Have you ever wondered who you are?Have you ever puzzled over why you are here?At some point in our lives, we all face this daunting mystery.Who am I? is not a question, it is a portal, a window through which one can view one's true nature.We all know that we exist, but what is it that knows?Is there any question more vital than this one?Why not walk with me a while, these could be the most important steps of your life
Masters, Mice and Men is a second sharing of True Stories which follow on from the previous book Tibetan Tales and other True Stories. The incidents in this latest offering cover a span of human experience that goes from the sublime to the down-right humorous. They took place between the years of 1985 and 2011, many of them in the foothills and mountains of the Himalayas.Some of these stories point to the manner in which a 'fully realised being' can live in the world and yet remain ever 'beyond' its entrapments, thus providing us with a perfect example of how to move gracefully through life.To some degree, all of these stories share a wonder at the eternal mysteries of life and its deeper underlying meaning.At the end of the day we must all of us know that the 'great leveller' can claim us at any time and that ultimately we need to use this life to find out 'who we are' and 'why we are here.'
If you have ever questioned the meaning of your life, longed to break free and discover its real secrets, this book is a must read true life story In 1991 two Western women dye their hair black, climb into traditional Tibetan dresses and embark on an illegal, harrowing trek to Mount Kailash in the far west of Tibet. Facing wild dogs, possible arrest, exposure, lack of food and water; where a wrong step could plummet them to certain death, their spiritual pilgrimage is a testimony to the resilience of the human spirit. The author Lyse Lauren traces her search for truth, starting as a young girl, who at the age of nine has a near death experience which thenceforth, shapes the trajectory of her life. Leaving home at the age of sixteen, her escapades take her outside the 'normal' lifestyle, where questioning the true meaning of life leads to an isolated mountain hermitage, to take refuge under the wings of two highly revered Tibetan Masters and to encounter her fears head on, on an indomitable, sacred Mountain
Tibetan Masters and other True Stories is a sharing of adventures that took place in the Himalayas between 1985 to 2009. During these years the writer lived and studied at the feet of a number of revered Tibetan Lamas. Often she stayed in remote mountain hermitages, encountering a unique way of life that many in the western world know little or nothing about.Here is a world of levitating Lamas, ghosts and encounters with Yeti's. A world of remote and hidden valleys, of mountain hermitages and Yogis.This book is intended as a sharing from the heart, it is not put together as a sequential list of stories but rather it is intended that each story be read with an open mind. In such an atmosphere of openness it is hoped that these sharings may engender glimpses of the 'silence' which is the innate but unrecognised aspect of our being.
