After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
by Jack Kornfield
What happens after awakening: teachers and practitioners describe the return to ordinary life, the relapses, the marriages, the humility. Kornfield's most honest book about the spiritual path.
Read it if…
you have had a peak experience and wonder why life is still hard.
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Skip it if…
you want the path's beginning; see A Path with Heart.
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Three things you will actually use
- Enlightenment does not exempt you from the laundry.
- Integration is the longer work.
- Humility is the mark of maturity.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the 'dark night'.
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