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Hiram Upright and the Good Time Feelin': A Spiritual Journey From Hot Salvation To Cool Enlightenment And Beyond
Hiram Upright, a country boy from a 1940s dysfunctional Illinois family, finds hot salvation (the good time feelin’), but loses both his downhome religion and his first sweetheart in a traumatic event that pushes him to the brink of murder and suicide. He drives Route 66 across America on a spiritual journey from the Midwest to California, seeking a meditation path to cool enlightenment that will help him avoid self-destruction and realize peace of mind.
Mixing religiosity and romance, this tale highlights the tension and interplay between grassroots American piety and oriental mysticism. Meet the members of Hiram’s clan, including a hyper-holy mom and an atheist dad, and the cast of characters he a sanctimonious minister, a devout girlfriend, learned and devious professors, a mysterious mystic, a Japanese war bride who is a Buddhist, a Japanese-American woman who is a meditation guide, a seductive troublemaker, and a famed Zen monk.
Join Hiram as he crosses the continent and explores Buddhism, yoga, and Zen before arriving at a spiritual destination that places him beyond these Asian traditions while he reconsiders his childhood faith.
As an author, my hope is that you enjoy tagging along on Hiram’s journey, and that this experience helps you appreciate more fully the journey that is your life.
Mixing religiosity and romance, this tale highlights the tension and interplay between grassroots American piety and oriental mysticism. Meet the members of Hiram’s clan, including a hyper-holy mom and an atheist dad, and the cast of characters he a sanctimonious minister, a devout girlfriend, learned and devious professors, a mysterious mystic, a Japanese war bride who is a Buddhist, a Japanese-American woman who is a meditation guide, a seductive troublemaker, and a famed Zen monk.
Join Hiram as he crosses the continent and explores Buddhism, yoga, and Zen before arriving at a spiritual destination that places him beyond these Asian traditions while he reconsiders his childhood faith.
As an author, my hope is that you enjoy tagging along on Hiram’s journey, and that this experience helps you appreciate more fully the journey that is your life.
480 pages, Paperback
Published September 2, 2022
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