Awakening from Grief: Finding the Way Back to Joy

John E. Welshons

Feb 2011 · New World Library

About this ebook

In this remarkable book, John Welshons weaves together his own personal awakening with those of others he’s counseled to create a deeply felt and beautifully expressed primer on dealing with grief. Grieving, says Welshons, offers a unique opportunity to develop deeper and fuller life experiences, to embrace pain in order to open the heart to joy. Written for those who have experienced any kind of loss — death, divorce, or disappointment — this book offers reasonable, reassuring thinking on dealing with the death of loved ones and ourselves, finding the inner gifts that promote healing, and much more. Awakening from Grief takes a rare and compelling positive look at a subject needlessly viewed as one of the most negative in life. This is a persuasive primer on drawing the joy out of grief.

About the author

John E. Welshons (“Ramananda”) is a highly respected contemporary spiritual teacher who leads workshops and meditation retreats across North America. He is a gifted counselor and inspiring lecturer who for nearly forty years has been helping people heal through the difficult — often unexpected — changes that life offers He has been a practitioner of vipassana (mindfulness) meditation and various forms of yoga since 1969, and is the author of three critically acclaimed books — One Soul, One Love, One Heart (Silver winner of the 2010 Nautilus Book Award), as well as Awakening from Grief and When Prayers Aren’t Answered.