Surely one of Rashani's most beautiful books! A unique collaboration of two contemporary mystics. "When two great sacred artists fuse their inspirations and souls to create a book like this, the universe rejoices. It's a classic and will last as long as the human heart. Please buy it and give it to everyone you know." –Andrew Harvey, writer, poet, teacher, mystic; Founder and director, Institute of Sacred Activism "As eloquently expressed in one of the poetry excerpts in this book, "Forget everything you know and open." The poetry and beautiful collages in this book make opening so easy. There is something magically simple and powerful when concise, heart-felt, divine poetry and art merge together to awaken the reader like this. This book is devoid of the heavy intellectual or even practical talk around awakening. It bypasses the mind's inability to understand how simple and beautiful it is to just BE. Thanks for this book, Rashani and Dorothy. It's an excellent contribution and will surely reach many people in that field where understanding fails and the heart opens." –Scott Kiloby, www.kiloby.com "Dorothy's poetry is a skillful bow that strums the Silence. Rashani's collages are as artful as Life's own. Together, like dew on a leaf, they reflect all that is, calling us into the deep pleasure of Being." –Pamela Wilson, who shares Satsang "Beauty and Truth converge like moonlight on a night moth's wing, shimmering through the words and images of this book, stirring the heart, stopping the mind, mysteriously consenting to be captured in form for this timeless moment. May those who have the ears to hear, hear—the eyes to see, see!" –Kirtana, recording artist, singer and writer of songs that explore the Truth of who we are

Moonlight on a Night Moth's Wing: A Fusion of Image and Word

Réa, Rashani

Rashani\Rea

Another exquisite book by Rashani Réa, known internationally for her stunning collages. "Shimmering Birthless" is a unique collection, incorporating the poetry of Alfred K. LaMotte, a well-loved poet from Washington! “These are poems that weave heaven and earth, body and soul, lover and beloved together with the colored threads of joy and tears. A tender and rich collection with beautiful illustrations by Rashani Réa.” –Roger Housden, Best-selling author of the Ten Poems to Change Your Life series “I will return to drink from this life-giving spring time after time. Here you will find truths from the source of life itself pouring into an oasis of eternal beauty. Here is rest and nourishment for all who travel that spiritual path which is its own destination. Every page is an invitation to see you are already home.” -Gloria Lee, Editor of The Nonduality Highlights “I have always been inspired by the elegance of Rashani Réa’s visual arts and Alfred LaMotte’s nourishing poetry of the heart. When I saw both of them merging here in this book as one sweet utterance of the beloved, I grew completely speechless because the intensity and timeless quality of their offerings took away all the words I have learned.” –Guthema Roba, Author of Wake Up and Roar: Poetry for Meditation and Awakening “With staggering immediacy, Rashani's images capture the breath, the spirit of Alfred K. LaMotte's poetry. They pierce my heart and my defenses and quicken true wakefulness. Rashani's exquisite designs bring alive the subtle meanings buried between and within the words of the poems.” –Dorothy Fadiman, Filmaker “I am completely enthralled, as the buoyant dance of these illuminated words and the magnificent designs that partner them, unfurls, one balletic, exquisite step after another. Shimmering Birthless is a sublime collaboration of wisdom and beauty; how does the poet channel such wisdom—and how does the artist create such beauty? Surely both by the Grace of the Unseen Hand. I shall savor each filament, fiber, and thread, caught up in a spun-gold web of remembering what my heart has always longed to express, if it could ... just this, just these. Deep gratitude for the songs and the movement found here, inside the glorious light.” –Aile Shebar, Writing facilitator, Compassionate Coach & Editor

Shimmering Birthless: A Confluence of Verse and Image

Arts & Photography

Alfred K. LaMotte

Individual Artists

True Golden Sand is a collection of collages by Rashani Réa, which she began in 1988, shortly after meeting Thich Nhat Hanh. It also includes dharma songs and a beautiful introduction by Rashani, as well as exquisite forewords by Nel Houtman and Dorothy Hunt and a preface by Joel and Michelle Levy. This crystalline collection of evocative images and luminous words will give wings to your spirit, and fill your whole being with gladness. —Edie Hartshorne, Musician, Author, Light in Blue Shadows To honor the creations of Rashani Reá, I enter the silence between the Master's words. For it is not just Thay's words, but the fertile muddy emptiness between them that her art marvelously embodies, formlessness in formed. Her collages give life to the ancient Tibetan saying, 'Void engenders compassion.' Her richness reminds us that the void is not nothing. It is the embrace that catches us as we fall through the window of her collage. It is the womb, the loam from which the lotus springs, the cipher of infinity, the hollow of a lung engorged with a breath of gratitude, the grief of the heart-wounded soldier, the open mouth of the homeless mother whose child has been taken away. O do not mistake this silence for merely not crying out! The spaciousness of Rashani's collage is the source of creation. Thank you, Thay, for gifting us with a daughter of the Buddha. —Alfred K. LaMotte, Interfaith Chaplain, author of Wounded Bud: Poems for Meditation

True Golden Sand

HANH, THICH NHAT

Another wondrous collection of collages by Rashani Réa, with words by Jalal ad-Din Rumi. Thirty-three of the collages were designed between 1988 and 2001 and twenty-seven collages were designed between 2003 and 2015.

Always Choose Love: A Convocation of Collages

Rumi, Jalal Ad-Din

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Moonlight on a Night Moth's Wing: A Fusion of Image and Word

Shimmering Birthless: A Confluence of Verse and Image

True Golden Sand

Always Choose Love: A Convocation of Collages