Reflection Pond [Paperback]

Jaiya John (Author)

Book Description

A MEDITATION ON IDENTITY, CULTURE, AND HEALING IN CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM ORIGINAL FAMILY Millions of our world's children are forced through the curtain of separation from original family. Among the numerous causes are poverty, abuse, neglect, natural disaster, epidemic, immigration, incarceration, addiction, war, genocide, oppression, and child labor. While each experience is its own, all such separations cleave the child heart and mind into a common root wound of vacancy and drift. In the face of such woundedness, our children have the power for healing and growth waiting within them. Every aspect of their lives is affected by an often solitary quest for beauty and belonging. We who raise and serve these displaced young, through our embrace, are a vital factor in their ultimate healing. Jaiya John has shared time with thousands of uprooted children through his human relations work. Reflection Pond offers us his personal meditation, a looking glass for what these youth have whispered into his spirit. They have shared their need for reflection ponds: people, places, and experiences through which their own beauty and purpose are reflected back to them. Through allegory and parable, poetry and prose, Jaiya John draws from the natural world around us to unveil the magical inner life of children and youth. Here is a revelatory positioning of the human mirror. In its face we glimpse magnificence.

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Soul Water Rising (July 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971330824
• ISBN-13: 978-0971330825
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,018,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking and insightful., January 7, 2008

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Enlightened Reader (Maryland) - See all my reviews

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Reflection Pond is truly wonderful on so many different levels! Its message is so giving and loving! The analogies and poetry used to explain and describe youth, separation, behaviors, families, heritage, emotions, healing, identity, "well fare", spirit, beauty, and their relationship are illuminative. One of my favorites is the poem on page 68...very powerful and uncensored.

Futhermore, I think Reflection Pond is a wondrous, comprehensive, reflection of youth and a tool for families, parents, prospective parents, child advocates and mentors to use to raise our children holistically so that they can reach their full potential and reflect their gifts throughout the world. Reflection Pond also resonated with me on a personal level. Using the right formula to reprogram our minds for change to reach that peaceful state is key to living a wholistic and balanced life and it applies universally...to children and adults.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing & Soul Stirring!!!!, September 11, 2011

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Jaiya John is a Beautiful Man....with a Veil of An Anoiting Spirit. Jaiya, thank you for being an Eagle and a Voice for the babies and children left behind. And, thank you for sharing this message in this powerful piece Reflection Pond!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars I simply loved it., February 23, 2008

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Rebecca Spare (Columbia, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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Jaiya John did an amazing job on this book. His writing style was easy to read and allowed my mind to visualize everything he was talking about. As someone who works in the child welfare field, this book inspired me and helped to renew my hopes for the future of our children. Jaiya has a wonderful way of getting you to think and at the same time touch your soul to motivate you to make this a better world to live in. This is definitely a must read book!