After The Ecstasy, The Laundry by Jack Kornfield

Condition: Pre-loved — Good condition. Clean pages with normal wear consistent with previous reading.

Author: Jack Kornfield
ISBN: 9780712606585
Publisher: Random House

Enlightenment is just the beginning. Then comes the laundry.

After the Ecstasy, the Laundry is one of the most beloved and honest books ever written about the spiritual path. Jack Kornfield — clinical psychologist, Buddhist monk, and one of the most trusted voices in Western mindfulness — gently dismantles the myth that awakening is a destination. Instead, he reveals it as a living, breathing, sometimes messy, always beautiful process of returning again and again to the present moment.

Drawing on intimate first-person accounts from meditators, monks, priests, and everyday seekers, Kornfield explores what it is truly like to experience moments of awakening — unbounded freedom, deep joy, a sense of union with the divine — and then to bring that grace back into the ordinary world of relationships, work, loss, and yes, the laundry.

• Honest, warm, and deeply human exploration of the spiritual journey
• Real stories of awakening from practitioners across traditions
• Bridges the gap between peak spiritual experience and everyday life
• Essential reading for meditators, seekers, and anyone on a conscious path

A book that will meet you exactly where you are — and remind you that the sacred lives in the ordinary.