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    The Awareness of Being: Poetry by Julian Bound
    The Awareness of Being: Poetry by Julian Bound
    The Awareness of Being: Poetry by Julian Bound
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    THE AWARENESS OF BEING a Poetry Book by JULIAN BOUND

    Charting the stages of a soul's journey from the shadows of unawareness to the light of awareness, 'The Awareness of Being' offers a guide for those who feel there is something missing in their lives, yet sense that something is out there for them, as well as providing confirmation for those already living in awareness and of the steps taken to achieve their current awakened state of mind.

    Using traditional and Japanese Haiku poetry, 'The Awareness of Being' provides an insight into awareness' elusiveness of character, by its nature an often ethereal and challenging concept to define.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    Born in England, Julian is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. With photographic work featured on the BBC news, his photographs have been published in National Geographic, New Scientist and the international press. His work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, with time spent studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and spiritual teachers of India's Himalaya region.

    Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015 he documented the disaster for eighteen months whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations.

    The author of novels 'The Geisha and the Monk', 'Subway of Light' and 'Life's Heart Eternal', when not on the road in Asia, Julian is based in the UK.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJulian Bound
    Release dateFeb 7, 2020
    ISBN9781393375296
    The Awareness of Being: Poetry by Julian Bound
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    Julian Bound

    Born in the UK, Julian Bound is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. Featured on the BBC news, National Geographic and in the international press, his work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, spending time studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and with spiritual teachers of India’s Himalaya region. His photography work includes documenting the child soldiers of the Burmese Karen National Liberation Army, the Arab Spring of 2011, Cairo, Egypt, and the Thailand political uprisings of 2009 and 2014 in Bangkok. With portraiture of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Julian has photographed the Tibetan refugee camps of Nepal and India. His other projects include the road working gypsies of India, the Dharavi slums of Mumbai, the rail track slums of Jakarta and the sulphur miners at work in the active volcanoes of Eastern Java, Indonesia. Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015, he documented the disaster whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations. Julian has published  photography books of settings across the world, including portraiture work, and city guides, and has also published several poetry books, including ‘Haiku, a Journey Through the Deepest Emotions’, Julian is also the author of  the novels ‘The Geisha and the Monk’, ‘Subway of Light’ and ‘Life’s Heart Eternal’.

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      The Awareness of Being - Julian Bound

      Foreword

      No rules, no expectations, no time limits... awareness.

      EACH SOUL IS DIFFERENT, differences of such unique qualities that to put any constraints of anticipation towards attaining an awakened mind would be pointless, for it is up to each individual to discover and unveil that of which they have sought, both consciously and unconsciously, in their own time.

      Yet, the steps taken from unawareness to awakening and towards being are the same for all; a path of infinite scale that can only be walked at a soul’s own pace. Be it quick or slow, the destination for each and every one of us remains the same.

      ‘The Awareness of Being’ offers a guide for those who feel there is something missing in their lives, but sense that something is out there for them, as well as giving confirmation for those living in awareness and of the steps taken to achieve their current awakened state of mind.

      Within the prose of traditional and Japanese Haiku poetry, the following pages are an insight into awareness’ elusiveness of character, by its nature an often ethereal and challenging concept to define.

      PART ONE

      IN UNAWARENESS

      ADJECTIVE: UNAWARE / ʌnəˈwɛː/

      A state of having no knowledge of awareness.

      He was unaware of an awakened life.

      Synonyms: unknowing, unconscious, heedless, unmindful, oblivious, unsuspecting, uninformed, unenlightened,

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