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A letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born- a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam- and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is...

"Ocean Vuong's second collection of poetry looks inward, on the aftershocks of his mother's death, and the struggle - and rewards - of staying present in the world. Time Is a Mother moves outward and onward, in concert with the themes of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, as Vuong continues, through his work, his profound exploration of personal trauma, of what it means to be the product of an American war in America, and how to circle these fragmented...

Cloud Dusting is a unique true story of my personal journey from ordinary beginnings to a very spiritual awakening. Many lessons learnt and many rescues accomplished. There are some funny stories and light entertainment. Some content will shock and surprise you some of it will keep you awake at night. With an added bonus of photos of spirit which are very rare especially the photo of Spirit Divine, I believe this to be the only photo in the world....

Tomb of Farigha, is a short story based on the concept of one's desired fantasy and where one feels one belongs. With it's beautiful and poetic imagery, it's sure to give it's reader and new perspective on where they belong in this world.

In this contemporary mythical fantasy romance, we follow the story of Violet Stone on her journey after death, into the underworld. Greek myths are totally, reimagined in this complex world of magic and legend, woven carefully over the course of seven years by the author. Within these pages lies an adventure that tears apart the very seams of the myths we've heard for an eternity. Forget what you think you know about these ancient gods and goddesses,...

Torso of Air. Suppose you do change your life & the body is more than a portion of night sealedwith bruises. Suppose you woke & found your shadow replaced by a black wolf. The boy, beautiful & gone. So you take the knife to the wall instead. You carve & carve until a coin of light appears & you get to look in, at last, on happiness. The eye staring back from the other side--waiting.

Sahaja means that which is natural or spontaneous. Sahaja first found expression in India towards the end of the first millennium CE. It is a tantric approach to life and living, and to finding fulfillment in the midst of the vicissitudes of daily life.

Nowadays people use the word Zen indiscriminately for everything from the Zen of making an instant fortune overnight to the Zen of cooking hard boiled eggs. But what is Zen and what are its philosophical origins as a living tradition of Mahayana Buddhism? This book explores the original "no-mind" teachings of early Zen Buddhism as they evolved in T'ang Dynasty China during the 8th and 9th centuries. In short this book is about Zen before it became...

The recorded sayings of the enigmatic tantric Sisman Tuccar painstakingly collected and assembled by long time student and interpreter Wide Ocean, in 'Tea with Sisman Tuccar', Volume 2.