The Zero's Journey A Modern-Day Survival Guide to Weathering Accidental Enlightenment |
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Author:
| Ketcham, Jon M. |
Editor:
| Ketcham, Jon M. |
Illustrator:
| Ketcham, Jon M. Ketcham, Jon D. |
ISBN: | 978-0-9905511-2-6 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2015 |
Publisher: | ABIYD Publishing Company
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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As Robert Burns poem, To a Mouse, reminds us, "The best laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry."Anyone who has ever suffered a great loss, whether relational, financial, career, health, spiritual or otherwise, knows all to well the depths of despair and the anguish that arise in what Saint John of the Cross referred to as The Dark Night of the Soul. The Dark Night of the Soul is all about pain, suffering and loss. Yet, like the phoenix, out of all of that, hopefully, we emerge more...
More DescriptionAs Robert Burns poem, To a Mouse, reminds us, "The best laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry."Anyone who has ever suffered a great loss, whether relational, financial, career, health, spiritual or otherwise, knows all to well the depths of despair and the anguish that arise in what Saint John of the Cross referred to as The Dark Night of the Soul. The Dark Night of the Soul is all about pain, suffering and loss. Yet, like the phoenix, out of all of that, hopefully, we emerge more than we were when we started.On this journey to "accidental enlightenment," it is common to experience the complete decimation of any pre-conceived notions, roles and identities we have grown accustomed to identifying ourselves by. During this traumatic destruction of our EGO, it can seem as though God is reducing our very existence to absolute zero. This is the "Zero's Journey!"