Passionate Presence: Seven Qualities of Awakened Awareness - Softcover

Ingram, Catherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0978919319 ISBN 13: 9780978919313

Publisher: Diamond Books, 2008

Synopsis

Learn the seven ways to tap into a state of pure joy, at any time, with the spiritual teacher Catherine Ingram. When we deeply relax, free from the stories the past, present and future, a great passion for life emerges, along with an awakened intelligence. This passionate presence is innate; it is a universal intelligence that transcends biological abilities and educational backgrounds. In this book, spiritual teacher and writer Catherine Ingram offers seven ways to awaken the passionate presence that is in all of us. Each chapter describes one of the seven primary qualities of awakened intelligence. These qualities are based on her observations over years of working with thousands of people in silent retreats and public interactive events called Dharma Dialogues. The seven aspects - tenderness, discernment, authenticity, embodiment, delight, wonder and silence - naturally and consistently emerge as a result of deep relaxation and lead us easily to our passionate presence.

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About the Author

Catherine Ingram is a renowned dharma teacher with communities serving several thousand students in the U.S, Europe, and Australia. Since 1992, she has led Dharma Dialogues (dharmadialogues.org), which are public events of inquiry into the nature of awakened awareness and its benefits in life. She also leads numerous silent retreats each year and is founder and president of Living Dharma, an educational non-profit organization dedicated to inquiry and service.

A former journalist specializing in issues of consciousness and activism, Catherine is the author of In the Footsteps of Gandhi: Conversations with Spiritual/Social Activists (Parallax Press, 1990). Since 1982 she has published numerous articles and served on the editorial staffs of New Age Journal, East West Journal, and Yoga Journal.

From Publishers Weekly

Trained in Buddhist teachings, Ingram (In the Footsteps of Gandhi) is also the founder of Living Dharma and conducts Dharma Dialogues for devotees and interested students. Transcending traditional religious practices, Ingram here offers a program of how to develop a heightened awareness of the self. This awareness may be achieved with or without a personal instructor (the author's teacher was the late H.W.L. Poonjajai of India) and involves developing the qualities of silence, tenderness, embodiment, genuineness, discernment, delight and wonder. According to Ingram, engaging in meditation (silence) may lead to heightened creativity that eludes those who pursue ego-driven ambition. She also believes that for noble causes (e.g., environmental movements) to have an effect on society, there must be a strong commitment on the part of individuals to treasure the interconnectedness of all life. Cultivating wonder means, in part, an acceptance that most of life is a mystery and what we understand best can only exist in the present moment. In this thoughtful and clearly written exploration, Ingram details ways to achieve all her stated qualities of heightened awareness at length from a humanistic/Buddhist perspective.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Diamond Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0978919319
• ISBN 13: 9780978919313
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 170