Half-Assed Monk: Fashioning a Life of Interior Inquiry

A purposeful combination of READING, WRITING, MEDITATION/CONTEMPLATION, and "EXPERIENCE IN THE WORLD" is the basis of the INDIVIDUAL APPROACH to spiritual/interior life that is chronicled in this first volume of Mega Wendell's journal-style NOTEBOOKS (1994-2001). Describable as falling somewhere between the spiritual monastic journals of Thomas Merton and the "real-world" waterfront diaries of longshoreman-philosopher Eric Hoffer, HALF-ASSED MONK provides not only an unusually complete and candid first-hand account of a developing "life of interior inquiry", but also an appealing and suggestive picture of life being lived day to day for a self-styled higher purpose. Overall, this is a book for people involved in, or giving thought to, interior-oriented life endeavors of their own - individuals looking not so much for spiritual help or direction as for the inspiring and encouraging example of a committed fellow traveler "on the path".