The Awakening of the Heart [Paperback]

Jill Downs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1999

A great guide for all who desire to live with confidence. The simple, yet profound truths found herein can enhance anyone's journey of the heart. Downs' words reflect a compassionate and magical universe.

Learn how to get back to the basics by letting go. The message is calm, encouraging, strong and sure. This book may well become your daily companion as you walk the spiritual walk, because it talks the spiritual talk in a way that is understandable yet profound.

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About the Author

Jill Downs has an extensive background of helping people. At present she conducts workshops on personal and spiritual growth. She maintains that a spiritual journey begins by learning about and accepting the depth, potential, and capabilities each of us has. The essays in The Awakening of the Heart are her way of helping every reader become fully human, fully conscious and engaged in this wonderful journey called life.

Product Details

• Paperback: 294 pages
• Publisher: Savage Pr; First Edition edition (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886028427
• ISBN-13: 978-1886028425
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,771,875 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jill Downs is a Duluth, Minnesota author of two books, "The Awakening of the Heart," and "Journey into Joy." Her first, The Awakening of the Heart, has ministered widely and often to diverse readers nationwide. Jill has a B.A. in sociology and has worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), has facilitated family groups in recovery and has experience working with the elderly in nursing homes and the dying in hospice. She has created and facilitated workshops on personal and spiritual growth. She has served as Board President of the Lake Superior Interfaith Community church and was instrumental in creating a learning center there. Her intuitive skills were developed through work in spiritual counseling and teaching meditation classes in the community. Her spiritual growth and development has included a significant spiritual awakening with profound journeys into consciousness and intensely challenging work on the inner planes. Her intent is to live consciously, to be in her heart, and to love life and all it has to offer. Jill lives with her husband on the shore of Lake Superior. Her email is: [e-mail].