Essentially, this blog has evolved from the work at Infinite Smile. But with the publication of Awake in This Life, there seemed to be a niche to fill with writing and other posts that went further the regular podcast format.
The book that spawned this blog is about how we can lead conscious lives. It is a map that points out how any of us can consciously uncover an enlightened understanding that can then be expressed in ways that benefit everyone, and everything.
Whether we consider ourselves to be Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, or atheist, Awake In This Life is about opening to what is sacred and true within all of us. At the same time, there is weight to this message. This is not a soft, feel good, approach to becoming more happy, or feeling better about one’s lot. Rather, this book is an articulation about how to live more consciously.
While people will see Awake In This Life as Zen in both its orientation and inspiration, this book is less about a particular path up the Mountain of Spirit, and more of a way to address the Mountain itself. Because of this, Awake In This Life offers each of us a way to deepen the ways in which we already live our lives, making them at once more peaceful and more powerful. This point is perhaps the most significant difference between Awake In This Life and most other books like it in the spiritual marketplace. Awake In This Life shows us how to bring a profound spiritual awakening back home, rather than leave it at our church, ashram, mosque, temple, or retreat center.
The book is divided into three sections: the Climb, the Summit, and the Return. Each of these sections lays out descriptions of what we might expect on our journey. It points to what works to open our hearts and minds, as well as to what will get in the way of this opening. But most importantly, Awake In This Life shows us how to integrate what we find to be authentic and sacred into this very life.
