{"product_id":"to-be-here-is-immense-hardcover","title":"To be here is IMMENSE - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClare Simons\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove may be the most demanding spiritual practice of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe spent decades shopping for God. Then she fell in love. Part spiritual adventure, part passionate love story, and razor-sharp memoir, To Be Here Is Immense follows one woman's fearless search for meaning through ambition, addiction, activism, ecstatic devotion, and devastating loss. Raised in the violence of a working-class existence, Clare Simons grows into a fiercely independent woman with an irrepressible sense of humor, a skeptical mind, and an unrelenting hunger for what is true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Manhattan's glittering ambitions to California's spiritual marketplaces, she spends decades testing every promise of transformation-while refusing easy answers. Then she meets Amma, the Hugging Saint. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut every time Clare thinks she's found the answer, life asks a better question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA great man woos her with laughter, intelligence, and glorious, rock-star passion. Their romance culminates in a seven-minute Hindu wedding officiated by their guru. Together, the couple builds a life filled with reverence, Vedic rituals, and journeys through India on the 108 Temples To See Before You Die Tour, until their paths lead them in separate and dangerous directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when the sacred asks for everything? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Mirabai Starr, Anne Lamott, and anyone who has ever wondered whether the sacred can survive heartbreak, To Be Here Is Immense is an unforgettable memoir of courage, longing, laughter, and the wild grace of continuing to ask life's biggest questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunny, fearless, sensual, raw, To Be Here Is Immense is unlike any memoir you've read. Clare writes about devotion without sentimentality, faith without certainty, and grief without looking away. She can make you laugh out loud on one page and quietly undo your heart on the next. These pages remind us that the most profound journeys rarely lead where we expect. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54089498231091,"sku":"9781957468648","price":36.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/5vlPUWpYjW9781957468648.webp?v=1789591979","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/to-be-here-is-immense-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}