{"title":"Author - Storey, John Andrew","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Rev. John Andrew Storey was a British Unitarian minister who authored thirty-two hymns for the 1985 British Unitarian collection Hymns for Living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe was born on 24th March 1935 at Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, in the Isle of Ely. Home for his whole\nchildhood and youth there was a modest two-up two-down terrace house, now demolished, in Church Street. Whittlesey lies\nbetween the two cathedral cities of Ely and Peterborough, nearer the latter, in the unique British Fenlands characterised by\ntheir extreme flatness and huge skies, and with a history of sturdy yeomen dissenters. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Andrew Storey was not primarily a writer who happened to write about spiritual matters. Rather, he was a deeply\nspiritual man who yearned and strove to communicate. Whenever one reads his works, their great clarity and compelling sincerity is apparent. They also reveal a picture of a remarkably\nfulfilled, constructive, and unified life, one based on conscience\nand a series of forthright choices. His life was indeed a shared \"Adventure of the Spirit\". \n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.unitarian.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2000_The_Common_Quest.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Common Quest: Selected writings of John Andrew Storey\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It is apparent that, over a period of roughly twelve years during\nhis college years and early ministries, John Storey underwent a\nperiod of intense questioning and seeking. By the time that he\nbegan to publish, around his mid thirties, his views and interests\n- and they were many, as we shall see - were already shaped\ninto a well constructed edifice. ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"His written material includes not only some forty-odd\nhymns but also seventy-seven articles, comprising essays, poems, reviews and prayers, contributed to The Inquirer over a\ntime span from 1969 to 1997, together with a comparable quantity of material in other miscellaneous publications. Also available are some unpublished manuscripts, including a long review\nof Zen Buddhism and other essays, texts of sermons and addresses, and a book of aphorisms ....\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"... The Buddhist approach to religion epitomises that of John\nStorey. John's sympathy with Buddhism has ensured that the\nfour excerpts from Introduction to Buddhist Teaching presented\nhere read extremely well, and provide a very fine and lucid introduction to the subject. All one can say to anyone seriously\nwishing to consider following the path that John has trod is that\nthe material of this chapter deserves the very closest study and\nthought.\" \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"1742","title":"Meditation - The Inward Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eA brief essay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storey, John Andrew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101521678430,"sku":"BPS:402051","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/402051.jpg?v=1760547823"},{"product_id":"1854","title":"Twin Pillars, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncludes Harvest Thoughts; Nirvana; and the Psychological Barrier.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storey, John Andrew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101531181150,"sku":"BPS:402066","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/402066_148773c0-52d7-449a-afed-a4e8a52b37e8.jpg?v=1760547894"},{"product_id":"6641","title":"Rebirth by John Andrew Storey (MP3 audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e This is an audiobook of Bodhi Leaves No. 54 by John Andrew Storey, \u003cem\u003eRebirth\u003c\/em\u003e narrated by Christa Michel.  The print edition can be found in the Pariyatti Edition of \u003ca href=\"\/collected-bodhi-leaves-vol-2\"\u003eCollected Bodhi Leaves Vol. 2\u003c\/a\u003e. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.lk\/library-search-select.php?id=bl054\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eeBook of Bodhi Leaves No. 54\u003c\/a\u003e can be downloaded from the BPS website.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcerpt:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere has been a prevailing tendency in science to take a wholly materialistic view of life and the universe. This has perhaps been a natural reaction against the superstitions of past ages which have often masqueraded as religious truth. Happily this extreme reaction is now less apparent than it was, and there now seems to be among scientists a more open-minded approach to life and its phenomena. Parapsychological phenomena, which only a decade ago were not considered to be worthy of serious attention, are now being studied with considerable interest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe aim of this essay is to review the evidence and examine the arguments for rebirth in an attempt to make a modest contribution to our understanding of the doctrine. We shall see first that the doctrine is very ancient and very widespread. We shall see that it reflects the natural order which from our observations we know to be cyclical. We shall have a brief look at the evidence from the claimed memories of former lives. We shall try to determine the nature of that which is reborn. And finally we shall examine one of the ways by which the process of rebirth may take place. 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