The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness: A True Story by Joel Ben Izzy

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50462 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness: A True Story Author: Joel Ben Izzy Narrator: Joel Izzy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 28, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When a storyteller loses his voice, he believes he's lost everything. In fact, he's been given a great gift. Once upon a time, a successful storyteller lost his voice to throat cancer. Deprived of the instrument of his art and his livelihood, he retreated into dark, sullen silence and depression. While searching for a spiritual explanation, he encountered his former mentor, a cantankerous and often drunk old man. Their meetings began a journey into the timeless wisdom of ancient tales: of beggars and kings, monks and tigers, lost horses, buried treasures, and ultimately the secret of happiness. In this altogether original book, Joel ben Izzy shares his personal account of surviving loss, gaining wisdom, and rediscovering one's true purpose. Weaving in tales he's collected over the years from Sufi, Muslim, Chinese, Jewish, Iraqi, Zen Buddhist, Italian, and Indian cultures, he passes along the lessons he has learned. As we travel with Izzy from tragedy back into light and sound, we are encouraged to see our own lives as stories, and to open our own hearts to happiness.