You’re Invited: Virtual Book Launch Mini-Tour!

 

The author in Lumbini, Nepal - birthplace of Gautama the Buddha

Hello Beloved!

I’m writing to invite you to a very special event - two book launch parties on May 25th and May 26th via Zoom. Think of it as a large baby shower for a very special inanimate object. In this case, it’s my new book, Truth Seeker! I want to celebrate with you and honor this very important work.

Truth Seeker, my second spiritual memoir, is a legacy project. It was vital that I finished the book and published it, to bring it to the planet. If I had a Bucket List, getting this book out there and into the world would have been on that list.

I’m inviting you to join me in an hour of FUN and CELEBRATION. 

Evening Launch Party – 7pm PT Tuesday, May 25th - uncork the bubbly!

Reply to this email to RSVP and get the Zoom link for Tuesday, May 25^th at 7:00pm Pacific

Daytime Launch Party – 12N PT Wednesday, May 26th - coffee and chai!

Reply to this email to RSVP and get the Zoom link for Wednesday, May 26^th at 12pm Pacific 

 

The author at the Ganges. Rishikesh, India

 

Here’s an idea of what I’m planning: 

• Erin’s story: What was it like for me - good, difficult, fulfilling - to write Truth Seeker and share it with the world?
• Reading aloud from Truth Seeker - What’s your favorite chapter/scene, if you've read it? Email me and let me know!
  
• Q&A – What else do you want to know? Something more about the characters, events? The writing and publication of the book? What it’s like to write a memoir?
• Book Group Style Sharing – Say a few words about what struck you (if you've read it)! (Haven’t read it yet? You can order it here in paperback or Kindle. Amazon delivers Truth Seeker via Prime in 48 hours!)
• Entertainment – Each event will kick off with a different surprise special guest! Don’t miss out!
• Open Bar and Refreshments – (Hahahha! At your house, silly!). BYOB of choice!

Ghats of Varanasi, India

How you can make it a success:

#1 – RSVP for one or both of the parties on the FULL MOON! Reply to this email and let me know which time(s) you'd like to be there. You'll receive the Zoom link in return!

#2 – Read, share, enjoy Truth Seeker (and Bindi Girl, the unofficial prequel, on sale!)

 #3 – Tell Your Friends About the Book

#4 – Invite them to the event

#5 – Post or write about Truth Seeker!

 Share the book with:

• Folks needing spiritual support
• People having an existential or life crisis
  
• Armchair and intrepid travelers
• Yogis and meditators and Indophiles
• People who need a love story
• Those who need a grief story
• People who need a good laugh
• SPIRITUAL SEEKERS AND FINDERS

Can't wait to see you! Let's celebrate!

Lots of love!

Erin

 

TRUTH SEEKER IS NOW ON KINDLE AND PAPERBACK.

A spiritual memoir, an off-the-beaten path India travel tale, and a bittersweet love story all rolled into one wild ride.

CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR COPY.

THANK YOU!

The author in Varanasi, India on the ghats of the Ganges

CLICK HERE TO GET TRUTH SEEKER

THE STORY OF A WOMAN'S EXISTENTIAL CRISIS,

THE END OF SEEKING,

AND THE WILLINGNESS TO LOSE EVERYTHING 

TO FIND TRUE, LASTING FREEDOM.

A combined off-the-beaten path India travel adventure, bittersweet romance, and deeply personal spiritual memoir, this book shares the profound, inexpressible grace of encountering one's spiritual teacher, or guru, and is an homage to the absolute faith and fearlessness required to be released from the shackles of suffering.

Truth Seeker: A Spiritual Adventure of Love, Loss, and Liberation is the long-awaited follow-up to the spiritual travel memoir, The Adventures of Bindi Girl: Diving Deep Into the Heart of India (2012).

Advance Praise for Erin Reese's new book

TRUTH SEEKER:

A SPIRITUAL ADVENTURE OF

LOVE, LOSS, AND LIBERATION

 “With razor-sharp wit and breathtaking pace, Truth Seeker immerses readers in the India few travelers see—the authentic India in all its beauty and abomination. Equal parts love story, spiritual quest, and travelogue, Truth Seeker, ultimately, is an homage to India itself and the extraordinary teacher Erin Reese found—and lost—there. This book is exactly what many of us need right now—spiritual sustenance, a glimpse of the majestic potential of humans, and a good, hard laugh.” —Lynn Braz, author of Flying Free: Life Lessons Learned on the Flying Trapeze

“Erin Reese’s Truth Seeker is a true gem! It relates both her journey through the land of India and her spiritual search culminating in spiritual awakening. As I read this beautifully written account, I could feel the heat, hear the sounds, and smell the scents of her Mother India. I could feel her emotions as she struggled along the way. I felt her devotion for her beloved guru. Her description of spiritual awakening is honest, clear, and genuine. To paraphrase Christ’s words about his disciple Nathanael, “Here is a woman in whom there is no guile.” —Marshall Davis, author of Experiencing God Directly: The Way of Christian Nonduality

Take a trip to India this season!

