A deep meditation in clear photographic and prose visions on "Nature as a Spiritual Path." Eric Alan masterfully integrates his stunning color photography of nature with profound prose on the spiritual dimensions of nature.
Dividing Wild Grace into two sections, "Sensing the Spirit" and "Living the Spirit", Alan draws us into the natural world as cathedral where deep lessons await us.
In "Sensing the Spirit," Alan shows us through words and images nature's teachings on "No Ceilings,"" No Floors," "Flowing," "Floating," "Silent Support," "The Faith of Stones," "Life Giving Life," "Awareness," "The Color of Peace," and "Perseverance."
In "Living the Spirit," he shows us how to cultivate the wisdom that comes from attuning our lives to the natural world. Meditations cover "Home," Surroundings," "Religion," "Sex and Intimacy," "Family and Community," "Exercise," "Stillness," "Balance," "Work," "Education," "Money," "Ownership," "Food," "Music," "Conflict," "Sleep and Dreams," and "Health."
Eric Alan has created a beautiful celebration of the details of the natural world, and a meditation on living mindfully within it.
Excerpt From the Book When it's time to be absorbed back into that tide, the wisdom of the wilderness tells us to surrender; to make sure that our being feeds life as it passes on. That is continuance, and selfless comfort. That is the endless beauty the spirit of nature offers, without any perceptible limits of time. In the final release of self is the key to nature's apparent immortality. If that is all our awareness can reach to see, that is enough. If we can just perceive the endlessness of beauty, its most natural form will be realized within us. Look: that endless beauty is evolving even now — another sunrise around and within you before sleep comes. In the balance of wild grace, a sunrise is an ending as easily as a beginning, perfect either way.
Endorsements ... his voice forms a useful and needed bridge to the truly natural language we all share and have forgotten how to speak.
—Publishers Weekly