BROKEN GROUND OF THE SOUL IBD

Sinopse

Ask six thoughtful people what this book is about, and you?ll hear six different answers. Because the book addresses human complexities and reflects the miraculous ways of the Holy. And such workings often have many facets. The book is about a long journey, which began with betrayal, wrenching loss, and mute incredulity. It is about trying to make sense of the senseless, and grappling with despair?s crippling aftermath. Through the readily available healing power of ancient, sacred texts and divine importunity, the miracle of transformation occurred. For what is impossible with us, is nonetheless possible with God. Ultimately, the restoration of joy became a wholly unexpected reality. The book tells how to access a timeless regenerative power, which God is perennially and persistently extending to each of us in every moment. While I believe in miracles, I don?t believe they occur outside the created order of things, thus making them impossible to explain within the natural laws of our universe. I think they?re in perfect resonance with laws which may be outside our awareness. Our natural world is a supreme purveyor of understanding. In eleven simple words, Albert Einstein issues a compelling invitation and makes a sweeping claim. 'Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better.' Nature gazing enables us to plumb the depths of the quantifiable, while pondering the distant reaches of the ineffable. We are luminous clay of earth and energy, fashioned from the dust of far flung stars, and we?ll someday turn to ash. We are also more than our bodies. We have thoughts, feelings, will, choice and volition. We are spiritual beings. This journey started on tear-stained pages in my private journal, going from unspeakable loss to verdant new life. One day I realized I was a living example of the Hegelian dialectic. The Thesis is that Life is sacred, beautiful, and eternal. The Antithesis is that Death surrounds us and is inevitable. Ultimately,