The Light Inside the Dark: Zen, Soul, and the Spiritual Life

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 272 pages
• Published by: Harper Paperbacks November 3, 1999
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0060931116
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0060931117
• Book Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 4 ounces

Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Light Inside the Dark: Zen, Soul, and the Spiritual Life (Hardcover) It doesn't get much better than this. i read a paragraph or 2 a day -- that's all i needed to get a wonderful hit of Zen/Jung. Took months. If you could articulately elaborate as a Zen master on Jung's quote "Enlightenment is not imagining figures of light but making the darkness conscious;" and as a Jungian analyst on Kornfield's quote "Enlightenment is intimacy with all things," it would sound like Tarrant (imho). Reading this book moved my thorough practice to an entirely different level. Caveat: i don't consider it a beginner's book; _A Gradual Awakening_ or _Seeking the Heart of Wisdom_ would be better starters. Then after 5 years of practice, _The Light Inside the Darkness_ would probably act as a rap on the shoulder with bamboo or Rinzai shout. i think the discipline of the practice needs attention first (a la _Breath by Breath_ by Larry Rosenberg (discipline w/ a sense of humor) or _The Heart of Buddhist Meditation_ by Nyanaponika Thera (detailed, serious read), later comes the poetry. Comment | | (Report this)