Terry Douglas

Searching Sand Crabs in the Dark: a Journey Inward Terry Douglas

Searching Sand Crabs in the Dark recounts a journey inward-a spiral down-of someone who has spent a career meeting the challenges of global chaos in the service of the government and private sector. Terry's experience of joy, loss, pain, and celebration, captured in the poems, is anchored in centering prayer-a prayer of silence and meditation. The spirituality of the Christian mystics-Meister Eckhardt, John Main, and Bede Griffiths-joins the inspiration of Sufism, Zen Buddhism, and Shamanism to create a life tapestry. From riding a crest of a wave in an ocean kayak crashing toward the shore, observing the unfolding of a rose from cramped quarters in Kabul, leaning into a Nor'easter and learning trust in the process, Terry brings the no-space of pre-utterance to the surface in the rhythm, color, and harmony of verse to form a portal back into the soul to re-discover Love.