Unique about this book is that one of the workshop participants, Mark Conrad, is the co-author. Conrad reveals what lead him to the workshops: "I was on the treadmill called a "normal" life with more "success" than many because of my tenacity and ambitious drive. Way deep inside, I knew there was more, but it was way down there." Along with the rest of the workshop folks, Conrad experiences profound transformation.
The book touches readers where they live-right smack in the middle of life-looking for a deeper, more satisfying road to happiness. We experience the joys and the tears, the humor and the fears. The participants eventually discover an inner wisdom about life, love, themselves and spirit that they weren't even aware they knew. In The Gatherings, people feel safe enough to face issues and realizations that previously they hadn't been willing to face. The effect was to provide personal evidence for members of the group that they did have great reservoirs of wisdom, strength, clarity, intuition, love and spiritual depth. Playfully, people were tricked into discovering their own magnificence and equality! Group members came to the common understanding that all participants, including the facilitator, were equal in knowing, personal power, depth of compassion, and spiritual awareness.
Direct quotes from the participants showed many diverse points of view and profound insights. Varnum triggered this gold mine of sharing through presenting own stories of magic, wonder and miracles.
The Gatherings allow each participant to get in touch with their own heart energy, their own intuition, their own soul truth and to live their lives from that space. People find their lives unfolding to be the manifestation of their dearest and deepest dreams. Every Gathering is new and different from the one before, because each one is made of new participants who share consciousness in new and creative ways. Each Gathering brings about personal transformation for the participants, and brings us another step closer to global transformation.
Just reading the book will begin the process of transformation in the reader's life, and will add to the transformation of the planet, as together, we create heaven on earth.