Chop Wood, Carry Water: A Guide to Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in Everyday Life
Language: English
Published by Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., Los Angeles / Boston, 1984
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
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First Edition softcover (1984) of Chop Wood, Carry Water: A Guide to Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in Everyday Life by Rick Fields, with Peggy Taylor, Rex Weyler, and Rick Ingrasci. Published by Jeremy P. Tarcher and distributed by Houghton Mifflin. A well-known New Age and Zen-inspired spiritual guide exploring how mindfulness, personal growth, and spiritual awareness can be integrated into everyday life. Drawing from global spiritual traditions and contemporary teachings, this book offers practical wisdom for inner development and balanced living. Edition: First Edition, First Printing (1984). Condition: Very Good. Clean covers with light shelf wear, tight binding, and bright unmarked pages. A well-preserved copy. A solid copy of a respected spiritual classic for readers of mindfulness, Zen philosophy, and personal growth.
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- Title
- Chop Wood, Carry Water: A Guide to Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in Everyday Life
- Author
- Rick Fields, with Peggy Taylor, Rex Weyler, and Rick Ingrasci
- Publisher
- Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., Los Angeles / Boston
- Publication year
- 1984
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0874772095
- ISBN 13
- 9780874772098
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 19 ounces
- Dimensions
- 7.5 inches width by 9 inches height by 0.88 inches depth
- Seller catalogs
- Esoterica, Philosophy
More than a thousand years ago a Chinese Zen Master wrote:
Magical Power, Marvelous Action!
Chopping Wood, Carrying Water...
The message is as true today as it was then: the greatest lessons and the profoundest heights of the spiritual path can be found in our everyday lives. It is the greatest challenge for people living in contemporary society to find the spiritual aspects of working in an office, store, or factory; balancing a checkbook; raising a family; or making a relationship work. How can we make all these daily activities a part of the path? How can we apply the insights of great spiritual traditions, and our own experience, to the way we live and develop?
This book is a guide—a handbook filled with information, advice, hints, stories, inspiration, encouragement, connections, warning, and cautions, for the inner journey as we live throughout our lives.
Chop Wood, Carry Water contains much ancient wisdom, but the emphasis is on contemporary perceptions. Many of our guides have been known to humanity for millennia: they are the world’s great spiritual teachers—Christ, the Buddha, Loa Tse, Confucius. Others are contemporary teacher and healers, widely recognized and respected. All offer ways to integrate the events, our focus on relationships and family, our struggle with technology, money, politics and more—into the quest for spiritual fulfillment.
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