A savoury new collection nominated for the 1996 Pulitzer Prize in Literature. An impressive sequel to his previous work which was also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. A reviewer once described Red Hawk’s poetry as “having that rarest of all virtues: a sense of civilization.” Another said that his “poems are so exquisite, they seem almost to have been translated from an alien tongue.” Nowhere is that talent more on display than here, in his third book of poems.

Ways of Power

Literature & Fiction

Hawk, Red

Poetry

Hohm Press

This volume of 90 poems by Red Hawk, touches raw nerves in a variety of subjects - from children, nature and family, to God politics and death. His words are often ruthless, but ultimately compassionate.

Art of Dying: Poems

"Conócete a ti mismo" es una de las enseñanzas más antiguas para lograr el Despertar. La auto observación es el medio para alcanzar dicho estado."Desde que me incorporé a los grupos de Gurdieff en París, hace más de sesenta años, siendo aún un joven, he leído, en francés y en inglés, muchos libros sobre la auto observación, la consciencia de sí mismo y el recuerdo de sí. Fue para mí una grata sorpresa descubrir, en el libro de Red Hawk ideas importantes que no había encontrado en ningún otro lado, o al menos, no ten convincentemente expresadas. Muchos libros espirituales sin interesantes, pocos son de verdadera ayuda. Este es en verdad valioso.-Arnaud Desjardins, eminente maestro espiritual francés; autor de numerosos libros, incluyendo L'audace de vivre (Editions de la Table Ronde) y Una vida feliz, un amor feliz (Hara Press). Estudió con Madame Jeanne de Salzmann desde 1950 hasta 1965."La auto observación es un aspecto fundamental de la práctica del Cuarto Camino que amerita la enfocada atención que reciben este hermoso y conciso libro de fácil lectura. Red Hawk escribe sobre la auto observación con la inequívoca voz de autoridad espontánea, la cual está disponible solo a través de una larga y profunda experiencia, persistente y productiva. Tanto practicantes experimentados en la auto observación y en otras formas de meditación como neófitos a la rigurosa auto exploración, encontrarán un alimento rico en esa única contribución a la literatura del Cuarto Camino. Esta obra ofrece inspiración y una excelente dirección práctica. Lo recomiendo ampliamente."-Robert A. Schmidt, Ph.D., director espiritual, Centro de Meditación Tayu; editor, Archeologies of Sexuality.

Auto Observación: El despertar de la consciencia. Manual del usuario (Spanish Edition)

Self-Help

Motivational

Hara Press

Mother Guru is a deeply personal, raw and vulnerable look at the relationship between a disciple and his or her spiritual teacher or Master. It is refined devotional poetry in the tradition of Hafiz and Rumi―whose poems of love continue to inspire millions throughout the world. In Western culture today, so marked by anti-religious sentiment and overriding dissatisfaction with the forms of the past, such centuries-old work as these great lovers of God have shared are indeed an enigma. Yet, their enormous popularity points to a hunger that is not being addressed in other significant ways. The special gift of Mother Guru is that it flows from the same heart stream as the writings of Hafiz, Rumi, Teresa of Avila, Kabir, Francis of Assisi and others who were “lost” to God in the most profound sense of the word. The fact that this poetry appears in contemporary dress is more gracious still. The author, Red Hawk, is a widely published and award winning poet, and a tenured professor of English at the University of Arkansas. He is also an unabashed lover, a disciple of a great contemporary Master, Mister Lee Lozowick (1943-2010), and one who is willing to bare that discipleship in poetry written as prayer, expressly for and with his guru in mind and heart. In this sense, Mother Guru is a daring book and courageous, as the author overlooks scholarly reputation, trusting rather in the love that infuses what he writes. He also risks the opprobrium of those who limit the expression of the spiritual to sweet words and lofty sentiments. These are poems of a truly broken heart – pleading poems, begging poems, prayers and curses, bawdy, ironic, hilarious, tough-minded, sometimes angry, often just broken. Few books of poetry today attempt to traverse this razor’s edge–fewer still can do so with respect, dignity and passion. Mother Guru is a guidebook to such a challenge, and offers inspiration and a call to profound honesty to the sincere seeker of any theistic, guru-oriented, or mystical tradition, whether Christian, Sufi, Buddhist or nature-based. In so far as it opens a window into the Master-disciple relationship, it is particularly useful to those who have worked or wish to work with a teacher or mentor. Red Hawk’s years of discipleship under the fierce protection and guidance of a living Master make him an ideal witness to some hard-won and paid-for insights into the spiritual life; insights that may have relevance for others who undertake the spiritual path.

