Rowing Home - Lessons From The River Of Life: A Memoir of a Near-Death Experience

What would you do if a near-death experience in a capsized, water-filled canoe offered you a sense of liberation like never before? For Roman Castilleja, the short answer at age twenty-nine was to drag his traumatized body into a new job days later and to forget the spiritual freedom found while underwater. The long answer involved a journey of rediscovering what matters in life after uncovering buried physical and emotional wounds and then, finally, finding healing and freedom in his innermost being.

In Rowing Home, Castilleja takes readers from Washington State to Texas as he recaps the highs and lows of rediscovering the spiritual truths that underpin life. Based on years of personal examination since his rowing experience, as well as spontaneous writings that began after reawakening his spiritual connection, Castilleja also provides dozens of accessible meditations about life's biggest mysteries, such as how to animate your soul, harness your ego, and face tragedies.

Born in Sunnyside, Washington, Castilleja shares his prose and poetry about spiritual growth at www.romancastilleja.com. He currently divides his time between the Pacific Northwest and Austin, Texas.

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Rowing Home - Lessons From The River Of Life: A Memoir of a Near-Death Experience

What would you do if a near-death experience in a capsized, water-filled canoe offered you a sense of liberation like never before? For Roman Castilleja, the short answer at age twenty-nine was to drag his traumatized body into a new job days later and to forget the spiritual freedom found while underwater. The long answer involved a journey of rediscovering what matters in life after uncovering buried physical and emotional wounds and then, finally, finding healing and freedom in his innermost being.

In Rowing Home, Castilleja takes readers from Washington State to Texas as he recaps the highs and lows of rediscovering the spiritual truths that underpin life. Based on years of personal examination since his rowing experience, as well as spontaneous writings that began after reawakening his spiritual connection, Castilleja also provides dozens of accessible meditations about life's biggest mysteries, such as how to animate your soul, harness your ego, and face tragedies.

Born in Sunnyside, Washington, Castilleja shares his prose and poetry about spiritual growth at www.romancastilleja.com. He currently divides his time between the Pacific Northwest and Austin, Texas.

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Rowing Home - Lessons From The River Of Life: A Memoir of a Near-Death Experience

Rowing Home - Lessons From The River Of Life: A Memoir of a Near-Death Experience

by Roman Castilleja
Rowing Home - Lessons From The River Of Life: A Memoir of a Near-Death Experience

Rowing Home - Lessons From The River Of Life: A Memoir of a Near-Death Experience

by Roman Castilleja

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Overview

What would you do if a near-death experience in a capsized, water-filled canoe offered you a sense of liberation like never before? For Roman Castilleja, the short answer at age twenty-nine was to drag his traumatized body into a new job days later and to forget the spiritual freedom found while underwater. The long answer involved a journey of rediscovering what matters in life after uncovering buried physical and emotional wounds and then, finally, finding healing and freedom in his innermost being.

In Rowing Home, Castilleja takes readers from Washington State to Texas as he recaps the highs and lows of rediscovering the spiritual truths that underpin life. Based on years of personal examination since his rowing experience, as well as spontaneous writings that began after reawakening his spiritual connection, Castilleja also provides dozens of accessible meditations about life's biggest mysteries, such as how to animate your soul, harness your ego, and face tragedies.

Born in Sunnyside, Washington, Castilleja shares his prose and poetry about spiritual growth at www.romancastilleja.com. He currently divides his time between the Pacific Northwest and Austin, Texas.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781733825917
Publisher: Mystic Waters Press
Publication date: 08/06/2021
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Part I - A Life Thrown Overboard

Stage One: The River

The Dance of Life

The Yakima River

Stage Two: Churning Waters

Five Years of Struggle

The Job

The Relationship

Total Submersion

Stage Three: Resurfacing

The Road Trip

Flowing with Life

Rowing Beyond Ego

The Butterfly

Part II - Meditations of Early Reflection

The River's Mystery

Time Waits for No One

The Song of Our Destiny

Know Thyself

The Power of a Circle

The Choice

Aligning with True Reality

Awareness: Journeying Beyond the Mind

Misunderstanding Love

A Creative Force

Life's Suffering

The Silent Metamorphosis

The Process

The Truth

The Power of Words

Knowing God

Cada Cabeza Es un Mundo

Part III: Meditations on Returning

Cleansing Waters

The Homecoming

The Seeker Awakens

Eternity and the Dimensions of Time

Lifting the Veil of Illusion

Learning to Love Yourself

To Reflect Like a Mirror

The Act of Creating

Personal Freedom

Emotions as Our Guide

Aliveness

The Soul's Dream

Part IV: Meditations of Revealing

The Beauty Beyond the Mind

An Inspiring New World

We Are Artists

Let the Water Rise

Life Keeps Moving

Defining Success

The Art of Active Listening

Changing Our World

The Flow

The Vineyard

Stories, Myths, Fairy Tales, and Dreams

The Unending Well of Love

Oneness

Life's Lows and Peaks

Self-Realization

The Rose

The Story of Us All

Afterword

The Stillness

Bibliography

Preface

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