{"product_id":"in-the-garden-of-the-beloved-reflections-from-a-simple-mans-spiritual-journey-9798218242749","title":"In The Garden Of The Beloved: Reflections from a Simple Man's Spiritual Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems within were written with only one purpose; to Brighten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Brighten hope in the Hearts of those in whom The Ember at the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeart of Being is not yet aglow. To Brighten the Ember in Hearts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewithin which it flickers tenuously. To Brighten the Flame in Hearts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealready Aglow in the Light of the Soul, the Atman, the Self; whatever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eone chooses to call our Essence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy hope for you, dear reader, is that these poems are not merely\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epleasing words on a page, however uplifting, but are imbued with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Fragrance of that which is written of; that which calls to each of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eus from our Deepest Interiority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are as many paths to God, as there are souls on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherefore I say, \"This is my experience, not \"Truth'\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherefore I say, \"I went this way\", not, \"This is The way\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherefore I say, \"For me, Love sufficed\", not, \"For all, Love suffices\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherefore I say, \"I know only this\", not, \"I have the answer\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherefore I say, \"These are my words\", not, \"Speak this way\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach Flower emanates a Fragrance, unique unto its kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in all my life I have never seen, a Rose at war with Jasmine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tavern Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50488906744082,"sku":"9798218242749","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a85aca08-e46c-4efa-953f-faec1e988d26.jpg?v=1730484925","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-garden-of-the-beloved-reflections-from-a-simple-mans-spiritual-journey-9798218242749","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}