From the Author
I was sitting alone, silently, in the dark. In the stillness of a campsite at the base of Mt. Shasta, I watched the silver moon slowly rising in the starlit sky. In prayer, I asked: "How can I be of greater service, given what is going on in our world?"
The soft summer wind was rustling through the branches of the large fir trees surrounding me. I was taken into a vibrant communion with the earth. I heard steps nearby, human or animal? I could not tell until it was a few feet away. Only then did I recognize the beauty of a grown stag standing before me, looking deeply with his brown eyes into mine. Mesmerized we both gazed, it seemed for eternity.
At that moment, I heard clear words: "Write for love and all of life, for the great turning we urgently need now." As if to confirm the message I had received, the stag approached and touched my shoulder with his soft snout. Then slowly he turned around and walked back into the woods. I reached for my shoulder; indeed I wasn't dreaming, the spot was moist. He had inspired me to write this book and a blessing, one, which I will never forget.
What to do when life calls you? I picked up my pen and began to write by candlelight till midnight.
I didn't want to write yet another spiritual book, based on transcended concepts and superficial light shows - leaving out our human vulnerability, the earth, the feminine, and our relationships. Nor, a personal growth book, where you become a never-ending improvement project; or a dry cracker psychology guide that has no heart. What then instead? I pondered in the wee morning hours on that broken wooden bench in the camp.
Suddenly, it emerged rumbling from below, the dark well within.
I felt urged to write a book that is alive, carries a transmission, and includes the whole symphony of life. With true, inspiring adventure stories, wisdom gleaned from decades on this embodied spiritual path, and my work with thousands of people around the world, with sound practices that help you in daily life.
To guide you toward connecting deeply to the source, so love is utterly real for you, and becomes embodied quite naturally. A unique book, which unites spirituality, psychology, and activism. Offering a hand like a dear friend, so we can walk through the glories and messes with presence and deal wisely, and courageously with our personal and global challenges. I want people to receive inspiration and skills to discover ingenious ways that turn the tide in our lives and this world. For we have reached the edge.
You know, feel this - it's high time for us to wake up. And live the greatest love story ever told. For the sake of all beings and you.
From the Inside Flap
Nicola Amadora has written this book with passion, purpose and love. It's an epic! So authentic, powerful, and moving that you want to keep reading it, jumping ahead from chapter to chapter to see what happens next and what stories, words of wisdom and pertinent and practical suggestions are coming. Amadora started from such utterly dreadful beginnings, and her capacity to be filled with love and share it with us is nothing short of a miracle. Kindred Spirit Magazine
Love Unleashed is one of those books that stays with you long after you have finished the final page, of that you have my word...Exclusive Magazine
About the Author
Nicola Amadora, PhD, blazes a trail of love with a refreshingly real and embodied way of spirituality. For decades she has been guiding thousands of people worldwide as a Spiritual Teacher, Psychologist, and Speaker. She loves to write and ride horses in the wild. She lives in Sintra, Portugal.
