{"product_id":"home-already-in-the-heart-of-now","title":"Home Already: In the Heart of Now","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou are already home. And you have never left.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHome Already – In the Heart of Now\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a contemplative exploration of a simple and often overlooked truth: there is only now—and this now is not bound to time, not something to achieve, and not something the thinking mind can grasp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing from Zen, Buddhism, Taoism, and nondual wisdom, this book points gently but persistently to what has always been the case: life is already whole, already complete, already present. The sense of being unfinished or “on the way” arises from a deeply conditioned habit of seeking—of using now as a springboard toward peace, fulfillment, or awakening imagined to be elsewhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere, there are no techniques, steps, or promises of future attainment. Instead, the emphasis is on recognition. The heart already knows what the mind tirelessly pursues.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough reflective prose, paradox, carefully chosen quotations, and brief personal narratives, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHome Already\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe lived illusion of time and the immediacy beneath it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpiritual seeking and the exhaustion it produces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuffering as a gesture toward its own ending\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe difference between conceptual understanding and felt reality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA quiet, indestructible sovereignty found in ordinary experience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is not a book about becoming better, happier, or more spiritual. It is an invitation to notice what remains when striving pauses—or finally fails—and to discover that what was sought has never been absent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor readers drawn to Zen, mysticism, nonduality, and contemplative inquiry—especially those who sense that the search itself may be the last veil—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHome Already\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers not answers, but resonance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNothing needs to be added.\u003cbr\u003eNothing needs to be removed.\u003cbr\u003eThis moment is sufficient.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlenn Francis, Psy.D. holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in psychology, along with post-graduate training in psychotherapy. Over the course of his professional life, he has worked closely with people as a therapist, coach, teacher, and bodyworker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlongside his clinical work, Dr. Francis has studied with spiritual teachers across multiple traditions and cultures. His writing reflects both deep psychological understanding and lived contemplative insight, grounded in empathy, humility, and long engagement with human suffering and transformation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather than offering theory or prescription, he writes from direct experience—meeting readers where they are, and pointing quietly to what is already here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914254868671,"sku":"15c52420-0b66-42c3-af2a-1212e198de3f","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/2b9fa5cf6903d50df497a8fa316d5209.jpg?v=1785056318","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/home-already-in-the-heart-of-now","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}