Dreamriver Press
12 Franklin Ave, Flourtown, PA 19031-2006
9780979790812 $15.95 www.dreamriverpress.com
Meagan M. O’Nan’s little book, Creating Heaven on Earth: Unveiling the Truth that Was Always There, is a power-packed devotional for unconventional spiritual seekers. In 11 short chapters, O’Nan offers practical wisdom for a life filled with peace and purpose. She does not offer pat answers but simple ones—and those are often the most profound. She encourages readers to live in the present, to seek the Divine within, and to discover the Divine in others. This idea isn’t new – it is the cornerstone of Buddhism and the beautiful concept of Namaste. But O’Nan offers this wisdom in a manner that is more easily accessible to most people than Eastern philosophy or religions.
Her concepts can be applied by anyone from any spiritual path – and that is the beauty of her book. She does not give readers narrow definitions of spiritual concepts nor does she say that the book is the ultimate answer for everyone or that she is a guru who must be followed and obeyed to the letter. She doesn’t even speak of the Divine in black and white terms, preferring to offer several different constructs: God, Higher Power, the Divine, Love. From the first pages of the introduction and repeatedly throughout the chapters, O’Nan reminds readers that this is what she has learned from her experience and offers it to readers in the hope that they will experience the joy of living she has had through her practice of these simple concepts.
I really appreciated this book because of O’Nan’s broader approach to spirituality and the readability of the book. Creating Heaven on Earth: Unveiling the Truth that Was Always There will become a permanent part of my spiritual library as a book that I will take with me into meditation, pondering further on an idea, a turn of phrase, or a spiritual concept. Thank you, Meagan M. O’Nan for writing a straightforward spiritual book that doesn’t preach.
