The Seeker Academy Bookblog

Prologue 1

Part One: A Day Back in January 5

1 The Taste of Fig and Gorgonzola 7
2 The Consolidation Phase 20

Part Two: Grace 35

3 A Retreat Extended 37
4 Trying to Meditate 41
5 Two Angry Young Poets 45
6 Breathing and Feeling 51
7 A New Friend’s Suggestion 59
8 A Disturbing Conversation 64
9 One Man’s Avocation 72
10 Breaking Through 75

Part Three: The Seeker Gathering 81

11 Misunderstanding on the Raft 83
12 A Stranger’s Tears 90
13 The Supper Shift 96
14 Bowered Oration 108
15 On and Around the Teeterboard 120
16 Evening Frivolity 134

Part Four: Wellness 141

17 Word of an Accident 143
18 At the Hospital 154
19 Discomfort at a Mall 161
20 A Surfacing of Rage 167
21 Deciding to Listen 171
22 The Ear of the Mind 175
23 The Ear of the Body 183
24 The Ear of the Heart 187

Part Five: Spirituality 195

25 Just the Right Invitation 197
26 A Challenge to Quest On 205
27 The Old Story of Fear 209
28 Sorting What She Then Could 217
29 Sought-after Guidance 224
30 On Perilous Paths 229
31 The Gift of Her Footing 238
32 Giving Time to One’s Pursuits 244
33 Blowing Off the Chaff 248

Part Six: Poets’ Walk 259

34 An Older Retreat 261
35 Some Old Masks 264
36 Where She Was From 273
37 Reason and Tragedy 278
38 Making Sense of It 287
39 A Veiled Stranger 294