“There is a vibrant energy that emanates from the pages of this book that cannot help but resonate with an stir the same essence in the reader and awaken them to the ecstasy of what is—their own true nature. Because the personal story is so beautifully interwoven, the book answers the question so often asked by seekers: 'Yes, I understand BUT...How do I live my life?' Joan is constantly showing the reader, by personal example, that life lives itself as IS no matter WHAT appears. I recommend it.”
—“Sailor” Bob Adamson, What's Wrong with Right Now Unless You Think About It?
“An excellent book. Joan has a gift for writing clearly. Her willingness to share her own very human story points out the ordinariness of realization and how things just continue on as they do...both before and after awakening.”
—Chuck Hillig, Looking for GOD and The Enlightenment Trilogy
“In her book Joan takes us on a journey that starts and ends where we already and always are. She illustrates this pathless path with humor, compassion and keen observations of human nature. Here descriptions of nature at large are vividly beautiful and remind me of Zen paintings. She pointys to the realm 'where the chariot of speech finds no tracks to go.' Enjoy!”
—Leo Hartong, Awakening to the Dream
“Thank you, Joan, for reminding me, in your plain & funny midwestern way, that there is absolutely nothing to attain. Your book is a warrior's journal; a chronicle of surrendering to 'waht is' and finding beauty waiting.”
—Mike Stiler, Who Sees? Words and Pictures from Nowhere
“I loved reading about Joan's adventures in Awake in the Heartland. She clearly demonstrates by her own example that simply by living in recognition of our true nature as awareness, the agitated search for personal transcendence is dissolved into acceptance of life as it is, allowing the emergence of real peace and equanimity.”
—Nathan Gill, Already Awake
