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Susceptible to Light, by Chelan Harkin, is a collection of poetry that is mystical and ecstatic in nature--mystical defined as anything having to do with opening the heart to light and ecstatic having to do with anything expressed from this place. Susceptible to Light is here to remind you of your joy, to assist you in reconsidering ways of relating to your life that better serve and open your heart, to deconstruct anything about God that doesn’t feel close, intimate, authentic, and warm, and to remind your soul to break the surface and take a breath. Rumi says, “What was said to the rose that made it open was said to me here in my chest.” (Barks, Rumi the Book of Love, 2003) May this collection help you feel a taste of that sweet openness. Hafiz says, “God and I have become like two giant fat people living in a tiny boat. We keep bumping into each other and laughing." (Ladinsky, The Gift, 1999, p. 199) May this collection help you feel the possibility of that kind of laughter.
There is so much in this book! I had read some of Chelan's poems so I knew I wanted the book. After I received it, I was pleased to find that it holds SO many poems! I have always been someone interested in the spiritual and in my personal growth, so Chelan's poems really appeal to me, and it often feels like she is writing the very longing of my heart. It has the same cathartic feeling as though the words had been pulled right out of my own body. Her poems are not boring at all. And after reading Susceptible to Light, I might find I'm more into poetry than I thought.Also- the book has a very nice matte finish on the cover. I am pleased with the quality of the book itself.