"An exquisitely honest book about an unconventional woman's search
for truth in an age of doubt and anxiety--raucous, painful, and
serene. I recommend it highly to every skeptic looking for
companionship on his own rocky path--a wry voice of hard-earned
wisdom to urgehim along the way."
--Mark Matousek, author of Sex Death Enlightenment
"I loved Joan's book. She's there on every page. Lively,
ravishingly honest, funny, deeply serious, totally disarming. Her
own foibles and obsessions are as transparently and tenderly
rendered as her hard-won insights. She so precisely captures the
ups and downs, the taste and texture of meditation practice, and
the muddles we all get ourselves into. And the love."
--Lenore Friedman, author of Meetings with Remarkable Women
"Joan Tollifson gives us an unvarnished, exhilarating account of
her struggle to make sense of her life. We can watch her muddy
waters slowly settle into the 'right now, just as it is'
understanding in which nothing is solved and nothing needs to be.
Useful for all of us!"
-- Charlotte Joko Beck, author of Everyday Zen
"A wonderful piece of writing and meditation tetaching. Joan
Tollifson moves decisively from self-preoccupation to self-knowing.
She takes us with her, in writing that is simple, straightforward,
and honest--at times excruciatingly so. The tenacity of certain
stubborn forms of conditioning is treated brilliantly. Al who
practice awareness must sooner or later face and see through such
habit-energy.
This book also provides us with a rare and invaluable record of the
teaching of Joan's remarkable teacher, Toni Packer. Joan shows us
how she learns and tests these guidelines in the fire of her own
life. It documents one person's courageous commitment to self
discovery--to 'come-what-may' seeing. I was very moved.
I recommend this book to Zen, Vipassana, and nontraditional
practitioners of mindfulness meditation. When the book ends, Joan
Tollifson is in a strong and hard-earned position to take herself
and all of us even deeper into the world of mind. She has the rest
of her life to do that."
--Larry Rosenberg, Guiding Teacher, Cambridge Insight Meditation
Center and Insight Meditation Society
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