A WALK TOWARDS HEAVEN
The life, the lessons, the legend.
by Jeffrey Brian Liebowitz
What if your life is just a walk? You are in Heaven and you decide to take a walk. It could be a short walk or it could be a long walk. A long walk represents a long life, and a short walk represents a short life. A medium walk, is a medium life. What if our life is nothing more than just a walk that we decide to take in Heaven? And when we choose to incarnate on this Earth plane, it becomes A Walk Towards Heaven; a walk back to Heaven.
This is a story about a man in his twenties who found himself on a most unusual journey. Having just rescued a pair of 8-week old pumpkin pie colored pit bull puppies from becoming what the Latino man peddling them referred to as “future guard dogs”, he was determined to find them good homes.
What he found instead was his soul family.
This is a story about an interspecies family that was held together on one man’s belief that the power of Unconditional Love and an awareness of the Universal law of Karma would be enough to walk to the top of any mountain.
It’s about a man and his pack of dog-aggressive pit bulls who was desperate to discover a way of raising and training his dogs that took into consideration a process that not only was effective - but that was aligned with his spiritual roots.
There must be a Karmically appropriate way to go about teaching these dogs everything they need to know, he thought to himself.
Because they never talked about this kind of stuff in traditional dog training books and every trainer he hired tried their best to convince him that harsh methods were absolutely necessary, he soon realized that his main teacher would have to be his daily experiences he shared with his dogs. He allowed his consciousness to guide him, and he made a pact to himself that all his actions when raising his dogs would be aligned with his higher self.
And that’s when something interested happened.
Instead of simply learning about raising and training dogs, he found himself writing and recording deep spiritual truths and profound life lessons. These distinctions literally poured out of him. After each walk, he documented what he learned. This process went on for the better part of 10 years.
Using the relationship he had with his dogs as a road map for spiritual growth, the Universe literally provided him a with a way to self-discovery and self-awareness.
An Overview
The journey begins the day he and his best friend, Christina, rescued two pit bulls. From that moment on, he had a insatiable desire to make sure that when taking care of these two dogs, he always came from the highest, most enlightened place. The fact that he had no experience ever owning a dog, nor any intention of keeping either one of them, did not deter him from his objective.
Desperate in his search to raise them correctly, he was unable to find a single book or hire a single dog trainer that addressed things from a higher perspective. In his search for a book or trainer that extrapolated why the Universe might choose to bring these incredible dog souls into his life in the first place, he was left empty-handed.
He needed to know the purpose behind it all. He thought to himself, wouldn’t this be important information to know prior to choosing a method of training or hiring a dog trainer?
He read many books and detailed scientific accounts about how pre-historic man befriended dogs thousands of years ago to help him hunt, protect the fort, and chase away rodents. And in return, dogs realized they could get an easier meal hanging out with humans than having to go out and hunt every day for their food.
He began, however, to ask himself, was this really the main reason God or the Universe would bring such beautiful, loving, non-verbal creatures into my life?
After all, he thought to himself, if survival were all there was to it, wouldn’t they have been discarded hundreds of years ago with the advent of new technologies that would surely make them obsolete?
How have dogs not only survived man’s advancement in technology and industry but have been embraced by man to have earned the moniker Man’s Best Friend?
One could safely assume that in order receive a title like that; he thought to himself, something larger and more profound may be at work.
So what is larger purpose when you and I bring home a dog? What are the reasons we share our homes with these hybrid wolves and why do we love them so much?
These are the questions Jeffrey Brian takes on with reckless abandon in A Walk Towards Heaven. Through his experiential knowledge of raising and caring for three male pit bulls and later on a windowed female pit bull, he sets out to answer this question of meaning. Throughout his quest, he is inundated with spiritual truths coming at him from all directions.
What happens when we consciously raise a dog?
What happens when we find ourselves in a situation where life forces us to become completely conscious of our actions, our environment and all of our responses on a moment-to-moment basis?
After several years of living with his 3 pit bulls, he would go on to start a hugely successful dog training company called, Karma Dog Training. Over the course of the next 5 years, he would be directly or indirectly responsible for the training and well-being of thousands of client’s dogs. All along, this burning desire to decode the mystery persisted.
What are the truest reasons dogs accompany us on our individual and collective journeys?
What are the hidden lessons or messages dogs have for us?
If we were somehow able to know the answers to these questions,how would that affect the way you and I choose to raise and communicate with our dogs?
A Walk Towards Heaven begins to open up a window of timeless truths that once peeked through, can hardly be closed again. This book is the beginning of a dialogue about what it means to be a CONSCIOUS dog owner and how to allow this process to become what in the author’s mind it was truly intended to be: a most PROFOUND SPIRITUAL AWAKENING. This book begins to uncover the long suspected belief but not often validated idea that much more may be at work when you and I bring home a dog.
His story is told in first person from his viewpoint. The writing style of this book is exampled in the 1st Chapter, following his Author’s comment, which starts on the next page.
