Learning to Fly : Reflections on Fear, Trust, and the Joy of Letting Go

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Summary: With "the greatest of ease", Keen has soared once more!
Review: Towards the end of this fascinating book Keen shares a pearl of wisdom passed on to him by his friend and mentor Howard Thurman,"The hard thing when you get old is to keep your horizons open...over the years you carve yourself into a given shape. The challenge is to keep discovering the green growing edge." With literary grace and the usual "keen" insight this author has been blessed with, we go on a magical mystery tour to see and experience Sam Keen's "green growing edge" in this, his sixty eighth year. I read this book in one sitting. I have had the pleasure of taking a few baby steps on a trapeze rig, so much of what is here was re-living my short foray into the "the beyond". Even if you are only metaphorically taking leaps of faith each day, you will find a feast of insights, awarenesses, giggles, philosphical koans, and other assorted presents brought to you by one of today's liveliest minds!