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Author Neil Douglas-Klotz expertly bridges the gap between the Sufi qualities and contemporary concerns such as love, work, and success, and punctuates this all with timeless wisdom from Sufi masters, both ancient and modern, such as Rumi, Hafiz, Shabistari, Rabia, Inayat Khan, Indries Shah, Irina Tweedie, Bawa Muhaiyadden, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the web: http:\/\/sufibookoflife.com","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56225129857397,"sku":"9780142196359","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780142196359_b90f7755-3b2a-4457-8677-570db9c36002.jpg?v=1786032804"},{"product_id":"9781642970593","title":"The Aramaic Jesus Book of Days","description":"\u003cb\u003e“The Aramaic translations of Klotz cut through the rote and bring us to the deeper meanings of Jesus’s teaching that can still touch our hearts, move our souls, and ignite our action.”—Matthew Fox, author of \u003ci\u003eOriginal Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Neil Douglas-Klotz, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRevelations of the Aramaic Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, offers new translations from Jesus’s native language in the form of a meditation a day, an oracle, or a guide for a forty-day retreat. Through expansions of Aramaic’s multiple meanings as well as guided contemplations, \u003ci\u003eThe Aramaic Jesus Book of Days\u003c\/i\u003e provides a guide to transformation through the way of the prophet. It shows how the deepest teachings of Jesus address contemporary challenges, such as our relationships with nature and each other, as well as the purpose of life itself.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In short chapters, the book takes up life themes you’re facing and offers meditations to address them. Each chapter is introduced with a short saying and keyword of Jesus, heard with “Aramaic ears,” and then proceeds to show how this applies to a life issue today. 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This little book gathers the sayings and stories of the women and men who have sunk their roots deep into inner retreat and brought forth wisdom for all times and peoples.  Here we find the stories and voices of desert fathers and mothers, forest hermits, mountain mystics, wandering philosophers, and wise eccentrics who maintained their solitude while living in society and challenged the status quo with humor. From East and West and everything in between. From Christian hermits, wandering Kabbalists, itinerant Sufis, Zen practitioners, Yogis, court jesters, transcendentalists, and freethinkers, Wild Wisdom gathers a timeless harvest for spiritual renewal.  By turns witty, startling, beautiful, and sublime, Wild Wisdom makes a fine companion for personal retreat, daily contemplation, or simply taking time out during a busy day.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304926490997,"sku":"9781642970081","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781642970081_466fa0bf-f176-43ac-9355-db3c0ba3c81a.jpg?v=1786024334"},{"product_id":"9781642970418","title":"Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Neil Douglas-Klotz has distilled his decades of rigorous scholarship, deep practice, and revolutionary insight into a potent elixir for our times.” —Mirabai Starr, translator o\u003ci\u003ef Julian of Norwich: The Showings\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eWild Mercy \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is an approach to Jesus’s recorded words and teachings through his native language, Aramaic, answering many questions clearly and consistently, even if unexpectedly, no matter which Gospel you have in your hands.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Introduction:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Jesus’s teachings have been used historically to fuel what became modern Western culture, with all its pluses and minuses. 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By honoring the people of Jesus’s land and their poetic language, it brings a needed balance to the historical Jesus movement.” —Matthew Fox, author of Original BlessingThe Hidden Gospel is in plain sight. We find it in Jesus’s familiar sayings translated from Aramaic, the Middle Eastern language he actually spoke. Neil Douglas-Klotz’s lucid commentary guides us in applying Jesus’s ancient wisdom to our lives today.   The Hidden Gospel explores the sometimes simple yet radical differences that reveal the spirituality behind the sayings of Jesus from an Aramaic viewpoint. The differences stem from the nature of Middle Eastern languages themselves as well as the worldview behind them—that is, the ways in which they divide and make sense of reality. Each chapter includes meditative exercises and body prayers so that we may directly experience the life-changing spiritual practice of Jesus’s original mystical tradition. 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