Although the publication of Awake in This Life evolved from the work at Infinite Smile.org, the book offered a chance to explore spiritual issues in ways that went further than the regular podcast format.
Essentially, this blog is about how we can lead deeper, more conscious lives. It is a rough 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 and its blog form are about opening to what is sacred and true within all of us. And yet, despite the levity, humor, and irreverence, this is not a soft, feel good, approach to becoming more happy, nor is it about feeling better about one’s lot. Rather, this approach is an articulation about how to evolve. Of course in the process of conscious evolution there is a lot happiness and smiles to be had.
While people will see Awake In This Life as Zen-inspired 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. Awake In This Life offers each of us a path toward deepening 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. The book, and by extension this blog, shows us how to bring a profound spiritual awakening back home, rather than leave it at our church, ashram, mosque, temple, or retreat center.
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