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This audiobook contains a collection of spiritual tales designed to calm your mind and help you experience the Power of Now. These selected stories prove that the basic teachings of ancient Hinduism share the same elementary truths than those presently taught by Eckhart Tolle, as evidenced by the writings of Swami Sivananda, Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda, Ramana Maharshi, and other renowned Hindu masters.

From the author of "Journey Beyond the Veil: Awakening the Heart to Love" comes her next memoir in verse – "After the Journey: Returning the Heart to Home." Through her poems and prose, experience her heartful transition back from a spiritual journey to her home place – her return to a mundane world of daily human drama and existential crises.

Written by Ralph M. Flores, illustrated by family and friends, and published posthumously, these 13 fables, adapted for audio, are fractured in that some are spin-offs on Aesop's Fables and Navajo coyote tales, but all show topical twists unique to Ralph's wry, indulgent humor. The moral at the end of each fable, if we didn't realize sooner, alerts us to the animal characters that are stand-ins for human fools.

Secrets. Lies. Silences. Stories told by parents and their families to protect themselves. A father who defends his wife despite her damage to their daughter’s health and welfare. A mother, shielded by her husband, who perpetuates murderous acts of violence against the daughter, and keeps secret her husband’s sexual “play” with the young girl.

Strawberry Roan tells memorable stories of the life of Judy Beil Vaughan, from growing up on a horse ranch to medical school and practicing medicine in New Mexico’s state-funded hospitals in Las Vegas. The author relates youthful adventures and adult conflicts as she juggles her profession, family, and deep involvement with her father’s horse breeding legacy.

Leona is cast into bewildering disgrace and poverty with a baby, a violent husband, and shattered faith. She hacks through the bones of her Mennonite naiveté to confront harsh realities. This riveting and morally unflinching memoir, recommended by Ms. Magazine, delivers intense suspense, humor, and unusual wisdom.