After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path
Categories: Religion & Spirituality
In After the Ecstasy, the Laundry (2000), meditation teacher Jack Kornfield draws on interviews with Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and Jewish teachers to describe what happens after moments of spiritual awakening. Kornfield argues that enlightenment is not a permanent escape from ordinary life. Through the teachers' accounts of doubt, setbacks and long practice, he shows the real work of a spiritual path as bringing insight back into relationships, work and everyday chores.
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- Jason Silva: “There's a great book called After the Ecstasy, The Laundry”