Bare-Bones Meditation - Waking Up from the Story of My Life (Paperback)

This exuberant and amazing testament is the story of a woman born with only one hand. She grows up feeling different, discovers her lesbianism and bisexuality amid the tumultuous sixties, sinks into alcoholism and drug addiction, and eventually bottoms out. She finds meaning as a political and disability rights activist, and eventually embraces first Zen Buddhism and then a very bare-bones form of spirituality which indeed has no form. Joan Tollifson describes meditation as "moment-to-moment presence that excludes nothing and sticks to nothing." Here is spiritual work happening right in the middle of everyday American life with all its complexity and ambiguities - ordinary, messy, and accessible to everyone. Bare-Bones Meditation reveals the inner process of the mind in a way that hasn't been done before, and Tollifson's account is beautifully written - unbuttoned, intense, and from the heart.

General

Imprint:	Random House USA Paperbacks
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1996
First published:	October 1996
Authors:	Joan Tollifson
Dimensions:	205 x 132 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-0-517-88792-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Mind, body, spirit: thought & practice > General Books > Biography > General Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Mind, body, spirit: thought & practice > General
LSN:	0-517-88792-4
Barcode:	9780517887929

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