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Mother of the Unseen World: The Mystery of Mother Meera

Mother of the Unseen World: The Mystery of Mother Meera

Current price: $26.00
Publication Date: November 28th, 2017
Publisher:
Spiegel & Grau
ISBN:
9780812997255
Pages:
224

Description

Mother of the Unseen World is absolutely riveting, deeply searching, and thought-provoking.”—Gretchen Rubin

For readers interested in the mysteries of spiritual awakening, an exploration of the Indian “avatar” Mother Meera, known as an embodiment of the Divine Feminine

Throughout history there have been rare individuals who transcend what seems humanly possible, “enlightened” beings born with knowledge and experience that defy explanation. Kamala Reddy was a ten-year-old servant in rural India when her mysterious powers were recognized; she is believed to be an “avatar”—a divine incarnation in human form—and was soon given the name Mother Meera. Over the past forty years, she has welcomed millions of seekers from all faiths to have darshan (silent blessing) at her homes in Germany and India. Mother Meera has no dogma, offers her gifts free of charge, and belongs to no particular religion. Her transformational work is done using a particular light, she explains, which she transmits through her fingertips when she touches each person’s head during darshan, undoing “energetic knots” and quickening a person’s spiritual development. “Like electricity, the light is everywhere, but one must know how to activate it. I have come for that,” she says.

Mark Matousek was a nonbeliever when he met Mother Meera in 1985. Yet, in her presence, he experienced inexplicable occurrences that forced him to challenge his worldview. Now, in this deeply moving and wise book, he takes us as close as possible to this extraordinary woman. Is divine incarnation truly possible, he asks, as most of the world’s religions insist? Who is Mother Meera, really? Speaking to members of her inner circle, working at her school for the poor in India, and interviewing the elusive master herself, Matousek takes the reader on a mysterious quest into the “unseen world” where the divine and human intersect.
 
Advance praise for Mother of the Unseen World
 
Mother of the Unseen World reads like a classic adventure novel, with one exception—much of the adventure goes on inside the reader as we follow Mark Matousek’s everyman journey from pain and doubt to discovery and awakening.”—Elizabeth Lesser, author of Broken Open and co-founder of Omega Institute
 
“Mark Matousek brings us to the feet of Mother Meera in this transcendent, rapturous, astonishing book.”—Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues and In the Body of the World 

“At once a spiritual autobiography and an exploration of one of the most mystical beings of our time.”—Dani Shapiro

“Mother Meera’s message of peace and love has touched me profoundly.”—Ringo Starr

About the Author

Mark Matousek is the author of two acclaimed memoirs, Sex Death Enlightenment and The Boy He Left Behind, as well as When You’re Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living, and Ethical Wisdom: The Search for a Moral Life. A former editor at Interview magazine, he is a featured blogger for PsychologyToday.com and HuffPost, and has contributed to The New Yorker, O: The Oprah Magazine (as contributing editor), Harper’s Bazaar, Yoga Journal, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, and The Saturday Evening Post, among other publications. Internationally, he offers courses in creativity and spiritual growth based on his book Writing to Awaken: A Journey of Truth, Transformation, and Self-Discovery. He is a founding member of V-Men, an organization devoted to ending violence against women and girls, and lives in East Hampton, New York.

Praise for Mother of the Unseen World: The Mystery of Mother Meera

Advance praise for Mother of the Unseen World

Mother of the Unseen World reads like a classic adventure novel, with one exception—much of the adventure goes on inside the reader as we follow Mark Matousek’s everyman journey from pain and doubt to discovery and awakening. I don’t know who I learned the most from—the wise and powerful Indian saint Mother Meera, or the very human, very real, and equally wise Mark Matousek. I could not put this book down.”—Elizabeth Lesser, author of Broken Open and co-founder of Omega Institute
 
“Mother Meera’s message of peace and love has touched me profoundly.”—Ringo Starr

“Mark Matousek brings us to the feet of Mother Meera in this transcendent, rapturous, astonishing book. He is at once an inspired teacher and the humblest of students. This is a divine book about a divine woman and one of the best books I’ve read on the need for the return of the divine feminine here and now.”—Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues and In the Body of the World
 
“At once a spiritual autobiography and an exploration of one of the most mystical beings of our time.”—Dani Shapiro

“Mother Meera is the greatest gift in my life. Miracles beyond count have occurred in my life through her grace. My understanding has grown through her gift to us by way of Mother of the Unseen World.”—Hunt Slonem, artist

“I had the great fortune to meet Mother Meera. There is no doubt in my mind that I was in the divine presence of a highly evolved being—profoundly spiritual in nature. There is no other way to describe my experience.”—Joe Walsh, The Eagles

Mother of the Unseen World is absolutely riveting. It’s clear and engaging and, at the same time, deeply searching and thought-provoking. Mark Matousek uses his own encounters with Mother Meera as a lens through which to examine her life and teachings and influence in the world.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project