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Midnight Journey of a Seed : Pathways to Resilience In the Face of a Pandemic Paperback – 23 February 2022

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What is a crisis worth if it has not transformed you!

Midnight Journey of a Seed brings to light the deeper story of human resilience in the face of a pandemic. By integrating poetry, anecdotes, art and contemplative practices, the book takes readers on a healing journey and offers pathways to co-create a resilient future.

“We are living in a moment of profound disruption, a moment when one civilisation is ending and another is about to be born. To truly understand the deeper essence of this moment, we must extend our inquiry from the outside world to the one that emerges from within. In this book, Manish Srivastava guides us through this journey of extending systems thinking with the means of social poetry. He takes us on a creative pathway towards what matters most today - our inner development. Highly personal, highly recommended!”

— Otto Scharmer, Senior Lecturer at MIT, USA and Author of the bestselling books, Theory U and Presence

“This book is like a cup of fresh ginger tea in the face of the pandemic. Manish has set a new benchmark in writing by brewing love, wisdom and faith into poetry that gives us hope to bravely face our obstacles and inspires us to find new, creative solutions.

— Ajay Chopra, Chef, Youtuber, TV Host of Masterchef India

“A sensitive work. Reading this book makes you relive the pandemic but ends on a note of hope, renewal and love.”

— Chetan Mahajan, Penguin published Author and Founder of the Himalayan Writing Retreat

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  1. Print length
    268 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    23 February 2022
  4. Dimensions
    12.7 x 1.7 x 20.32 cm
  5. ISBN-13
    979-8885304344
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09SWM755R
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Notion Press (23 February 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 268 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8885304344
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 kg 50 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 1.7 x 20.32 cm
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars 29 ratings

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Manish Srivastava is an award-winning poet, life coach and facilitator of societal transformation. He serves as co-director of social presencing theater at the Presencing Institute in the USA. He works with grassroots NGOs, governments, the UN and business sectors to heal collective trauma by integrating poetry and contemplative social arts.

Manish believes that poetry and art can uncover humanity's deepest longings, heal collective wounds, and offer pathways to new possibilities. Manish was the recipient of the Creative Therapy Awards for poetry by Sancheti Health Academy. His work on transforming gender conflicts, human trafficking, pandemics and the migrant crisis has featured globally at the Conflict Transformation Summit in 2020, the Presencing Institute Global Forum in 2021, and the Inner Development Goals global summit in 2022 & 2023. 

Manish has written two books offering poetic pathways to heal societal divides.

Poems from his first book, Trading Armour for a Flower, have been translated into Hebrew, Spanish and Traditional Chinese for reading in poetry circles worldwide. The title poem was featured in a short film premiered at THE BODY LANGUAGE exhibition in Venice (2020).

His second book, “Midnight Journey of a Seed”, which offers poetic pathways to healing & resilience, won the international literary award (Best Independent Book Award 2023). The poem "How to Mourn Loss of a Friend" won a national award from India Writing Project (2023). 

Manish has also co-authored a Hindi anthology (Yaar Batohi यार बटोही) published by Hind Yugum. It is a unique collection of travel and friendship stories from 14 authors from the same writing class.

Manish has co-initiated Sacred Well Studio, which aims to co-create poetry & contemplative art-based healing forums nationwide. He is partnering with Agamishala (a law and justice innovation community) to heal systemic violence and trauma in prisons, child homes and communities across India. 

Manish lives in Pune with his wife and son. His wife, Sonali, is a coach, therapist and partner in all his initiatives. His son, Samay, is his source of inspiration to co-create a healed and just society. 

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Customers find the book simply expressed through its poems and deeply compassionate, with one review describing it as a journey into the heart of the brave and tender. The book receives positive feedback for its readability and resilience themes, with one customer noting its powerful imagery.

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9 customers mention "Poetry quality"9 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the poetry in the book, which is simply expressed through the poems, with one customer noting how the personal analogies make them relatable.

"...Through simple narratives and poems, he takes you on a journey of life ...from planting a seed of life to ultimately unlocking the Spirit within......" Read more

"...this book is a powerful memoir, in prose and poetry by Manish who is a systems thinker and a practitioner of contemplative arts like..." Read more

"...with the human side of the pandemic which has been so simply expressed through the poems." Read more

"...His lyrical and powerful imagery which is rooted in his experiences which are a shared common truth (Covid) of all evokes real emotions of anger,..." Read more

9 customers mention "Soulfulness"9 positive0 negative

Customers find the book deeply compassionate and soulful, appreciating its contemplative practices. One customer mentions feeling healed by reading it, while another notes how it transformed their consciousness as an individual.

