{"product_id":"toward-an-interior-sun-max-reif-9781988245645","title":"Toward an Interior Sun: Awakening by a Master, and the Difficult Journey Toward Discipleship","description":"\u003cp\u003eMartin is a young man with no conscious spiritual yearning and a dim sense of something wrong deep inside. He almost destroys himself by the time he's twenty-two, but then has the good fortune to be awakened by Meher Baba, a renowned spiritual figure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e After a honeymoon of feeling divine love, it gradually begins to dawn on Martin that the Master wants not only love, but obedience. The spiritual path is \"no game for the weak and fainthearted.\" Martin has a difficult go of it, blundering several times over the next decades, suffering precipitous falls--but always, somehow, being given another chance. He comes to realize the journey is a long one.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this collection of short stories, Max Reif digs deep to offer an entertaining and insightful account of this arduous spiritual trek. The tales lead the reader from epiphanies of youth, to the life of a spiritual seeker, to a deepening awareness of the maturity required for true discipleship. These stories take the reader on a bumpy ride from the dark depths of shock therapy to the soaring heights of seeing God manifest in the world, illuminating the hope we all have for redemption and rebirth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is a book not just for Baba lovers but for all who want spiritual growth and want to learn through the challenges of a personal story about the spiritual journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Max Reif\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1988245648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781988245645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mindful Word\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Max Reif","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519729905919,"sku":"9781988245645","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1acc8954-0654-487e-b4d0-cc694ea929c0.jpg?v=1778738460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/toward-an-interior-sun-max-reif-9781988245645","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}