{"product_id":"a-master-surgeon-of-the-heart-9781960090225","title":"A Master Surgeon of the Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA memoir of a half-century search for the meaning of life through meditation, visions and study with three spiritual teachers of India\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I was no longer aware of my room or my desk. I was standing atop a cliff, facing a body of water, a fjord, a small bay surrounded by stony cliffs. The water was sparkling in golden sunlight. On the water was a tall ship with square sails curved out with wind behind them. It was coming to take me aboard with other people, to carry us to that mysterious thing that I had lost-that we all had lost. I still heard the music of the French horns, but now it came from the ship, echoing off the cliffs: I was being called.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Edmondston's memoir opens with that visionary experience at the age of seventeen. Now, at the age of eighty, while a coordinator at a meditation center in Bowling Green, Virginia, David shares an unusual perspective on reality-one that's informed by an ancient wisdom. After an eight-year search for truth, David found the first of three spiritual teachers from India who opened to him a world of understanding. In prose and verse, David speaks frankly, as both a dedicated student of mysticism and as a rational thinker. It's a story of his first-hand experiences, longings, fears, and visions-a story of how he was taught and what he learned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Monkfish Book Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50499713728786,"sku":"9781960090225","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bd078227-bfa2-4af0-a98c-e061d8ba875f.jpg?v=1730746980","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-master-surgeon-of-the-heart-9781960090225","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}