The World is a Waiting Lover: Desire and the Quest for the Beloved
By Trebbe Johnson
New World Library, 2005 , 297 pages
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Through a profound personal encounter, Trebbe Johnson discovered that longing and desire are often linked to something greater than human relationships, and that following that longing, which she calls the Beloved, can lead to a more compassionate - and passionate - engagement with the world. This book weaves a modern myth about the different guises (and occasional disguises) of the Beloved and the obstacles, mirages, enchantments, and treasures encountered on the search for its embrace and the human yearning to live iwth fearless authenticity. THE WORLD IS A WAITING LOVER offers an invitation for our time, showing us how to bring passion and meaning to our work, our relationships, and our view of the future.
"Like all good books, this one is seductive. . . . It entices you to fall into your own precious mystery, to let your spirit take flesh as you become a human being, and to let your ordinary life find its spiritual core. . . . Trebbe Johnson's writing is personal and mythic, social and mystical, concrete and confessional. It is honest and relentless in pursuit of the winged Eros that hovers behind every momentary attraction and persistent obsession." -- from the foreward by Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul
"Thanks to the great cosmic power of allurement, galaxies attract other galaxies, atoms cohere, and we humans seek to magnify our own particular radiance by joining forces with what we desire. In this powerfully original work, Trebbe Johnson captures human allurement in its most potent forms, from erotic attraction to love of the earth to spiritual longing. Like any strong magnetic force, The World is a Waiting Lover is elegant, fiery, and irresistable." -- Brian Swimme, PhD, professor of cosmology at California Institute of Integral Studies and author of The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos
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