This site celebrates James K Thornton as a writer, but it is also fueled by his renaissance catalogue of achievements. A leading environmental lawyer (he started the Los Angeles office of NRDC and his pioneering work has preserved much of the coastline of southern California), he is also a poet and a Zen practitioner. Browse this site, then spin off into THEBIGGESTIDEAS.COM , where his ongoing series of essays brings our whole cosmos into brilliant focus.

A Field Guide to the Soul

"Every human being can awaken, everyone has the right to be happy, we're all hard-wired to find the magic in meditation and everyday life..."

~ A Field Guide to the Soul a profound guide to how to live a spiritual existence in the modern world

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