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Abide as That, which is I as well as You, as well as everyone else, is the basis of All, is one without anything else whatsoever, is extremely Pure and the undifferentiated Whole, and with the firm conviction that you are That, be always happy. Heart of the Ribhu Gita 26:30 I looked for God in religion and found Him instead in my heart. Now I see finally that always and in everything, a Higher Power led, blessed, pointed, pushed and pulled, protected, whispered to me. I see now that all has happened as it needed to and it will always be so. No library descriptions found. |
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Schrock left the Amish community at the age of eighteen and spent a lifetime searching for the meaning of life and the truth behind God, even through the births of his own children and grandchildren. In his journal, he questions organized religion and refuses to blindly accept dogmas set forth for him by his ancestors. Schrock fights his own inner turmoil over the push of society to adopt a lifestyle of conspicuous consumption and his Amish roots reminding him of the spirituality of a simple, unadorned existence.
The publication of Grandpa’s Notebooks in journal form is beneficial to the reader. Short entries provide the reader with adequate time for reflection and internalization of Schrock’s revelations while relating them to the individual.
Whether the reader agrees with Schrock’s views or not, the value of the book lies in the centuries-old struggle of mankind. Grandpa’s Notebooks is not a journal of one man; it is a journal of all men. Personal contradictions may vary, but the eternal quest of man to find the meaning of existence is universal.
©2007 Sabrina Williams for Front Street Reviews ( )