Longing for the Wild

Lynn Gray describes her book as an exploration of how to feel again. For me, there's a particular emotion the word "again" engenders. I'm a boy "again," discovering. I'm a Native man "again," a participant in the great mystery. Reading this book is like listening to music. There's the same thrill of recognition, in the way a well-sung line can penetrate the stone veil of the heart. I need a song that can carry me through the gathering clouds. This book allows me to feel and believe we humans have the inner resources to make the future into a great adventure. I wish I could make this book into a song so everyone could get this feeling in three minutes. Maybe I will. --Walter McKee Andrus, Film and Music Producer: 13th Floor Elevators, EASTER EVERYWHERELonging for the Wild describes the journey of a woman struggling with and eventually "falling into the masterpiece" of life and discovering the extraordinary strength and wisdom innate in everyone--our Buddha nature, our Christ consciousness, our higher selves, our essence as Spirit. Crises provide the opportunity for opening to these resources, but it is surrender--the quiet in between the crises, being mindful and paying attention--that prepares all of us for the moments in which we move deeper into our true selves. The general restlessness and unease so many modern people feel can be attributed to a longing for our essential human "nature," our elemental connection with the wild. The wild is not only "out there;" it is the foundation of human consciousness. We are inherently wild beings. The human longing to reconnect with our wildness has been all but lost in this age of the overwhelming distractions of technology and information overload. This book is a mirror of a million works-in-progress. The reader's own path is illuminated during the journey of the author's unique safari into the deeper realms of being human.