Conserving one’s inner energy is the essence of Taoism.

Conserving one’s inner energy is the essence of Taoism. You need to nourish your vital spirit. You do that through silence.
- From an interview of a hermit nun in the Zhongnan mountains of China by Bill Porter, in the video Hermits on YouTube.

Meditations on Gratitude, Beauty and Mystery

Gratitude as a philosophy of life and spiritual practice.

Our lives are a brief spark between two eternities. We are surrounded by natural beauty. The nature of the gift we've been given -- life -- is elusive and mysterious. This book celebrates that gift. What we express gratitude for gains power in our lives.

This work evolved out of The Heron Dance Book of Love and Gratitude, the book published twenty years ago that remains the most popular book Heron Dance has ever published.

This new edition is 11 x 8.5 inches, oblong, with a lay flat double wire-o binding.

  • 156 pages.

  • Softcover (lay flat, wire-o binding) 11 x 8.5 inches horizontal.

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