title: Awakening the Spirit, Inspiring the Soul: 30 Stories of Interspiritual Discovery in the Community of Faiths
author: Brother Wayne Teasdale
description: This ambitious anthology of spiritual autobiographies steps toward "building the foundation for a viable spirituality that can serve to unite rather than divide humanity for the countless millennia ahead." This lofty goal is an evolved passion of Teasdale (<i>The Mystic Heart</i>), a member of the Parliament of the World's Religion's Spiritual Life Circle that spearheaded this publication. Filled with short accounts by diverse contributors, many under 30 years old, this volume celebrates "the collapse of boundaries that have separated the religions and cultures for millennia... [through the] rediscovery and recovery of the mystical dimension universally present in all the great world traditions." Most of the stories recount the lives of those who experienced some version of an early spiritual awakening. They also express the fruits of first-hand exposure to other traditions through experiences of practice and dialogue. These heartfelt stories reveal an openness of spirit unafraid to be informed and transformed by new experiences and can be enjoyed by the spiritually sympathetic as well as the curious or even cautious. Blank pages invite readers to write their own spiritual autobiography, a worthwhile endeavor complementing the book's quest. <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: and wonderful wake-up call to a world in shattered pieces.” 
  — Ken Wilber, author of The Marriage of Sense and Soul 
  
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  More praise for The Mystic Heart 
  “My good friend Brother Wayne Teasdale has long been actively involved in the 
  effort to bring our religious traditions together. In this book Brother Wayne 
  explores what he calls interspirituality. He shares his deep respect for and knowl- 
  edge of the world’s religions, relates examples from the lives of m.any great spiri- 
  tual practitioners, and illuminates the traditions’ wonderful commonalities. The 
  Mystic Heart is a work of great inspiration.” — His Holiness the Dalai Lama 
  “With loving clarity and understanding of all genuine mystical experience from 
  the great traditions. Brother Wayne Teasdale illuminates the ‘ecology of souls’ so 
  that each of us, no matter what our path, can be attuned and 