Light, Bright Light

by Conor Detwiler

Empower your child to take a breath and come back to this moment with this simple meditation children's book.

It's not always easy being you. Sometimes loud thoughts and feelings take over, and you're lost in a big cloud of noise. Where did you go? Breathe into the bright life in your body! Can you feel that you are light?

Drawing from his skills as an artist and author and his experience as an assistant teacher of young children in a Montessori school, spiritual teacher Conor Detwiler invites us all on a simple and colorful journey through emotion and into our inner light. With vibrant illustrations of the natural world, he reminds us that, no matter the emotional landscape of this moment, “it’s not forever!” We can always take a breath and come back to the bright light within each of us.

36 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2021

About the author

Author and spiritual teacher Conor Detwiler grew up near Boston, Massachusetts and traveled extensively as a child. At a young age, he discovered a deep, inward dimension, but his resolution into it was interrupted by a difficult adolescence. After mistaking the turbulence of spiritual awakening for a mental disorder during his teenage years, he came to recognize the need to devote himself fully to this demanding inner transformation. He spent the following years in intense introspection, reading world spiritual and philosophical texts to contextualize this shift. For the past several years he has counseled in Argentina and the United States and continues to share his teachings through writing, videos and meditations.

Yet Conor’s primary purpose is not in a life trajectory, but in a profound and timeless dimension within. In the tradition of countless spiritual writers, from Zen master Dōgen to contemplative Roman senator Boethius, Detwiler guides us to an inward space beyond our particular circumstances. He teaches us to cut through noise to realize the essence of what we are, thereby awakening to life beyond the film of conflict and dysfunction that has always haunted humanity. He sees this as a pressing necessity both for the survival of our species amid mounting challenges and for anyone who wants to be truly free.