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9/11, life-threatening disease, death of a parent, spousal abuse. Can life’s catastrophe’s teach us anything that will help us? Are we only human after all, and victims of our circumstances? What truly governs the physical body? Rea Nolan Martin addresses these questions in a way that makes spiritual truths accessible and practical in our complex, modern lives. No stranger to difficulty, she uses her own life challenges and spiritual interpretations to offer inspiration to others. “Through our loss and near-losses, we come to acknowledge the shocking miracle of our own existence!” This book challenges long held world beliefs, subverts old religion, and offers fresh ways to deal with a shifting world and collapsing order. Apart from the greater dramas, what can plants, selfies, and pornography teach us? It all starts with the mind, the author establishes early on. Our individual and collective mindset colors the landscape of our experience. “Mystics and spiritual masters tell us that elements of the concrete world are first formed by substance of the mind.” She does not say that when bad things happen, it is because we have bad thoughts. Rather, when bad things happen, it is often because we are unaware of, or not challenging, beliefs of evil, either in ourselves or others.The author takes on the deeper meanings of Christmas, Hanukkah, karma, Easter, charity, marriage, pulling back the curtain that seems to separate us from grace. Often our own human efforts fall short of bringing about the harmony, abundance, and love that we seek after. The book offers simple ideas on how to pray and mediate effectively so that God can speak and act through us. That is why it is important. It invites us to release old patterns of belief that cause us suffering and difficulty, to accept God’s grace—to embrace our divine nature—even and especially while undergoing difficult experiences. Beautifully and simply written, the messages of “Walking on Water” are timeless and timely, speaking to the eternal essence of modern humanity. I wholeheartedly recommend this uplifting, illuminating collection of essays.
