Unbinding: The Grace Beyond Self, Paperback

An invitation to everyday mystics: unbind yourself from the causes of suffering and step into grace.

"We all want the freedom of sanity and peace, the undefended inclusiveness of love. We all want refuge in grace."
--Kathleen Dowling Singh, from her introduction to Unbinding

Unbinding is a spacious and sophisticated unfolding of one of Buddhism's subtlest foundational teachings--the truth of dependent origination--offered in an utterly intimate voice. Kathleen Dowling Singh offers lyrical reflections on timeless truths and contemplative exercises accessible to anyone, opening the door of insight to all. Drawing on the language and teachings of Buddhism, Unbinding invites everyday mystics from all traditions--or none--to encounter the sacred and experience grace firsthand. Singh shows how illusions of ego obscure our true, unbounded nature and trap us in suffering--as she helps the reader move ever more deeply into living from gratitude, wisdom, and love.

Kathleen Dowling Singh was trained academically in transpersonal psychology and worked as a mentor for deep psychospiritual growth work. She lectured widely throughout the United States on spirituality at the end of life, spiritual transformation in the midst of life, and meditative and contemplative practices.

She was the author of The Grace in Dying: How We Are Transformed Spiritually As We Die, a book named one of Amazon's Top Ten Books in Spirituality the year it was published and recognized as a landmark in the field. The Grace in Aging: Awaken As You Grow Older has struck a chord with sincere practitioners who wish to use their aging years for spiritual maturation and ripening. It was named one of the best of 2014 by Spirituality and Practice Magazine. She passed away in 2017.