There's More to Life Than Surface Book

"We must always acknowledge the interconnectedness of all things". These words of the Dalai Lama have an undeniable resonance in the experiences of the people we encounter in this book. What, for instance, connects a Native American Shaman in Arizona with an Aboriginal elder in Australia's Northern Territory? What links them to a blind African prophet and artist? Or a Jewish woman who gave up a home and family in California to build a retreat in the sacred valley of the Incas? And what does meeting a golden lioness on the banks of the Amazon river have to do with a murdered lioness in Southern Africa? How did the Dalai Lama's words impact on a well-educated cynic and non-believer who unexpectedly found herself undergoing a mindshift on a magical journey to the ancient sacred places of Peru? Kate Thurkington was that cynic and non-believer and she shares the the experience of the spiritual journey that she had, unknowingly been travelling all her life - experiences that have changed her life.Read More