Carol Ruth Knox was a prominent Unity minister and speaker known for her profound insights into practical spirituality. She knew God included everything animate, inanimate, and was even in dark places. She often said that all things in creation was an opportunity for spiritual growth. She challenged her assembly with quantum physics, philosophy, Eastern religions, and more. Her unique gift was to explain complex ideas so people understood. Reverend Knox and this book challenge readers to find meaning, service, and spiritual mastery by embracing a holistic view of God in the universe.

Carol Ruth Know was one of the front-runners in New Age spiritual thinking. In this book,  Reverend Knox shared her encounters with the Divine and the lessons she learned from them. She taught, "God is everywhere – in every situation, even the most difficult ones. But you are never alone. God is here in this hard time, too! I’m not here to make your life easier,” Carol Ruth would say, “I’m here to help you grow deeper.”

In this book, Reverend Knox explains how she survived some of the darkest times of her life. "I felt barren and bitter and experienced an overwhelming feeling of bondage. Do you? ... Do you feel as if you are inside a gray cave and you don't know how to get out? Do you feel your relationships have not treated you right, your living situations don't work, and your general way of being is like a low-grade headache? Are you married to the 'perfect person', have a wonderful job, sleep for ten years but you are not at all renewed and have no zest? Right. I tried to think correctly and did 15 different workshops, and even experienced spiritual 'openings' only to have them close down again and I returned to the same 'drone of consciousness' and did not 'break out of the cave' Then I began the Prayer of the Heart work and entered a whole new level of spirituality."

“What astonishing work [Prayer of the Heart is] and far ahead of its time, even though [it is] based on an ancient prayer practice…” – Deborah Heartwood, MA, Sr. Prayer Chaplin, Unity Churches

Author John M Travis teaches Buddha's insights in order to relieve suffering in daily life. Take a seat, cultivate mindfulness and compassion, and trust in your growing capacity to live with a free heart. This book is based on a number of John's Dharma talks. Open "all the doors and windows" and be in the present moment at home with yourself where ever you are. Cultivate seeds of mindfulness now... now... and now...
Foreword by Jack Kornfield

The poems author John M Travis shares in this collection are deeply personal. They offer a glimpse into decades of devoted practice - living out the teachings of the Buddhist masters of our age. His poems transport readers to a cave in Nepal, a hut in Tibet, and along the banks of a Wyoming river. But, perhaps, John's greatest gift is his direct transmission of the Dharma to his audience. Filled with devotional insights (sometimes raw, often humorous and painful, and occasionally rebellious) the book is a delightful read and a refreshing taste of spirituality. Foreword by Gil Fronsdal, Joseph Goldstein