The Dalai Lama's Cat: Awaken the Kitten Within

Awaken the Kitten Withinicon

by David Michie

Publisher
Conch Books
Publication
Nov 01, 2021
Format
Paperback/Softback
Illustrated
No
Dimensions
5.5 x 8.5 x 0.7 in
ISBN
9780648866541
Pages
282
Age
Adult 18+
Category
General FictionMind, Body, SpiritSpiritual

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Description

As kittens we feel it often. All it takes is a wind-blown feather, an unexpected delicacy, or the alluring rush of water and instantly we are caught up in it: Wonderment. Enchantment. Being fully absorbed in the here and now.
By the time we reach senior status, way beyond the point of being impressed by such trivia, we have become knowing and indifferent.

But we have lost something, have we not?

Which begs answers to some intriguing questions. Is it possible to recover the unaffected zest for life which once came to us so naturally? To become un-blasé? Can you and I, dear reader, awaken the kitten within?

The Dalai Lama’s Cat is confronted by a most unpleasant truth: she is getting old.

A routine visit to the vet confirms this. But is a future of decrepitude and senior cat biscuits inevitably a cause for despair? As it happens, she soon finds that a startling reminder of life’s transience is exactly what’s needed to renew our gratitude for life. To lighten up, accept ourselves, and value what truly matters.

With irrepressible mischief, the Dalai Lama’s Cat explores the intriguing insight that reality is a projection of our mind. In so doing, she comes to discover that awakening the kitten within is not just possible – it is our purpose! For when we do so with a particular wisdom, we catch a glimpse of our own sublime nature. With a benevolent energy that reaches from the pages, this is the Dalai Lama’s Cat at her most tender, irreverent, joyful best.

Author(s)

David Michie

David Michie

David Michie is the internationally best-selling author of The Dalai Lama’s Cat series, The Magician of Lhasa series, Instant Karma: The day it happened, as well as the non-fiction titles Buddhism for Busy People, Buddhism for Pet Lovers, Mindfulness is Better than Chocolate and Hurry Up and Meditate.


In 2015 he established Mindful Safaris to Africa, combining wildlife viewing and meditation sessions in journeys to unexplored places, outer and inner.


David writes a weekly newsletter on Substack: https://davidmichie.substack.com

Learn more at https://davidmichie.com/