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Zen to Reveal the Extraordinary Tao
What if the inner peace you’ve been looking for was never somewhere else – but already here, hidden in plain sight?
Zen to Reveal the Extraordinary, first published by New Sarum Press, brings the reader on a journey to discovering the extraordinary that is at the heart of Zen. In this personal and insightful book, Dublin psychologist Trevor Rufli describes how the 'knowing' that came to him in his own journey 'turned everything on its head' and set everything in the opposite direction to where he had been
"The really wonderful thing about this knowing is that it is not something we need to come to know through acquiring knowledge, becoming religious, doing spiritual stuff, making an effort or doing anything in particular. You don't have to believe anything either. Rather this knowing is acquired through a process of understanding that is a process of letting go rather than accruing."
Trevor draws on the knowledge and experience of the giants of Zen Buddhism and Taoism to reveal what it is about our experience of ‘self’ that prevents our discovering the extraordinary that is at the heart of Zen. On our journey we come to understand how it is our very desiring, doing and seeking, that takes us away from finding the inner peace that we seek. We also come to a profound understanding of how this inner peace is to be found in the elusive present moment.
Whether you are an experienced spiritual seeker, or engaged in self-exploration for the first time, Zen to Reveal the Extraordinary is a uniquely experiential guide.
Zen to Reveal the Extraordinary, first published by New Sarum Press, brings the reader on a journey to discovering the extraordinary that is at the heart of Zen. In this personal and insightful book, Dublin psychologist Trevor Rufli describes how the 'knowing' that came to him in his own journey 'turned everything on its head' and set everything in the opposite direction to where he had been
"The really wonderful thing about this knowing is that it is not something we need to come to know through acquiring knowledge, becoming religious, doing spiritual stuff, making an effort or doing anything in particular. You don't have to believe anything either. Rather this knowing is acquired through a process of understanding that is a process of letting go rather than accruing."
Trevor draws on the knowledge and experience of the giants of Zen Buddhism and Taoism to reveal what it is about our experience of ‘self’ that prevents our discovering the extraordinary that is at the heart of Zen. On our journey we come to understand how it is our very desiring, doing and seeking, that takes us away from finding the inner peace that we seek. We also come to a profound understanding of how this inner peace is to be found in the elusive present moment.
Whether you are an experienced spiritual seeker, or engaged in self-exploration for the first time, Zen to Reveal the Extraordinary is a uniquely experiential guide.
148 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 11, 2026
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