Dialogues With Emerging Spiritual Teachers

by John W. Parker

This first edition of Dialogues with Emerging Spiritual Teachers is a collection of in-depth conversations and interviews with fourteen potent, grass-roots teachers, friends and guides who reside in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440116318
• ISBN13: 9781440116315
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Effort !

This book is amazing to me. It give you the opportunity to not only read about those teacher but connect with some of them. It is a great opportunity to see different teachers respond to the same questions from a different point of vew helping us to discern better. I love especially John de Ruiter, David Ciussi and Pamela. Teachers of One Living Advaita is a similar book with 2 or 3 teachers that are in both books. Although I prefer the interviewer in Teachers of One Living Advaita, this one is a great book.

More and more of them show up in Marin County every day

One compelling phenomenon of the last twenty years has been the appearance of Western spiritual teachers who practice independently of particular traditions and religious structures. Interviewer John Parker's openhearted questions introduce readers to fourteen up-and-coming teachers who pepper the contemporary spiritual landscape with their diverse forms and teachings. Some are grounded in Vedantic and Christian traditions, while others present more eclectic uncategorizable teachings.The cast includes Eckhart Tolle, John Sherman, Mira, Byron Katie, and Howard Badhand. Some have studied with controversial teachers such as Adi Dam (AKA Da Free John, among other names), some with Indian gurus, and others just had spontaneous revelations. The question arises among many spiritually-inclined folks of how one selects which teachers to study with. There seem to be so many of them nowadays. So with this in mind, this book is helpful for getting a good idea what is out there in the spiritual marketplace.All in all, I found this to be an easy read, and though I had some problems with the graphical presentation (I have very high standards here), it's not worth knocking the ranking down to a "4"!

No one is left out now.

Three marvelous insights from reading John Parker's "Dialogues with Emerging Spiritual Teachers." The wide variety of teachers that have come to us as a gift so that no one is left out of the transcendental "Me." Then there is a wide background of all these men and women pointing again that now there is no excuse for waiting any more for any of us. And thirdly there is the wonderful way John Parker elicits from all, answers that come from the innermost of their being. How lucky we all are, in this fantastic and atrocious times to have such guides!

A tremendous service to spiritual seekers everywhere!

Why wander the far corners of the globe, strain past almost indecipherable accents, and catch exotic diseases, when everything you've ever really wanted to know is readily available right here in your own backyard, ripe for the picking? Asking simple questions, in clear, concise language, free of beliefs and dogmas, John has interviewed a number of spiritual "heavies" that are most definitely worth checking out. Having personally the good fortune to have spent several decades immersed in Eastern teachers and traditions, as well as having spent quality time with several of the teachers interviewed in John's book, I can with sincerity say, that what is now currently available in the west is every bit as profound and true as anything that has historically been available on the other side of the world. In particular, John's interviews with Saniel Bonder and John de Ruiter are worth noting. You don't have to sweep ashram floors for years on end to receive spiritual truths. Thanks to this book, you can directly e-mail most of the illuminaries interviewed by John. What an extraordinary opportunity. Thank you John Parker!

A wealth of contacts

Here in one book the reader gets to meet over a dozen people worth contacting. Each interview/dialogue provides the opportunity to find out how these teachers relate in their own ways to the various subjects and disciplines associated with spriritual growth here in the west. I was especially impressed with the sections introducing Eckhart Tolle and Saniel Bonder. Both of these men have written books that I have found of extraordinary use throughout my daily life. I read them over an over and learn something new each time. I suspect that re-reading Dialogues With Emerging Spiritual Teachers will also prove to be of this same level of value. I look forward to doing just that and encourage anyone interested in this aspect of your life to add this book to your library and experience.