ŧhe ⨸ FLÖWERBÖRN

"the ⨸ FLOWERBORN,'' is an upcoming novel written by author Terry Lausch. The novel is written in the genre or tradition of Shamanic Storytelling, Occult Fiction, and Visionary Autobiography. The story is based on the author's personal experience of studying Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism as transmitted to the western world through the lineageand teachings of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chogyam Trungpa escaped from Tibet when the Chinese invaded and eradicated the entire Tibetan culture. Eventually Rinpoche ended up in Boulder, CO where he taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He also started Naropa University and the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics as well as establishing meditation centers all over the United States called Shambhala International. The author, Terry Lausch, became a student of Reginald A. Ray, when he was 19 years old. Terry recieved his undergraduate degree in Religiuos Studies, and then went on to study meditation in the traditional way for over 20 years with Reggie. Reginald A. Ray was a close student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and helped co-found Naropa University with Rinpoche. Naropa was the first accredited Buddhist University in North America which also included the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. The FLOWERBORN, is a novel, about the author's personal experience of studying Tibetan Tantric Buddhism in a traditional way that has been handed down from teacher to student for over a thousand years. In indigenous cultures like the Oglala Sioux Nation, this type of storytelling that the FLOWERBORN follows, is a way of storytelling that has very unique characteristics and intentions. Shamanic storytelling has the unique possibility to unlock the beauty, power, and inherent wisdom of the human spirit. A wisdom that sheds the thick fog of shame, guilt and fear of forgiveness, kindness, and emotional honesty that is the foundation of following a path in life that is a "path with heart."