About the Book
"When it comes to spirituality and life, Turak is as authentic as it gets. Wonderful read!"
-- Michael Keaton, actor Not Less Than Everything: One Man's Quest for Spiritual Enlightenment is the inspirational true story of how author, August Turak overcame depression and meaningless despair through a daring quest for life's ultimate meaning and purpose.
A search for transcendence.
As a troubled young college student in 1971, Turak was seized by the idea that the mystical experience various religious traditions call Enlightenment, Satori, Nirvana, Samadhi, the Unio Mystica, or Cosmic Consciousness not only exists, but might be attainable by him.
This sparked a life altering quest as Turak became in turn, ...
...the first student of a rough-hewn, hillbilly Zen master;
...the protégé of the founder of the IBM Executive School;
...the client of a mystical psychologist doing government funded research with LSD;
...a member of the original team that launched MTV: Music Television;
...a successful hi-tech entrepreneur and even a frequent monastic guest at a Trappist monastery.
It was this same spiritual roller coaster that dropped him off twenty-five years later in a tiny room of a rundown motel in Baltimore, Maryland deeply depressed, fearing for his sanity, and with nowhere else to turn. Or so it only seemed...
Through a series of true, wildly entertaining spiritual adventures and practical life lessons, Turak offers his readers an accessible, universal blueprint for a life overflowing with joy, peace, higher purpose and above all gratitude.
About the Author :
Bestselling author AUGUST TURAK is a successful corporate executive, entrepreneur, award-winning author, speaker, and consultant. He is the founder of the educational nonprofit the August Turak Foundation (previously Self Knowledge Symposium Foundation). His book, Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks: One Man's Quest for Meaning and Authenticity, uses 1000 years of Trappist business success and his own entrepreneurial experience to demonstrate the monks are not successful businessmen despite adhering to only the highest ethical values, but because they do. An inspirational true story, Brother John: A Monk, a Pilgrim, and the Purpose of Life, combines Turak's $100,000 Templeton Prize winning story with original oil paintings from award-winning artist, Glenn Harrington. His new memoir, Not Less Than Everything: One Man's Quest for Spiritual Enlightenment, reveals how August Turak overcame meaningless depression through a daring quest for life's purpose. Through a series of wildly entertaining spiritual adventures and life lessons, Turak offers a powerful blueprint for a purposeful life. A life overflowing with joy, peace, and above all gratitude. Turak has published many popular leadership articles for Forbes and been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Selling Magazine, the New York Times, and Business Week. Turak writes and raises cattle on his seventy-five-acre farm outside Raleigh, NC. www.AugustTurak.org
Review :
"When it comes to spirituality and life, Turak is as authentic as it gets. Wonderful read!"
Michael Keaton, actor "An inherently fascinating blend of memoir and spiritual self-help guide, Not Less Than Everything: One Man's Quest for Spiritual Enlightenment will prove to be of very special value to readers with an interest in the kind of personal transformation that leads to simple inner joyfulness, happiness, and contentment no matter what your life circumstances might be.
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review
"This book is a spiritual classic. It's a must-read for any spiritual seeker."
Jonathan Cook, Editor-in-Chief, LiveReal.com
"I absolutely love this book. The ideas fascinated me. The stories gripped me. Not Less Than Everything represents a vision of what life can be when it is lived in dedication to something higher. It spoke to me in a way that no other book ever has."
Kenny Felder, Author, Modern Physics
"This book is moving and 100 percent authentic. In seeking the transcendent, August Turak finds the utterly personal and profoundly intimate experience of divine love. Read this book and you too may suddenly realize that the God you thought was missing has been calling your name your whole life.
Georg Buehler, Editor-in-Chief, Abandoned Text
"This masterfully woven story will take you on a miraculous journey as you become partner and witness to Turak's gripping and deeply personal spiritual tale of transcendence, acceptance, and most of all... gratitude.
Robert Cergol
"I loved this book! The storytelling is superb. Best of all is how Turak heroically perseveres through all the pain and suffering: a heroic struggle that ultimately brings him and his readers to a magical resolution of the human condition.
Jonathan Reams, Editor-in-Chief, Integral Review
