The Gate of Tears: Sadness and the Spiritual Path

by Jay Michaelson

The Gate of Tears: Sadness and the Spiritual Path explores the counter-intuitive insight that sadness and joy are not opposites - and that human capacities often suppressed or rejected can, instead, be gateways to deep joy, creativity, and liberation. Its eighty-two short, poetic, sometimes epigrammatic chapters draw on contemplative traditions, art, even pop songs. They are reflections on the path of surrender, alchemy, and the sacred.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934730459
• ISBN13: 9781934730454
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Ben Yehuda Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"