A More Ardent Fire by Eknath Easwaran (February 2010)
A More Ardent Fire by Eknath Easwaran (February 2010)
A More Ardent Fire
FROM EVERYDAY LOVE TO LOVE OF GOD
By Eknath Easwaran
A More Ardent Fire is the book chosen to accompany the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa theme for the month of February 2010
Our deepest need it to love completely, universally, without reservation - in other words, to become love itself. Where there is love, everything follows. To love is to know, is to act; all other paths to God are united in this path of love.
In form a verse-by-verse reading of a chapter on devotion from the Bhagavad Gita - the most popular spiritual document of India - Eknath Easwaran's words of practical wisdom guide us through the nitty-gritty challenges of everyday love, showing:
How to deepen our love for all those around us
How to seek the divine in all our relationships
What it means to "love the Lord"
Why it is so difficult to change entrenched habits - and how to make those changes
Effective spiritual practices for learning to love
"It is through deepening and strengthening our capacity to love those around us that we travel the most direct route to love of God."
