Author: Conley, John C

The letters in this book are about my journey into stillness. As a young man, I hurt everyone I ever loved. I loved deeply, but my love was always mingled with a desperate need to be accepted. But now, as I enter more and more into what I call stillness, I feel a peace that is difficult to explain. It flows through me as a river through a town where the citizens are my thoughts and feelings. Regardless of what these citizens do and say, the river flows.

I do not claim to be enlightened. I get frightened. I want to be loved. But I am learning more and more to listen to the stillness within me. And as I do, I find myself able to love deeply without hurting those I love. There, in that wild flow of stillness, I find great joy. Writing these letters was for me a journey into stillness. It is my sincere hope that reading these letters will be a journey into stillness for you.