Love Everyone
Autor Parvati Markusen Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 dec 2015
Observăm încă de la primele pagini ale volumului Love Everyone o arhivă vizuală și narativă impresionantă, care funcționează ca o poartă către poalele Himalayei anilor '70. Fotografiile și mărturiile celor prezenți nu sunt doar documente istorice, ci instrumente de contemplare care ilustrează transformarea unei generații de tineri occidentali sub îndrumarea lui Neem Karoli Baba, cunoscut drept Maharajji. Calitatea acestor evocări ne ajută să înțelegem cum un guru care nu a oferit niciodată prelegeri formale a reușit să schimbe cursul vieții pentru mii de căutători spirituali.
Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Parvati Markus structurează aceste experiențe sub forma unei aventuri multiculturale a conștiinței. Volumul nu se rezumă la biografia unui lider spiritual, ci explorează fenomenul „darshan” — momentul viziunii sacre — prin ochii celor care au părăsit mediul academic sau confortul vestic pentru a găsi ceva autentic. Ca și Being Ram Dass, această lucrare pune accent pe moștenirea durabilă a învățăturilor orientale în cultura vestică, dar cu un stil propriu, mult mai coral, oferind o multitudine de perspective care întregesc portretul enigmatic al lui Maharajji.
Această beletristică a spiritului ne demonstrează că principii aparent simple, precum „iubește pe toată lumea și hrănește pe toată lumea”, pot deveni fundamentele unei vieți dedicate serviciului altruist. Este o lectură cu un ritm așezat, care invită la reflecție asupra modului în care spiritualitatea se traduce în acțiune socială, amintind de contextul istoric explorat și în American Veda, dar păstrând o notă mult mai personală și intimă.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0062342991
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 159 x 211 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Recomandăm această carte oricui dorește să înțeleagă rădăcinile mișcării spirituale moderne. Cititorul va descoperi cum întâlnirea cu un singur om a putut genera un val de compasiune ce a influențat psihologia, medicina și arta vestică. Este un ghid practic despre cum simplitatea și iubirea necondiționată pot fi integrate într-o lume complexă, oferind o perspectivă rară asupra cercului de apropiați ai lui Ram Dass.
Despre autor
Parvati Markus este un editor și scriitor specializat în literatură spirituală și memorii, având o experiență vastă în lucrul cu texte fundamentale ale culturii yoga în Occident. A colaborat direct cu Ram Dass pentru clasicul „Be Here Now” și a editat lucrările lui Krishna Das și Dada Mukerjee. Între 1971 și 1972, a trăit în India alături de Neem Karoli Baba, experiență care i-a definit parcursul profesional și personal. A servit ca președinte al consiliului Neem Karoli Baba Ashram și a fost consultant pentru Global Peace Initiative of Women, dedicându-și cariera conservării învățăturilor mentorului său.
Descriere scurtă
In 1967, Baba Ram Dass—former American Harvard professor Richard Alpert—left India to share stories of his mysterious guru, Neem Karoli Baba, known as Maharajji. Introducing idealistic Western youth to the possibilities inherent in spiritual development, Ram Dass inspired a generation to turn on and tune in to a reality far different from the one they had known.
From the spring of 1970 until Maharajji died on September 11, 1973, several hundred Westerners had his darshan (in Hinduism, the beholding of a deity, revered person, or sacred object). Those who saw him formed the Maharajji satsang—fellow travelers on the path. Love Everyone tells the stories of those who heard the siren call of the East and followed it to the foothills of the Himalayas. The ways they were called to make the journey, their experiences along the way, and their meeting with Maharajji form the core of this multicultural adventure in shifting consciousness.
The contributors share their recollections of Maharajji and how his wisdom shaped their lives. All have attempted to follow Maharajji’s basic teaching, his seemingly simple directives: Love everyone, feed everyone, and remember God. All have found their own way to be of service in the world and, in so doing, have collectively touched the hearts and souls of countless others.
