{"product_id":"the-ashokan-way-landscapes-path-into-consciousness-9781947003699","title":"The Ashokan Way: Landscape's Path into Consciousness","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe natural world has the power to awaken  restore  and transform us  and nowhere are these capacities more evident than in the thirty-six luminous essays that make up The Ashokan Way. Written in the form of journal entries that take place over the course of a year  the essays explore both the outer landscapes of the awe-inspiring Ashokan Reservoir  a vast open space surrounded by the ancient bluestone peaks of the Catskill Mountain Watershed  and the equally awe-inspiring inner landscapes of our own most personal terrains.Each of the books evocative entries describes a walk along the ever-changing reservoir  illuminating the natural world as a portal to self-understanding  restoration  and meaning. Some walks take us deep inside to trek the hills and valleys of our aspirations and sorrows  our joys and confusions. Others offer a profound antidote to an interior landscape that has become crowded with distraction and overstimulation. Still others seem to seem usher us into the realm of the mystical.As surely as we would perish without the water and air that the earth provides  we are at risk of perishing without the spiritual sustenance that the natural world provides through its ability to stir and astonish us. In a world that is ever faster  noisier  and busier  The Ashokan Way is a balm  an inspiration  and an invitation to discover greater intimacy with inner and outer landscapes alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67910822101045,"sku":"ByrdShop_1947003690","price":103.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781947003699.jpg?v=1794041605","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-ashokan-way-landscapes-path-into-consciousness-9781947003699","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}