Dawn Downey
Author
Language
English
Description
Walk with Dawn Downey, as she observes her world. "I missed my walk today. My feet left the house, but I lingered inside my mind, composing a grocery list. In my absence, maybe my feet admired the willow around the corner, or reassured the hound dogs that bayed a warning from behind their fence." Gardening, yoga, and popular culture also make appearances in these chapters. Downey's take is philosophical, often invoking meditation as the lens through...
Author
Publisher
Pathless Land Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Dawn Downey chronicles a spiritual journey that leads her from revelations at a Buddhist monastery to transcendence at a Baptist church. En route, she uncovers the cause of her life-long depression: childhood abuse. Mysticism, meditation, and the muck of daily living. Downey finds peace in all of it. “… authentic and wry … an honest conversation about how a spiritual life really manifests in the day-to-day world. … Bravo for this enchanting...
Author
Language
English
Description
"You're not alone." Hollow words for any tender soul smiling through the day while hiding a deep sense of loneliness. For such a soul-like Dawn Downey-the friendliest encounter becomes an exercise in alienation. Through the stories in Searching for My Heart, Downey investigates why she feels left out, returning to themes of alienation, shame, and the self-awareness that leads to love. Downey is a seeker on a quest for closeness. Every step in her...
4) Blindsided
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Language
English
Description
We strive for authenticity, but expediency often demands we suppress our true feelings.
Dawn Downey struggles to find her genuine self, as she navigates her white surroundings. She wages an internal war, her intuition recognizing bigotry and her intellect wanting-needing-to deny it. At the end of any given day, she is angry. She is weary. She despairs.
"You get to hopeless by sinking," she tells us.
"I sank through dreamlike images of shackles,...