Surrender with Meher Baba (Paperback or Softback)

Surrender with Meher Baba reminds us that the spiritual path is unique to each individual. Avatar Meher Baba places emphasis on the relinquishment of the ego as a necessary step along the spiritual path. Here, with his skillful inquiry, Laurent shows us how Meher Baba wades into the waters of surrender with full confidence that the spiritual aspirant, over time, will recognize both the difficulty and the inherent value in taking steps toward surrender. Basic questions, such as how, when, why, and who will embark on the process of surrender are explored in the first half of this book by Laurent, with generous quotes from Meher Baba. Laurent's love for Meher Baba shines through each page, as he explains his understanding of the path Baba has laid out for us. Laurent also invites us to consider what the obstacles to surrender are, how surrender must be an active rather than a passive process, and why surrender must be sincerely executed. The gap between Meher Baba's words and how we interpret them and integrate them into our daily lives is explored by Laurent in Part I of the book as well as by additional spiritual writing companions through personal stories and poetry in Part II of the book.

Laurent was born and raised in Manhattan, where he came to know about Meher Baba in 1986. In July 2004, Laurent founded OmPoint Innovations with support from Don E. Stevens. In the Fall of 2007 he launched the OmPoint International magazine to share Meher Baba's message of love and truth, honoring all spiritual paths, in the spirit of Baba's work with all religions as "Beads on One String." Laurent has authored, and co-authored, many books about Avatar Meher Baba. In 2016 he married Vanessa and now lives in the Carolinas with his wife and children, and their cat Khadija. Since 2012 Laurent has been working professionally on Big Data application development with Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Ethereum blockchain, Apache Cassandra, Couchbase, and much more.