Ocean of Insight

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A Sailor's Voyage from Despair to Hope

Heather Lyn Mann

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Parallax Press
14 November 2016

Mind, Body, Spirit

One woman's death-defying and life-affirming journey on the open ocean.

Heather Lyn Mann was a battle-weary environmental advocate in Madison, Wisconsin, struggling over what to do about climate change when she and her husband decided to explore the Atlantic on a small sloop. This memoir of six years living afloat is a chronological unfolding of disasters and discoveries-life-threatening storms, the boredom of isolation, societies on the brink of extinction, sinking ships, colorful Caribbean characters, near collisions, a pirate scare, and more. Throughout, the ocean becomes Mann's teacher, transforming her with uncompromising lessons on how to harmonize with natural order, the exact moments and ways to let in fearlessness, resilience, happiness, impermanence, balance, compassion, skillful action, and beginner's mind.

Her suspenseful, sometimes hilarious, and always heart-warming journey of body and mind, shaped by ancient Buddhist teachings, entertains as it charts reality's depths and danger zones so arm-chair adventurers, spiritual seekers, and the climate concerned can navigate tumultuous waters and arrive together on the shore of planetary well-being.

By: Heather Lyn Mann
Imprint: Parallax Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 482g
ISBN: 9781941529300
ISBN 10: 1941529305
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 14 November 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Part I: Transmission of Learning 1. FEAR 2. DESIRE 3. SKILL 4. CONTENTMENT 5. ETHICS 6. TIME 7. POWER Part II: The Practice of Knowing 8. IMPERMANENCE 9. MINDFULNESS 10. POLITICS 11. FIERCE COMPASSION 12. HOPE 13. STABILITY Part III: Unlearning What is Known 14. WISDOM 15. EPILOGUE

Spiritual Ecologist Heather Lyn Mann is a practitioner of Buddhism, sailing, and mindful advocacy. Mann founded and led the not-for-profit Center for Resilient Cities-an organization mobilizing inner-city residents to restore natural beauty and function in damaged neighborhood landscapes. She also co-editsTouching the Earth- A Newsletter of Earth Holding Actions in the Plum Village Tradition. In 2007, together with her husband and cat, Mann set sail on a 15,000-nautical-mile, six-year voyage.