Larry Pearlman - Journaling the Journey: 25 Spiritual Insights to Light the Way

About the Book

Do you like a book that grabs your attention and doesnt let go? Or would you prefer a book that offers spiritual direction and insight into your true nature? Journaling the Journey: 25 Spiritual Insights to Light The Way does both!

Joan Borysenko, Ph.D, New York Times bestselling author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind.

Think Route 66 meets Yoda. Take 25 Spiritual Insights discovered by the author on his journey through life. Apply them to a cross-country adventure in a red Corvette convertible he took as a young man. Now, see how those insights relate to your own life through journaling and guided introspection. What sets this book apart is Larry Pearlmans easy style and sense of humor mixed with deep wisdom.

Journaling The Journey could be read just for the entertainment value and it would be worth the money, but here is an opportunity to literally change the direction of your life and discover the answer to the question of the Ages: Who Am I Really?

After investing years in self discovery & introspection myself, I am convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt, the lessons expressed in this timeless treasure could, and will, change a persons life in a profound & meaningful way, providing they are ready

Mel Brodsky Author of Questions are the Answers and contributor to The Power of Mentorship

About the Author

Larry Pearlman is a personification of the fact that spirituality and the material world are not mutually exclusive. While working 32 years in corporate America, Larry taught courses in The Art of Creative Living and serves as a faculty member for The Opening an 8-day experiential class in discovering your full potential. Larry hosts a radio show, Evolution in Consciousness, interviewing people like Gregg Braden, James Twyman, Lynne McTaggart, Joan Borysenko, and Matthew Fox. He recently served in the Peace Corps in Ghana for 27 months and currently resides at Sunrise Ranch, an intentional, spiritual community in Loveland, Colorado. For more information about Larry, please visit his website at www.LarryPearlman.com.

Journaling The Journey:

25 Spiritual Insights to Light The Way

by Larry Pearlman

Copyright 2013, Larry Pearlman

All Rights Reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the author.

ISBN: 978-1-61750-837-0

Contents

Acknowledgements

The Lone Ranger. Thats what I have frequently thought myself to be especially when it comes to work. Guess thats why I loved my career in sales so much. As long as I was making quota, my boss left me alone. I had nobody reporting to me. I was doing it on my own! Never mind that there were all those people in customer service, operations, engineering, administration, accounting, and the executive staff. Ohdid I mention customers!!?? And then of course there was support from my wife, my son, my friends..

Well writing a book is a lot like that. I saw it as a personal thing. My great calling. Time for the Lone Ranger to ride again!! Not even close! So here are just some of the Tontos that helped me get this done.

Id like to start by thanking Mel Brodsky. Bugs besides being a great friend all of these years, it was when you wrote your first book, Questions are the Answers, that I was inspired to write the book that had been in my head only as a floating idea for decades. Guess that shouldnt have been a surprise as inspiration is your middle name!

Of course, this would have been simply a travelogue and diary without any Spiritual Insights if it werent for my spiritual teachers. I specifically owe HUGE posthumous appreciation to Jack and Ruth Pearlman, my parents, for being such excellent examples of spiritual wisdom appearing as kindness, patience, openness, love, and good old common sense. Any conscious understanding of spiritual laws that I was blessed with came as a direct result of the dozen years or so that I was privileged to know Martin Cecil (later Martin Exeter when he assumed his familys English title), both from his own teachings and my exposure, through Martin, to the teachings of Lloyd Arthur Meeker (known as Uranda).

Other spiritual teachers that I had along the way included John and Carol Amey, John and Pam Gray, Bill Bahan, George Emery, Jim Wellemeyer, Michael and Nancy Cecil, Roger DeWinton, Dorothy Hughes (later known as Dorathy Williams), and Alan Hammond.

My close friends Kimberly Amadeo and Phyllis Warren helped me see how my first draft could be improved and then patiently pointed out that the second draft wasnt all that great either! So, if you think this is an enjoyable, inspiring, well-written book, you might send a thank you to Kimberly and Phyllis!

My favorite, and only, but shed be my favorite even if I had 8, sister Carol was amazing in making sure I had commas where they belong and not where they dont. She also showed me the folly of my ways in starting sentences with But, although I left a few of those in just because Im stubborn. I might also mention that there would not be a single whom in this book without her guidance. It is amazing to me how much painstaking time Carol put in to help make her little brother look good. I love you, Sis!

David Banner, author of 6 books himself and a kindred spirit, also gave me valuable editorial comment without pulling any punches. It was his comments that saved you from exposure to an appendix that wasnt any more useful than the one in your body. Along with David, Michael Gaetta also took time from his very busy life to give me publishing advice. Rich Kenny turned me in the direction of e-publishing.

Pam Holloway gave me the idea of making the book into an actual journal rather than just using my journal entries. I think that was brilliant. She also helped me think of things to make the book better. Thanks Pam.

It is so much more fun using the actual names of the people in my life, so I would also like to thank the following people for granting me permission to use their real names in this book: John and Carol Amey, Ed Ordower, Joe and Sue Kittel for their son Aaron who has passed on, Carol Winkler, Jean Harvey, Dharma Kellherer, Cliff Penwell, Kate OBrien, Mel Brodsky, Sharon Pettett, Michael Cecil, Mary (Bane) Pearlman, and Phyllis Warren. I also used actual first names for Debbi, Michael, Rich, Toren, and Jason. All other names mentioned in the writing and in the journal entries have been changed and any resemblance to actual people who might have been present at the times of my life referenced is coincidental.

Preface

You know how you read an inspiring book and think, WOW that was awesome! I am going to make some changes that will alter the course of my life, but then somehow you never get around to it? Well maybe thats never happened to you but, either way, I dont want this to be that kind of book. (Youre going to hear a lot about what this book is not as we go along). So rather than just giving you a peek into my journal and my insights about life, this book is to serve as your journal and an opportunity to develop your own life-altering insights. There is an opportunity to journal following each chapter. A journal can be anything from scrap paper to a leather writers book with gold trimmed pages. Use whatever you are comfortable recording your thoughts in.