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In 1967, Ram Dass returned to the West from India and spread the teachings of his mysterious guru, Neem Karoli Baba, better known as Maharajji. Ram Dass’s words about Maharajji’s life-affirming wisdom resonated with a youth culture that had grown disillusioned with the violence, civil discord, and crude materialism of modern civilization. Hundreds of Westerners traveled to India and experienced Maharajji’s extraordinary presence directly until his death in 1973. His simple directives—love everyone, feed everyone, and remember God—opened their hearts and awakened their souls.
What these followers brought back to the West has since changed the landscape of everyday life. Meditation is now mainstream; yoga studios are in every town; and mindfulness is practiced in elementary schools and board-rooms everywhere, from Silicon Valley to Capitol Hill. A stirring piece of history, Love Everyone brings these stories to life, sharing for the first time the inspiring tales of the men and women who followed the siren call of the East to the foothills of the Himalayas, then returned to forever reshape the world.
A compelling and inspiring tribute to Maharajji from the Western men and women who knew him best, Love Everyone is a profound teaching on the power of love, as lasting and transformative as the truth, wisdom, and bliss of Maharajji.
Recenzii
“It is the story of a generation (my own) that went to India to learn how to live, to actually be happy … It is the story of a time and a place that also symbolizes our own intrinsic human potential at any time, in any place.” — Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Happiness
“Love Everyone vividly captures a seminal moment in Eastern wisdom and spirituality making its way to the West. Parvati Markus’s lucid account skillfully weaves this group memoir into a modern-day Pilgrim’s Progress.” — Daniel Goleman author of A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama's Vision of Our WorldA Force for Good: The Dalai Lama's Vision of Our World
“The grace-filled stories of Ram Dass and those who met his beloved Guru have inspired and opened the hearts of millions. Here you can join them on their beautiful journey and connect with the grace and love yourself.” — Jack Kornfield, author of A Path With Heart
“Reading this book is like gazing at a precious Jewel. At first we see the beautiful surfaces, that shine and glitter, but gradually the inner radiance of the gem is revealed. Neem Karoli Baba is that Inner Radiance, the love that lives within us as who we truly are.” — Krishna Das, “chant master” and author of Chants of a Lifetime
“…I’ve learned that nothing truly great can be accomplished without loving each and every one. But the trick is that not only saints like Neem Karoli Baba can love everyone; we can, too, when our hearts are open. This book will open your heart.” — Dr. Larry Brilliant, epidemiologist, author, senior advisor at the Skoll Foundation
“Every word of this luminous collection carries the butterfly kiss of the saint it celebrates… It is a living testament to a love that transcends all form, and a clarion call to shift from the ego to the heart, where loving everyone is not only possible, but the only possibility.” — Mirabai Starr, author of God of Love and Caravan Of No Despair
“My dear Dharma sister Parvati has opened the radiant heart of Maharajji, which embraces us all-the whole world-and generously shares its miraculous, heart-opening warmth, inclusive love and wisdom, for anyone who cares to see, hear, feel, inquire, unmask, awaken, and transform. ” — Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within, and Make Me One With Everything
“Maharajji’s true love overawed both my New York motor mind and youthful egocentric heart, changed my life totally, and has never left me-distance or death be damned. ” — Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within, and Make Me One With Everything
“These truly personal stories of our guru and spiritual transformation can certainly include you and that Great One who doubtless works his magic through you, if you want it. I highly recommend it! ” — Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within, and Make Me One With Everything
“This little heart of mine cannot hold that much joy and love. It feels as if i’m living each one of the stories. I’m filled with gratitude beyond measure. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.” — Durga Sanchez, yoga teacher and kirtan leader.
“[Markus] has documented both the passion and the credibility of what she has recorded and she’s done it in a manner that takes readers on the journey with those who are reliving it in narrative.” — Anna Jedrziewski, Retailing Insight
“The stories feel as though they are being reexperienced at the moment of recall, decades later.... The concluding Satsang chapter provides ‘where are they now’ bios of the book’s seekers... For them, saving the world became a matter of serving it.” — Spirituality and Health magazine