FALLING INTO LIGHT
About this book
FALLING INTO LIGHT is a magical, heart-warming story about the meaning of love, death, and reincarnation.Jake Bennett, fifteen years old, is still devastated by the tragic loss of his parents a year ago. When the novel begins, we find him running through a redwood forest near the northern California town of Occidental, where he lives, literally trying to outrun his pain.Then he stumbles upon an unusual cat named Maya, who leads him down a mysterious path to a clearing, where an old woman named Bertie is quietly working in her garden. Bertie sees Jake’s pain and opens her heart to him. She takes him into her arms, and together they embark on a healing journey filled with light and magic.Bertie introduces Jake to the spiritual wisdom of her late husband, an African-American named Meriweather. As the story unfolds, we see the heaviness in Jake’s heart fall away as he reconnects with the source of love and wholeness within him. At the same time, he is given a dramatically new perspective on where we come from, why we are here, and what happens when we die.Just at the point where it seems Bertie has helped him find the answers to all his questions, their journey comes to an unexpected end. At first, the shock of this turn of events seems to threaten everything Jake learned from Bertie.But the novel ends with a surprise twist reinforcing what Bertie showed him. There is a divine power, mystery, and grace to life which, when we open to it and trust it, lights the path before us and guides us every step of the way.ABOUT THE AUTHORJim Dreaver, a native of New Zealand, was on a spiritual quest for twenty years before finally discovering the love and inner freedom which are his true nature. His main guide was European Advaita master Jean Klein, whom he first met in 1984.His most recent nonfiction eBook, also available on Kindle, is END YOUR STORY, BEGIN YOUR LIFE, which is a guide to realizing enlightenment, awakening, or inner freedom.Jim’s gift is inspiring people to be awake, present, and in their true power. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and travels widely to share his message, including teaching at Esalen Institute. His next Esalen workshop, titled Awaken to Freedom, is July 5 – 10, 2009. Visit www.esalen.org to register.He also offers private sessions to serious seekers, the fastest way to become free. Visit www.jimdreaver.com, email jdreaver@aol.com, or call 707-217-6451.He is also the author of THE WAY OF HARMONY (Avon, 1999), THE ULTIMATE CURE (Llewellyn, 1995), both of which are available used from www.amazon.com, and SOMATIC TECHNIQUE (Wild Goose Press, 1993), a manual for chiropractors, body workers, and massage therapists, written while Jim was himself a chiropractor, and available fort $24.95 through www.somatictechnique.com.