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Caravan of No Despair

A Memoir of Loss and Transformation

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Caravan of No Despair

By: Mirabai Starr
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On the day her first book came out—a new translation of Dark Night of the Soul by Saint John of the Cross—Mirabai Starr’s daughter, Jenny, was killed in a car accident. “My spiritual life began the day my daughter died,” writes Mirabai. Even with decades of spiritual practice and a deep immersion in the greatest mystical texts, she found herself utterly unprepared for “my most powerful catalyst for transformation, my fiercest and most compassionate teacher.”

With Caravan of No Despair, Mirabai shares an irreverent, uplifting, and intimate memoir of her extraordinary life journey. Through the many twists and turns of her life—including a tangled relationship with a charlatan-guru, her unexpected connection with the great Christian mystics, and the loss of her daughter—Mirabai finds the courage to remain open and defenseless before the mystery of the divine. “Tragedy and trauma are not guarantees for a transformational spiritual experience,” writes Mirabai Starr, “but they are opportunities. They are invitations to sit in the fire and allow it to transfigure us.”

©2015 Mirabai Starr (P)2022 Mirabai Starr Spirituality Feel-Good Witty

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Mirabai you write so wonderfully, so poignant, so full of love and poetry and mysticism and fact. I have listened a number of times and also to Wild mercy another favorite 💗

Beautiful and tender

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This book spoken by her in an audible way is wonderful. Speaking about her life, both sad and then joyous when translating the Christian Saints. I am a follower of Mirabai who I regard as a true authentic teacher of the feminine mystics. I would recommend her to everyone, whether they are religious or not. Marion de Souza

Absolutely Beautiful

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Heartfelt and fascinating, I loved it! It takes self love and grace to expose one’s inner core to this degree, it has a profound effect on the reader. It helped me to process some of my own grief of losing my own daughter, the deep sadness was cathartic.

Raw and powerful

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