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The Way of the Traveler: Making Every Trip a Journey of Self-Discovery

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A "travel guide for the soul," this book is about living consciously during the moments in life when we have the greatest opportunity to redefine our world and ourselves - when we are traveling. I've already given a copy as a gift.

We all know "getting away from it all" is a great time to relax and think - or *not* to think. The Way of the Traveler shows inspiring ways to open your mind and spirit to either think or just "be."

One of the epiphanies in this book for me was how I defined a "journey." After reading The Way, I have reframed even my gridlocked commute during rush hour into a more relaxing experience. It has reframed my "schlep through the front door" into more of a "homecoming."

Dispenza's "Way" is light reading with a deep message (and its compact size fits into my carry-on luggage!).

I loved this books so much I read it 2x. "Way" really hit home and has opened up the idea of spiritual traveling for me. I knew my journeys were revealing something to me, as many a time, my life changed drastically after the get-away and I had a new look on life.
This book put a structure around what I was experiencing. It brought conciousness to those emotions, feelings, and fears.
I like the many excercises and building of a shrine it suggests exploring. I will use this book as a reference book-a guide to my many more life experiences.
Thank you for taking self-discovery to a new level!

My first book by Joseph Dispenza, but not my last! I loved the information in this book. I could not put in down when I first bought it. I leave it by my bedside and read a passage every morning upon awakening. It's my jump start for the day. I totally encourage everyone to buy and read this book. I am so grateful I bought it and did not leave it on my bookshelf to read "later". Thank you Mr. Joseph Dispenza for such insight into how to handle our lives on this planet......

Though "The Way of the Traveller" is geared to rituals to center one's mind on the beauty and illumination available in every aspect of the journey, from planning to packing to flying/driving/training (as in choo-choo)to returning home and unpacking, it's really speaking to the Life Journey as well...for, from desk to kitchen to the hardware store, life is a journey that deserves constant awareness. This is a small book, light enough to take on any trip, and I heartily recommend it to calm shattered nerves while waiting for flight delays and such annoyances.

Some books have uncanny timing and appear in one's life at exactly the right moment. For me, The Way of the Traveler is such a book. I have no travel plans; I am not preparing for a trip to Macchu Pichu or any other lovely and remote destination. Instead, my journeys are inward, to places I have never been. For example, who knows how to travel the road with a dying friend? And then comes The Way of Traveler with its comforting advice and wonderful ideas for letting go of fear, and making each journey one of awareness. I could struggle, or I could make these encounters healing and strengthening. After reading The Way of the Traveler, I like to think I have chosen the latter. This is a beautiful little book: to look at, to hold, and above all, to take heart from. I sincerely recommend it.

Dispenza's book is a work of art. He takes an experience that has become common place, commercialized, functional and often sterile, and returns it to us in sacred context. Even though this book is about travel it is so much more. It is filled with joy, excitement and love. In his book Joseph miraculously turns travel into a soul journey, an odyssey. He makes one feel like an adventurer. He reminds us that the world is still full of new and wondrous experiences - and he's right; it is. In his book he shows us how to recognize and claim these experiences.
This book is full of delightful ideas that will make your travel easier and far more rewarding. Joseph has shown us a way to easily turn travel into an unforgettable journey. It will positively change the way you approach travel, whether you're an anthropologist headed to the Amazon Basin or businessperson headed to Cincinnati, Ohio. Whether we travel or not - we are all on a journey. A real gem and a "must read" for everyone.

Well, first I need to say that Joseph Dispenza is on my "top 10" list of writers. When I first got this book I thought it was going to be just another how to.....but again I , was pleasantly surprised by his creative genius. What I most loved about this book is that I could turn to any page randomly and receive a marvelous message. The true message of this book, in my opinion, it gives us the wisdom of the ages. A book everyone should read. They should make it mandatory to read in high school. This is a book to help one become a winner. Again I applaud Mr. Dispenza for writing valuable information for the masses.

This extraordinary book is a guide for the thoughtful traveler, but I found it a guide for life, as well. I have read it through now three times, and I still am finding remarkable insights in the writing. The arc of the book is the structure of 'the hero's journey,' a beautifully conceived way of looking at not only traveling out into the world, but also within, as the author continually reminds us. This is highly-charged spiritual material, exquisitely written and lyrically set out. I recommend it for travelers who are truly interested in enriching their spiritual lives as they travel either 'out there' or 'in here' -- or both.

The book is stunning.

The Way of the Traveler - Making Every Trip a Journey of Self-Discovery

By Joseph Dispenza
Published by: John Muir Publications
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Reviewed by: Carole Herdegen
Editor of www.travelSITE.com

In his stimulating book on the spiritual aspects of travel, Joseph Dispenza has given the reader a new look at the reasons on not necessarily why we travel but how we should travel. His is a not the typical travel book advising on where to travel and what to see or what to do once we reached our destination but a book of insight into the goals, rewards and preparations of travel from an intellectual if not a spiritual point of view. As far back as 500 BC, philosopher/travelers like Herodotus and Hieronymus of Rhodes traveled great distances recording not only what they saw but what they emotionally experienced. Generations of travelers ever since have proceeded to record their own traveling experiences.

This then is but the first example of a book devoted especially to the change in the way we travel from a spiritual perspective to the rewards in the concept of self-transformation. The very first sentence of his book, Joseph Dispenza writes, "All travel is inner travel." He asks the traveler to keep a journal, but not ordinary journal. The journal he has in mind is a written record of how we feel about the various things we encounter in our travels. In reality, it's a "journal of feelings" and not simply a photographic record of people and places visited.

Joseph Dispenza concludes that travel becomes so much more meaningful when a common trip of superficial discovery is elevated into a journey of "self-discovery". We should be challenged and changed by travel and this is a good thing. And, by doing so, we will discover a new way of looking at the world and everything it offers.

This sharing of feelings about certain places or encounters with particular individuals is something I frequently do by orally telling my travel stories. I diligently try to record events and places in a diary and then rely on my memory and recall to share with my audiences my own personal feelings and emotions that I experienced on my journeys. However, these feelings and emotions will diminish if not completely disappear in time unless they are duly recorded. This was the strong message I got from Mr. Dispenza.

I strongly recommend this book for everyone from the armchair traveler to the seasoned adventurer.

I was given this book for Christmas and did not read it until after the holidays. What a bible of information. I am definitely going to give this to my mother, daughter and some friends that I know will benefit by these words of wisdom. I certainly am now a fan of Mr. Joseph Dispenza and will read other books he has written. Hopefully, he will continue to write and help us deal with life!