Travelers' Tales: The Road Within: True Stories of Transformation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1885211198 ISBN 13: 9781885211194

Publisher: Travelers' Tales Inc, 1997

Synopsis

The Road Within is a very different kind of travel book, a venture into the hidden territories of the human spirit and heart. It is a book of transformation, of lessons learned, maps drawn and burned, and spiritual blessings bestowed by that great and hard teacher: travel. It will show you what the great mystics and saints have always known - that you are closer to yourself, the world, and God, than you can possibly imagine, and that wondrous things await you on your journeys.

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Review:

The Traveler's Tales publishers have produced another hard-to-put-down read with The Road Within, the latest in their series of "experiential" guides, which is "based on a simple and ancient premise: that the experience of other travelers provides our best map to a strange land." With this book the land is uncharted indeed, as it seeks to delve into the mysteries of the human heart and soul. Authors such as Annie Dillard, Huston Smith, Natalie Goldberg, and Barry Lopez use their travels in the exterior world to do some interior navigation. Based on the fact that "some journeys are destined to alter our lives irrevocably," this is a guidebook that can accompany you to any destination--where memories, not maps, make the terrain most palatable and exciting.

From the Publisher:

The Road Within is a very different kind of travel book, a venture into the hidden territory of the human spirit and heart. It is a book of transformation, of lessons learned, maps drawn and burned, and blessings bestowed by that great and hard teacher: travel. Some journeys are destined to alter our lives irrevocably. All of us have had experiences while traveling that have changed our personal view of the world. Somehow we come back from travel changed, our perceptions broadened, our consciousness clearer -- a feeling of being closer to who we really are. Once we have had a taste of this kind of change, we can't get enough of it or learn too much about the process. Other peoples' experiences can help us understand the dimensions of this inner journey. The Road Within will help you understand what all the great mystics and visionaries of the world have always known -- that you are closer to yourself, the world, and God than you can imagine and that wondrous things await you. Here is a book that will change your life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Travelers' Tales Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1885211198
• ISBN 13: 9781885211194
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 435
• Editor: O'Reilly Sean, O'Reilly James, O'Reilly Tim