Mother Guru: Savitri Love Poems

With hundreds of books on the market today urging readers to develop mindfulness, pointing to the condition of â€œawakeningâ€ that most religious/philosophical traditions aim toward, this new addition by Red Hawk stands head and shoulders above the crowd. It offers detailed practical guidelines that allow one to know with certaintyâ€”not from imagination, theory, thought, or lyingâ€”when one is Present and Awake; it details the objective feedback mechanisms available to everyone for attaining this certainty: Am I awake now? How do I know? Sincere readers will find that help in answering these two questions is invaluable and life-changing. Written from the perspective of a practitioner of more than thirty yearsâ€”one who has studied the significant work of his predecessors, received instruction from two spiritual masters (Osho Rajneesh and Mister Lee Lozowick), and trained rigorously within daily life. This book is the first detailed examination of the Practice-of-Presence (called â€œself rememberingâ€ in the Gurdjieff tradition). The authorâ€™s aim is to give general guidelines in this practice, discuss its implications, and then offer specific instruction. Self Remembering: The Path to Non-Judgmental Love is meant to be a companion piece, volume ii, to the authorâ€™s previous book Self Observation: The Awakening of Conscience, which is fast becoming a classic. Taken together, they present the most detailed examination of the practice available in English. He clearly points out that self remembering is only one half of a foundational spiritual practice called â€œself observation/self remembering.â€ Where other authors/teachers have gone wrong in the past is to take only one half of this practice and consider it the whole, entire unto itself. Mister Gurdjieffâ€™s student, A.R. Orage (1873-1934), made this mistake with self observation; contemporary teacher Robert Burton made a similar error with his book, also titled Self Remembering. While P.D. Ouspensky speaks of the practice of self remembering in his seminal book In Search of the Miraculous, and Rodney Collin in The Theory of Celestial Influence, there has not been a book-length study on self remembering that examines the practice from the many angles that Red Hawkâ€™s does. His chapters cover such diverse yet integrated topics as The Removal of Self Importance; Kaya Sadhana or the wisdom of the body; and Separation Grief, i.e., addressing the terror of our current situation without denial or dramatics.

Self Remembering: The Path to Non-Judgmental Love (An Owner's Manual)

Happiness

L'Observation de soi: : L'Eveil de la Conscience / Manuel d'utilisation (French Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

For centuries the Tao Te Ching, the book of ancient wisdom by Lao Tsu, has offered insight, inspiration and consolation to millions of readers. Although numberless translations and commentaries exist around the world, Return to the Mother, A Loverâ€™s Handbook, is a groundbreaking effort and a unique contribution to the canon of American poetry. In this volume, internationally known poet Red Hawk offers what no other poet has yet undertakenâŽ¯that is, to write poetic reflections on these much-loved ancient sutras. This collection of 94 contemporary poem (each 16-lines), brings this perennial wisdom into the twenty-first centuryâ€”and adds the flavor and fragrance of Zen and Gurdjieffâ€™s dharma teachings in a spare poetic marriage with Lao Tsu. Further, each poem invites the reader into the application of this wisdom to his or her daily practice of self observation and self remembering. The poet begs for a return to the true self, which he symbolizes as the place of the Mother within. No lengthy discursive explanations are offered, however, only exquisite lines that pierce to the heart of human longing for truth. Our Mother has no words, She is Silence, She is the present, here- now. To be here-now, in this body, is to return to Our Mother, relaxed, soft, open, receptive: kind. Kindness is the nature of Our Mother, Non-Judgmental Love is Her Being, and we are Her children, made in Her image. This volume is a companion and completion to the authorâ€™s two previous volumes Self Observation: The Awakening of Conscience. An Ownerâ€™s Manual; and Self Remembering: The Path to Non-Judgmental Love. A Practitionerâ€™s Manual. Taken together, these three volumes form a trilogy, which examines the spiritual practice of self remembering/self observation. The author writes from long personal study and experience. His years of discipleship within religious schools of esoteric knowledge, allows him to share what has been gained and lost from following a Path. The inner struggles of this type of work on self are rendered with raw precision, while being beautifully delineated in these poems. Any reader will benefit from the fruits of understanding the poet has gained from these struggles.

Return to the Mother: A Lover's Handbook: Poems of Self Remembering and Self Observation Inspired by Lao Tsu's Tao Te Ching

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

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