"...Through simple narratives and poems, he takes you on a journey of life ...from planting a seed of life to ultimately unlocking the Spirit within......" Read more

"...energy to not let go of that experience which has transformed my consciousness as an individual, as part of a society and as an inhabitant of this..." Read more

"...the nostalgic painful and personal analogies into relatable, palpable words of wisdom that can melt your hearts...." Read more

"...But it is actually a companion through loss, helping us make sense of what happened, reconcile, heal, and rediscover joy...." Read more

4 customers mention "Readability"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the book readable, with one noting it's not a typical read-through book.

"...It's slow unfolding journey ' What a marvelous book...kudos to Manish Srivastava!!" Read more

"...I am sure this book will be my go to for a while now, it's not a typic read through book. Thanks a lot for writing, highly recommend!" Read more

"...A journey into the heart of the brave and tender. Loved the book Manish. The poetry touched the deep recesses of the soul...." Read more

"Nice book..." Read more

4 customers mention "Resilience"4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's focus on resilience, with one describing it as brave.

"...not only into the life during the pandemic but also shares the pathways to resilience, helping one to prepare for any adversities of life...." Read more

"...The writing style is delicate, poised and brave reflecting the deep search of a courageous warrior of light." Read more

"...offers a deep insight about life during pandemic and shares the pathways to resilience, helping one to prepare for any adversities of life...." Read more

"Hope and Resilience..." Read more

3 customers mention "Imagery"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the imagery in the book, with one describing it as powerful and another noting how beautifully it captures revival.

"...from going inwards to draw into ones own resource to revival is captured beautifully...." Read more

"...His lyrical and powerful imagery which is rooted in his experiences which are a shared common truth (Covid) of all evokes real emotions of anger,..." Read more

"What a beautiful journey I have taken with this book…it feels as if I am rediscovering and reconnecting with my inner soul every day." Read more

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Love this book.. Beautiful!
I thought it is a poetry book, but I was wrong. It has poems - Yes! But it is actually a companion through loss, helping us make sense of what happened, reconcile, heal, and rediscover joy. It includes beautiful poems, warli art and contemplative practices. I am sure this book will be my go to for a while now, it's not a typic read through book. Thanks a lot for writing, highly recommend!
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  • Pragya
    5.0 out of 5 stars Book with a soul...must read !
    Reviewed in India on 12 March 2022
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    This book is a fine blend of poetry and prose, pandemic and hope, struggle and conquests, patience and compassion, empathy and healing...and much more...Manish offers a deep insight not only into the life during the pandemic but also shares the pathways to resilience, helping one to prepare for any adversities of life. Through simple narratives and poems, he takes you on a journey of life ...from planting a seed of life to ultimately unlocking the Spirit within...these lines from one of his poems stayed in my mind and heart

    'Stuckness is the struggle
    We face with our destiny
    And freedom is the acceptance of
    It's slow unfolding journey '

    What a marvelous book...kudos to Manish Srivastava!!
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  • Artika
    5.0 out of 5 stars A deeply compassionate and transformative read, Manish is a magician
    Reviewed in India on 20 March 2022
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    The pandemic put all of us on a journey that we thought we were not ready for. We didn't see it coming, we said. But as I read Manish’s words, I realised that perhaps the resilience to live through and beyond this pandemic is something that was always inside of us. In the evolution of humanity, the pandemic is as core to us as the will to survive. It is nature, as Manish explains kindly. And what we must acknowledge and reconnect with is the seed within whose time has come…

    “You and I make each other whole
    Let us trust the longing to be free
    And serve the world
    By being the plant
    We were born to be”

    An intense ‘experience’ (because that is what reading ‘Midnight Journey of a Seed’ is), this book is a powerful memoir, in prose and poetry by Manish who is a systems thinker and a practitioner of contemplative arts like no other. You can feel it in how every word sits in your mind, heart and body as you flip through the pages… From page one you’re plunged into that which you have perhaps not made your peace with, the pain and the trauma, that we have chosen to perhaps brush under the carpet as life returns to ‘normal’. But through this reliving, Manish guides you like a gentle soothsayer, peeling back the layers of your own vulnerability, while offering a healing balm of love, resilience and togetherness that we all experience(d) as we live(d) through this time. In one part, Manish compares this to the exercise of composting, where all that we haven’t processed, needs to be “seen, mixed, metabolised, integrated and transformed into the soil to spring forth new life”. And that gives one heart like nothing else.

    I felt healed by reading this book. And new energy to not let go of that experience which has transformed my consciousness as an individual, as part of a society and as an inhabitant of this earth. Pick up this book if you feel like sense making of this new reality is what you’re seeking. And find true compassion in its pages and within yourself. To be nourished and nurtured, as Manish says, to hold a 'subtle intention', that we may all find our inner resilience…
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Hope and Resilience
    Reviewed in India on 20 March 2022
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    The poems by Manish give a deeper meaning to the experiences that people have gone through during the pandemic.

