A Report from the Path: Ike Baker interviews Greg Kaminsky

<p>The superlative Ike Baker interviews me about two of my newer books: <em>Peregrine: Crossing Spiritual Boundaries to Find a New Home, An Essay</em>, and <em>The Silent Call of the Heart: A Testimony of Spiritual Awakening</em>.</p><p>Our conversation focuses on these two new books, which are closely related but distinct in tone: one more comparative and outward looking, the other more personal and inward looking. We cover comparisons between Eastern and Western spiritual traditions, the meaning of pilgrimage, and the idea that different practices may lead to similar experiences of realization.</p><p>Another major theme we discuss is the role of the teacher in spiritual practice, and the argument that an authentic teacher is needed to recognize enlightenment and divinity, not merely to learn techniques. Our discussion also covers honesty about suffering, weakness, and spiritual bypassing, as well as ways of responding to nihilism.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ikebaker.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://ikebaker.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://gregkaminsky.net/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://gregkaminsky.net/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><em>Peregrine: Crossing Spiritual Boundaries to Find a New Home - </em><a href="https://a.co/d/0ddZp6cN" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://a.co/d/0ddZp6cN</a></p><p><br /></p><p><em>The Silent Call of the Heart: A Testimony of Spiritual Awakening - </em><a href="https://a.co/d/0hNMIwZa" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://a.co/d/0hNMIwZa</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My latest book, <a href="https://a.co/d/0iI4nqRK" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Linguistic Traces of the Ineffable</em></a>, is also available now on Amazon.com.</p>