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9781608684106 English 1608684105 From the editors of Mala of the Heart: 108 Sacred Poems comes a true gift to the lover in all of us. Love sustains our passions and yearnings, holds us in times of joy and loss, nourishes our hearts, and melts our fears. It opens us to our deepest self and releases us into the embrace of the infinite. This powerful, reflective collection is filled with mystical insights into love. In these 108 poems, great poets, saints, sages, mystics, and artists across cultures give voice to the eternal presence of love. Together, the poems reveal a fuller story, inviting us to discover the inner essence of love within us. Over the ages, the number 108 has symbolized our hidden connections with the sacred. In Mala of Love , 108 poems reveal that love is the path to greater unity and peace., Is there a love beyond sentiment and the trappings of romance? A feeling that doesn't get its power from the back and forth of longing and denial, oneness and otherness, bliss and the blues? If so, can words capture it? The search for such words led editors Nathwani and Vogt through hundreds of diverse voices. They sought original writings or first translations and ultimately assembled a tribute to the love that is spiritual and corporeal, beyond words and begging to be described, and simultaneously directed at a beloved and at the very idea of love. Superbly researched, collected, and arranged, this is a gift to anyone loved, anyone who loves to read, and to the lover within us all., While their first work celebrated mystical spirituality, this new compilation of timeless mystical poetry asks a further reaching question - what is love itself? Beyond attachment, longing, sentiment, or romanticism, Kate Vogt and Ravi Nathwani sought to explore a deeper understanding of love's true nature. In their wide search, they often they found poems that addressed the concept or idea of love--but in the form of aspirational or romantic love, as in a state of yearning or otherness. This work attempts, ultimately, to reach beyond the dualistic temperaments of aversion and attraction, fight and flight, sorrow and ecstasy. Kate and Ravi's aim was to harness a "fuller picture" of love and, if successful, inspire the feelings that well-crafted words have the power to illicit. For over a year, the editors meticulously and broadly researched hundreds of works of poetry. In framing and refining their concept, they sought diverse voices, always pursuing the original voice or first translations. They explored the writings of various mystics across many centuries, including Christian, Buddhist, and Sufi, as well as lay writers and the beloved singing poets. They expanded their search to include works other than pure poetry: composers, playwrights, and eventually operas, plays, folk tales, and love songs. In the end, they included excerpts from the Bible, the Vedas, even Shakespeare. The end result is a timeless collection of radiant mystical poetry celebrating love's highest and truest meanings.
9781608684106 English 1608684105 From the editors of Mala of the Heart: 108 Sacred Poems comes a true gift to the lover in all of us. Love sustains our passions and yearnings, holds us in times of joy and loss, nourishes our hearts, and melts our fears. It opens us to our deepest self and releases us into the embrace of the infinite. This powerful, reflective collection is filled with mystical insights into love. In these 108 poems, great poets, saints, sages, mystics, and artists across cultures give voice to the eternal presence of love. Together, the poems reveal a fuller story, inviting us to discover the inner essence of love within us. Over the ages, the number 108 has symbolized our hidden connections with the sacred. In Mala of Love , 108 poems reveal that love is the path to greater unity and peace., Is there a love beyond sentiment and the trappings of romance? A feeling that doesn't get its power from the back and forth of longing and denial, oneness and otherness, bliss and the blues? If so, can words capture it? The search for such words led editors Nathwani and Vogt through hundreds of diverse voices. They sought original writings or first translations and ultimately assembled a tribute to the love that is spiritual and corporeal, beyond words and begging to be described, and simultaneously directed at a beloved and at the very idea of love. Superbly researched, collected, and arranged, this is a gift to anyone loved, anyone who loves to read, and to the lover within us all., While their first work celebrated mystical spirituality, this new compilation of timeless mystical poetry asks a further reaching question - what is love itself? Beyond attachment, longing, sentiment, or romanticism, Kate Vogt and Ravi Nathwani sought to explore a deeper understanding of love's true nature. In their wide search, they often they found poems that addressed the concept or idea of love--but in the form of aspirational or romantic love, as in a state of yearning or otherness. This work attempts, ultimately, to reach beyond the dualistic temperaments of aversion and attraction, fight and flight, sorrow and ecstasy. Kate and Ravi's aim was to harness a "fuller picture" of love and, if successful, inspire the feelings that well-crafted words have the power to illicit. For over a year, the editors meticulously and broadly researched hundreds of works of poetry. In framing and refining their concept, they sought diverse voices, always pursuing the original voice or first translations. They explored the writings of various mystics across many centuries, including Christian, Buddhist, and Sufi, as well as lay writers and the beloved singing poets. They expanded their search to include works other than pure poetry: composers, playwrights, and eventually operas, plays, folk tales, and love songs. In the end, they included excerpts from the Bible, the Vedas, even Shakespeare. The end result is a timeless collection of radiant mystical poetry celebrating love's highest and truest meanings.