High Country: The Solo Seeker's Guide to a Real LifeDavid Alderman poses a vital question at the beginning of our journey with him into the high country of expanded consciousness. What does it mean to live a real life? Our culture might claim fame or fortune as necessary ingredients. But that still, quiet voice within will tell us, as the author insists, that it is living life from the core of our being or our real self. In search of that elusive self, Alderman takes us on an imaginary hike into high mountain country. Here we meet adepts from Lao Tzu to Carl Jung, who not only share their visions of real living but challenge us to withdraw the projections of our virtual self and realize the true self we actually are. It is the path of integration that we are all compelled to follow, either consciously or unconsciously. In High Country, David Alderman ushers us into an experience of the deeper levels of our inner being as we encounter and move through all the facets of our psyche. |
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