Dialogues With Emerging Spiritual Teachers (1st edition) [Paperback]

John W. Parker (Author), Book Design by Paulette Livers (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2009

This first edition of Dialogues with Emerging Spiritual Teachers is a collection of in-depth conversations and interviews with fourteen potent, grass-roots teachers, friends and guides who reside in the U.S., Canada, France and Australia. Participants include: Eckhart Tolle, Byron Katie, Saniel Bonder, John Sherman, Pamela Wilson, Mira, Howard Badhand, Timothee Roi Diers, James Steinberg, Hanuman Das, Jane Vennard, David Ciussi Elizabeth Klarich, and others. This book reveals how ordinary yet extraordinary teachers can share an astonishing depth of wisdom that was thought only to reside with famous spiritual luminaries. The benevolence of the spirit is starting to make itself known in many ways during these times. A second edition is also available that includes two additional interviews.

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Sagewood Press is an imprint of Brookhaven Publishing, LLC. Sagewood Press specializes in books that researches and explores a variety of non-traditional avenues that reveal the nature of spiritual developments as they are currently evolving in the Western world.

From the Author

John Parker writes, "'Dialogues with Emerging Spiritual Teachers' was the most enjoyable project I've ever been involved with. Just to sit down with these brilliant spiritual teachers, friends and guides, and to be able to share their lives, experiences, and wisdom with you is so very satisfying. There were marvelous spiritual revelations and insights all along the way. My mission in doing this project was to give others an opportunity to recognize and directly feel how pervasive the spirit is moving into people's lives, and to see how they too are inseparable from great transformation of the human spirit."

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Product Details

• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: Sagewood Press; 1st edition (January 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097036590X
• ISBN-13: 978-0970365903
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #459,307 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A tremendous service to spiritual seekers everywhere!, November 1, 2000

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Anthony Konopka (Fort Collins, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dialogues With Emerging Spiritual Teachers (1st edition) (Paperback)

Why wander the far corners of the globe, strain past almost indecipherable accents, and catch exotic diseases, when everything you've ever really wanted to know is readily available right here in your own backyard, ripe for the picking? Asking simple questions, in clear, concise language, free of beliefs and dogmas, John has interviewed a number of spiritual "heavies" that are most definitely worth checking out. Having personally the good fortune to have spent several decades immersed in Eastern teachers and traditions, as well as having spent quality time with several of the teachers interviewed in John's book, I can with sincerity say, that what is now currently available in the west is every bit as profound and true as anything that has historically been available on the other side of the world. In particular, John's interviews with Saniel Bonder and John de Ruiter are worth noting. You don't have to sweep ashram floors for years on end to receive spiritual truths. Thanks to this book, you can directly e-mail most of the illuminaries interviewed by John. What an extraordinary opportunity. Thank you John Parker!

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A wealth of contacts, October 30, 2000

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Fred R. Taylor (Littleton, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dialogues With Emerging Spiritual Teachers (1st edition) (Paperback)

Here in one book the reader gets to meet over a dozen people worth contacting. Each interview/dialogue provides the opportunity to find out how these teachers relate in their own ways to the various subjects and disciplines associated with spriritual growth here in the west. I was especially impressed with the sections introducing Eckhart Tolle and Saniel Bonder. Both of these men have written books that I have found of extraordinary use throughout my daily life. I read them over an over and learn something new each time. I suspect that re-reading Dialogues With Emerging Spiritual Teachers will also prove to be of this same level of value. I look forward to doing just that and encourage anyone interested in this aspect of your life to add this book to your library and experience.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More and more of them show up in Marin County every day, February 13, 2002

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Tobias Bodine - Institute of Noetic Sciences (Petaluma, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dialogues With Emerging Spiritual Teachers (1st edition) (Paperback)

One compelling phenomenon of the last twenty years has been the appearance of Western spiritual teachers who practice
independently of particular traditions and religious structures. Interviewer John Parker's openhearted questions introduce readers to fourteen up-and-coming teachers who pepper the contemporary spiritual landscape with their diverse forms and teachings. Some are grounded in Vedantic and Christian traditions, while others present more eclectic uncategorizable teachings.

The cast includes Eckhart Tolle, John Sherman, Mira, Byron Katie, and Howard Badhand. Some have studied with controversial teachers such as Adi Dam (AKA Da Free John, among other names), some with Indian gurus, and others just had spontaneous revelations.

The question arises among many spiritually-inclined folks of how one selects which teachers to study with. There seem to be so many of them nowadays. So with this in mind, this book is helpful for getting a good idea what is out there in the spiritual marketplace.

All in all, I found this to be an easy read, and though I had some problems with the graphical presentation (I have very high standards here), it's not worth knocking the ranking down to a "4"!