My Book, Murphy's Laws of the Inner Life, is now available. It can be purchased at 21st Century and Revelations book stores in Fairfield, Iowa or purchased online at lulu.com.

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In his 40-year quest for truth and inner peace, Michael Murphy ranges from a Roman Catholic seminary in New York to a Shiva temple in Southern India. He rises to a respected position in an international meditation organization while living a double life in which he explores numerous other teachers and paths. His odyssey takes him to the Swiss Alps for training under a famous guru. He travels to a hilltop on the Pacific coast where his spirit guides help him discover his true calling. At the foot of a holy mountain in the Rockies, a platinum blond woman from Mississippi shows him the way to freedom from the prison of the mind. Then, on a pilgrimage to sacred Arunachala in India, he stumbles through a portal to the abode of joy. Through it all he struggles with one of the greatest tests (and teachers) on the path of the seeker: living in intimate relationship with another human being.

This book is more than a spiritual memoir, however. In writing it Murphy, who has taught writing for a decade, explores a new method for using writing itself as a technique for spiritual unfoldment. He details this technique in his introduction and offers the rest of the book as a model for those who wish to uncover their own deepest truths through the writing process. His own deepest truths‚ uncovered through this process‚ punctuate the chapters as "Murphy Laws."

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"Murphy’s book is a definite 'must read' and will provide lots of joy and insight to those who choose to enter his inner life and external travels..."

—Len Oppenheim