    The journey from going inwards to draw into ones own resource to revival is captured beautifully. Reading the "Midnight journey of a seed" got me in touch with the human side of the pandemic which has been so simply expressed through the poems.
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  • Yaman Gogia
    5.0 out of 5 stars A nourishing dose of a painful past
    Reviewed in India on 4 April 2022
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    Once again with poetry Manish transcends the nostalgic painful and personal analogies into relatable, palpable words of wisdom that can melt your hearts. His lyrical and powerful imagery which is rooted in his experiences which are a shared common truth (Covid) of all evokes real emotions of anger, love, warmth, regret and most of all 'subtle intentions'. I recommend this book to everyone who has feelings untapped, looking for words to be woven into, from the last 3 years of battle with Covid 19. You will find solace and conclusion to those feelings here! So, dive right in.
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  • DG
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book.. Beautiful!
    Reviewed in India on 18 March 2022
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    I thought it is a poetry book, but I was wrong. It has poems - Yes! But it is actually a companion through loss, helping us make sense of what happened, reconcile, heal, and rediscover joy. It includes beautiful poems, warli art and contemplative practices. I am sure this book will be my go to for a while now, it's not a typic read through book. Thanks a lot for writing, highly recommend!
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    Love this book.. Beautiful!

    Reviewed in India on 18 March 2022
    I thought it is a poetry book, but I was wrong. It has poems - Yes! But it is actually a companion through loss, helping us make sense of what happened, reconcile, heal, and rediscover joy. It includes beautiful poems, warli art and contemplative practices. I am sure this book will be my go to for a while now, it's not a typic read through book. Thanks a lot for writing, highly recommend!
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  • leena
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sensitive, soulful book which embraces the pain of the pandemic while offering hope and healing
    Reviewed in India on 16 March 2022
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    A deeply sensitive, soulful book takes us through the pain of the pandemic through stories, poems, exercises and practices. It embraces fully the deep wound while also offering hope, renewal and healing. The writing style is delicate, poised and brave reflecting the deep search of a courageous warrior of light.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Sensitive, soulful book which embraces the pain of the pandemic while offering hope and healing

    Reviewed in India on 16 March 2022
    A deeply sensitive, soulful book takes us through the pain of the pandemic through stories, poems, exercises and practices. It embraces fully the deep wound while also offering hope, renewal and healing. The writing style is delicate, poised and brave reflecting the deep search of a courageous warrior of light.
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  • Shobha Dutta
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Journey into the heart
    Reviewed in India on 17 March 2022
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    Soulful and deep. A journey into the heart of the brave and tender. Loved the book Manish. The poetry touched the deep recesses of the soul. I hope everyone gets to read this once.
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  • ramya
    5.0 out of 5 stars Pathways to Resilience
    Reviewed in India on 15 March 2022
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    This book is very well articulated and right emotions captured. Manish offers a deep insight about life during pandemic and shares the pathways to resilience, helping one to prepare for any adversities of life.

    Kudos to Manish. Waiting for the next book soon.
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  • kate barnett
    5.0 out of 5 stars Renewed in my creative commitment to the whole
    Reviewed in Australia on 18 March 2022
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    This is a work of inspiration that moves and renews. Reading it opened my heart and my awareness. My own resilience, my dedicated resolve to being alive to the whole, became more available to me. I am so grateful to Manish Srivastava for sharing his experience, his heart, his power and his skill in such a profoundly beautiful and incisive way. This is a work that catches at the edges, plunges to the depths. Poetry and possibility for our times, a path to a future more true.
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  • Ms. Swati Srivastava
    5.0 out of 5 stars Honest, deep work that offers a path of healing through trauma
    Reviewed in the United States on 18 March 2022
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    This is a unique book - part journal, part poetry and part workbook. I think the best way to describe this book would be to call it "an invitation" - to do the deep work all of us who have gone through trauma must eventually do, to find in the author's words "buried in the dark..a seed of hope." In a deeply personal account, the author illustrates his own fraught journey through the Covid-19 pandemic and especially the Delta wave, which impacted almost every household in India. But nowhere does his heart shine brighter than in his poems - honest, deep, reflective meditations on the arduous journey within. Sometimes walking through but often sitting with his personal & collective anguish, the author suggests a pathway of & to resilience in the face of any "pandemic" we face in our lives. Each section of the book ends with practices that helps the reader develop their own inner work. I found many parts of the book deeply resonant to my own journey and I know I will keep it close-by so I can return to it again in the future!
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  • Valentin Manz
    5.0 out of 5 stars A truly beautiful book.
    Reviewed in the United States on 25 March 2022
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    We love this book. It speaks to us and is so needed.
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