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Book SynopsisHow do we make Jesus’ love come alive in our everyday lives?The Imitation of Christ is one of the most enduring of the Christian documents. Reflecting on a famous passage, Easwaran explores what it means to make Jesus’ love come alive in our everyday lives.
Easwaran is one of the twentieth century''s great spiritual teachers and an authentic guide to timeless wisdom. His books on meditation, spiritual living, and the classics of world mysticism have been translated into twenty-six languages.
Drawing on his extensive experience as a teacher of meditation and an authority on the mystical tradition, Easwaran shows what love is, how to love more effectively, and how we can strengthen our capacity to love.
This book includes an essay on Thomas à Kempis and mysticism in the late Middle Ages.
Table of ContentsIntroduction -- All shall rejoice -- Weak in love -- Inordinate affections -- great & thorough good -- Great things -- Nothing fuller -- He that loveth, runneth -- Love feels no burden -- Love is watchful -- Sing the song of love The law of love -- Love is subject -- Afterword / by Carol Flinders -- Index
