
Number of Pages: 1
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Sounds True Inc
Country of Publication: US
Edition Type: Unabridged
Dimensions (cm): 15.88 x 17.15 x 2.54
Weight (kg): 0.31
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