A Modern Quest For Eternal Truth
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A Modern Quest For Eternal Truth by Sharon Janis
A Life-Changing Spiritual Adventure Memoir by the author of Spirituality For Dummies and Secrets of Spiritual Happiness. The purpose of this memoir is to awaken readers to new ways of looking at their own lives as they join author Sharon Kumuda Janis on a metaphysical cruise through her interesting and educational life, with stories that reveal the humor and pathos of a quest for eternal truth in our modern-day world. Sharon's eclectic journey includes taking a three-month course in hypnosis with her psychology teacher parents at age seven, explorations of consciousness while studying neuroscience at the University of Michigan, ten years living a monastic style life in the Siddha Yoga ashram of Baba Muktananda and Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, then a transition from the ashram to Hollywood, where the author jumps into an award-winning television and film career, editing and producing some of the most popular shows of the 1990s, and helping to start or uplift the career of many famous, nonfamous, and infamous people, before retreating to a peaceful life of creative solitude and service, writing books including Spirituality For Dummies, and creating the well-stocked Night Lotus website of free multimedia spiritual resources. A beautiful and poignant spiritual odyssey that is equally provocative and touching, informative and enlightening, humorous and heartbreaking. - Joseph Chilton Pearce In a larger sense, this memoir is a dialogue between Indian spirituality and Western psychology. The question that Janis answers is: Can a westerner come to know Indian spirituality and flourish in its depths, even when it is alien to western ways of knowing?' She answers with a resounding yes. - Publishers Weekly It's a good story, and for those of us who are interested in what exactly goes on in those ashrams, it's hard to put down. Few writers so far have told the tale of what it is like to live and study, heart and soul, with the likes of Muktananda. - RALPH: Review of the Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities Inspired by deep guidance and inner listening, this book aims to bring readers to a sense of wonder and respect for their own journey and a greater regard for others on their paths. - NAPRA ReVIEW It is a book that is very difficult to put down-the kind that keeps you up at night beyond your bedtime. - 21st Century Books
Sharon Janis is an author, filmmaker, devotional singer, and philosopher who was brought up by psychology teachers before studying neuroscience and film at the University of Michigan. There, she coordinated experiments on remote viewing and discovered the ashram of the spiritual teacher from India who would become her guru. Blown away by the vast wisdom and powerful practices available there, Janis moved into Muktananda's ashram for two months, then stayed for nearly a decade, creating hundreds of videos for the international foundation before moving to Hollywood for an award-winning television career. While associate producing and editing television shows, including X-Men and the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, illness came and slowed everything down. Long hours of spiritual and metaphysical contemplations while healing led to a peaceful seaside life of reclusive creative service, writing books, including Spirituality For Dummies, Secrets of Spiritual Happiness, and A Modern Quest for Eternal Truth, recording devotional songs and texts from various traditions, including the Diamond Sutra and Bhagavad Gita, both sung in English for the first time, and creating service-based videos and films, including Peace Pilgrim: An American Sage Who Walked Her Talk. Janis, who also goes by her guru-given Sanskrit name, Kumuda, is now offering Things that Make You Go Oooommmmm, a collection of notes she kept as fruits of her contemplations through the years. These notes to herself can also provide fertile philosophical nourishment for others who are seeking to find deeper meanings and a more expanded relationship with life.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780978556884 |
| ISBN 10 | 0978556887 |
| Titel | A Modern Quest For Eternal Truth |
| Autor | Sharon Janis |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Night Lotus Productions |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2010-06-12 |
| Seitenanzahl | 300 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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