{"product_id":"9780989659321","title":"Tending the Fire: Through War and the Path of Meditation","description":"\u003ci\u003eTending the Fire: Through War and The Path of Meditation \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised on a South Carolina sea island, tempered by experiences in the Vietnam War, and trained as a psychotherapist, Ralph Steele decided midlife that tending the fire of his life would be to take robes as a forest monk in Thailand and Myanmar-for a year or for a lifetime. He left his career and twenty-year relationship without knowing if he would return. \u003ci\u003e Tending the Fire \u003c\/i\u003e is the gripping, enlightening, and very human story of Ralph's transformative journey through war and meditation to a sense of wholeness, responsibility, peace, and compassion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbold\u003ePartial Endorsements: \u003c\/bold\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ralph Steele's memoir will be of great value, an inspiration for many who are seeking release from ignorance and suffering\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbold\u003e \u003ci\u003e Ajahn \u003c\/i\u003e Sumedho \u003c\/bold\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A beautifully written, humbling, uplifting, and profoundly sweet and electrifying life story illustrating the transformative value of the cultivation of mindfulness . . .\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbold\u003e Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of \u003ci\u003e Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/bold\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One can't help but marvel at Ralph Steele's extraordinary life.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbold\u003e Joseph Goldstein, author of \u003ci\u003eMindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/bold\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Buddha was a Kshatriya; he came from the warrior class, Ralph, too is a warrior who, like Buddha, had to climb the walls of his enclosures to breathe the fresh air.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbold\u003e Stephen and Ondrea Levine, authors of \u003ci\u003e Becoming Kuan Yin: The Evolution of Compassion \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Healing I Took Birth For \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/bold\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ralph is able to show us, in an unflinchingly graphic story, what is at once intimate and honest, heart-shredding and tender.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbold\u003e Wayne Muller, M. Div., author of \u003ci\u003e Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/bold\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ralph Steele's \u003ci\u003e Tending the Fire \u003c\/i\u003e offers a glimpse into worlds few of us will ever experience-and yet the humanity he shares with us is something we all can resonate with.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbold\u003e Alexandra Kennedy, M.A., LMFT, author of \u003ci\u003e Losing A Parent: Passage to a New Way of Living \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e Creating a Space to Let Yourself Heal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/bold\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacred Life Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49952650723568,"sku":"9780989659321","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780989659321","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}