Caravan of No Despair
A Memoir of Loss and Transformation
by Mirabai Starr
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Pub Date Nov 01 2015 | Archive Date Aug 24 2015
Sounds True Publishing | Sounds True
Description
On the day her first book came out—a new translation of Dark Night of the Soul by Saint John of the Cross—Mirabai Starr’s daughter, Jenny, was killed in a car accident. “My spiritual life began the day my daughter died,” writes Mirabai. Even with decades of spiritual practice and a deep immersion in the greatest mystical texts, she found herself utterly unprepared for “my most powerful catalyst for transformation, my fiercest and most compassionate teacher.”
With Caravan of No Despair, Mirabai shares an irreverent, uplifting, and intimate memoir of her extraordinary life journey. Through the many twists and turns of her life—including a tangled relationship with a charlatan-guru, her unexpected connection with the great Christian mystics, and the loss of her daughter—Mirabai finds the courage to remain open and defenseless before the mystery of the divine. “Tragedy and trauma are not guarantees for a transformational spiritual experience,” writes Mirabai Starr, “but they are opportunities. They are invitations to sit in the fire and allow it to transfigure us.”
Advance Praise
“From the moment I began Mirabai’s personal story, I could not put it down. Though every word is the truth, her journey to becoming the brilliant mystic and writer she is today is as compelling and gritty as a great piece of fiction.”
CAROLINE MYSS, author of Anatomy of the Spirit and Sacred Contracts
Mirabai Starr’s Caravan of No Despair is a heartbreaking, raw, vulnerable and beautifully poignant memoir. And yet it’s so much more than that. This book inspired me—as I believe it will anyone who reads it—to go deeper into my own broken pieces while cultivating greater fearlessness and compassion for myself, and others, in the process. This is one of the most heartfelt and truth-inspiring books I’ve ever read. Thank you, Mirabai, for this gift.
CHRIS GROSSO, author of Indie Spiritualist and Everything Mind
“By far the best memoir of loss and rebirth that I have read. Mirabai Starr has given us—in the most raw and pure form—the essence of what it means to transmute extreme suffering into new life.”
ANDREW HARVEY, author of The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism
“A life-giving story and a clear-eyed journey through the grief of loss and of youth snatched away too early. Starr has created a beautiful, inspirational telling of a life that speaks to us all.”
NATALIE GOLDBERG, author of The True Secret of Writing
“Caravan of No Despair is a shimmering offering from a heart that’s been broken open by life and death. The holiness that tears through these pages doesn’t come from a mountaintop, lofty ideas, or a meditation cushion, but instead from revealing the almost unbearable joy and pain of being wholly human. Baring her all, Mirabai gifts us with a darkly luminous love story and we are forever changed as a result.”
SERA BEAK, author of Red Hot and Holy: A Heretic’s Love Story
“An absorbing story of love and loss, Caravan of No Despair brings the depth of a mother’s grief and healing fully to life. Mirabai’s open heart and growing wisdom shine through the telling of her own story.”
SHARON SALZBERG, author of Real Happiness
"Caravan of No Despair has all the force and radiance of the story it tells. Mirabai Starr describes the loss of a child with unrelenting heart. The, just as you feel that you will be lost with her in the searing pain, her grief opens a gate through which love and beauty pour out in streams of light. Beautifully written. How rare to find the words to describe such depths of being."
PAULA D’ARCY, author of Gift of the Red Bird and Waking Up to this Day
"So deep and real. Thank you, Mirabai Starr, for letting me share your journey through the darkness of despair into the open sky of love."
KRISHNA DAS, Grammy-nominated Kirtan artist
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781622034130 |
| PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
