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Mystic Approaches
"How can I best serve the world I love" The question led him deeply into prayer.Following from and complementing his first "Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment", John Butler goes back to the roots of his mystical experience in farming, close to nature and the present moment "Now".Seeking to do the best for his farm but humbled by experience, he gradually came to understand that the only impediment to universal good is self-willed ego "me". This isn't, as we know, so easy to control. Having learnt to meditate, he struggled with himself through many trials to find beyond his personal horizons, the ever widening freedom and providence of Spirit."Mystic Approaches" offers to its readers many striking and unusual bases for spiritual practice, pointers to perfection and insights from a life of meditative prayer. Keeping his farmer's feet firmly on the ground and writing entirely from simple, first-hand observation, John opens up depths of understanding, often lost from religion and the intellectual mind.
236 pages, Paperback
Published September 1, 2012
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John Butler
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At first sight, John Butler is not one to make much of an impression. Quiet, soft-spoken and usually alone, he became known – in the 1970’s – as one of the first organic farmers.
Having, throughout his life also practiced meditation, 4 years ago, at the age of 79, he was recommended to ConsciousTV, a Youtube channel, focusing on those with experience of higher consciousness. Unwilling at first to face publicity, he was later persuaded to be interviewed. This has since become the most popular item on the channel with 2.5m views.
Besides farming and meditation, John has lived an extraordinarily interesting life, including much spiritual insight, emotional ups and downs, long periods in Peru, Africa and the USA besides several years in Russia, all of which have been part of the far from easy journey to where he is now. To record his adventures, he’s written no less than 10 books, starting with publication of ‘Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment’ in September 2008.
At first sight, John Butler is not one to make much of an impression. Quiet, soft-spoken and usually alone, he became known – in the 1970’s – as one of the first organic farmers.
Having, throughout his life also practiced meditation, 4 years ago, at the age of 79, he was recommended to ConsciousTV, a Youtube channel, focusing on those with experience of higher consciousness. Unwilling at first to face publicity, he was later persuaded to be interviewed. This has since become the most popular item on the channel with 2.5m views.
Besides farming and meditation, John has lived an extraordinarily interesting life, including much spiritual insight, emotional ups and downs, long periods in Peru, Africa and the USA besides several years in Russia, all of which have been part of the far from easy journey to where he is now. To record his adventures, he’s written no less than 10 books, starting with publication of ‘Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment’ in September 2008.
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March 20, 2025
A beautiful book and one of the best works I have read on awakening and the spiritual life: highly recommended to any serious seeker and practitioner out there.
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