Click here to read Author's Comments
The life, the lessons, the legend.
by Jeffrey Brian Liebowitz
What if your life is just a walk? You are in Heaven and you decide to take a walk. It could be a short walk or it could be a long walk. A long walk represents a long life, and a short walk represents a short life. A medium walk, is a medium life. What if our life is nothing more than just a walk that we decide to take in Heaven? And when we choose to incarnate on this Earth plane, it becomes A Walk Towards Heaven; a walk back to Heaven.
This is a story about a man in his twenties who found himself on a most unusual journey. Having just rescued a pair of 8-week old pumpkin pie colored pit bull puppies from becoming what the Latino man peddling them referred to as “future guard dogs”, he was determined to find them good homes.
What he found instead was his soul family.
This is a story about an interspecies family that was held together on one man’s belief that the power of Unconditional Love and an awareness of the Universal law of Karma would be enough to walk to the top of any mountain.
It’s about a man and his pack of dog-aggressive pit bulls who was desperate to discover a way of raising and training his dogs that took into consideration a process that not only was effective - but that was aligned with his spiritual roots.
There must be a Karmically appropriate way to go about teaching these dogs everything they need to know, he thought to himself.
Because they never talked about this kind of stuff in traditional dog training books and every trainer he hired tried their best to convince him that harsh methods were absolutely necessary, he soon realized that his main teacher would have to be his daily experiences he shared with his dogs. He allowed his consciousness to guide him, and he made a pact to himself that all his actions when raising his dogs would be aligned with his higher self.
And that’s when something interested happened.
Instead of simply learning about raising and training dogs, he found himself writing and recording deep spiritual truths and profound life lessons. These distinctions literally poured out of him. After each walk, he documented what he learned. This process went on for the better part of 10 years.
Using the relationship he had with his dogs as a road map for spiritual growth, the Universe literally provided him a with a way to self-discovery and self-awareness.
An Overview
The journey begins the day he and his best friend, Christina, rescued two pit bulls. From that moment on, he had a insatiable desire to make sure that when taking care of these two dogs, he always came from the highest, most enlightened place. The fact that he had no experience ever owning a dog, nor any intention of keeping either one of them, did not deter him from his objective.
Desperate in his search to raise them correctly, he was unable to find a single book or hire a single dog trainer that addressed things from a higher perspective. In his search for a book or trainer that extrapolated why the Universe might choose to bring these incredible dog souls into his life in the first place, he was left empty-handed.
He needed to know the purpose behind it all. He thought to himself, wouldn’t this be important information to know prior to choosing a method of training or hiring a dog trainer?
He read many books and detailed scientific accounts about how pre-historic man befriended dogs thousands of years ago to help him hunt, protect the fort, and chase away rodents. And in return, dogs realized they could get an easier meal hanging out with humans than having to go out and hunt every day for their food.
He began, however, to ask himself, was this really the main reason God or the Universe would bring such beautiful, loving, non-verbal creatures into my life?
After all, he thought to himself, if survival were all there was to it, wouldn’t they have been discarded hundreds of years ago with the advent of new technologies that would surely make them obsolete?
How have dogs not only survived man’s advancement in technology and industry but have been embraced by man to have earned the moniker Man’s Best Friend?
One could safely assume that in order receive a title like that; he thought to himself, something larger and more profound may be at work.
So what is larger purpose when you and I bring home a dog? What are the reasons we share our homes with these hybrid wolves and why do we love them so much?
These are the questions Jeffrey Brian takes on with reckless abandon in A Walk Towards Heaven. Through his experiential knowledge of raising and caring for three male pit bulls and later on a windowed female pit bull, he sets out to answer this question of meaning. Throughout his quest, he is inundated with spiritual truths coming at him from all directions.
What happens when we consciously raise a dog?
What happens when we find ourselves in a situation where life forces us to become completely conscious of our actions, our environment and all of our responses on a moment-to-moment basis?
After several years of living with his 3 pit bulls, he would go on to start a hugely successful dog training company called, Karma Dog Training. Over the course of the next 5 years, he would be directly or indirectly responsible for the training and well-being of thousands of client’s dogs. All along, this burning desire to decode the mystery persisted.
What are the truest reasons dogs accompany us on our individual and collective journeys?
What are the hidden lessons or messages dogs have for us?
If we were somehow able to know the answers to these questions,how would that affect the way you and I choose to raise and communicate with our dogs?
A Walk Towards Heaven begins to open up a window of timeless truths that once peeked through, can hardly be closed again. This book is the beginning of a dialogue about what it means to be a CONSCIOUS dog owner and how to allow this process to become what in the author’s mind it was truly intended to be: a most PROFOUND SPIRITUAL AWAKENING. This book begins to uncover the long suspected belief but not often validated idea that much more may be at work when you and I bring home a dog.
His story is told in first person from his viewpoint. The writing style of this book is exampled in the 1st Chapter, following his Author’s comment, which starts on the next page.
Click here to read Author's Comments