{"product_id":"there-is-no-other-the-way-to-harmony-and-wholeness-9780063443020","title":"There Is No Other: The Way to Harmony and Wholeness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn essential balm for these tumultuous times, this thoughtful and inspiring guide features newly gathered teachings to abandon the idea there is an \"other,\" bridging differences and cherishing our lives in the world, from beloved spiritual leader Ram Dass.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the world seeming to teeter between democracy and authoritarianism, between humanitarianism and individualism, Ram Dass's teachings on wholeness and unity are more needed than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere Is No Other\u003c\/em\u003e is a groundbreaking work showcasing the late spiritual leader's thoughts and insights on broaching the divide and bringing disparate souls together. In these profound, newly gathered writings, Ram Dass shows us how a house divided against itself--whether that \"house\" is our individual self or the society in which we live--can come together in wholeness. There is no \"other,\" he explains. It is all one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStructured in three sections, \u003cem\u003eThere Is No Other\u003c\/em\u003e teaches us to open ourselves, come together in community, and love one another--and ourselves--across all our seeming contradictions and divisions. Anne Lamott contributes a beautiful foreword and each section is followed by a short essay reflecting on the endurance of Ram Dass's ideas penned by Sharon Salzberg, Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, and Mirabai Bush, as well as guided meditations to deepen each lesson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he leads us toward wholeness within our unique selves and as a human community, Ram Dass gives us the most precious gift: hope. Only in seeing ourselves in our complexity can we come together and honor our incarnations on the sacred planet we inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDass, Ram:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRam Dass\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the landmark classic \u003cem\u003eBe Here Now\u003c\/em\u003e and the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eStill Here\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBe Love Now\u003c\/em\u003e. After meeting his guru in India in 1967, Ram Dass became a pivotal spiritual influence on American culture, introducing the West to Eastern spiritual practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarkus, Parvati:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParvati Markus\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eWhisper in the Heart: The Ongoing Presence of Neem Karoli Baba\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLove Everyone: The Transcendent Wisdom of Neem Karoli Baba Told Through the Stories of the Westerners Whose Lives He Transformed\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the co-author of a children's book, \u003cem\u003eIsabella Castaspella: The Happy Little Witch and Her Friends\u003c\/em\u003e, with Radha Baum. Parvati has been \"midwifing\" spiritual nonfiction books as a developmental editor and writer since Ram Dass's classic \u003cem\u003eBe Here Now\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a former president of the board of the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram and Temple and a former development consultant for the Global Peace Initiative of Women Religious and Spiritual Leaders, held at the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland, and is on the Advisory Board of the Love Serve Remember Foundation. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661502218514,"sku":"9780063443020","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3a78e3bb-c8ce-4006-ba31-f3b8d0c3161f.jpg?v=1760446371","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/there-is-no-other-the-way-to-harmony-and-wholeness-9780063443020","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}