E.J. Samadhi Whitehouse

, Female

Canada

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Something About Me and My Book:

From darkness into light… This frank memoir of “inappropriate love” from a father, coming out, “escape” to the Middle East, and spiritual growth will inspire those struggling toward their own healing truth.
Veiled oppression of Arabian women was the crucial mirror needed to see her reflection. The Middle East would become her life’s metaphor. The stark emptiness of the desert echoed her internal desolateness—until she saw the oasis. Join her search for what she thought was lost—her soul.


Edna Whitehouse now goes by her nickname, Samadhi—which means “Being in the moment, and being one with the Divine.” Each time she hears Samadhi, it reminds her that she is part of love—a continuous affirmation.
Samadhi began her writing career by winning two contests; the first was for Focus On Women, a Victoria-based magazine. Her essay, “Two Hearts In One,” spoke of her healing journey through her first heart surgery, and the correlation of illness and forgiveness. Her second essay, “A Gut Reaction,” for the on-line magazine, Outback, showed the risks as well as the fun of exotic travel abroad. Samadhi recently won 2nd place in The Labyrinth Society 2006 on-line poetry contest for her poem Forty-eight Before Fifty.
At the age of forty-eight, Samadhi decided it was time to dive into her passion and give full-time writing a chance. The outcome is Circles in the Sand. Her writing goals include three future non-fiction books, “Separated at Birth” and "Three-Heart Harmony," and “Where Are They Now?”.
A writer who has never forgotten what it feels like to be young and to be silenced, Samadhi’s messages are: Break the cycle of dysfunction. Find your voice—be heard. Take back your own power.
After years of travel, including visiting, living, and/or working in Europe, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, India, Egypt, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Thailand, Samadhi now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island—surrounded by the ocean and its life force.

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http://www.samadhiwhitehouse.com

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