ISBN: 9781899324163

This collection of poetic and mystical writings by Barry Long reveals the source of his inspiration as a spiritual master, which, as for any true mystic, is total devotion to the divine. … Mehr…

This collection of poetic and mystical writings by Barry Long reveals the source of his inspiration as a spiritual master, which, as for any true mystic, is total devotion to the divine. Everything in the book is the outpouring of a mystic voice arising from this passion. Every poem is an expression of the same inspiration, whether he writes out of love for a woman or the passion that brings the mystic to a personal encounter with the impersonal, the absolute, or God. The book is also the story of an ordinary man transfixed by extraordinary moments of truth. The course of Barry Long's spiritual awakening was punctuated by the impulse to express in song and verse what was happening. These original writings are in the book in chronological order, accompanied by the author's more recent biographical commentary. Early on, his inner voice spoke through the ordinary form of popular songs; later as a kind of rhetorical monologue in verse. The words capture the power and immediacy of real spiritual insight. You don't need to know anything about Barry Long's spiritual teaching to be captivated by the penetrating honesty, drama and vitality of these writings. They are full of yearning, love, crisis, torment and vision. They reach to the frontiers of death and insanity, where only the mystic stays sane. These poems are not artistic flights of fancy, prettifying experience. Some of them bear the raw mark of the dark night of the soul. Others are sweet, light-hearted, even humorous. Barry Long's spiritual life is not lived out of this world. His poems are engrained with commonplace details, humanity, the business of living, and they are accessible.All in all this book is remarkable, rare and unique,especially because the voice that speaks in the poems is so undeniably genuine. It is the spirit, speaking to its own. Fremdsprachige Bücher 22.0 x 14.0 x 1.5 cm , Barry Long Books, Barry Long Books<

2003, ISBN: 189932416X

[EAN: 9781899324163], Neubuch, [PU: BARRY LONG BOOKS, United Kingdom], Language: English. Brand new Book. Where the Spirit Speaks to its Own is subtitled 'The passion of spiritual awakeni… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781899324163], Neubuch, [PU: BARRY LONG BOOKS, United Kingdom], Language: English. Brand new Book. Where the Spirit Speaks to its Own is subtitled 'The passion of spiritual awakening' and describes Barry Long's own story through the songs and verses he wrote in the early days of his self-realization. His commentary on the poems gives us enough autobiographical detail to place them in context. So we hear about his isolation in the Himalayas, his romance with the 'bhagavati', or divine woman, and the terrors of the disintegrating self. But the real 'inner story' is in the poems themselves. Profound but easy to read, sometimes even amusing, these songs and verses tell how a modern mystic was called to the divine. Their personal quality is revealing and moving. Their impersonal and mystical purpose is truly inspiring., Books<

ISBN: 9781899324163

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