The Awakened Heart: Opening Yourself to the Love You Need

by Gerald G. May

Book Overview

Integrating the wisdom of ancient mystics and the insights of contemporary thinkers, May examines the spiritual longings that are often hidden and controlled by society's pressures and expectations.
--Publishers Weekly

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060654732
• ISBN13: 9780060654733
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Deeply contemplative, not an easy read but worth it

I actually bought this book because I thought it would help me open up to *romantic* love, as in, to meeting my potential partner/soul mate/twin flame. It was none of that, but it did help me open up to Love -- the greater love for life, for people, and especially for myself and God. This book was not an easy read, but it was worth it. While reading, little light bulbs went on in my mind as several realizations became clear and obvious. I've read a great deal of spiritual material before, and had become almost against the word 'God' because it connotes a judgmental creature looking down upon us. This book does not go into "defining" God, but refers to the term a lot. As a result, I was able to return to being okay with the word and really feel what Gerald May was talking about. It was really worth the money, and it's one of those books that you read 2 years later and realize how much deeper is becomes the next time around.

Powerful book

This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. A friend passed this onto me and I remember reading the first 20 pages on a bus and not being able to stop crying. It was so beautiful and it made me look at myself and others differently. The one thing that we are all searching for is Love. That is the fundamental purpose of life. Absolutely amazing book in it's simplicity and beauty.

Clear direction for being with God

What a deeply enriching book! I have had to read it a few pages at a time to savor and feel my way through what is being said. I reccommend this book to any spiritual seeker, even though the book is loosely Christian in orientation.This author is the best contemporary spiritual guide I have. I wish he would write more!!

One of the wisest books on spirituality I know.

This is one of the wisest books I have ever read. Whether I can read it or not is a good measure of my spiritual openness to God, or at least, of my willingness to be open. If I am closed down, I don't want anything to do with this book. But if I am yearning for God's yearning for me, this book is meat and drink. How one person can be so spiritually wise is astonishing.