Chop Wood, Carry Water

Guide to Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in Everyday Life

Rick Fields (Rick Fields), Peggy Taylor (Peggy Taylor), Rex Weyler (Rex Weyler) , Rick Ingrasci (Rick Ingrasci)

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English

Tarcher/Putnam,US
01 December 1984

Psychology; Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice

An inspirational handbook to discovering spiritual fulfillment in everyday activities and applying ancient wisdom to your modern life.

More than a thousand years ago a Chinese Zen Master wrote- Magical Power, Marvelous Action! Chopping Wood, Carrying Water...

The message is as true today as it was then- the greatest lessons and the profoundest heights of the spiritual path can be found in our everyday lives. It is the greatest challenge for people living in contemporary society to find the spiritual aspects of working in an office, store, or factory; balancing a checkbook; raising a family; or making a relationship work. How can we make all these daily activities a part of the path? How can we apply the insights of great spiritual traditions, and our own experience, to the way we live and develop?

This book is a guide-a handbook filled with information, advice, hints, stories, inspiration, encouragement, connections, warning, and cautions, for the inner journey as we live throughout our lives.

Chop Wood, Carry Water contains much ancient wisdom, but the emphasis is on contemporary perceptions. Many of our guides have been known to humanity for millennia- they are the world's great spiritual teachers-Christ, the Buddha, Loa Tse, Confucius. Others are contemporary teacher and healers, widely recognized and respected. All offer ways to integrate the events, our focus on relationships and family, our struggle with technology, money, politics and more-into the quest for spiritual fulfillment.

By: Rick Fields (Rick Fields), Peggy Taylor (Peggy Taylor), Rex Weyler (Rex Weyler), Rick Ingrasci (Rick Ingrasci)
Imprint: Tarcher/Putnam,US
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 190mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780874772098
ISBN 10: 0874772095
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 December 1984
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rick Fields is editor in chief of Yoga Journal, author of The Code of the Warrior and How the Swans Came to the Lake- A Narrative History of Buddhism in America, and coauthor of Chop Wood, Carry Water and The Turquoise Bee.