Writer, Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D, is pleased to announce the releasing of his new book, Blaming Japhy Rider : Memoir of a Dharma Bum Who Survived. This work is both a record of a personal journey as well as an expose of the seedier side of the beats, the hippies, and the new age. Electrified by and replying to Jack Kerouac’s Dharma Bums, this memoir details Bralich’s mental and spiritual triumph over severe mental problems caused by a collection of traumas he endured in the Peace Corps in West Africa in 1978. Surveying the non secular landscape of America through the ’70s to the present in Zen, Tibetan Buddhist, New Age and Christian movements, this memoir describes the voyage of his life beginning as a 20-something, leftist, married, ’70s idealist in the Peace Corps in West Africa thru an accident which cost his other half her life and him much of the use of his left leg. “Unlike much of Kerouac, this book is grounded in wide reading, wide practice and coaching in the Zen and Tibetan Buddhist disciplines, and a conformity to academic principals of citing literature, and reporting phenomena and describing phenomenon,” explains Bralich.
Those that suffer from Post traumatic stress, or merely have spiritual interests are sure to find Blaming Japhy Rider both revealing and beneficial. Book Information : Blaming Japhy Rider : Memoir of a Dharma Bum Who Survived Author : Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. Bralich has a PhD in linguistics.
He has much experience presenting at professional conferences and publications in theoretical syntax, ESL, and computational linguistics, as well as with professional business displays, business writing, and grant writing. He's galvanized by the sad accident that took his wife’s life and lots of the use of his left leg ; the memoir describes a thirty-year journey thru western and eastern psychology, including much reading, practice, and an inadvertent but much loved run in with the sector of the beats. Bralich now lives in Monterey, California, where he's writing scripts and this memoir. After having been let go once more from the best job of his life, he decided to take his meager savings and resolve his problems once and for all. The PTSD and survivor’s guilt from his accident were finally resolved through this effort. His studies and travels started in Peace Corps in West Africa, and moved thru years in Hawaii, two years in Japan, and roughly 2 years in group meditation retreats and many Buddhist centres across Northern America. For more information, review copies, or interviews please contact the writer at : E-mail : pressreleasesbalboapress Web site : blamingjaphyrider Blaming Japhy Rider is available for buy online thru the author’s web site, from the publisher, our web site the web web site and other online retailers.
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