Bare Bones Meditation: Waking Up from the Story of My Life

Bare Bones Meditation: Waking Up from the Story of My LifeThis exuberant and amazing testament is the story of a woman born with only one hand. She grows up feeling different, discovers her lesbianism and bisexuality amid the tumultuous sixties, sinks into alcoholism and drug addiction, and eventually bottoms out. She finds meaning as a political and disability rights activist, and eventually embraces first Zen Buddhism and then a very bare bones form of spirituality which indeed has no form. Joan Tollifson

This exuberant and amazing testament is the story of a woman born with only one hand. She grows up feeling different, discovers her lesbianism and bisexuality amid the tumultuous sixties, sinks into alcoholism and drug addiction, and eventually bottoms out. She finds meaning as a political and disability rights activist, and eventually embraces first Zen Buddhism and then a very bare-bones form of spirituality which indeed has no form. Joan Tollifson describes meditation as "moment-to-moment presence that excludes nothing and sticks to nothing." Here is spiritual work happening right in the middle of everyday American life with all its complexity and ambiguities - ordinary, messy, and accessible to everyone. Bare-Bones Meditation reveals the inner process of the mind in a way that hasn't been done before, and Tollifson's account is beautifully written - unbuttoned, intense, and from the heart.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 09/24/1996
ISBN: 9780517887929
Pages: 239
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.68w x 0.65d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/15/1996 pg. 1225