Need a getaway this holiday?

 

Take a trip to India!

The Adventures of Bindi Girl: Diving Deep Into the Heart of India
by Erin Reese
Available on Amazon
(Special autographed copy shipped to you or a friend directly - see below for details!)

Varanasi, India ~ The Holy Ganges

A Spiritual Traveler’s Sassy Tale…

Packed with plenty of spicy curry, cows, and comedy, Bindi Girl takes us on one heck of a wild ride across India. From Dharamsala and the Dalai Lama to ashrams, yoga schools, and meditation melodramas, Bindi educates and entertains as she goes. We discover the Hindu deities, the tourist trap mafia, and the beach havens of the hippie trail. From “Guru Disney” to the holy hell of Varanasi, Bindi’s got us clamoring for more masala chai all the way.

Bindi Girl is a gift to the traveler, the spiritual seeker, and the armchair tourist—anyone yearning for honest inspiration and a real kick to get out and truly live!

 
"Something kicky, fun and a bit random" - The New York Times

If you want an autographed book as a gift, let me know and I'll get it out to you immediately. It should arrive before Christmas. The book is $15.00; I'll pay the postage. You can pay via bank card, or check.

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Clearing Creative Blocks

The Constellation

Last weekend, I experienced a remote constellation clearing session with Barbara Eggenberger of Innate Movements of the Soul. Family constellations plunge into the roots of your history and clear past traumas in your lineage.

Constellation facilitators can also clear specific issues from your present. The constellation counselor moves between standing in the position of each person, or element, emotion, or concept, and facilitates the release of blocked energy. I asked Barbara to focus on removal of the writer’s block in the way of completing my second book.

Barbara called me after the session to explain how the showdown occurred between “Erin” and “The Book.” This face-off between me and my creative baby involved release of a flurry, a tirade and a final healing expansion of the Kundalini energy uncoiling and expanding. The Kundalini shakti flowed, finally, into ever-expanding Spaciousness that went on and on and on, explained Barbara, and then the same flowed out through The Book.

Gateway to India: The Fence Post

Toward the end of the constellation clearing, the energies of Erin and The Book were both entranced in focusing on a single fence post outside Barbara’s window while she stood on the spots representing the two of us. We were enraptured in The Ordinary. We both had exquisite, perfect reverence for a plain, ordinary fence post. Though this post was, at first glance, like all the other fence posts, this particular one was standing out magnificently.

After this long communion of Oneness with the fence post, Erin and The Book went into a rapture of deep, solemn peace and joy for sheer existence. After all the fear and rage and ‘shoulds’ and ‘ought tos’ had been released from the roots, only pure bliss remained.

I reflected later on the meaning of the fence post: why would Erin and The Book be so entranced by a fence?

A fence post can be part of a gate. I realized that my sequel in progress (Bindi Girl II: Surrendering to the Soul of India) is a gateway book, a middle child of a trilogy. BG 2 is a stopping point, a pause and preparation for the third and final book. It is an opening into vast inner – and outer – realms. BG 2 is a stepping stone to BG 3, which will be a compilation of short stories and teachings of spiritual mastery and travel.

Horse Sense: Patience

Digging deeper, I noodled around a bit on the Internet to look for any spiritual teachings on fence posts. I like the symbolism of patience, which I found in Zen Mind, Zen Horse: The Science and Spirituality of Working with Horses, a spiritual horse whisperer series which you can view on YouTube:

We use the symbol of the fence post as one of perfect patience. When the horse pulls back and resists, the fence post exerts equal pressure. When the horse yields, the fence post yields with impeccable timing. Learning from the example of the fence post, we can see that patience, pressure and impeccable release produce astounding results with our horse.

(If you’re a horse lover, Zen lover, or in need of Patience Wisdom, give a quick listen to the 3 minute YouTube lesson from Zen Mind, Zen Horse here.)

And so, with "patience, pressure, and impeccable release," work on my second book continues.

Hi-Yo Silver, Away!

Erin Reese is a freelance writer and astro-intuitive psychic healer. She works via phone, Skype and email.

For sessions and more information, visit her website at erinreese.com.