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Barefoot on Holy Ground: Twelve Lessons in Spiritual Craftsmanship

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This is a long-awaited second book by a woman known in select international spiritual circles as "the teacher's teacher." (Gloria Karpinski also wrote "Where Two Worlds Touch," which is now a classic.) To such a clairvoyant, who sees what the rest of us cannot (and most of us will not), the most reliable "primary source" is always the information emerging from the human energy field and from the high spiritual guidance that one has been trained over long years to hear. To a teacher who has devoted her life to "reading" her fellow seekers--an act of supreme service--there is no higher source than the scriptures and histories found within the human energy field.

So we find out fascinating things from "Barefoot on Holy Ground." How did the author's call girl client manage to bless and release each of the countless anonymous men she'd been with? What was it like to "talk to" an unborn baby who had been traumatized by the Holocaust? Who was the small dark-haired child another client kept seeing in her visualizations? These are marvelous, instructive stories that carry unshakable truths..

And can this teacher write!! Within the author's riveting personal story about guidance and house-hunting, I found this: "There were times when my faith was diced up and eaten by my shadow." And earlier I was brought up short by this warning: "Our egos have been reading the same books we have." And this "There's an old saying around therapy circles that if we don't develop it, we'll marry it." I loved (and feared) this exercise: "If you look at your home as if it were in a dream, how would you analyze the symbolic content of each room?" And I breathed easier when I read this piece of radical comfort: "The longing for 'Thy Will' is the longing to be oneself." The magic of this book is that if you follow the author's guidance to find out whether something is your truth or not, the truths you connect to in this and her earlier book will change your life.

I was only 3/4 along in "Barefoot" when I found myself xeroxing pages for a friend who had had a rough childhood, and others for a friend in conflict. This is a good sign.

This highly respected spirit-led psychic has written a book that is loaded with warnings about the traps inherent in a life of discipleship. Spirituality is a craft, she believes, not a hobby. She makes it clear that such a life, one of grownup searching, loving, and releasing, is worth every effort it takes. "Barefoot on Holy Ground" is filled with Light.

Barefoot on Holy Ground is a book that helps us remember what we already know and glean new pearls of wisdom that can help us walk our personal path with courage, discernment, and trust. It doesn't matter how "far along the path" you feel you are, or even if you have just taken the first step, this book offers signposts, resting places, and encouragements (but no shortcuts!) that can help further your journey toward living fully as your authentic self. Anyone who travels knows the value of a map, even if we love the thrill of wandering off onto unknown sidetrails to blaze our own unique paths. The guidance, musing, examples, and exercises in this book will help make such necessary detours all the more meaningful. Thanks to Gloria Karpinski's Barefoot on Holy Ground, we can remember where we've been without judgment or regret and we can more easily look forward with joy and anticipation to where we are headed.

Gloria Karpinsky is a writer with a deep heart. She skillfully weaves wisdom, insight and experience with clarity. Composing a "Disciple's Path" through this beautiful tapestry, Gloria Karpinsky creates a spiritual platform for conscious evolution. BAREFOOT ON HOLY GROUND is an amazing resource that will certainly benefit those of us who are headed out to the realms of service. I feel as if, with all the diverse realms of time and space this book draws from, and in the unique and beautiful style with which they are joined together, that Gloria has woven the magic flying carpet itself! You have to read this book!

This book is a must for anyone who really wants to live what they believe. It is full of practical tools for everyday life. It is brimming with inspiration. It makes you feel you have a mentor at your side - one who has "been there" and knows what works to create a life centered in the Sacred. This is definitely a book for our times!

In today's word of spritual hunger and quest, Barefoot on Holy Ground offers wonderful wisdom and practical instruction for those who seek. Rather than fractured understanding or exclusive theology, the author demonstrates very wide understanding and teaches from that inclusive standpoint. For anyone who is serious about spiritual growth, this book is a must.

Gloria Karpinski has done it again - another book that heals and helps focus on the issues that matter. It is so much beyond all the other "self-help spiritual" books in the perspective she has on religion, trusting one's own inner voice, and always seeking a higher self. It's a book I underline a lot and make notes and review them again and again. Extremely honest and helpful to anyone on a sincere quest for peace and enlightenment. Chris Lindley, Landscape Designer

If you wish to find guidance in your spiritual quest, look to this book for a synthesis of the ancient wisdoms and the counsel for the challenges of our modern world. Each page has lessons. Each lesson has meaning for all who seek to know themselves. Gloria Karpinski writes beautifully, and calls us to the greatest conscious act - to love ourselves and others.